learning to stand on her own!
Look at her!
One of her new favorite play spots
she loves to look in the mirror and play with the faucet
added bonus: forces us to have a super clean bathroom
I ADORE these sandals that Laura got her
How stinking cute are they?!
Her shoe collection is already building up
always loves to cuddle with Daddy
She sometimes gets annoyed by how much we cuddle her... a glimpse into her teenage years perhaps?
Pen loves our courtyard
strutting her stuff
Trying to learn how to grill as well as Justin
Sausage- the first success!
starting to play during nap time
Neptune on the boardwalk!
Love the new
sculpture
Bdad investigating the rose garden
Bdad is looking Good!
Gorgeous rose
Dukes teaching Ava how to have a Green thumb
Dukes taking Ava exploring
Aunt Jeannie, Dukes,
Bdad, and Ava seeing the Japanese Garden
Dukes has the magic touch in getting Ava to eat
Mermaid
Goob!
Ahoy from the USS Battleship Wisconsin!
Greg giving them the tour on the upper deck
The ship's nickname is "The
Whisky"
Everyone appears tiny on that ship!
Tour Guide Greg
Would not like those guns pointing at me!
Group shot
Tides Game!
Ava trying to steal Daddy's hot dog
Greg, John, and
Goob enjoying the game
Jen,
Goob, and I had a great time!
She loves to chew on the straws (don't worry she wasn't drinking the Coke!)
Goob is like a celebrity in the Grocery store because everyone stops to talk to her
watching Daddy study
Doesn't it look like she just told a punchline in a joke?
Study buddy
We had a very busy week which we thoroughly enjoyed! Slider the boxer, Jen Brown, Aunt Jeannie, Bdad, and Dukes all visited Banyan Grove this weekend. We loved the company and tried to enjoy all the sites that Virginia Beach had to offer. We headed to the Norfolk Tides game with Jen and our friend John and dodged fly balls all evening. It was a great time and we loved cheering our team on to victory. Becca's family came into town and spoiled us rotten by taking us to yummy restaurants and doing our gigantic pile of laundry. Thanks to Uncle Dan's suggestion, we ate at The Jewish Mother, which is now our favorite restaurant in Virginia Beach. We took advantage of the beautiful weather and toured the USS Wisconsin, went to Red Wing Park, toured the Oceana base, and walk around the boardwalk at Virginia Beach. Dukes worked her magic again and succeeded in having Ava eat oatmeal. Ava has made up her mind now to not eat any peas (after 2 weeks of trying to change her mind). Her first tooth has started to show which has made it more difficult for her to sleep for long periods of time. She is getting stronger each day and can now stand with help from a stable object. We predict that she is going to be crawling within a month.
Ava's show business smile
playing with Pen
Hi cutie
Play time with Pen
Love my Laura
We were both surprised by something
The Haselton's got her this hilarious pacifier
Redneck baby
Ava at Colleen's Graduation
Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia was the Speaker
Hi Tim
Tim Kaine next to CNU's President Paul Tribble
One of my favorite parts of Graduation
Our proud Grad Colleen!
The Haseltons!
Ava playing with Hazy
Molly and Amy giving Goob the attention she loves
This was Cranium Night and Marcus does the BEST cameos- First example- The Jack Knife
The Swan Dive
Hysteria
Marcu & Goob!
Talking on the phone to her Grandpa
She loves her Flamingo
This is the face I get if I try to take away her Flamingo
Loves eating her dry cereal!
She didn't like it at first though
It definitely tastes different than Milk
Greg laughing because she keeps giving her cereal to Penny Lane
playing with Aunt Jeannie
Aunt Jeannie is so fun
Bdaddy playing with his youngest Great Grand Child
These past two weeks have been a whirlwind! Greg made sure that I had a very special first Mother's Day (I was spoiled all day). We have been grilling everyday that the weather has cooperated. We have become obsessed with making Justin's speciality BBQ shrimp. Ava has expanded her food horizons by now enjoying sweet potatoes as well as dry cereal. This past weekend we had the Wrigleys over for dinner which we thoroughly enjoyed. Mike Reda and Marcus Mancini drove down for the night to visit on Saturday. Greg and I were proud to finally beat them in Cranium one round (which has never been done by ANY team before!). We also had long discussions about our theories on the show "Lost". Sunday we headed to Newport News to cheer on Colleen during her Graduation from CNU. We hung out with the Haseltons afterwards which is always a great time. Greg is packing up to go to Cliff Sato's wedding in Washington State for Memorial Day and I am going to the Shenandoah Mountains with a few of my girlfriends weekend. Ava is very excited about spending a long weekend with her Grandma Dukes.
