Candace's Graduation

It was a HOT day The Candace Cheerers I love this picture Ava with her Jackie Kennedy Aunt Playing with Grandma

Not in a kissing mood (because I swear SOMEONE kisses her every 45 seconds :) Faculty of OP which we still know a lot of A Candace spoting! There is our girl! The V for a last name gives you good photo ops for things like graduations

Candace graduated MAGNA Cum Laude! Wowzers!

Hooray Class of 2008 at Osbourn Park

Our lovely graduate The Valdez Kids

The whole Family

Craig and Candace

Valdez Sisters

Osbourn Park Class of 2001 Grads

Candace and her good friend Britney

Hanging out with Uncle Justin

Ava wants to grow up to be just as smart as Aunt Candace

Sweeter than a Strawberry

It's strawberry Season!

Tag Team Picking Annie took us to this wonderful location Yum you will dipped in chocolate very shortly She is a quick picker! Great Day! Annie got 8 lbs! Delicious

Look who has joined the high chair community She loves being in the middle of the action at the restaurant

She loves books- as a snack at the moment Annie took us to the Strawberry patch in Pungo today and we had a wonderful time. We are hoping the weather will cooperate this July so that we can pick blackberries. Ava is babbling up a storm. She is still doing "yoga" type crawling and doing the majority of traveling through rolling. Greg is now calling her "Mini Momma" because we have similar mannerisms. Greg is very busy this week working mostly 12 hour days. We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend up at Lake Anna with the Valdez Clan to celebrate Candace's graduation.

Pool Cool Baby

Hanging with Dad Wearing Mommy's hat and eating her glasses yum yum glasses What a beauty! I LOVE those little chunky legs Daddy taking her for her first swim in the water Carrying around the queen

Her majesty's aqua throne lounging

All ready to go to the pool She was VERY excited

Hooray it is Summer! This is her first step in the pool She loved looking at her shadow in the water No- we didn't realize we were matching till we got to the Pool

So excited to see the Sex and the City Movie with my girls

This week has been wonderful to reunite the family. Greg claimed that Ava was already making new sounds since the last time he saw her (one week ago). She is ALMOST crawling. We predict it will happen within a week. Right now she is doing a crazy type of Yoga pose where she holds her lower body up by her standing on her tippy toes while she is laying on her stomach (downward facing dog for the Yoga savvy readers). She can stretch her arms out far too. She just hasn't put her arm and leg movement together yet. Her appetite has grown in the past two weeks. She now will eat baby squash, prunes, sweet potato cereal, and rice puffs. We took her to the pool this week and she ended up loving splashing in the water with her daddy. Greg and I were able to enjoy a rare date night out alone this past weekend. Our friends John and Nicole were gracious enough to watch Ava while we went to a wine and cheese bar. Becca also was able to go to the Sex and the City movie with her college roommates. The Girlfriends official movie review: four out of four stars!