The Browns Visit!

Some of our closest friends The Browns came to visit us for 2 days to meet Miss Ellie. We always have a spectacular time with them and are crossing our fingers that they will be relocated back to the East Coast when they get their orders in June.

Little Ellie

Matt and Jen got Ava and Elmo towel and it has become her Elmo cape that she likes to wear everywhere. It is a battle to not let her wear it to the grocery store.

Big Sis is very protective over her "Heidi"

She figured out Matt's name and started calling him by it within 5 minutes of him arriving. It comes out like "Mahhhhhh". She is a big fan.

She started calling Aunt Jen "G" because she can't say her whole name yet.

Ava didn't want to sit with us at dinner and wanted to be with Uncle "Mahhhh" and Aunt "G"

Matt is great with kids

You can tell she is already embarrassed by us.

Penny needed some love too.

Ben came over and we had an intense game of Cranium!

I was eating chocolate cake and accidentally spilled some on Ellie

It accidentally fell in her mouth! Chocolate cake at one week old....

love this picture

Ava wanted to show Matt everything in her room

She is already a little teenager. She was enthralled with Aunt Jen's jewelry and phone

Aunt Jen with her Valdez babies

Ava and Daddy play at the beach

Antonio Banderas Elmo Cape pose.

Can Daddy handle 3 redheaded Divas?

Cutest Insect and Feline you will ever meet....

This weekend Grandma Lita and Pop Pops (what Ava now calls Greg's Dad) came to meet their newest granddaughter and celebrate Ava's birthday.

Grandma Lita meeting Ellie for the first time

This was the first pumpkin that we did. Ava told Pop Pops what to draw and we ended up with many faces. She also added her artwork.

It was a fun family project

Ava said, "EW" and "Daddy you need a towel"when he was cleaning out the pumpkin. She would NOT touch the inside of the pumpkin.

Hard at work

cuddling the baby pumpkin

Whenever Ellie is awake Ava wants to hold her.

As soon as we got home from "Trunk or Treating" at church Ava wanted Ellie out of her carseat ASAP (don't worry she didn't get her out!)

Our little feline was asleep the whole time at Trunk or Treat

Ava was pushing around Ellie's stroller and some of the other kids thought a ghost was pushing it because they couldn't see her.

Our little kitten

Ava kept pointing to her saying, "Meow!"

Our lady bug princess

We went trick or treating with the Heberts again this year. Julian and Ava are so precious together. Don't they look SO serious dressed up?

Ellie slept through trick or treating at home with Lita and Pop Pops

Officer Julian!

At the beginning of trick or treating she was running from the houses because she was so excited to get candy (she had her first piece that day- Reeses peanut butter cup)

by the end of the night she was EXHAUSTED. Her pail was so heavy she was dragging it on the ground. She wouldn't let us help her carry it because she didn't want her candy out of her care.

Trick or Treating

Starting to divide up the candy (he actually got more than what is shown here)

All Ava wanted all day was her cake. She discovered the glory of icecream cake.

Kid's table

They were running around the house with the shopping cart and Ava's new baby stroller. It was hilarious!

Ava's new stroller that Mommy and Daddy got her for her bday

Lita with her grandkids

Uncle Matt and Aunt Laura brought Ava fun dress up clothes and shoes. She absolutely loved it and was upset when she could not go to bed wearing the shoes.

The shoes

Lita lets her use her camera so Ava decided she was going to take "cheeses" of everyone.

Matt worked all night and then came to see us on no sleep afterwards to meet Miss Ellie.

Aunt Laura cuddle time

Making Pumpkin Pie with Grandma Lita