Ava spells

The other day Ava and I were playing with her alphabet letters. She is always putting random letters together and then asking me what it says. She'll put 'q', 'p', and 'r' side by side and say "mommy what does that say?" So I was helping her spell things and I said "Let's spell Oklahoma for dad" So we did and we showed it to Rob when he came in the room. While Rob went to get breakfast, Ava added her own letters below Oklahoma and excitedly ran to Rob "Daddy, look what else I spelled!" Hmmmm, not sure what we should think.

Her first dip/dunk

First, of course is the fashion show to model for you her new swim duds. (Thanks Amanda)

Ava practiced her kicks while.............

Charlotte chilled and relaxed....................until

Someone blew in her face and dunked her under water...........................

She liked it....................I think.

Priceless moments for a mom

when dad unsuspectingly picks up crying baby from the swing only to find out the hard way why baby is crying. And like any good mom would, before helping dad out of this "messy" situation, she grabs the camera to document priceless moment.

It rained

and Ava wanted to play in it. She's had this raincoat since before she was born (thanks Grandma Kathee) and its about time to retire it. The boots and umbrella had yet to be used to sing in the rain and so this was the day. As you can see, she enjoyed herself...........

And then the rain had stopped so she decided to spend some time in the sandbox sans umbrella. And, as happens often here in Texas, the rain began again suddenly with no warning

Some things we've been up to

Hanging out in tupperwares while mom gives Ava a bath................................

Going to a concert in the park with dad's work

Learning to blow bubbles with our mouth when we get angry..............

Getting a bath (she really likes it more than it looks in this picture)

Swimming in the pool with panda

Modeling our fancy new princess bathing suit..................................

Playing with the wedding bear that Ava so generously shared......................

Fussing because we can't get the bow off our face (but what a cute bow)

Hanging out with the Roberts clan in St. George

Drinking out of the sprinkler that we're supposed to be playing in