Thursday, June 05, 2008

Tired Girl

It all started after our day at the driving range on May 31st. The sun had exhausted poor little Ava so much, so as soon as we got home, we put her down for a much needed nap. About an hour into her nap, Matt came running into the kitchen telling me that I needed to go check on Ava. This is what I saw...
May 31, 2008
Then, a few days later she did it again when going to bed for the night...
June 2, 2008


And then a few days later, it happened again during one of her naps...
June 4, 2008


As you can see, there seems to be a pattern developing...
June 6, 2008

It is just hilarious to go check on Ava and find her sleeping like this. The only thing that Matt and I can figure is that while playing with her blankets and animals in her crib, she just gets so tired that she falls asleep sitting up and her body goes forward. It pains us to see her neck in that position, so after snapping the pictures we lay her down on her back to sleep comfortably. We catch her in this position every couple of days, so we've come to assume that she doesn't mind sleeping so awkwardly. She's just so darn precious.

Trip to the Orchard

On Thursday, June 5th, Matt and I took Ava on her first tip to an orchard. I know you're probably thinking, 'An orchard in Las Vegas?' and don't worry, we thought the same thing. Earlier that week while watching the news, we heard a snippet about a small local orchard finally opening back up to the public for the season. After doing a bit of research to find out more about the orchard, we found out that it happened to be about 10 minutes from our house! So, in accordance to Matt's and my goal to give Ava Holt as many life experiences as possible, we loaded up the Camry and headed to the Gilcrease Orchard (the cool weather (low 80's) was an added bonus).

Right now, the only things that we could pick were apricots and zucchini. The rest of their crops (apples, pears, tomatoes, melons, winter squash, and pumpkins) aren't ready to be picked just yet. When we got to the orchard, it was packed with cars and people. I'm not sure if it was due to the nice weather or the fact that the orchard had just re-opened two days prior, but it was full of people...not what we were expecting. Since we didn't really need any zucchini, we stuck to the apricot picking.

The reason Matt was able to go with us was because he was night flying that evening and didn't have to go in to work until around 3pm (he didn't get home until 5am the next morning!). Both Ava and I were so excited that he could go with us.

Anyhow, we had a great time out in the orchard. Ava had a blast sitting on top of her Daddy's shoulders touching all the different trees and leaves and even managed to pull a ripe apricot off the tree all by herself. Matt opened up a few apricots for Ava to try (no skin, just the flesh) and she wasn't quite sure what to think about the new treat. Her outfit was a bit stained by the end of the picking, but we didn't care...it was a great life and family experience. I can't wait until all the other fruits and vegetables ripen and we can return to the orchard. As for the nature of the fruits and vegetables, the orchard only uses garlic water to deter insects, so they're pesticide free...which makes me happy.
Oh, and as we went to leave the orchard, Ava tried to drive us home. It didn't work out so well...she couldn't reach the pedals...


Ava and the Diaper Cake

Now that Ava's mobile, we forget that there are things down on her level that she can get into. In this instance, it was the diaper cake that was given to us when she was born...









Big Girl Pram

On May 30th, we finally converted Ava's bassinet into a big girl seat for her pram. Now that she's mobile, having her sitting up in her bassinet isn't so safe anymore, so Ava said her bye-byes to her bassinet and hellos to her new seat. The main reason it has taken us this long to convert her bassinet into her seat is because Ava has really loved being able to play in her bassinet and then when tired, lay down and play (or sleep).
Here is a picture of Ava during her LAST ride in her bassinet (on the 29th)...
And here she is during her FIRST ride in her big girl seat...









Gimmie A Mulligan...

On May 31st, we took Ava on her first golfing trip. Don't worry, we didn't go for 18 holes but for the driving range instead. Since the weather was nice and the course is just around the corner from our house, we decided to get out our golf shoes, clubs, and gloves and take advantage of the beautiful day. Ava had a great time playing on the grass. It was her first real time to play on grass, but we didn't want her playing on it too much, as we were afraid of her being around all the artificial fertilizers. As you can see in the pictures, the Neat Sheet wrapper and the golf ball bucket provided her with much entertainment.
Hmm...there are holes in this bucket...
I see golf balls...




Can I eat this?


Time to move on to better things...

The Neat Sheet wrapper...











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