tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138938222024-03-05T09:04:02.071-08:00The Garrison FamilyOur life continues to be so richly blessed. To date, our beautifully sweet daughters, Ava Holt and Myla Grace, are our most phenomenal achievements and most precious blessings. We are unequivocally enchanted by their every whim and can now begin to comprehend the true meaning of unconditional love. We have ultimately found our reason for being and we know that they will capture your hearts with their magical smiles as they already do ours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-11916114160232682142011-03-30T15:03:00.001-07:002011-03-30T15:03:32.581-07:00My Review of Wheel Easy Car Seat Travel Bag<div class="hreview"><div class="item"><p><a href="http://www.onestepahead.com/gan_click?lid=41000000010654063&pid=13457&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onestepahead.com%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct.jsp%3FproductId%3D534069%26cm_pla%3DNA%26orderType%3D6utm_source%3DSF_GoogleProducts%26utm_medium%3Ddatafeed%26utm_campaign%3Dproduct%26cvsfhu%3D3133343537&usg=AFHzDLsP-IypVVdHTYB86FF-CfaUDz8ntQ&pubid=21000000000126884">Originally submitted at One Step Ahead</a></p><div><img src="http://images.powerreviews.com/images_products/05/87/381111_100.jpg" class="photo" align="left" style="margin: 0 0.5em 0 0"><p style="margin-top:0">Why lug baby's heavy gear awkwardly through the airport, when you can comfortably pull it along? We added big, tough wheels to our car seat/booster travel bag for hassle-free toting - plus a new, ergonomic design so it's easier than ever! Front loading for easy packing; big enough to hold... </p></div><a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000010654063&pid=13457&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onestepahead.com%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct.jsp%3FproductId%3D534069%26cm_pla%3DNA%26orderType%3D6utm_source%3DSF_GoogleProducts%26utm_medium%3Ddatafeed%26utm_campaign%3Dproduct%26cvsfhu%3D3133343537&usg=AFHzDLsP-IypVVdHTYB86FF-CfaUDz8ntQ&pubid=21000000000126884" style="display: none;" class="url fn"><span class="fn">Wheel Easy Car Seat Travel Bag</span></a></div><br clear="left"><p><strong class="summary">Excellent Purchase</strong></p><div>By <strong>Hapa Mama</strong> from <strong>Kansas City, KS</strong> on <strong><abbr title="2011330T1200-0800" class="dtreviewed" style="border: none; text-decoration: none;">3/30/2011</abbr></strong></div><p><div style="margin: 0.5em 0; height: 15px; width: 83px; background-image: url(http://images.powerreviews.com/images_merchants/stars/10067_stars_small.gif); background-position: 0px -180px;" class="prStars prStarsSmall"> </div></p><div style="display: none"><span class="rating">5</span>out of 5</div><p><strong>Pros: </strong>Safe, Sturdy, Easy to Adjust, Protective</p><p><strong>Cons: </strong>Uncomfortable</p><p><strong>Best Uses: </strong>Infants, Toddlers, Preemies, Newborn, Kids</p><p><strong>Describe Yourself: </strong>Parent of Two or More Children</p><p style="margin-top:1em" class="description">This rolling bag is well worth the money. Instead of a thin nylon bag that you can get at Babies R Us, this bag is durable, thick, and perfect for traveling. I purchased this for our 1st child, as she flew on about 50 flights before she was 3. Now with our second, I've purchased another. I actually just used it over the weekend traveling without my husband on a flight with my youngest. The wheels are great, especially for pulling the 30+ lb car seats from the car to airport check-in/back to the car and or to the gate and back and I have never once doubted that the bag will protect my daughters' expensive car seats. The bag is large enough to tote booster seats too. The only things I wish were different are the placement of the handle for rolling the bag and the fact that I wish the handle was longer so it didn't seem like I didn't have to slouch when pulling it (I am only 5'4") and so that the bag wasn't nipping me at the heels when pulling it. I think if the handle were a little higher up on the bag or if it were longer, these problems wouldn't be an issue. However, I always check my car seats when I check in so that I don't have to lug them around the airport with me, so it's not too much of a problem going from the car to check-in and back. When my daughters were younger, I did gate check my infant carrier car seats in this bag and it folds down compactly enough that it isn't a hassle to take through security along with my purse, diaper bag, infant car seat, and child. This is a great bag and I would buy it over and over again. Don't waste your money on the cheap bags from the retail stores. They are flimsy (you might as well just use a trash bag) and don't provide any protection for all the money you spent investing in a nice car seat. Just remember that car seats are heavy and this bag doesn't erase any of the weight, so carrying it with the adjustable strap instead of pulling it using the wheels will be heavy!</p><p style="margin-top:0.5em">(<a href="http://www.powerreviews.com/legal/terms_of_use.html" rel="license">legalese</a>)</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-22104888544575590602010-10-28T22:54:00.000-07:002010-10-28T23:10:36.586-07:00Time To Cry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAnodjSHP9chNEF1erG84UYOkeBz7ZusfFseateBvYuSGQ5clDBm20kJU9nSs4_jxbMBmHbWsF8V_-eX0u_DDk1BnxvmmunLYXn9wBE5NFXoUBXmWXrIN6-IvbGywy0U80KkoCw/s1600/_MG_8254.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAnodjSHP9chNEF1erG84UYOkeBz7ZusfFseateBvYuSGQ5clDBm20kJU9nSs4_jxbMBmHbWsF8V_-eX0u_DDk1BnxvmmunLYXn9wBE5NFXoUBXmWXrIN6-IvbGywy0U80KkoCw/s400/_MG_8254.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533345720673018866" border="0" /></a>Well, my intentions tonight were to quickly check something online and then head upstairs for bed. An hour later, I am still sitting at the computer...with a sore throat and tears streaming from my face (not to mention a heart full of regret) because I haven't kept up with this blog. There are so many holes to this story of our life and it truly makes me oh so very very sad. I know I keep promising, but tonight it has really hit me hard that about a full two years are missing here.<br /><br />You probably wonder how I know it's two years...and my reply is that it's because scrolling down the blog I saw the post and video of Ava taking her first steps. Wow, it was really 2 years ago. Then the George Forman (stop thinking about the little white grill) jab and uppercut hit me in the gut...poor Myla Grace isn't even in here.<br /><br />So, over the next few weeks, that is going to change. Sweet Myla Grace is FINALLY going to get her turn in the spotlight (sprinkled with Ava's happenings too, of course).<br /><br />Until the next post, enjoy these quick pics and toodles...<br /><br />...and p.s. hopefully when you read this, you will have gotten down to the end of my catching up!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCQ7o2_Hb6yp_kuNn87QIhOmt61lzzzDoAoYDgsp_tV1vWGAaK-XodeaHeYk3QSDL5Wa6i9TV6_REVjw0PlXc19Y8__Aok3Z0BNuuVBLOaljq2qfGpLYZDDmQNFPs6SOu2Y2rUA/s1600/_MG_8203.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCQ7o2_Hb6yp_kuNn87QIhOmt61lzzzDoAoYDgsp_tV1vWGAaK-XodeaHeYk3QSDL5Wa6i9TV6_REVjw0PlXc19Y8__Aok3Z0BNuuVBLOaljq2qfGpLYZDDmQNFPs6SOu2Y2rUA/s400/_MG_8203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533344980860734690" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-18539849706628421772010-03-15T01:42:00.000-07:002010-03-15T03:05:53.023-07:00I'm not dead yet...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><blockquote></blockquote>This is the perfect title to this post since it's been almost a year since the last time I logged on to this blog and because it's a line in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I promised myself and my family that I would resume blogging last year, but life happened and somehow got in the way. So, to do something about this reality, I am sitting at our </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iMac</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> at 02:57 after being inspired by our dear friend, Jen McDaniel, and her beautiful blog. Thank you, Jen! I know I will be so mad at myself in a few years for having such a gaping hole in our family's story and namely Ava's first 2 years of life. Hopefully I can get my act together for poor </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Myla's</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> sake and be able to catalog her sweetness (along with Ava's) from this point forward. I think I have just come to the realization that I am not going to get much sleep in the coming days, weeks, months, or years to accomplish all the story-telling of what has happened in our lives over the past year all whilst </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">journaling</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> about what is currently going on. I will try my best, I promise!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Since it is going to take a LONG while to blog about the past, here is an almost month-by-month snippet of our 2009 (as featured as an accompaniment to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Myla's</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> birth announcement)...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Perpetua, serif;font-size:180%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">January</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> found us outfitting Amy’s car with an upgraded forward facing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">carseat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> for Ava </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bJNYILCTY-b2Qvw-YaSNS0jKQ9b-I7Vzmf1ThMZwLjvzteQZenpKcooxcn4GPMBrv53C36wIAYyjClwvh3VBdrlawG3iEcH8uF5w10ESuvdPYI4euhs7bNc0moG10_wnif2jOQ/s400/IMG_6782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448795155462328850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and in </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">February</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> we headed off to San Diego for a long weekend for the USA 7’s rugby tournament and Ava’s first trip to Sea World. Ava showed off her rugby skills at the tournament’s kid zone and managed to keep everyone entertained with her sprint drills across the pitch. Then it was love at first sight between Ava and all the marine mammals at Sea World. Words can't even begin to describe the look of wonder she had plastered on her face the entire day. Four days later we were off once again to Brian Head, Utah, for a brilliant weekend of snowboarding. Ava had a blast playing in the snow and loved going down the handmade snow slide we crafted for her off the side of a hill. Although, wearing a full snowsuit, boots, and gloves was a different story—we think she still resents us a little.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">March and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Apri</span></span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">l</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> were incredibly busy, as March saw Matt hike the Grand Canyon from rim to rim over four days with a group of friends. Three days after his big hike, we packed our bags and headed to Tennessee for a week to visit Amy’s family for Easter. Ava had a big time running around the yard on her first egg hunt, although the grass seemed to keep her attention more than the bright plastic eggs. Less than a week after getting back from TN, we packed our bags once again and headed to Denver, CO for Matt to participate in a drill weekend with the Buckley </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ANG</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">. As always, we had a wonderful time in Denver and Ava got to visit her first Children’s Museum. It is truly amazing. Almost as amazing as Denver's </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">REI</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> store downtown. It was Matt's Mecca.</span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">May</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> brought us a visit from Matt’s parents and the surprising news that Amy was pregnant…mere days before Matt swapped one desert for another with his deployment to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Balad</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> AB, Iraq for the summer. Ava wasn't quite sure what to think of her Daddy leaving her, but she was brave and put on the best smile she could muster up at 6:45 am (mind you, it was 3 hours before she normally wakes up).</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7rfFHYVjAxoZhdptAUxavJU7abknfotN42XuawkXHDq3ar5MAHdNrADdY9Hrpq1ty0rUSedGEJFe8vLcS3syVvPPARyBaVwB8gJLM_dPzmi6QSYjCjW32O-sqb1EO-BbXF7uvQ/s400/IMG_6975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448794221010058178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5n07fpLXiVeCKviZ5qeIbE0KhA-yKz8-XoK0EdUV8VyGArqxXRYrAh7p03Brv-wphNuqTDkwvHX12XSpQRkPpGdsZ8Z1yvOC1kRaDWGxdTTIG2LVcO5qnXuZRto4vNaegiaxOMQ/s400/IMG_6961.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448793517777796642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsPRqN2Ga8VTksVIJj8I5vQlKOB8iFGljK37gt4i7F7DbViDABTInoQ9_ZLRP08pd9kQanls1G6SoWcf08ItbrsE4XgqvWNT4QLbfzGztHwaKTbZEbp9s1JpokvjEDMXzz_ovKg/s400/IMG_6978.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448795149465641666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">To keep Ava busy, Amy continued taking her to swim lessons, gymnastics, playgroup, the airport to accumulate new frequent flier miles, and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Gymboree</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">. It was also in this month that we became the proud new owners of a DVD player for Amy’s car. We said we would never do it and criticized those who had, but Amy caved in and car rides have never been the same since.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ4aUnNSuauTws2ME_o3_FgBrMtMYnbYHD7cHduV9tTJppr8h9t8NWZHME42Ti3JrPW0BulmdQkgzmFQYlh8gqB94r0ff4UsGKrFPH6pUtq09UpVqX7QSEl8QVuA7HNzvFA7g7A/s400/IMG_7294.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448798069900305138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bB5ULsjGDHb01ovbsV7-HLBLMtxVKXwF8rCOEk5H0ByH0Y_Hvk8hOviFPHQMZUHx4JQLnxwo5h8bXikewnIxdNjbOmmDuGdjSSuJe71AJdOdAVI-dKhNXiUor35dPVZ3AZzg0g/s400/IMG_7270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448798062249435250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCez_MHSMcz_maOVI9-bgjnbu85lCoU0Cj_Ng3BGAyhl9eOoJlMRR6s8q6QaeoBuhsu7ftUNvT4Am6uhqQFjhADrSAvUnyZaD7rIffH6rHbUCXCRi8GkZSvMVypMcZCvGSnOWnXw/s1600-h/IMG_7207.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCez_MHSMcz_maOVI9-bgjnbu85lCoU0Cj_Ng3BGAyhl9eOoJlMRR6s8q6QaeoBuhsu7ftUNvT4Am6uhqQFjhADrSAvUnyZaD7rIffH6rHbUCXCRi8GkZSvMVypMcZCvGSnOWnXw/s400/IMG_7207.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448798046441033970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">June and July</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> were filled with lots of airplane rides and family time for Amy and Ava. In June they headed to Texas for a quick trip to escape the Vegas heat while Matt continued to sweat his life away in the 130-degree heat of central Iraq. July found Amy’s family joining her in Vegas for a week of fun in the sun. While the Allen clan was in town, we all visited the Secret Garden and Dolphin Encounter at the Mirage. Ava had so much fun roaring at the lions and tigers and she was beside herself by how close she was able to get to the dolphins. Amy and Ava then went back to Tennessee for two weeks to visit all of her extended family. On the way home, the two stopped in Texas to visit Matt’s family and show all of our friends Ava’s new vocabulary and Blue Bell ice cream eating skills. Amy needed her fill of Angelina's and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Chik</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Fil</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">-A too! </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">In </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">August</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">, the girls escaped to San Antonio to visit Matt’s sister, Whitney's family and take in the fun of another Sea World with Matt’s other sister, Casey, who flew in from Dallas for the weekend.</span></span></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Ava had a phenomenal time playing with her cousins, feeding dolphins, and partaking in the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Shamu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> show, and splashing in the water park. Luckily, we managed to make it home with only a $13 water bottle. I will reference this coveted water bottle in later postings, don't worry. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">The end of </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">September</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> found Ava and Amy at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">McCarran</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Int’l Airport once again to welcome Matt home from his deployment. The girls were able to meet Matt at his gate, so everyone was excited for the homecoming (of course, we were both holding signs!). Ava was so happy to see her Daddy once again and Matt was excited to see the extra pounds Amy had packed on since the last time he saw her. The Elmo backpack full of goodies that Matt gave to Ava helped tremendously with the reintegration and the stuffed Ming Ming (from the show, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">WonderPets</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">) was an added bonus. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">October</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> found us on our last trip as a family of three. Together, we toured the Pacific Northwest</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">, hitting up Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Amy found the BEST donuts in the world (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">VooDoo</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Donuts in Portland) while Matt literally ran around each city trying to maintain his triathlon training. Ava was thrilled to take her first Amtrak train ride along the gorgeous Pacific coast and she was even more excited to get to use her passport for the first time. A week after returning from our trip, we finally closed on the purchase of our house here in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Las</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Vegas. It only took a full deployment to Iraq and over half of a pregnancy for it to come to fruition! Quickly after qualifying ourselves for the nice </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">homebuyer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> tax credit, Matt competed in The </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Pumpkinman</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Triathlon, his first Olympic distance triathlon. Ava loved being at the race and proudly cheered on her Daddy from the sidelines. Ava then spent her last day of being a 1-year old donning a penguin suit going door-to-door soliciting candy. Luckily, she had seen real penguins in action two months prior and was able to have the waddle perfected. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Ava celebrated her 2</span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> birthday on </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">November</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> 1</span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">st</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> and she welcomed this new milestone with a fantastic birthday party at the park. Donning a tutu and pigtails (think Boo from the movie Monsters Inc.), Ava scaled all the playground equipment like a seasoned pro. 2009 somehow managed to take away our baby girl and transform her into a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">bona</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">fide</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> little girl</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> who not only has real conversations with us using complete sentences but who also is fearless, courageous, and ridiculously strong. We always knew Ava was a sweetheart, but this year proved how loving, compassionate, and truly precious she really is. Ava's precocious nature and tireless enthusiasm ensures that there is never a dull moment in the day. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">December</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> 2</span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> brought us an absolutely gorgeous piece of heaven. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Grace was born at 5:04pm, weighing 7lbs, 0.4oz, and measuring 19 inches long. Her birth experience and 3-push delivery were beyond perfect and Amy was nothing but laughs and smiles the entire time. Things could not have been any more ideal and Amy was so blessed to have had both the best doctor and a near flawless recovery. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> was an early yet incredibly welcome surprise to our family and Ava was both thrilled and ready to become a big sister. From the moment she met </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Grace, she was enamored. Ava is the most wonderful and protective big sister imaginable, never wanting to be separated from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">’s side. December also marked our first trip as a family of four. 12 days after </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> was born, we loaded up our car and headed to Arizona to ride on the Polar Express Train for a journey to the North Pole. We took this trip in 2008 when Ava was barely one year old, and knew that Ava would absolutely LOVE it at age 2, so we booked our reservations in March. Of course, this was before we ever knew Amy was pregnant and due 7 days after the trip took place. As we expected, Ava was captivated by the train trip to meet Santa. Like the year prior, she loved eating her chocolate chip cookie(s) on the train while wearing her </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">jammies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">, although she turned her nose up yet again to the hot chocolate. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> didn't get the hype and thought it was boring, so she slept the entire time. Or maybe it was the altitude that knocked her out! Regardless, we now have 3 bells that will hang on our Christmas Tree. What wonderful souvenirs!</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">As we start 2010, our transition to a family of four has been relatively painless and we </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">couldn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">’t have dreamed of a better chapter in our story. Ava is still our little swimming star who dives for rings, torpedoes across the pool underwater, and swims to the side of the pool unassisted—all the while never allowing her smile to be wiped from her face. She is starting to potty train herself, can just about recite verbatim every book in her library, and actively tries to pedal her tricycle solo. Her zest for life is infectious and being showered with her abundant hugs and kisses while hearing her say she loves us makes every day worth living. At her two-month appointment in February, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Myla</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> was a delicate 13 lbs, 8 oz and is officially our biggest bundle of smiling love. Her personality blossoms more and more each day with coos and giggles and she holds all of our hearts in her tiny little hands. She is already sleeping through the night, making us love her even more. Matt continues to train for races—he has a triathlon lined up in March and the Big </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Sur</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> Marathon in April--and his quest for visiting new places has never been greater. Amy manages to continually </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Swiffer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> the wood floors, keep Costco in business, guarantee the house is </span></span></span><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Garrison" datetime="2010-02-12T00:04"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">always </span></span></span></ins></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">stocked with homemade goodies, and stay up to date on photos of the girls, all while ensuring that Ava learns Spanish and bits of German and Myla keeps a full belly. Although she loves staying home with the girls, her mind is always thinking of new business ventures and ways to use her Masters--not to mention how many days until she can get back on the ice and teach the girls how to skate. Amy has quickly learned that there is TRULY NOTHING SWEETER THAN SLEEPING WITH HER GIRLS AND FEELING THEIR BREATH ON HER CHEEKS. She is beyond smitten. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">The summer will find us saying farewell to the bright lights of Las Vegas and hello to the plains of Kansas. Matt was accepted into the Army’s Command General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, so the four of us will be packing our bags for another big move in a few months. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: line-through; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">This verse sums up 2009 for us...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> John 1:16</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br /></span></p><div style="mso-element:comment-list"><div style="mso-element:comment"><div id="_com_2" class="msocomtxt" language="JavaScript" onmouseover="msoCommentShow('_anchor_2','_com_2')" onmouseout="msoCommentHide('_com_2')"> </div> </div> </div> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Perpetua, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:17px;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Perpetua, serif;font-size:180%;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="mso-element:comment-list"><div style="mso-element:comment"><div id="_com_2" class="msocomtxt" language="JavaScript" onmouseover="msoCommentShow('_anchor_2','_com_2')" onmouseout="msoCommentHide('_com_2')"> </div> </div> </div> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p></span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-77288942172837617962009-04-16T02:38:00.001-07:002009-04-16T03:10:38.498-07:00Latest NewsHere are some of the latest happenings in our life all compiled into one post. I'm sure I'll highlight some of the exciting things with posts of their own in the future, but the list is all I've got at 0239 in the morning.<br /><br />~We found out that Matt is deploying down range in May. So, along with the news came 1,000 new things to do before he leaves (both work and family related). As of today, we're at about 25 days and counting until he leaves us for the summer.<br /><br />~April started with us going to Tennessee for a relaxing trip with my family. We all had a wonderful time and Ava really changed in the 7 days that we were there. Her vocabulary expanded and she seemed to grow up even more right before our eyes. On this trip, Ava got to watch Veggie Tales on a little portable DVD player for the first time and she was obsessed. All she wanted to do was sit on top of a giant pillow with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hambone</span> the cat and watch Bob and Larry on a 6" screen. While home, Ava also got to participate in the giant Allen/Chambers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Eggstravaganza</span> at my parent's house. We had both sides of my parents' family over for dinner and a fantastic egg hunt. Fun was had by all and Ava L-O-V-E-D hunting for eggs. We were actually surprised at how good she was given that she was a rookie this season. In addition to the egg hunt, Ava got to dye her first Easter Eggs. Following the dying, Ava ate her first <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hard boiled</span> egg (yuck). She loved the white part (yuck) until she got to the yolk (even more yucky) in which she gave a sour face and spit all the egg out of her mouth. I'm still disgusted. In the following days, we managed to spend some time at Starbucks (it's tradition), hit up the Nashville Children's Museum, go to the Nashville Zoo at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Grassmere</span>, ride my parent's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Harleys</span> (okay, so I sat on the back and did nothing), and visit with my all my grandparents a little. We also got to spend some time with my brother, Brent, and his wife, Julie, and their kids, Maura and Tristan, and we finally got to meet Tristan, which was so great...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">after all</span>, he'll be a year old in May! Overall, it was a fantastic trip and we hated to leave. <br /><br />~While in Tennessee, we also got the unfortunate news that Matt's grandmother, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mema</span>, passed away. Although it didn't come as a total surprise, it was still hard news to accept. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Mema</span> was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">laid</span> to rest on Tuesday, April 14, in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Lewisville</span>, Texas. Matt flew home to Dallas Monday afternoon to be with this family for a few days and celebrate the life <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Mema</span> had lived.<br /><br />~Now it's technically Thursday and Matt is coming home tonight from Texas. In addition to going home for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Mema's</span> funeral, Matt went to San Antonio for a visit to the altitude chamber at Randolph AFB. His trip to San Antonio has been planned for some time now, so the timing was a bit uncanny for his extended trip to Texas. Not that a family member passing ever falls under the column of "good timing," but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Mema's</span> passing over the weekend was almost a blessing..as this past Monday and Tuesday were the ONLY days Matt could have ever gone home to Texas before his deployment. Up until he leaves, Matt has to sit in mandatory <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">pre</span>-deployment training during the work week and each weekend has already been dedicated to a trip or activity of some sort.<br /><br />~So, that gets us to the coming days and weeks. Here's what's on our plate and what you have to look forward to reading about in the weeks ahead:<br /><ul><li>A weekend trip to Denver (Matt has to go up to the Buckley <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ANG</span> for their drill weekend)</li><li>A long weekend trip to Chicago</li><li>The Garrison's are here to visit Ava (Matt and I have come to accept that no one really wants to see us...)</li><li>My Iron Girl triathlon</li><li>Matt leaves</li></ul><p>It seems like April is already over and we're only barely 2 weeks into the month. I guess that is technically half way, so maybe it's all in the way we see the month: half started or half over.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-74002226580607719832009-03-23T00:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T00:45:36.152-07:00<img name="slideshowpicture" src="http://images.photos.walmart.com/232323232%7Ffp43334%3Enu%3D3239%3E3%3C%3A%3E%3B%3B7%3EWSNRCG%3D3233853%3B%3C493%3Bnu0mrj" width="480" height="360" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-30759291955054434672009-03-22T23:51:00.000-07:002009-04-16T02:37:56.551-07:00Excuses...a) I've been stuck in a giant abyss that has sucked me in...and after 5 months, has gotten so tired of me that it has decided to spit me back out. <div><br /></div><div>b) Ava ripped off 2 keys on the laptop and has made typing an absolute nightmare.</div><div><br /></div><div>c) Life has been incredibly busy lately and there seems to be no end in sight for the craziness (i.e. swim lessons, Gymboree, gymnastics, 3 story times, 2 playgroups, full time triathlon training--spinning class, swimming, running, and road biking 6 days a week, dance class, and endless swiffering of my floors).</div><div><br /></div><div>d) Obama said that if he became president he would take care of me...and I thought that included updating my blog. </div><div><br /></div><div>e) a, b, and c</div><div><br /></div><div>What's your vote for the reason I haven't posting anything since the Revolutionary War? Well...it hasn't been that long, but it sure seems like it.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-8861387860031539572008-10-07T23:43:00.000-07:002008-10-08T00:53:03.126-07:00Ava's FIRST Steps!!!Of course, there's a ton of things I need to put on the blog, but I've been really busy with planning a squadron fundraiser ever since we returned from vacation (the auction is over now, so I should have more time to blog!). Anyhow, this is the FRESHEST thing on my mind and I wanted to share it with all of you. <br /><br />As of tonight, October 7, 2008, Ava Holt is officially WALKING! For the past month or so, Ava's been taking 2-4 steps and then stopping to squat...standing back up and then taking a few more steps, then squatting again. To us, those steps didn't really qualify as walking...just step taking. So, tonight Moose and Matt were on the floor playing with Ava while I cleaned up the kitchen after dinner. Moose was holding Ava's wind-up frog toy and Ava started walking towards him to get it (she took about 10-12 steps). She knew she was doing something different and of course, we cheered her on along the way. She was so proud of herself and we were over the moon with excitement. Since I was doing the dishes, I wasn't able to get to the camera fast enough and only caught the tail end of Ava piecing together the art of walking for the 1st time. I can't complain though...at least I got something!<br /><br />Hope you enjoy watching Ava take her first real steps walking as much as we have...<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSmAuowQCXo"><br /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSmAuowQCXo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object></p><p align="center">WHAT happened to our little infant? She's no longer a baby!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-2589470305410632692008-09-11T14:37:00.001-07:002008-09-11T14:50:11.816-07:00Uncle MooseOn Labor Day, our very, very, very good friend, Moose, showed up at our doorstep. I've known of Moose for a long time and have been able to really get to know him over the past three years in Germany. It's a LONG story, but at the Academy, he and my brother were in the same squadron their last two years--they were squadron commanders together. So, Matt and my brother were together for the 1st two years and Moose and my brother were together for the last two. Odd, I know. Anyhow, Moose is the most wonderful person and he just adores Ava. He thinks Ava is the funniest little kid in the world and Ava does nothing but flirt with him. It's quite funny. He's even given her a new nickname since being here...he calls her, 'Bulldozer' or 'Dozer' for short, as he thinks it's hilarious that she bulldozes through the house with wreckless abandon. The funny thing is that she actually responds to her new name.<br /><br />Anyhow, here are a few pictures of Ava and Moose spending some time together. I'll be making dinner in the kitchen and look over to find Ava sitting in Moose's lap fascinated by his cell phone or a book. It's just the cutest thing.<br /><br /><div align="center">Ava wasn't so fond of the new blow up penguin that we bought for her. We now know why it was on clearance...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmdfHzOUB1wBQcSEiNPqWra5P3T5SSyR-XgfKhBgDYjYZEPCSXF4j8GKEVOHFiTaUDIVfoBMAqC0N4V0lTuVfIM3pm_cmbZNAhmhOSizHxX-6gtKcUYugGwQM5cCSJ5OEbmm3sw/s1600-h/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+097.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244883511893367682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmdfHzOUB1wBQcSEiNPqWra5P3T5SSyR-XgfKhBgDYjYZEPCSXF4j8GKEVOHFiTaUDIVfoBMAqC0N4V0lTuVfIM3pm_cmbZNAhmhOSizHxX-6gtKcUYugGwQM5cCSJ5OEbmm3sw/s400/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+097.jpg" border="0" /></a> But the bongo drums made for many smiles...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP10ZvHYivs7-d7J-v11usYxbvK3q2AABgRQSchAY-Tmk3rVnk7QzTyIAvj3ErkQ3ybHg0KgDjQ1ESzM9HkjfEwZ0omGX48S7X1tyJWKU3hK4-sOSrp18NOrPSg8DrUyeHbWoTQ/s1600-h/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+098.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244883516981249186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP10ZvHYivs7-d7J-v11usYxbvK3q2AABgRQSchAY-Tmk3rVnk7QzTyIAvj3ErkQ3ybHg0KgDjQ1ESzM9HkjfEwZ0omGX48S7X1tyJWKU3hK4-sOSrp18NOrPSg8DrUyeHbWoTQ/s400/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+098.jpg" border="0" /></a> That penguin is still looking at me...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TMPmY4YLY-MmEcUq-OQr0_ZzcoTH6OcB_hOINfvEbvNC5L4kJz0iGZIS8acTzedeDyQbErN7wqB6mpaqZC51juURIxp62MxA4LMOM6WvSaHPQDiynEkqhZ_jPA_cuvYT5LhlHA/s1600-h/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+099.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244883537219616914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TMPmY4YLY-MmEcUq-OQr0_ZzcoTH6OcB_hOINfvEbvNC5L4kJz0iGZIS8acTzedeDyQbErN7wqB6mpaqZC51juURIxp62MxA4LMOM6WvSaHPQDiynEkqhZ_jPA_cuvYT5LhlHA/s400/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+099.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGVlYXBA9nqghV6KtFbj5SoEQ_nd0rFQEJliM7HLI-3TD2gbGD3VN3LmgO-OakD5zeJnEpEK6Z7OqbLTf5qCddAM3_TXfEfZjwJGCVookB1vNkCHr8lwhj6OXdhjOPThqJshWmA/s1600-h/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+100.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244883545827083618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGVlYXBA9nqghV6KtFbj5SoEQ_nd0rFQEJliM7HLI-3TD2gbGD3VN3LmgO-OakD5zeJnEpEK6Z7OqbLTf5qCddAM3_TXfEfZjwJGCVookB1vNkCHr8lwhj6OXdhjOPThqJshWmA/s400/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi14Ki1e-RtpuuoMwuHAqXjemuflNwf_BvJYLx12FcycZh0dm2QIR3i8k_2FcCnVolqiOyz1mkQZqz1qBNrl3b4yjqzgWqbqLMlkSPJGZM4iD2PReZqXI4A7DLgDobkHy5BA34g/s1600-h/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+101.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244883552942549346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi14Ki1e-RtpuuoMwuHAqXjemuflNwf_BvJYLx12FcycZh0dm2QIR3i8k_2FcCnVolqiOyz1mkQZqz1qBNrl3b4yjqzgWqbqLMlkSPJGZM4iD2PReZqXI4A7DLgDobkHy5BA34g/s400/01Sept08--Ava+Holt+101.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-7111595973612739902008-08-30T15:53:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:33:55.416-07:0025 Years Later...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYROeqwcQaYOnR7o3QYtVxyY_1LfB2a1czkKT48l3T5oRITABM2H3eOTGilriamKfHkthsP-D4Q8zKVjTALQq6XVhtFV8_NP3-PArGCvpNdNw3CywAxTisTMI81d8GLq4XOPRcIw/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(Ava+is+the+exact+same+age+as+Mommy+was+when+she+arrived+in+the+USA).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456937252331890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYROeqwcQaYOnR7o3QYtVxyY_1LfB2a1czkKT48l3T5oRITABM2H3eOTGilriamKfHkthsP-D4Q8zKVjTALQq6XVhtFV8_NP3-PArGCvpNdNw3CywAxTisTMI81d8GLq4XOPRcIw/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(Ava+is+the+exact+same+age+as+Mommy+was+when+she+arrived+in+the+USA).jpg" border="0" /></a>Today, August 30, 2008, marks a big day in the life of Ava Holt. It's not her birthday or any common holiday...instead, today Ava is the exact same age (to the day) that I was when I came to America to be a part of the Allen family. It sounds cheesy, but the reality of my adoption has really started to sink in lately. I've always known that I was adopted but I never thought about how significant my adoption was to all of the parties involved (to my foster family in Korea and to my loving family in America). I've always been extremely thankful to my birth mother for her selflessness and ability to see past herself and her needs, wants, and desires in order to give me life (i.e. not aborting me) and then going further by giving me away in order for me to have a better life somewhere else in the world. On the flip side, I've also always been incredibly thankful to my wonderful adoptive parents and brothers for their selflessness and ability to open their hearts and lives to the orphan that they barely knew anything about at the time. They have loved, cared for, and nurtured me since before they even met me, and they are the only family I know, love, and call my own. I couldn't have ever even dreamt of having a more phenomenal family than the one I was blessed to have been chosen by 26 years ago. I've been given countless opportunities, an education with 2 degrees, and I've been given more dreams than most people could ever imagine having.<br /><br /><br />Anyhow, the reason I've been thinking about my adoption lately is because of Ava. I can't even begin to imagine giving her away and never seeing her again and I can't even begin to fathom missing out on the past 9 months, 4 weeks, and 1 day of her life. Having her in my life puts my past in such a different perspective and makes me even more thankful for being adopted.<br />It hasn't been until today that I can ask my mom if Ava is anything like me...if she was the same size as me, had the same amount of hair or teeth, or if she had the same personality or mannerisms as me. As much as I haven't wanted Ava to grow up, I've really been looking forward to this day because I'm so excited to know if this little 20lb incredibly beautiful baby girl is anything like me. She's so much like her Daddy, which makes my heart smile, but there's always been a part of me that's wanted to know what characteristics I gave to her.<br /><br /><br />As a surprise, my mom sent me a package filled with some of the things I came to America with on my Gotcha Day (the day I was adopted) and some of my clothes. However, the best surprise inside the package was the outfit that I flew to America wearing. Of course, given today's significance, I got the privilege of letting Ava Holt wear it over 25 years later. She looks so precious...<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFRoaflpdgziM_b4xA3QJinnVZgGUHa3ZNUyY0qyW4al5z08xvEChu9th461fTRCKiBpABf84jUHsSkcjYp3QCSPjk8pHwIwILZVDqrrPTIQRS_LAU58gx3hxfbgjmZzheny4Sg/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456783352923858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFRoaflpdgziM_b4xA3QJinnVZgGUHa3ZNUyY0qyW4al5z08xvEChu9th461fTRCKiBpABf84jUHsSkcjYp3QCSPjk8pHwIwILZVDqrrPTIQRS_LAU58gx3hxfbgjmZzheny4Sg/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fcc2o79AmdkdjnxOzE9tHXEkyP9sXKyp42CuYY7Vmw-9hU5H-E9E5AGlAWF_-Mgt5XZ8NlydAUmIk5ACYtSNAXuzpezLHl567dSUd9woAykYtydYkHp9RzvJOVLBA4LViBaxWA/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456786262353778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fcc2o79AmdkdjnxOzE9tHXEkyP9sXKyp42CuYY7Vmw-9hU5H-E9E5AGlAWF_-Mgt5XZ8NlydAUmIk5ACYtSNAXuzpezLHl567dSUd9woAykYtydYkHp9RzvJOVLBA4LViBaxWA/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Here she is with 'Monkey Chee Chee,' my beloved comfort item as a child (she was in the package too)...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUfsqYK91TNNA82DAWxrzz-GlM1_JGEW_BQntmvh9XOtuE1yhyphenhyphenLRzPZ5CvUyP31AdoUSSV-VFkMD3JEk8Ur2EWWi8VyC6YykcLUnjOhqNOrBzR9oqszy-0Lw3wShEf4wn2gGg1g/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(7).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456791368206274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUfsqYK91TNNA82DAWxrzz-GlM1_JGEW_BQntmvh9XOtuE1yhyphenhyphenLRzPZ5CvUyP31AdoUSSV-VFkMD3JEk8Ur2EWWi8VyC6YykcLUnjOhqNOrBzR9oqszy-0Lw3wShEf4wn2gGg1g/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(7).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRA9s61mhQ8inYfdtGeC3movw5hNImWm6x7N6A6BqtmWYUi10017Qsscvpw-Rg0xxmRBq7elbrLwchvbKpo4XvUGqZlYdw3PFmdBhyphenhyphenrezi2NTdZtwWBjNoO_SCZMWVjwB1a8lOg/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(14).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456794609249826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRA9s61mhQ8inYfdtGeC3movw5hNImWm6x7N6A6BqtmWYUi10017Qsscvpw-Rg0xxmRBq7elbrLwchvbKpo4XvUGqZlYdw3PFmdBhyphenhyphenrezi2NTdZtwWBjNoO_SCZMWVjwB1a8lOg/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(14).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-9oaFyWJQjFgeXLqd-Bc5OBUTcyxed11nrRfYLrNMr9sW_Wyd7ORs7A-P6SWs1X4OuCd8ZOiCJCkBL9yRcpWQ25QHf-Smwm16tcL9ogWkxEc5y38teA_7LaUkXp3qLMmST4Wzw/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(16).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456797020382130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-9oaFyWJQjFgeXLqd-Bc5OBUTcyxed11nrRfYLrNMr9sW_Wyd7ORs7A-P6SWs1X4OuCd8ZOiCJCkBL9yRcpWQ25QHf-Smwm16tcL9ogWkxEc5y38teA_7LaUkXp3qLMmST4Wzw/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(16).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlRSASv9C4NBJn2PNJbvkFXJ0EEw1_rFVk5SwdJNnZHgegFNoSaZxJLl7_m7pKVY344lFEbwAAEHbXZAajDVEvQNhA-43cr3uKdyxsI_pYcu-MyU_UGDOx9Wb6kxkKiAV_iSNdg/s1600-h/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(19).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240456308768683266" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEONOBi3_irQHp2EOQ2bGbnDpmSu8nliqoEnL1zFvi5cDcVB6GGRIGLoG3WB03V2zVNO1n3bEuwoDmgwsryoHjbIRGUgDELyc6myjnl6Cw9eQSzdrkobW1Y3c8qLASsLKTq5Aqig/s400/30Aug08--Ava+Holt+wearing+the+outfit+Mommy+came+to+America+in+(31).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-18058982635925182322008-08-28T08:57:00.001-07:002008-08-28T14:01:57.913-07:001-year Anniversary<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LGh4nU1Ce5NlT5sa6gXpbEFLX8c8r5PHZc7tmOxrpIdiE8RkJHv1Lt4iQeBqp5nkce_CDPjw0CxHTvn9HRkuDbGFfxaYyEczlNfk6d7BoDJj46aBmU9COhZdO5IllrJsiFWDPw/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604454340417138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LGh4nU1Ce5NlT5sa6gXpbEFLX8c8r5PHZc7tmOxrpIdiE8RkJHv1Lt4iQeBqp5nkce_CDPjw0CxHTvn9HRkuDbGFfxaYyEczlNfk6d7BoDJj46aBmU9COhZdO5IllrJsiFWDPw/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+003.jpg" border="0" /></a>Today, August 28th, marks Matt's, Ava's, and my 1-year anniversary of living in the US together. Can you believe it? We sure can't. It seems like it was just yesterday that we boarded that plane in Frankfurt and headed west. My belly seemed big at the time, but Ava was just a little squirt back then. We can still remember leaving Germany at 57 degrees and walking off the plane in Vegas and it being 106. Strangely enough, this year the temperature doesn't seem as hot as it did last year. Maybe it was because I was pregnant...or maybe it was because within the course of 12 hours, the temperature managed to almost double outside. Whatever the case, it isn't as miserable outside as we remember it being last year. But then again, we spend minimal time out in the sun these days. Only another month and we can go back outside before 8pm! </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">Now that we've been Stateside for a year, it really hits us that Ava is almost a year old. Boy, time flies. It's been a quick but eventful year and we have been very blessed. We miss our life in Germany so much, but can't complain about the sweet life we have here in Vegas. They always say that 'home is where the heart is,' but we see it as 'home is where Ava is.' She's made us a family and we can't imagine not having her in our lives. Speaking of...I'm beginning to hear 'mamamamamama' and 'dadadadadadadada' emerge from the hallway!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Here are a few pictures that we took 2 nights ago. They're of Ava 'fingerpainting' for the first time with some spilled pears on her high chair tray (we usually wipe the spills up before she can get pointer into them). Once the pears seemed to have lost their painting ability, we supplememented with some yogurt. Hence, the Hitler face Ava gave herself. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604456622939826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnM5XekfqLqBQqHge6IZNd68fMruK3ASd5Nn9ukO2d_G-UcDWDWBJpMdmfLqHx50q_HcjalvX8SYKWTmMugApg9QMLS8wXBMw5bkPQd81JnoZoQUN2mpdC9H_tyaNU-bw-h2bsw/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+011.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604180594971250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SgTmxLJjEaQkd03ZQooWpI1WlDPeoH3wiqUSN-9hUq_hOX4ltAxl1Z2LGxFVHMVGl3CU9wBa1sfCUVLhkPXwbOGHQQNYj6_IwBewvnhgErBb8Lxf3DmO7PdyYSCmt97g2Y3AIQ/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+014.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604196916794898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIWmF5HYj6pk8DOJPMUovv29do25PX-USNMRxlaElGhEBZr5MhxUxPn4LU-PX6kptvNU7LN5ZcwtiflK1ZIhpzs-7m-SGn5VWiW-XWpNrm3H6MCxZQbNTwNG-jhc1b9PDOuzs8A/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+030.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqGP9bRVmUhPeABpLgmsZtWQ3n4mgBf3P0XywhmHeshiP5AJ6Y4KqzPsaEIPb8YsqTY-BT7VuaDJQVmQNJ65osRQIkZlxUXCIEcWRIvmTAN2Kw_8hzuqbEvICQvrOYBcKHI6SOQ/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604186359637074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqGP9bRVmUhPeABpLgmsZtWQ3n4mgBf3P0XywhmHeshiP5AJ6Y4KqzPsaEIPb8YsqTY-BT7VuaDJQVmQNJ65osRQIkZlxUXCIEcWRIvmTAN2Kw_8hzuqbEvICQvrOYBcKHI6SOQ/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+024.jpg" border="0" /></a> This one is for Matt's sister, Whitney. Apparently Ava has inheritied Whit's childhood hand squeeze as an outlet for her frustration and passive aggressive anger. It takes massive force to peel her fingers back to unfurl her fists. As you can see, she was mad at me because the pears were 'gone' and instead of getting her some more, I was taking her picture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2V3zcGIELMQsEavH1L_Cl4FwTwxkx-0Aw2zu5v0Q6a0YYs-XPmv2Z3eT2qd8qDv4zv6TgF-42-QijYbmjGlVei3C6n3LA6lMwGqKbSfId3Zf8FJ9mgToZZoVvPKz1X-8wdrBdw/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604192051261298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2V3zcGIELMQsEavH1L_Cl4FwTwxkx-0Aw2zu5v0Q6a0YYs-XPmv2Z3eT2qd8qDv4zv6TgF-42-QijYbmjGlVei3C6n3LA6lMwGqKbSfId3Zf8FJ9mgToZZoVvPKz1X-8wdrBdw/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+027.jpg" border="0" /> </div><p align="center"></a>And lastly, the 'Yogurt Hitler face' that Ava gave herself...</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEd4GYt4T9ix5jwvR7dfYoH78GWLmgByrdMaabTBFwac0FkTQ_Sex6HCmT35zuWsFCkQLwjl5qDCoq1NqAE0qHFcW42ob3l6du5tptfo0hCcaZacspn3s0q1IIu9mpQU0WgsE3Q/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239604200478307618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEd4GYt4T9ix5jwvR7dfYoH78GWLmgByrdMaabTBFwac0FkTQ_Sex6HCmT35zuWsFCkQLwjl5qDCoq1NqAE0qHFcW42ob3l6du5tptfo0hCcaZacspn3s0q1IIu9mpQU0WgsE3Q/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+038.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>...we're still laughing at Ava's unfortunate painting coincidence. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-27489419746378001062008-08-26T20:30:00.003-07:002008-08-26T23:19:54.244-07:00Passport to Adventure<div align="center"> Ava standing up all by herself without holding on to anything...except her new passport!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz6yXqMK_lkufs1ePemkrpCf5V3pvc5-g_YB9i52RY_zeHvISU2IVsE2UKJBAZXVmDx8yFkanZGCoQi2pDXvZUJg_6NBt37eN6eCIFBZMk-GPfGqbLx-Mn5GjwvEY9Ncc2wtfAg/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076985450555730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz6yXqMK_lkufs1ePemkrpCf5V3pvc5-g_YB9i52RY_zeHvISU2IVsE2UKJBAZXVmDx8yFkanZGCoQi2pDXvZUJg_6NBt37eN6eCIFBZMk-GPfGqbLx-Mn5GjwvEY9Ncc2wtfAg/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+067.jpg" border="0" /></a>It's official...Ava's passport arrived today! Although you can't see the picture very well, it's highly entertaining. When I took Ava to get her picture taken at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Walgreen's</span>, I didn't realize what a task it was going to be (I had to hold her up against a white pull down background without being in the picture). Ava was great (as usual) and we were in and out of the store within minutes. However, the only picture that worked for the crazy passport photo rules (and the one that is officially in her passport) was of her looking dead at the camera sticking out her tongue. I thought it was hysterical and Matt thought it was the best picture ever taken of her. It just captures her so well. What do you think?<br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076719848061826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim3dj1VvzYiOzfFNbb5UxsEWW9ODF3ds3UeLO8KOfm_6ThFnFUgp9GpLi7bVVec6xpsHm3VqtXVvyIBFhbT7mU9CX5z6GKSnuGxb3-EZLpreaPHFdYnykV6TChlJ2aMTlvhTd5A/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+063+edited.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidG2WgaldxjcUdLpwGJ2z6ZvzO9dYqui4r0IgzSSAnCsp9NgVv45-6wKVK5FpH3ROaoMBfR0JfUgTnFtVEUtqOWrXKQ2wacrJxRcW0nC-E6XFCQOrxSJE6JRntMjJfMc_74qBSQ/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+052+edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076701578924354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidG2WgaldxjcUdLpwGJ2z6ZvzO9dYqui4r0IgzSSAnCsp9NgVv45-6wKVK5FpH3ROaoMBfR0JfUgTnFtVEUtqOWrXKQ2wacrJxRcW0nC-E6XFCQOrxSJE6JRntMjJfMc_74qBSQ/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+052+edited.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076714147287074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7A3M6YLkH7Ec-oohdd4otiFSpdIPyBB9IelnZ8Dxxhuzz11R6DN22aBuJa8EuMBo-idmeGYUpzhi0L9LHeIxQLmuPo-OdlqEv_NWdGfstH02I-WHi7VX3OvHqJPVFJzCAzqS4-A/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+061+edited.JPG" border="0" />She thought it was so fun to look at herself...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtLiLg-Gqxs8bVLjYcOk1gT-n9WKSVzFq8wJrKH7CryXPcMGTmoWoW_P_RT46GQpZeMeM8cOTjsaCaJsQ7TwyXTZJnFLDcdu5ZococJSi2iKIa9HXavrpBowSTfqXOL74Nr8SvA/s1600-h/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+058+edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076705155226994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtLiLg-Gqxs8bVLjYcOk1gT-n9WKSVzFq8wJrKH7CryXPcMGTmoWoW_P_RT46GQpZeMeM8cOTjsaCaJsQ7TwyXTZJnFLDcdu5ZococJSi2iKIa9HXavrpBowSTfqXOL74Nr8SvA/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+058+edited.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076694564248210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSqjT2k95hC4o79aPcykrO3XpMpZuyZf0Mf17OTzgHhyphenhyphenadrEWRZkr2CSMEkjDbpYaNo4WqftL24m4lkG0pRXcogXrUBhaan4jebX3qd8XQiCUbPCkjvBxhE3gHi6r2LGIIOLmxg/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+064+edited.JPG" border="0" /> She's ready to get her passport filled with lots of fun stamps...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076979045134738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36F_PyMMzAbU5KvH1E1BSJNwthDHwYq-MD1kIIxT_eqURBP-w_c3aAt_VB7cMh15JEH0nnxBZdFoviIpOx_31X9lGLNht5wnf0XxIJFwh_2WPrWAv_BjrPxO31St1N_fxLipiDA/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+066.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076988949756866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtJK0w11vOfIhnmqOBOADfO8UPQMc7SBdj-OPaUbqwZl2Ld-qe5bIYJOVtMXmWdQPt01qXrKAY8iGl2TE7ReHbCNyeL0ydyI4gqgjaXBhFub7BqJc5cqy3PrcFWSTc5Y0mh7TCw/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+069.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239076992799497218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmZi6GTJiuPbowl5RPdCP7svjl1Koc4MoPw1V4OEvSzIAPY2wSMeRWket-ty46ZZdL-JBXgoEqr18aWlT6nipjVJ-ZmWIfFkkLFSF580JmZRYhx_837eH_73r3AK1nQ6SllFTQw/s400/26Aug08--Ava+Holt+070.jpg" border="0" /><br />...Ava giving her gangster signs<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-24230530518587021202008-08-26T20:30:00.001-07:002008-08-28T14:38:29.702-07:00Snug As a Bug In a Rug<div align="center">Ava LOVES her new crib bedding. It's fluffy, plush, and soft...not to mention the source of so much entertainment. Each night before we go to bed, Matt and I check on the monkey in her crib. Well, this is what we found when we went inside her room on night of the 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Thtf2ImKNLWVQsPSPRcfKEaKrvh38soIRK03GsmtJNn2tQa8hhmqEjcuOfKCUqs8aAdHEe0_J9QLuEeHNDgqDaHBR7WweRjQAmaga5hO2xCI1iXSB0hsT5bIqGGAMQRcGsoiJA/s1600-h/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239677535734478802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Thtf2ImKNLWVQsPSPRcfKEaKrvh38soIRK03GsmtJNn2tQa8hhmqEjcuOfKCUqs8aAdHEe0_J9QLuEeHNDgqDaHBR7WweRjQAmaga5hO2xCI1iXSB0hsT5bIqGGAMQRcGsoiJA/s400/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglDpFwgkNQtV3PA_k5PltfKegMzvO9yqQqvoAugaJcl5ijHg2y40tqv5YhpkbIFlNVnHHYUY1NJza8LSs55GZuuIg1raCUg73GCPp6KkvM12rTSNbKcXjnLLcGmSr5mV5eWlAkQ/s1600-h/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239677550950475922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglDpFwgkNQtV3PA_k5PltfKegMzvO9yqQqvoAugaJcl5ijHg2y40tqv5YhpkbIFlNVnHHYUY1NJza8LSs55GZuuIg1raCUg73GCPp6KkvM12rTSNbKcXjnLLcGmSr5mV5eWlAkQ/s400/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9neXptv6CiHSM9eCkRIGyfcl__aaPGjt3SvSh3T9hQxTpeRAyLEl7UWJeO7RiVGnNhWM-ETfYkINC3Pu_krUqczVhEd_fSWdEFNjDi7kDJ-iBqHGDOXzxIXFEJuhSMSmdjK7RjQ/s1600-h/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239677558389474322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9neXptv6CiHSM9eCkRIGyfcl__aaPGjt3SvSh3T9hQxTpeRAyLEl7UWJeO7RiVGnNhWM-ETfYkINC3Pu_krUqczVhEd_fSWdEFNjDi7kDJ-iBqHGDOXzxIXFEJuhSMSmdjK7RjQ/s400/25Aug08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+in+her+crib+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Usually, she has an arm or leg propped up on the bedding, but this time it was her whole body. We've debated on whether or not to give her a pillow (she LOVES sleeping on ours), but now that she has her new crib bedding, it's as if she has pillows all along the perimeter. The pictures make it look like she doesn't have much room, but the bumper was just fluffed before she went to sleep. After she plays in there, the fluff is about half that plush! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-38405083920319759972008-08-26T11:32:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:42:53.184-07:00Walk, Sit, or Stand?<div align="center">It started with Ava finding an empty diaper box and pushing it around the kitchen. Pushing the box was one of the 1st times we saw Ava 'walking' on her own.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGW1onu_-qwMwbn6gwlcbKlGNeeg9FRBwi4bGmTg3K6h8Ujoknm_zZ8gXJTcsMFK8PLoYCoo4IDOCJIBC7B1bi1ld8S0u5yuU6VHIQzgQSOurENjcP7JnA8DMtmhyphenhyphencTuxbS-JLA/s1600-h/03Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+her+diaper+box.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240026577629595666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGW1onu_-qwMwbn6gwlcbKlGNeeg9FRBwi4bGmTg3K6h8Ujoknm_zZ8gXJTcsMFK8PLoYCoo4IDOCJIBC7B1bi1ld8S0u5yuU6VHIQzgQSOurENjcP7JnA8DMtmhyphenhyphencTuxbS-JLA/s400/03Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+her+diaper+box.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSmSqcVDe64JfpbIbjzs8IUVT3E31D_c8Lt64fbQK1Q7z_unCfz9SJOOFrvEOMcU2xtJGvlJo0w-Yiq7gC3uk_bTepNanjRx1C4S81JdtIyFR_A20HOOqrdlIQmFzII1EdBV4cg/s1600-h/03Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+her+diaper+box+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240014283874452786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSmSqcVDe64JfpbIbjzs8IUVT3E31D_c8Lt64fbQK1Q7z_unCfz9SJOOFrvEOMcU2xtJGvlJo0w-Yiq7gC3uk_bTepNanjRx1C4S81JdtIyFR_A20HOOqrdlIQmFzII1EdBV4cg/s400/03Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+her+diaper+box+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzmkspuqxmLIlwOBRT0hYKQokvd6rfHmbUIl7FxrLEzfQ8UBR6r4jNQJvjMy6XsaTaq9Jt3GJIlIeURoqApJe0MaJRkiM2hE86LGiex28eWgSzRY9n3P4LVHm1Mg6gReCnpkg2w/s1600-h/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240014290671203714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzmkspuqxmLIlwOBRT0hYKQokvd6rfHmbUIl7FxrLEzfQ8UBR6r4jNQJvjMy6XsaTaq9Jt3GJIlIeURoqApJe0MaJRkiM2hE86LGiex28eWgSzRY9n3P4LVHm1Mg6gReCnpkg2w/s400/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRQN7ifnlE-qdWGAJiqfzi66PloQ8T7tCmNfVM4-Ju1WYmgdYclQqEk1ZyFpTPsbtXvL4Uztj-f43WSB-A6KJnZV6I641-quEeIXJvnN8e_V_M9NJX0J0r-kOpATFj_TB1-5Ajw/s1600-h/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240014302924269282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRQN7ifnlE-qdWGAJiqfzi66PloQ8T7tCmNfVM4-Ju1WYmgdYclQqEk1ZyFpTPsbtXvL4Uztj-f43WSB-A6KJnZV6I641-quEeIXJvnN8e_V_M9NJX0J0r-kOpATFj_TB1-5Ajw/s400/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1V4CkUuTQgCD-rPh-JkbwFBvt3x7R_gZHl82ntYNrHmLQZ9kw2lZClqd4c6iP5or_slh8DNF_edxoHP_9UxJiOmMm8B5tuzF_yuHbwexRps9cU6EPR1842BPyvZuehtsrYYcYUQ/s1600-h/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240014307435254850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1V4CkUuTQgCD-rPh-JkbwFBvt3x7R_gZHl82ntYNrHmLQZ9kw2lZClqd4c6iP5or_slh8DNF_edxoHP_9UxJiOmMm8B5tuzF_yuHbwexRps9cU6EPR1842BPyvZuehtsrYYcYUQ/s400/05+Aug08--Ava+Holt+walking+behind+and+pushing+a+diaper+box+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a> Then she realized that it was far more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">exhilarating</span> to ride inside it than to walk behind it.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240012776312444098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4evkIyENC3Zs2bcPeRg60kxcm94pcmlKnG3hs2hr9q1mEZz6326T1JsU3o3ZkxO9qwcYxFw9wWgzwjeCsGygj-tJwJny6NHV5JUN3h5BuXNz2pEqyZsJPKOGouCb_SCtI2_u7w/s400/10Aug08--Ava+Holt+getting+ready+for+a+ride+in+her+empty+diaper+box+(4).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84cpnaO7EAG6Yp4ZvR7rPCUTrHVdRRz4AlYvA9vUWmA9inM3IK_t9_b5UeqS-fhuIiPtbl4hWBjHoxo-el6sRJYBwzHWGAV6li89O1T17e2z2KVp0S4QNtX9wnkprh5moF37Q5w/s1600-h/10Aug08--Ava+Holt+getting+ready+for+a+ride+in+her+empty+diaper+box.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240012758483722258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84cpnaO7EAG6Yp4ZvR7rPCUTrHVdRRz4AlYvA9vUWmA9inM3IK_t9_b5UeqS-fhuIiPtbl4hWBjHoxo-el6sRJYBwzHWGAV6li89O1T17e2z2KVp0S4QNtX9wnkprh5moF37Q5w/s400/10Aug08--Ava+Holt+getting+ready+for+a+ride+in+her+empty+diaper+box.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2r4WPQknNHQO8gQwZXmknytznAorIDxcCy_RIAhGPk0D4T_i4UcKyff4ZM0OwN_YMWQFAuRM8zDTvO0GmgwEE6PkXCMA494Mfi9WE3boIxZfR-mwwaBdFwgWRvxdHnk_d81ff5g/s1600-h/10Aug08--Ava+Holt+getting+ready+for+a+ride+in+her+empty+diaper+box+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240012764114333506" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fihyphenhyphenGlVaglal6zT6mWc5WINTqfppHEBDmjj-I0A33WXu0SM5datVU7gJTiqqYKX9Jy4ITgz3Bk_k8ZjadfqdSdzUGy2t0_lG-vp-EOUJMNRvYHRywaJ288Ui9t93ccjU1m1wLQ/s400/10Aug08--Ava+Holt+getting+ready+for+a+ride+in+her+empty+diaper+box+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a> What started with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">playmat</span> moved to her mower then escalated to an empty diaper box. What can we say, the kid loves to be pulled around the house.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-21555947741228176462008-08-26T10:53:00.000-07:002008-08-29T11:11:23.885-07:00There's Something Stuck to Ava's Mower<div align="center">Ava has been going through the stage where she wants to be pushed or pulled around the house. It all started with the playmat and has moved to the mower. While she thinks riding is hysterical, we think the pictures are even better. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXYqxX-lZFUxVt3ccM-dt2Rzs8VN0xs0P5MNfkb6CaLd7o5AfNGVaJtP0jCQ1ekTIjZ7Fkm9GreSRJPCxIXRw8sv5CEsEVkbCkf-E_34oJT5yUxc2hk9OawBwepPv8zj-cFucUA/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240001083155261090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXYqxX-lZFUxVt3ccM-dt2Rzs8VN0xs0P5MNfkb6CaLd7o5AfNGVaJtP0jCQ1ekTIjZ7Fkm9GreSRJPCxIXRw8sv5CEsEVkbCkf-E_34oJT5yUxc2hk9OawBwepPv8zj-cFucUA/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JvoqfluTOAP7jFBcOjGkVcpVfgkycAIWjocBfpCVkNX54EGyvgE9wiSzYu12FZrZAe9L1x3QviAEWkhsRhaT_t3n9vmFrqC6nl08AG4G0dIGJ0meVNvaPXmFKFEt246SgdY4AQ/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240001093055257266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JvoqfluTOAP7jFBcOjGkVcpVfgkycAIWjocBfpCVkNX54EGyvgE9wiSzYu12FZrZAe9L1x3QviAEWkhsRhaT_t3n9vmFrqC6nl08AG4G0dIGJ0meVNvaPXmFKFEt246SgdY4AQ/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPbnNjyrRnj86J-D6LfsWed5lKapfW1Soj2xxP8vkdvEyPDbxZHpgAQf6hgdM0gqh4TTaYH6vlBpwVfS3UzKlQEVX_RZz5kw-wlBZs6CAzrf4vmdd4RvXBLzHIQokXykynsCAxA/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240000551694003298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPbnNjyrRnj86J-D6LfsWed5lKapfW1Soj2xxP8vkdvEyPDbxZHpgAQf6hgdM0gqh4TTaYH6vlBpwVfS3UzKlQEVX_RZz5kw-wlBZs6CAzrf4vmdd4RvXBLzHIQokXykynsCAxA/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240003529031952194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh8WRP6uOJWd18JeNZuY_CqyM55PPOwvhyQr4gaws47O5Qh_IOhNb5AaHH_PUuSbi0x38o1_uxPU49EUje00KD3WOipUcpZ2k5IGAJ7N_Vy_SJ-Y9YEQsFW-QTYwe1lZYAJPRTQ/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(5).jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qm3MZ88KUnpaZzRDVw8NKVIJj8CG4rJCh8HwOpwZH5VT2kNpiXzVqRxGCa9Xabjps0W1KPZAnhNJzJWANeIw6TA0fUAkBfcnh8UzXae65jh_s_1LIlktL89WYLHo5JkMDqiCIw/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(5).jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jUNvA0sQ_4Dqx1kUbeFgcVRYxFavfv4SXBDgsymNqAxDCyS42D1Jyh2KkzNHXvSArzY_ghuqQ-aiTia4XDJrsa5pW8yomW-kyCcLzKboaLb8u0pNdTvflz5ieJrrWe95pro8yA/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(6).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240000560350015730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jUNvA0sQ_4Dqx1kUbeFgcVRYxFavfv4SXBDgsymNqAxDCyS42D1Jyh2KkzNHXvSArzY_ghuqQ-aiTia4XDJrsa5pW8yomW-kyCcLzKboaLb8u0pNdTvflz5ieJrrWe95pro8yA/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(6).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBeEekVLnuxKzjpv5w5ru81Vy3QSksziw8ot1Q8UAzMxRLlJRu5QPDE8cBbYxc6gV60sxTcttvrZxzWAN8ilS_G1hsLv-TAJxnbQFL0HK8uwJPKH21abFMnRV4o4re1krzN__iQ/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(7).jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCz96xmCS4I4CuuDSy0U82nMqbNi6XYSTzzGEMy7pP4MUHepwj88hF2t7Xrh1jkqP49kKQ_O1mqDNej9w_Yww7ckXJjFlQyQSZ1K5syhpAOmaUd18syM82S3KQk7HlfQDRbFbCQ/s1600-h/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(8).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240000571579392082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCz96xmCS4I4CuuDSy0U82nMqbNi6XYSTzzGEMy7pP4MUHepwj88hF2t7Xrh1jkqP49kKQ_O1mqDNej9w_Yww7ckXJjFlQyQSZ1K5syhpAOmaUd18syM82S3KQk7HlfQDRbFbCQ/s400/09Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+in+her+lawnmower+toy+(8).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-5135344600853457562008-08-26T10:18:00.000-07:002008-08-29T11:32:06.699-07:00Magic Carpet Rides<div align="center">Who says that a playmat is only for babies who play on their backs? Here's Ava's new favorite use for it...</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-zFUV69TJSFyWfYQFbfYANzeDhOMboaThvVM0z18blllM4qwBVGedWd6INT-bY7-LN1EXWqraZ234mjhxGc_pSq5AjDv40EngkZR79wi_jShS37oVJU1b3iXD3JWPY8sgTCiow/s1600-h/01Aug08--Ava+Holt+being+pulled+around+the+house+on+her+playmat+by+Daddy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240007819899226978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-zFUV69TJSFyWfYQFbfYANzeDhOMboaThvVM0z18blllM4qwBVGedWd6INT-bY7-LN1EXWqraZ234mjhxGc_pSq5AjDv40EngkZR79wi_jShS37oVJU1b3iXD3JWPY8sgTCiow/s400/01Aug08--Ava+Holt+being+pulled+around+the+house+on+her+playmat+by+Daddy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1QnZEv536NnB_AlAiT-aexJQK2C6YbWqkRzAE0skJQZs_knDJh3p-Ke9bTGrZkjY_ZioMcrM9DLyJdVpT9ViI_68-SNwvjpCGlcVQaM9Qzx_-N-egmaP7m9tFuZENrKhfu4g1g/s1600-h/01Aug08--Ava+Holt+being+pulled+around+the+house+on+her+playmat+by+Daddy+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240007829792220674" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKc-xTWBNLBEFk6Y36PYuP3P2b3OnDRiG7SGONq_ShgNRAj1HxSUoMTad0VtK14YP9bW-nGpxuZvfbbxzp6n1rohIAqG7LD73BSUpZTY4SCbh7GSHACMPEqzCP0oJyDSB1Bx_Bg/s400/02Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+on+her+playmat+around+the+house+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxmZrwu3xJw6qRXKcBq_nGD35MKU_K71rx3hFs68BDf37eRChuiGxLk_WSa9yW5mxwv2eD-rsR3y9E2WKjx537vEaETUsFMM_DaJ9EWfJmnRvgwlx8LOzuJIZVx39XFCDusCK6Q/s1600-h/02Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+on+her+playmat+around+the+house+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240007326564505970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxmZrwu3xJw6qRXKcBq_nGD35MKU_K71rx3hFs68BDf37eRChuiGxLk_WSa9yW5mxwv2eD-rsR3y9E2WKjx537vEaETUsFMM_DaJ9EWfJmnRvgwlx8LOzuJIZVx39XFCDusCK6Q/s400/02Aug08--Ava+Holt+going+for+a+ride+on+her+playmat+around+the+house+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a> Needless to say, she wears us out pulling her around the house.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-15477273857364059452008-08-10T12:35:00.001-07:002008-08-10T12:42:51.177-07:00The Bottom of the HoleWell, it seems as if I'm at the bottom of a really really deep hole called 'Blog Hell' and I'm not sure how I'm ever going to get out of it. The past few months have been really busy and I haven't had a chance to update this blog since June. Yes, June. I'm going to try to update it as quickly as possible since so much has happened since my last post. There are a few posts that I never finished, so I'll try to update those first. Ava has changed so much...it's unbelievable. <br /><br />Although I don't know where to start or how to even begin, I guess I'm taking the first step--realizing that I'm at the bottom and that I need to figure out a way to get out of the hole that I've dug for myself. So, please be patient...it's going to take a while! But, it'll be worth it, I promise!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-73147312756210125802008-06-30T08:35:00.000-07:002008-06-30T08:46:22.288-07:00My Two Cents...I know, I know, I know...I have about a whole month's worth of fun things, pictures, and videos of our little opossum to put on this blog--and I promise it's coming. I'm just really behind and haven't had the time to post anything. Anyhow, I came across this website and I think it's just great. I've been telling Matt that I wish there were something like it on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Internet</span> (I've only known about websites that help track the best price for jet fuel, not automobile petrol) and low and behold, there is. So, check it out before you head to the pump. We could all use to save a few cents...<br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.gasbuddy.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">www.gasbuddy.com</span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">Just <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">input</span> your zip code into the search box at the top center of the page and voila...the best (lowest) gas prices for regular, mid-grade, premium, and diesel in your area appear on the screen! It's glorious.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I've also put this website over on my side bar as a link, just in case you forget it.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-17817307849713298902008-06-05T22:41:00.000-07:002008-06-11T15:29:01.401-07:00Tired Girl<div align="left">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...</div><div align="center">May 31, 2008</div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p9zB1Zge82FqgNQHMxhVBQrAp3270lSITvOBH8JHNa4-dVmSsg26QVWHJCzyHL3iKXc_ZsijHXTHz8TZob5_GQUZGLp69wpjWS6vBNuZJ8ML1vvOr8bLvlN7H0niqBQplvnw3A/s1600-h/31May08--Ava+Holt+so+tired+she+fell+asleep+funny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210750650324947922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p9zB1Zge82FqgNQHMxhVBQrAp3270lSITvOBH8JHNa4-dVmSsg26QVWHJCzyHL3iKXc_ZsijHXTHz8TZob5_GQUZGLp69wpjWS6vBNuZJ8ML1vvOr8bLvlN7H0niqBQplvnw3A/s400/31May08--Ava+Holt+so+tired+she+fell+asleep+funny.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210749211398079218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiePrO3Ao0nIHpKMK_xUY2YFa1NCEkzdFYsWGBrmCeqj_WZ07K_cB3CFinxCjqtKzjkfmjv9kO0tyiSAau7EMHREo_GxHOe6MJArkrqpkIGqa3fSKp3hjw7uiJajKBmWODP9XOw/s400/31May08--Ava+Holt+so+tired+she+fell+asleep+funny+(1).jpg" border="0" /> <div align="center"> </div><div align="left">Then, a few days later she did it again when going to bed for the night...</div><div align="center">June 2, 2008<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohK_9mKQXFNXU5cVJmK-pHdnRtBIDTlzfcYTon8LpqXeB8NXRqmd9c4JimxehS3ZzZImis7nh9eES3fmrbOri2yfaHuxjiF65BhASbpmD7o43a6f1Id2tEqnyLB-WZZS2iny-uw/s1600-h/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210749218631054050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohK_9mKQXFNXU5cVJmK-pHdnRtBIDTlzfcYTon8LpqXeB8NXRqmd9c4JimxehS3ZzZImis7nh9eES3fmrbOri2yfaHuxjiF65BhASbpmD7o43a6f1Id2tEqnyLB-WZZS2iny-uw/s400/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTbf7nc88FRwGzg9J3LYwHdrJZKw5crxGcRw6jRR9Ahj1nvB41Jl9WBIkxQPt2uyFDOpbHkECOL_o4gisBSQB39GyB4kM1NQH-cds3g98ERKgfznFvY_m8JVnzy32MycHTQsNNQ/s1600-h/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210749222599666354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTbf7nc88FRwGzg9J3LYwHdrJZKw5crxGcRw6jRR9Ahj1nvB41Jl9WBIkxQPt2uyFDOpbHkECOL_o4gisBSQB39GyB4kM1NQH-cds3g98ERKgfznFvY_m8JVnzy32MycHTQsNNQ/s400/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6avWOYVR-kFxwg09nNQBx_tDlE363ZiAvjFTN_pemnIhxoj8FhtkPqTqq2nFsrzzoc3epWSpz3xYaK-wkys2ObJjCEDQHbIazktc4vOiITnFqS5E9_yp3JIP3oJRx2vTdLS0qg/s1600-h/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210749233267101090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6avWOYVR-kFxwg09nNQBx_tDlE363ZiAvjFTN_pemnIhxoj8FhtkPqTqq2nFsrzzoc3epWSpz3xYaK-wkys2ObJjCEDQHbIazktc4vOiITnFqS5E9_yp3JIP3oJRx2vTdLS0qg/s400/02June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+with+crick+in+her+neck+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a>And then a few days later, it happened again during one of her naps... </div><div align="center">June 4, 2008<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210749199772772818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshqVYAdCNwPqDI9uWQj1sxfPQ0np7RqBbXFcpR1Dq5NwbywtTdgV-tfYUKc6wvpmgsgMQMaTaFptMhstrAN-igrhZQtjbqzv_cPy6aBBVS9JHtmOpp6kCAppzv5_Ag9a4hM91-w/s400/04June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+in+her+crib+hunched+over+for+the+3rd+time.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRvzGEQ3DXt-cyIGeMK9etwYNl9Qk1vJGY3gtL3SgE-OUHqncJnqTPXiqsJAnuLnds6Aq93yxveYX_8Dh5sJLTJzn9nj5iEqwuy4SS8IHW3XmTjD7jjSehrEAE-7VqguzpFkmCA/s1600-h/04June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+in+her+crib+hunched+over+for+the+3rd+time+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210745963211645778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRvzGEQ3DXt-cyIGeMK9etwYNl9Qk1vJGY3gtL3SgE-OUHqncJnqTPXiqsJAnuLnds6Aq93yxveYX_8Dh5sJLTJzn9nj5iEqwuy4SS8IHW3XmTjD7jjSehrEAE-7VqguzpFkmCA/s400/04June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+in+her+crib+hunched+over+for+the+3rd+time+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpBeqNNuCupoCcZHFKn5IOEKDTeixsq9lDvos_scE1pR5Rr36tWqizXObzbWDzU97oCwP3UbtyGOgHKRltS9pi7O7bQUdBMrF44JQZ4HUGz4mR6FfDARk8fNA3LgubGVMNw_Xw/s1600-h/04June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+in+her+crib+hunched+over+for+the+3rd+time+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210745973377641778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpBeqNNuCupoCcZHFKn5IOEKDTeixsq9lDvos_scE1pR5Rr36tWqizXObzbWDzU97oCwP3UbtyGOgHKRltS9pi7O7bQUdBMrF44JQZ4HUGz4mR6FfDARk8fNA3LgubGVMNw_Xw/s400/04June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+in+her+crib+hunched+over+for+the+3rd+time+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left">As you can see, there seems to be a pattern developing...</div><div align="center"> June 6, 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3vo8NGvV_IQwTJFeLNqksK3qkCM2ZMWgjLoo0c1W1VV5_6JnBskRSlprjVaFy1DjfpyjNtRlZrWbEK7FrZfS5z_QZPbZJMzMLpCXAm8tX3oDUdWrzMTCLWGtEQtXtvKvi0TnJA/s1600-h/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210745974563635378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3vo8NGvV_IQwTJFeLNqksK3qkCM2ZMWgjLoo0c1W1VV5_6JnBskRSlprjVaFy1DjfpyjNtRlZrWbEK7FrZfS5z_QZPbZJMzMLpCXAm8tX3oDUdWrzMTCLWGtEQtXtvKvi0TnJA/s400/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglsX7_BpCLzkdt5yXc4eo5wHwGIK95tTHY84x9TkqP96bn0k_gwYz0NDTJVlczXW5ZtFHSA1J7viy8M7QcfOvums1EzDthEknAYhwZsaTbgU67QNT_O_kfr6fi3IAy2uyPJEUNQ/s1600-h/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210745984036495650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglsX7_BpCLzkdt5yXc4eo5wHwGIK95tTHY84x9TkqP96bn0k_gwYz0NDTJVlczXW5ZtFHSA1J7viy8M7QcfOvums1EzDthEknAYhwZsaTbgU67QNT_O_kfr6fi3IAy2uyPJEUNQ/s400/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-XYzxSrUR4yclkY42NGHnkbRlSlEqI8TZo0VALoMgfnjqDEM4V0aGUR2BzLt-oO42wT55mjSNabP6R1VEgW7Vt0KUMI7dtwmJJg-D2vbCaUIpa4p17_aF10qIe-rt3p8o_YX2w/s1600-h/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210745990332565874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-XYzxSrUR4yclkY42NGHnkbRlSlEqI8TZo0VALoMgfnjqDEM4V0aGUR2BzLt-oO42wT55mjSNabP6R1VEgW7Vt0KUMI7dtwmJJg-D2vbCaUIpa4p17_aF10qIe-rt3p8o_YX2w/s400/06June08--Ava+Holt+sleeping+silly+again+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><p>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 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">awkwardly</span>. She's just so darn precious.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-77066800168163181542008-06-05T22:38:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:17:12.440-07:00Trip to the Orchard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuS5kKalAvYObkkG9JrXwxQx17eKB6URJwwkK1FXmjMfeSwDq5ED0gggAb_U8pkpNZjJpbb7qzwGLpAjV-YxAmQK3jMlnYi9KcEaVj_3XLivbGqImfjzTdWqpQPZjdMDKXmRVGkg/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210688191276264562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuS5kKalAvYObkkG9JrXwxQx17eKB6URJwwkK1FXmjMfeSwDq5ED0gggAb_U8pkpNZjJpbb7qzwGLpAjV-YxAmQK3jMlnYi9KcEaVj_3XLivbGqImfjzTdWqpQPZjdMDKXmRVGkg/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards.jpg" border="0" /></a>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).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Aa-UtgEFoUK96CV9KYHABX9rhIAHrE8B_G6oUuuhb95yYM2dTtl-TW-qyf82RibDBMebb5pJj1VGeAakpO0OZlQsPN-eRliMRXvOyH1WQ6r-L04J3nJedx4dnqcum4SdnjA8Sw/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210688200245843474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Aa-UtgEFoUK96CV9KYHABX9rhIAHrE8B_G6oUuuhb95yYM2dTtl-TW-qyf82RibDBMebb5pJj1VGeAakpO0OZlQsPN-eRliMRXvOyH1WQ6r-L04J3nJedx4dnqcum4SdnjA8Sw/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a>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. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTiqxYoob8LLj3XfDpWVOeBaEAskJ0FZQWClgN-5qcMyKnGOlFbGjye_2EbedzsPxTXsmydc22ze1MGGoa0DLu818Q5lYxTWwaGLy4PurqeFyHM5Aj5L6kNOuJa52-mP_x7WBAw/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210687624857672930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTiqxYoob8LLj3XfDpWVOeBaEAskJ0FZQWClgN-5qcMyKnGOlFbGjye_2EbedzsPxTXsmydc22ze1MGGoa0DLu818Q5lYxTWwaGLy4PurqeFyHM5Aj5L6kNOuJa52-mP_x7WBAw/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT0bHfFQFlHmZa3VNaN1v3Am_ZafNc_qmfaExL3PKcUyD0LkLMWh3ofu8qmM6yuO9t-BudEshdz6E5VM8eTCscOGyydE3oNRqDbpHPhj_YdY4-Vbh7pqeHMmQDDAvnHE51nsn-A/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210687634928063602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT0bHfFQFlHmZa3VNaN1v3Am_ZafNc_qmfaExL3PKcUyD0LkLMWh3ofu8qmM6yuO9t-BudEshdz6E5VM8eTCscOGyydE3oNRqDbpHPhj_YdY4-Vbh7pqeHMmQDDAvnHE51nsn-A/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+picking+apricots+for+the+1st+time+at+the+Gilcrease+Orchards+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a>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...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxU4vwF4CPVa9iPK9J_EAD86K86ywwJpUDQCNpPhM-Mbx6-xlZz_TNxo51-rR32uY6NXsRe8jas0cV0VucmlpSbvy4zdwnaZpEaipLtC7n_5Hv_dk2ReeDPHZGeT_5Tewaw0bOg/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210687638355103442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxU4vwF4CPVa9iPK9J_EAD86K86ywwJpUDQCNpPhM-Mbx6-xlZz_TNxo51-rR32uY6NXsRe8jas0cV0VucmlpSbvy4zdwnaZpEaipLtC7n_5Hv_dk2ReeDPHZGeT_5Tewaw0bOg/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDicSEzrbvs13Oto8QrQaN1RlqXeFLjTDmVkqg2pqkxJN3MfSyMOpAApc_Bj2oHwcJsae7Fj2LkWY1TNWQq5uFxm6BAYCnSAIaE-UfjXEezUFQtBg6Mv21DvgFCIxpgrWs_4TGA/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210687648259205186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDicSEzrbvs13Oto8QrQaN1RlqXeFLjTDmVkqg2pqkxJN3MfSyMOpAApc_Bj2oHwcJsae7Fj2LkWY1TNWQq5uFxm6BAYCnSAIaE-UfjXEezUFQtBg6Mv21DvgFCIxpgrWs_4TGA/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1LFibtGMSCMSOLJ-upPKAwnwTQDWdvgQ0iz2MSVKhlCE0dopusNJWoig1p2U_9Q6bwiJHV45ZZSrW50F-tF5oCgbB7CMkkpjO6L-v4JRIJ5ZxxlPfvMGE-mlntNue20xhyphenhyphenBI8w/s1600-h/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210687656165878722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1LFibtGMSCMSOLJ-upPKAwnwTQDWdvgQ0iz2MSVKhlCE0dopusNJWoig1p2U_9Q6bwiJHV45ZZSrW50F-tF5oCgbB7CMkkpjO6L-v4JRIJ5ZxxlPfvMGE-mlntNue20xhyphenhyphenBI8w/s400/05June08--Ava+Holt+sitting+behind+the+wheel+of+the+camry+for+the+1st+time+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-53886757109737213562008-06-05T22:34:00.002-07:002008-06-11T14:48:43.236-07:00Ava and the Diaper Cake<div align="center">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...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTctzJ19Gr6afU_caSs-bCSpmixpLgAG0EKTixzaqa_hbj3190cvLwK0RGF9pMK-bKn_XMPannyWbsb3GgcXSAGnp-3rhwEbHhBXDnIFelpEmaGo87bOu_KrrY7sLzAgHzG4kZw/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208642157460436290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTctzJ19Gr6afU_caSs-bCSpmixpLgAG0EKTixzaqa_hbj3190cvLwK0RGF9pMK-bKn_XMPannyWbsb3GgcXSAGnp-3rhwEbHhBXDnIFelpEmaGo87bOu_KrrY7sLzAgHzG4kZw/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYRr0yxNeGzud2ewNH7DabiefGwLXKa136C0rxAMdeW0l_wJt3tRUB1xnfqP6s3oEPDo3vfgojYuh7m8zAmHsERqnuEz_I3O4ExOdC7qSmDmIA6pNQM6W5vcfZ0vY8A_l0HG4EQ/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208642164053942274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYRr0yxNeGzud2ewNH7DabiefGwLXKa136C0rxAMdeW0l_wJt3tRUB1xnfqP6s3oEPDo3vfgojYuh7m8zAmHsERqnuEz_I3O4ExOdC7qSmDmIA6pNQM6W5vcfZ0vY8A_l0HG4EQ/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uy9L6DK9QALWV4H3FkKnv4r6qkZkOsBMSabuyZMHw8NxdzeSEDsDoK8FLyTpofHlXtYj7lNl3nYk7N9ZwLakqS7ymc__gUAE1CAxilGHiDrCPHWCXCqXvVdE0rwsk_MFw1yRXw/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208642172170402130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uy9L6DK9QALWV4H3FkKnv4r6qkZkOsBMSabuyZMHw8NxdzeSEDsDoK8FLyTpofHlXtYj7lNl3nYk7N9ZwLakqS7ymc__gUAE1CAxilGHiDrCPHWCXCqXvVdE0rwsk_MFw1yRXw/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlMktAODcmdscqX6cJLjusW7__i3Xh_FMkzVvvRPvjjuXNAUvJ1C8d7W3MPZh3JV6nhinpjFEcOQfsd4Inn3cNcrNSbH1M_50lX16nC5n0Nufm_Glf99F0qVgs9uDfiG6XWH2AA/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208642179401962386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlMktAODcmdscqX6cJLjusW7__i3Xh_FMkzVvvRPvjjuXNAUvJ1C8d7W3MPZh3JV6nhinpjFEcOQfsd4Inn3cNcrNSbH1M_50lX16nC5n0Nufm_Glf99F0qVgs9uDfiG6XWH2AA/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoggMmY-JaWcXOFT0XIyWyS6FfLZkkq4qhLREp3B-hq22mgUFf95GGem0mKaKwL7fXP-iHehzPYb6VxDtuZb4eQ-wApoMOalUbyO8K6JAWtbVumgNUL8F7FF45X6UvTq3kuJA5Cg/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208642185951544530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoggMmY-JaWcXOFT0XIyWyS6FfLZkkq4qhLREp3B-hq22mgUFf95GGem0mKaKwL7fXP-iHehzPYb6VxDtuZb4eQ-wApoMOalUbyO8K6JAWtbVumgNUL8F7FF45X6UvTq3kuJA5Cg/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEldxGgzs6R6fsajcHf6P8EFev809RyRbKiLdXHmNPjtxbzv-eFJKX5NTeE7S7HvzZafSiNnBb4ZLKAq8-BNQ7Vl6HqK_yBu_0iJ0WXvCn2SW4QHbtgXoff2PKKWgx0Pd68OIAwA/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(5).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208638708548024786" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIDyjncDYnkRcB3D-k8IJyedfqIFQUiaOZfNXA63HeEEe_PGIyvOYAf7tA7tMNGIaOkRc79kCXs4LQSregDZ1lt6FQj19WmVsYSlbBHel0KnjXzokErJtDJZC4Q5FAtr2TKmN-Q/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+getting+into+and+playing+with+her+diaper+cake+(9).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-69372136887230829172008-06-05T22:32:00.002-07:002008-06-10T12:52:35.317-07:00Big Girl Pram<div align="center">On May 30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>, 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).</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here is a picture of Ava during her LAST ride in her bassinet (on the 29<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>)... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3sMbK3_kpA0rDT3Q4wOMx7ikQ_bOw5bZCwZZL7aHrViV8E0F6AV0c9kO12D7HLO-5kpf58BmakUM8HJPXAG789VEVm_aSUc9E46RsI015rwYY5Hax8hUfT7mxQi31CuYWeRIIg/s1600-h/29May08--Ava+Holt%27s+last+ride+in+the+bassinet+of+her+pram+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210341781566193154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3sMbK3_kpA0rDT3Q4wOMx7ikQ_bOw5bZCwZZL7aHrViV8E0F6AV0c9kO12D7HLO-5kpf58BmakUM8HJPXAG789VEVm_aSUc9E46RsI015rwYY5Hax8hUfT7mxQi31CuYWeRIIg/s400/29May08--Ava+Holt%27s+last+ride+in+the+bassinet+of+her+pram+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center">And here she is during her FIRST ride in her big girl seat...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqv2oaPNRMHkbcJe7LRRZseKY_a37idMK-FIgMcfpjf1ijCrgeC_BBvxRzImpDjhPghK7TdGbHmuIyZUkp5mJLUyfgqun7dd32AgBwFD_15FgGrCnqA2x_NocAj0t0K58yz7Dlg/s1600-h/30May08--Ava+Holt+in+the+seat++of+her+pram+for+the+1st+time.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210340965268368866" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrO7Rc8XM-8UoaFYvjKKC1k_Cfm7bZ4_FxiArtl4h1x4yrxhs0Ni1WaEz6quT-izaAVfFHpV63W4Ig11TUh0bn0U7WLoRMeTWx3zc3sMOJWvbLXNu_gHk_rhYaUvfmfFopijTRg/s400/30May08--Ava+Holt+in+the+seat++of+her+pram+for+the+1st+time+(13).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-44029988290367169002008-06-05T22:32:00.001-07:002008-06-10T22:46:58.541-07:00Gimmie 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. <br /><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hmm</span>...there are holes in this bucket...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2-SeHs6MyabpvZaZMgQQKPGyinVoekFwNfadfwDLSX98kWivDAcjI2ekdKPfh2p53-rxKd7fBGRwdtI-hav8SmQEnnCmMS-7D7c-mXTo15oVHFcG78Y9CdbpL1rL8etjTKQCeg/s1600-h/31May08--Ava+Holt+playing+on+the+driving+range+at+the+Aliante+Golf+Course.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210485618670085154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2-SeHs6MyabpvZaZMgQQKPGyinVoekFwNfadfwDLSX98kWivDAcjI2ekdKPfh2p53-rxKd7fBGRwdtI-hav8SmQEnnCmMS-7D7c-mXTo15oVHFcG78Y9CdbpL1rL8etjTKQCeg/s400/31May08--Ava+Holt+playing+on+the+driving+range+at+the+Aliante+Golf+Course.jpg" border="0" /></a> I see golf balls...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf7mncgBytWllEK07MELDFyf0Cehk2tIr7AxNE2-GoubnMoWZb6Yc6FbVoPjoA1NeroYzHb66u-dYI7pjOUlLd42G1oDr4alJATkpolZmpOSweVfp3xHBLEgj_gXA3TP9ZvMRBA/s1600-h/31May08--Ava+Holt+playing+on+the+driving+range+at+the+Aliante+Golf+Course+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210485634456056066" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Here are a few pictures of Ava standing up in her crib. They were taken when she first started standing up by herself in her crib at the beginning of May and then again as the standing up became a constant activity towards the end of May. It's so nice to open her door and have her smiling at you. Matt loves going and getting her out of her crib, as I know he loves seeing her face beam with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">excitement</span> to see him. We're still trying to figure out how she stands up in her sleep sack though (sorry, there aren't any pictures of her standing up in her sleep sack, as she only wears it at night and the camera flash would be way too much stimulation for her at night!).</div><br /><div align="center">Ava being caught red handed...</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQROQnt2_MSxEwd_ZEqPkBxTzd6dOdXp0C4wG2Urh-jsRl_Cj0WjFfNUgnijslXMZufmvHXjPrxiwcTz2721cX2K2v33E8fh_WkYpRbLMkgR92_Mj_9M1OoKOnev-QTfmT14ONg/s1600-h/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208885929776064882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQROQnt2_MSxEwd_ZEqPkBxTzd6dOdXp0C4wG2Urh-jsRl_Cj0WjFfNUgnijslXMZufmvHXjPrxiwcTz2721cX2K2v33E8fh_WkYpRbLMkgR92_Mj_9M1OoKOnev-QTfmT14ONg/s400/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was the 3rd time we had seen Ava standing in her crib...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFr3dPRZyueuvnsrBXKRlkr_SkmL91fCXFGprt4HZvo2FRT-yXP32SxOO9cT2d0cx0IjS_Dr2oeKmfPVyNFMBwwQBwwmYxcTzcSMSc8QtSsJltxHvSu7lv7aYm1RqSmMBleU7Z6Q/s1600-h/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208885933361648066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFr3dPRZyueuvnsrBXKRlkr_SkmL91fCXFGprt4HZvo2FRT-yXP32SxOO9cT2d0cx0IjS_Dr2oeKmfPVyNFMBwwQBwwmYxcTzcSMSc8QtSsJltxHvSu7lv7aYm1RqSmMBleU7Z6Q/s400/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a> And, this was the LAST time she slept in her crib this high...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KFRnLAQ2qAbPVIKo0GatGfqNzWAYh4SdQzhbdNsrnbPT1-XPQmzsf7C7ALnqZbBhwjEj88e_GUW32O6hHXIGl1xGBcY1lGptwbjdqoo1ZVPzPX4zsIRpXEFQ5djjTCQDMg5kkQ/s1600-h/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208885939602115106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KFRnLAQ2qAbPVIKo0GatGfqNzWAYh4SdQzhbdNsrnbPT1-XPQmzsf7C7ALnqZbBhwjEj88e_GUW32O6hHXIGl1xGBcY1lGptwbjdqoo1ZVPzPX4zsIRpXEFQ5djjTCQDMg5kkQ/s400/11May08--Ava+being+caught+standing+up+in+her+crib+for+the+3rd+time+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> Fast forward two weeks...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwqktIgRNCJM5TguwZi5RZY4LQb9H0odsXKKbF1i7B6ScEJpmLq1DXapTpLSfZ7HtcQgnSacX2GYLWlI-pmKnsD14dVdslC5mbZmuKDNq2PrFWH5HzPQSpXxgDivHprVDSBCiPQ/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208882073176527490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwqktIgRNCJM5TguwZi5RZY4LQb9H0odsXKKbF1i7B6ScEJpmLq1DXapTpLSfZ7HtcQgnSacX2GYLWlI-pmKnsD14dVdslC5mbZmuKDNq2PrFWH5HzPQSpXxgDivHprVDSBCiPQ/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghn1sAXDIV3lZCrDgHDuU8FE7hTgu1LY2fOcdqaran5rofYhk9yh4g2b7_HfczY3ThJ_r6U_V_IsW3WJz6m9RTMrmS88UG5kdRPI_MuTTD73va6Prs5K88mwAJBgj6p0YlNMZFQ/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208882081156677010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghn1sAXDIV3lZCrDgHDuU8FE7hTgu1LY2fOcdqaran5rofYhk9yh4g2b7_HfczY3ThJ_r6U_V_IsW3WJz6m9RTMrmS88UG5kdRPI_MuTTD73va6Prs5K88mwAJBgj6p0YlNMZFQ/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a> Peek-A-Boo!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypCHkhT_hh7M064UDQhxjJRw7yYu5jJlcc88g7WANYM8yxOLhCed2cp99K2RSd_0RHZvFS-y1b16jX4P60LSr1UDsteabRwGxvRveNLQxP_CJZPr0FfuMC5yFJHSS3FngvM21Ag/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208882088099652642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypCHkhT_hh7M064UDQhxjJRw7yYu5jJlcc88g7WANYM8yxOLhCed2cp99K2RSd_0RHZvFS-y1b16jX4P60LSr1UDsteabRwGxvRveNLQxP_CJZPr0FfuMC5yFJHSS3FngvM21Ag/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> I don't think they can see me...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMZN4OF8_N7GCmSdcffm3SffbmL3rMmgO2Z99w-3t6Z0k2YbESYD6CJaCjnEN_009u8FWkL_vL_YPdOMqOCeGqBMtn6pN3IH9BmGC_ev385B75y0za9xF4DcySAu2ukSrrjtj6g/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208882099378111378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMZN4OF8_N7GCmSdcffm3SffbmL3rMmgO2Z99w-3t6Z0k2YbESYD6CJaCjnEN_009u8FWkL_vL_YPdOMqOCeGqBMtn6pN3IH9BmGC_ev385B75y0za9xF4DcySAu2ukSrrjtj6g/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBoF4YY8wU_E9GKCBOTJjjmYFwDt4XOG910DBU93GGuIV6Bi9VWtg0mAqYFy7I36Q937_iboisq92kBnB2JO0J0NA3PL8kx-kbFe2MRvqNKYraNiW_uYBDUdSw2045bh8r6dH3Q/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(5).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208880569461794514" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh0HyTPGcfLakXZJCcJSWb4-pUgN3-q00GPCUujLGegSaxP9ja6DYNH-gNQMzB8LYZPf7NgxdFDYhm7gD6EtHctNQwxz0QpyneqbiNllBANBXzgQZrFVT4Wb6j91oO6ZlyFGHLA/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(11).jpg" border="0" /></a> I'm done with my nap now...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tmXcpfKc20MfYiB-Qlq-Wxw1as7bzslpPJH89MbTpuYOD4zdBQ02rJG8O0px2-pOME4Qty0s11X_QbN1jMfOQ2rOpeqYIgba8nW4f9rJSToKdsSf7htiCuVsMws17Y85fNg0bg/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(12).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208879657794792818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tmXcpfKc20MfYiB-Qlq-Wxw1as7bzslpPJH89MbTpuYOD4zdBQ02rJG8O0px2-pOME4Qty0s11X_QbN1jMfOQ2rOpeqYIgba8nW4f9rJSToKdsSf7htiCuVsMws17Y85fNg0bg/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(12).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_auf_EQeg-2hVIor1z-FJSXuk3PSMFC_gByP0qOFI0GyULC0qJlFo763a1eSzKry6WBzXmYsawo5_x_ssiOkVr70xkD5EVDeo-pRLMTpfIamNMAAfWY_qAIcHP-5QdDeXZhkjA/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(13).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208879681873682738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_auf_EQeg-2hVIor1z-FJSXuk3PSMFC_gByP0qOFI0GyULC0qJlFo763a1eSzKry6WBzXmYsawo5_x_ssiOkVr70xkD5EVDeo-pRLMTpfIamNMAAfWY_qAIcHP-5QdDeXZhkjA/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(13).jpg" border="0" /></a> Just checking to see if thing is sturdy or not...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgW8O22-zZYhzU4rv0d084BT9GB672sPS7gZW2INDa3GYaRcqCLxgj1paAvKUlhekDO2Kf3m7EKazMuCkSIfyMIp-jtHawcYCQcyoYbHw9zJnj1RGsxQqAlS1lmHYDXlF73EP7A/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(14).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208879694914161506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgW8O22-zZYhzU4rv0d084BT9GB672sPS7gZW2INDa3GYaRcqCLxgj1paAvKUlhekDO2Kf3m7EKazMuCkSIfyMIp-jtHawcYCQcyoYbHw9zJnj1RGsxQqAlS1lmHYDXlF73EP7A/s400/28May08--Ava+Holt+waking+up+from+her+nap+in+her+crib+waiting+for+Mommy+to+come+get+her+(14).jpg" border="0" /></a> You probably noticed a crib bumper change from the first few pictures to the last ones. The bumper that you see in the first few pics was actually a 'make-shift' bumper that we were using until Ava's crib bedding was made. It's the bumper to a boy's Pottery Barn Kids bedding set that a friend gave to me (in the case that we had a boy) before we even got pregnant. Since I couldn't find any bedding that I liked, we decided to have Ava's made by a friend of ours. But, with Ava as active as she is, we had to put something in the crib so she wouldn't knock her head on the rails. Anyhow, we had to stop using the 'make-shift' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bumper</span> because it was not strong enough to hold itself up on the ends of the crib. Since Ava's crib doesn't have railing on the ends (the sleigh part is solid wood), the bumper would droop in the center (you can kind of see it in the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span></span> and 3rd pictures). It wasn't a big deal until one night Ava woke up SCREAMING bloody murder. It was a cry we'd never heard before, so Matt and I both flew out of bed and ran to her room. Little Ava had managed to get her body underneath the bumper on one of the ends and woke up 'stuck' underneath it (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">envision</span> the bumper going <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">perpendicular</span> to her body over her chest). She was so terrified. It scared us to death and realized that our 'make-shift' bumper was now a complete safety hazard. So, I went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PBK</span></span> to look for another 'make-shift' bumper to use until Ava's was finished. It ends up that 95% of their bumpers are all like the original one we were using (thin and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">floppy</span>). The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PBK</span></span> staff was like, "I never thought about that" in response to my safety concern with their bumpers not having the ability to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">tied </span>taught on the ends. You would think that they would make a bumper that would actually fit snugly in their cribs. Brilliant idea, right?<br /><div></div><br /><div>Anyhow, I found another bumper to use until Ava's set is completed. It was the only bumper that I could find that had at least 1-1.5 inches of padding in it (so that it's sturdy enough to not collapse in the middle). Ava seems to like it, although it took her a few naps and nights to get used to the fact that she couldn't kick her bumper down on the sides and ends to see out. So far, the new 'make-shift' bumper (#2) is working great and we haven't had any problems with Ava getting stuck underneath it. She's strong enough to move this bumper on the ends and sides, but she hasn't figured out that she can do it yet. We just pray she doesn't ever figure it out!</div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13893822.post-20037752981544536282008-06-05T16:51:00.001-07:002008-06-09T16:25:24.174-07:00New Hobby...Ava's new hobby involves tearing apart her floor tiles and chewing on them. It's quite the hobby, we know...but she loves it. Here are a few pictures we took of her last week while in action...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5ij21uXPoSVcJhph_b5NvgioptgsCPC0bXgjOpxfw4GSCShQqlaYi6aT6b79zUyQvVs0qeeXD9OIhEQY3Ga6943VY6V0EUJbfQzkRxBtdrcvVtXoELrdwK_aqYS1026WpXAUSw/s1600-h/27May08--Ava+Holt+pulling+her+floor+tiles+apart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208554415582519394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5ij21uXPoSVcJhph_b5NvgioptgsCPC0bXgjOpxfw4GSCShQqlaYi6aT6b79zUyQvVs0qeeXD9OIhEQY3Ga6943VY6V0EUJbfQzkRxBtdrcvVtXoELrdwK_aqYS1026WpXAUSw/s400/27May08--Ava+Holt+pulling+her+floor+tiles+apart.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir43wU9lefMpgy2tsYvF2WhcaEYviQkGuY3FULAX_2EdM21YpcvsVZ2EkJT4Til0Ixq7Wjp4fh857JIIrZAovf2BdmxY6CJ4nY2lRUXlIKAThTbc359sNmBE6qsl6ANJ2CAxwk2Q/s1600-h/28May08--Ava+Holt+chewing+on+the+belly+button+from+the+bear+on+one+of+her+floor+tiles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208554429068315650" style="DISPLAY: block; 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