The Leaf Fort

These pictures are from a November trip to Nana and Poppy's house in Tennessee. When we arrived, we saw a "leaf fort" that Sam, Hadleigh, and Chris had built. Ava was all too eager to jump right in.

Taco Bell Picnic

This post is a REAL throwback! These pictures are from October (I think) Jeremy was sick with the flu and I wanted to get out of the house with the girls. I picked up some Taco Bell for myself and Ava and then went to the Northwood Lake playground to waste some time before coming back home. Little Greta was just a munchkin and stayed in her seat the whole time. My girls have grown so much since that time!

There Is A First Time For Everything...

These are some pictures of some very important firsts for Ava :) (Important to us, at least)

Ava's very first McDonald's! I am proud to say that we held off on this until she was about 2 :) Since this picture, she has only had it three other times. We will save McDonald's for "fun" days.

 Ava's very first squirt of whipped cream from the can :) 

Her very first Krispy Kreme! We held off on this until she was two but I cannot count how many times we have been back! In fact, whenever we pass Krispy Kreme, Ava says, "I want donut!" :) That's my girl!

Ava's very first ponytail! She has worn her hair in a ponytail countless times since this, but this was the very first one!

The Potty Seat

SEVERAL months ago, I traded in some of my Pampers points for a potty seat. We are not potty training Ava just yet, but I wanted to have the seat for when the time comes. 

Ava LOVES to get presents in the mail. When the potty seat arrived, I told her that it was a present. She was really excited to open the box and practice sitting on the seat. There are some days when she will ask me if she can sit on the seat. I will go pull it out of the drawer in the bathroom and let her sit until she is content. One of these days, we will use it for real!!

Remember When?

Do you remember when I took off from blogging for about three months?  Well, I am still not caught up! I was very behind when I took a break and I have been struggling to keep up since then. Blogging is a hard task. I really like to stay ahead and post events as they happen, but I am finding it very difficult. So, I am giving my readers a fair warning. I am about to post a whole bunch of stuff that is from several months ago. My girls look so young in some of these photos! I just can't stand to not post this stuff. So, here goes...

Eggs

Greta took her first bite of eggs this morning! We thought that she really liked it because she wanted more bites. Then we realized that she was keeping it all in her mouth. Yuck! It eventually all came out!

Mashed Potatoes & Ice Cream

Jeremy and I took the kids to Ryan's tonight to eat dinner. Since Greta is almost 10 months old, we have started introducing her to more and more table foods. She actually ate her real dinner at home but that didn't stop her from sampling a few items from Jeremy's plate. She LOVED the mashed potatoes and gravy! She wanted several bites. The jury is still out on the chocolate ice cream :)

Pretties...

I think everyone knows just how much I LOVE flowers :) No other explanation is necessary!

Stragglers

The photos on this post are what I call "stragglers." These are photos that I have had on my camera for a while and I am just now posting them.