Ava's new tutu, that I made for her in like 30 minutes, so easy. I saw it on this blog http://thefunjolleys.blogspot.com/2008/07/pink-skirt.html
This is my sock elephant that I made for Ava! It totally looks homemade but Ava loves it and calls it her ephant. I found the idea on this blog http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2008/02/sockfest-08.html
until she fell and lost her string cheese.
drinking her juice box
A picture of Ava's new carseat cover. You can find them on this website http://www.mydesignerbaby.com
Ava's first poop in the potty!!! She was so proud and we did the potty dance for her.
Her new thing, climbing into dryers.
Ava's new toy, the Bounce N' Grow, she loves it.
She is destined to play the piano like her mommy. She was even being gentle on the keys!
Kayden and Ava.
Changing of the guard
Ava and mommy
Such a sweet girl, but if I remember correctly she wasn't so sweet 5 minutes before this. She had to be taken out of the changing of the guard ceremony.
The main reason we came to the Zoo, the Giant Pandas, this was the baby and we walked out of the Panda House just in time, the Panda had just started eating it's "ice popcicle" and we were the first ones to see, Ava couldn't stop staring at it and she even screamed when we finally had to let others get a chance to view it as well. They are such interesting creatures, I have always been facsinated by them since my sister was when we were younger.
So cute, we were seriously about 5 feet from it.
Nana, me and Ava at the enterence of the Zoo.
The bald Eagle, I took this one for Nate, he loves Eagles.
I love this picture...
and this one! The tiger has his tongue out!
Ava overcoming her fear of cows and posing in the picture with me, she wouldn't do it by herself. She used to cry when we made cow noises for her, it was really funny, except we started to feel bad about making her cry on purpose.
Another cool picture.
She was obsessed with the "bubbles" (ballons). She kept letting go of the strings and refused to have them on her hands so I tied them to the back of her dress.
Mallory and Jeff letting go of the balloons.
Ava hiding under Mallory's dress. We could always tell where she was!
The newlyweds, and they act like it very much! Always kissing!
Ava caught in the act! She loved dipping the chips but then she didn't like the salsa burning her mouth, but she still wouldn't stop eating them.
Playing with the bubbles (the real kind).
Nana and Ava not looking too happy here!
Fireworks in D.C. over the Patomic River(spelling?) It was so awesome to be in the Nation's Capitol to celebrate this holiday. I felt so patriotic. Ava loved the fireworks too.
This is before we were headed off to the Metro to go down to the mall. Look how cute her outfit was prior to the ride on the Metro...
This was her outfit after being on the Metro for 5 minutes (yes, that is throw up). So I brought another shirt for her to change into, but not bottoms. We went into a bathroom as soon as we got off, and Nate's mom rinsed out her bottoms, hoping they would dry eventually, not the case. It was so humid that they never dried.
Ava riding the carousel at the mall (notice no bottoms on her, this is how she was for the remainder of the day).
Such a wonderful day and an awesome experience.
