Just Having Fun!

Here are just some pictures that we took over the weekend of Ava doing some of her favorite things! Sitting on her chair (mine from Great-Grandpa!) She will carry this chair all over the house to sit on it. It's perfect for her! :)

Pushing her stroller with either Anna, Quentin or Buster or all of them sometimes!

Reading books! She is obsessed with reading books lately. She is constantly bringing us books to read to her but she doesn't want to sit still long enough for us to read them to her. She brings it to us, sits down on our lap for 1 page and then runs to get a new book. Silly Girl!

Kissing Shadow...she's usually hitting or sitting on Shadow so this is kind of unusual. Shadow has started to be afraid of Ava! I thought it would be the other way around! :)

Ava sitting in her Pottery Barn chair! Her other favorite place to sit!

Getting books WHILE holding onto her purse. This was my purse from when I was little and she loves it!

Another picture with her purse!

Ava with all of her shopping bags! She will find bags and put them on her stroller or carrying them all like she's shopping. She's definitely a girly girl!

Ava in her lovely apron. She got this for her birthday from her friend Gavin and it finally fits. She wore it all over the house yesterday and didn't want to take it off! (Oh, and she still has her purse!)

Shadow being sad because she isn't getting enough attention. Poor girl! She'll just have to get over that!!! :)

Ava Playing

Here are two videos that we took over the weekend. Ava is obsessed with taking care of her dolls. She will take them all over the house! She has even started to take care of them like we take care of her. If you watch closely in the video, you will see her patting Anna on the back. It's so cute! We tried to get a video of her tickling Anna or Daddy but she didn't want to perform! It's so cute! She's obsessed with tickling everyone and everything too! We'll keep trying!

Sea World

Our wonderful cousin Abby got us annual passes to Sea World! Thanks Abby! We went for the first time last Saturday and had a great time seeing Shamu! Today we went with some friends to see Elmo and Abby Caddabby. They are only there from Memorial Day through Labor Day and for special occasions/holidays. Ava loves Sesame Street so we had to take advantage of seeing Elmo for free! She loved the show but was terrified when she actually got to meet Elmo. After we saw Elmo, we went to the splash park and let the kids play before heading home. It was a great day!

Ava's Big Surprise!

Good Morning Everyone!

Ava has a very big announcement! She's going to be a big sister! Yes, we are expecting our second baby. I am about 8 1/2 weeks and the baby is due on April 13th, 2010. We've had an ultrasound already and saw the little peanut and the heartbeat. The baby is healthy and mommy has been struggling with morning sickness for the past week but, we are all very excited. Ava and the baby will be about 23 months apart and we can't wait! Ava plays mommy with all of her dolls and we know she will be great with a little baby in the house.

We can't wait for all of you to meet our little baby in April of 2010!

Love,
Curt, Tracie, and Ava

Brevard Zoo

During the month of August, the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne is offering free admission on Saturday nights from 5-9. So yesterday we decided to give it a try. We had a lot of fun and invited our friends John, Andrea, and Lucas to join us. Ava loved looking at all the animals. She saw all kinds of birds, fish, monkeys, pigs, giraffes, snakes, kangaroos, and many more animals. Her favorites were the pigs and the giraffes. She got about 1 foot away from the giraffes face and she was so excited. We didn't get a picture because there were too many people standing around. Maybe next time we go.


Ava and Daddy standing in front of the monkeys. If you look close, you can see the littl monkey in the top left corner on the rope.
Some weird animal that we saw. The vultures seemed to be waiting for something...we weren't sure what they were waiting for though!

Kindermusik Class

Last week, we went to a Kindermusik class where we listened, danced, and explored with music. Ava loved it and had a great time. Here are just a few pictures of her from the class.
Ava playing with one of the musical instruments. She didn't really know what to do with them but she loved looking and them and trying to figure it out.

Ava playing with another musical instrument. She's standing in front of a big drum and loved hitting it and making lots of noise.

Ava, my friend Nicole, and one of her friends, Lucas. She has 3 friends named Lucas. :)

Washington, D.C.

Emily all dressed up at Uncle Stephen and Aunt Ellen's house.

Aunt Katie and Ava at the National Zoo.

Emily and Ava having fun at Aunt Christie's house.

Aww! Emily giving Ava kisses. Ava likes to give kisses with an open mouth and Emily didn't really know what to do when Ava went to give her a kiss so Emily always went for her forhead.

Aunt Jenn and Ava.

Aunt Katie with the kids.

Best Friends/Sisters Forever!

Ava sitting on a bench at Aunt Katie's house.

Nelson, Jenn, Me and Curt. We had a great time together!

Best Buds!

The beautiful Zimmeran Girls!!! We Love you!

Curt and Emily.

Ava got a present from Aunt Christie. A beautiful Ecuadorian sweater.

Ava petting the lamb at Mount Vernon.

Aunt Katie and Ava playing in the grass at Mount Vernon. She watched Ava while Curt, Christie and I went through George Washington's Mansion.

Curt and I in front of George Washington's house at Mount Vernon.

Aunt Christie and Ava at Mount Vernon.

Our family in front of the White House.

Ava on the airplane. She insisted on playing on the floor even though there wasn't a lot of room!

More pictures and videos

Wearing Mommy's shoes.

Playing outside with Shadow. Aren't they adorable!

Outside with Mommy while Daddy is grilling.

Her other favorite thing to do. Curt will pull her around the house in here and she loves it and gets mad whenever we stop.

We love bath time!

This is a video I got of her in the bath tub.

Just playing with Shadow outside. They are best friends...most of the time!

Lots of Pictures

Sorry about not getting any pictures up in the past month. It's been a crazy month and we can't believe it is already August. Where did the summer go? I'm just going to post a bunch of my favorite pictures from the past month. Hope you enjoy our little princess as much as we are! :)

Ava's favorite food---Mexican!!! She really does eat much except quesadilla's and of course, lots of CHIPS!!!

One of her favorite things to do...read books in her chair. Although, the books are usually upside down. :)

Ava at the beach. She loves the beach and just walks around on the blanket and plays with her toys and the sand.

Ava and I ready for church.

My best friend from college, Lydia, came down for a visit in early July. Ava loves Lydia. We had a great time. Curt even watched Ava on Sunday afternoon so Lydia and I could go have girl time and see a movie! :) What a good husband/Daddy!

Ava making a mess while eating. This is a 3 time a day event at our house. And notice Shadow picking up anything and everything that Ava drops. She's our vacuum! :)

Lydia and I.

Her favorite thing to do when getting undressed...keep her shirt on her head and walk all over the house.

Our little princess all dressed up.

Ava's favorite snack - CHIPS! And she just helps herself when we aren't looking!

Daddy made a fort in the family room. They love playing under the blankets and Ava thinks it is hilarious.

Ava playing under the fort with Daddy.

Under the fort standing on her favorite chair. She is a goofy little girl!