Papa and Nana

Papa and Nana got here on the 18th to spend over a week with us. We had a wonderful time and were sad to see them leave on Saturday. Ava absolutely loves her Papa and Nana and quickly warmed up to them. They came just in time for our ultrasound, my birthday and Thanksgiving. We had our 20 week ultrasound on Thursday, Nov. 19th, which was also my birthday. As most of you know, we didn't find out with Ava what she was but decided to find out this time. We are having a BOY! We are very excited! It was a great birthday. The rest of the week we had fun hanging out, laughing and playing with Ava, doing projects around the house, going to the beach and shopping.

For Thanksgiving, we invited Curt's Uncle Tom and Aunt Paulette over. They live in Vero Beach (less than 2 hours away) and it was really nice to have them here as well. We all had a wonderful day and ate way too much. On Black Friday, my Mom and I got up at 5 AM to find us some deals! And we found some! It was my first experience shopping on Black Friday and it wasn't too bad. I only had one run in and that was over some poinsettias! It was ridiculous! But we had a great time and I really enjoyed the experience.

Here are a bunch of pictures from their visit. We miss Papa and Nana already but look forward to them coming down when our little boy is born in April! We love you Papa and Nana!

Ava loading Papa up with as many toys as she could.
Nana and Ava walking on the beach in Daytona.

Nana showing Ava how to dig in the sand. Nana was brave...Ava threw some sand in Nana's face!

Ava and Nana cooking. Ava loves to help cook or do anything in the kitchen.

Papa and Ava reading a book on the patio.

Mommy and Ava snuggling on the couch.

Ava playing in the sand.

Ava, Mommy and Papa walking on the beach.

Ava sitting in her new hat box from Papa and Nana. She fits perfectly! :)

Ava climbing into her hat box.

Papa and Ava playing peek a boo.

Nana and Ava (Ava is wearing my dress from when I was her age)

Papa and Ava

Ava wearing my dress from when I was little.

Ava wearing a dress that GiGi Clouse made my sister and I 30 years ago. Ava looked so pretty in it!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE!!!

Happy Halloween

For Halloween, we had some friends over to grill out and then go trick or treating around the neighborhood. The kids had a great time! Ava loved being in her costume and thought she was the cutest girl on earth. She didn't even want to take it off. She probably would have slept in it if I would have let her!

Left to Right: Ava, Lucas, Tyler and Haley-Reese (before getting all dressed up!)

Haley-Reese and Ava

Haley-Reese and Tyler

Aren't they adorable? Matching shirts and best friends! Kathleen and Tyler
All the kids dressed up. Left to Right: Tyler the supposed to be monkey turned into pumpkin (he hated his costume), Lucas the bumble bee, Haley-Reese was Snow White and Ava the fairy princess Snow White Haley Reese

Ava and I walking to another house. She wanted to go back to the last house for more!
Andrea with Lucas and Tyler
Ava wondering where we are going next.

One of the neighbors houses. They went all out!Daddy and Ava looking at all her candy. She was really cute and kept giving us candy to eat but didn't want any for herself. What a good little girl!!! :)

Ava's First Haircut

Ava got her first haircut today. She was such a big girl and didn't move at all for the stylist. She watched about 10 minutes of The Little Mermaid and seemed to absolutely love the movie! She didn't need a major haircut, but it was getting a little crazy and uneven all over. She even got a cute little pink bow for being such a big girl.

BEFORE


ALL READY! (She's smiling at Ariel)


THE FIRST CUT


ALL DONE!
ALL PRETTY!

Movie Under the Stars

Avalon Park had a Movie Under the Stars last Friday. They played The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. We decided to go down there to see what Ava would think of it. Overall, she didn't watch the movie too much because we were too far away from the screen but she loved playing in the grass in the dark!

Mommy and Ava watching the movie.
Daddy and Ava watching the movie...Ava was actually looking at an airplane! Silly Girl!

The movie!

Our friends Tim, Shari and Bre also went. We had a great time!

My New Favorites

Ava has a few new favorites. One is crawling from the couch onto the end table. She will put Mickey and Minnie on the end table and crawl up there to play with them. Very dangerous but she loves it! Her other favorite is Mickey and Minnie. Mommy splurged and bought her a stuffed Mickey and Minnie Mouse. She absolutely loves them! She carries them everywhere. Sippy cup in one hand, Mickey and Minnie in the other!

We Love Pumpkins!

Ava having fun with Gavin and Jacob in the hay.
Still having fun!

The boys driving Ava around!

Ava in her fairy princess costume

Ava with Haley-Reese and Lucas

Which pumpkin do we want mom?

This is so much fun!

Look Mom! The roosters!! I love them!

Horse Video

Here is Ava with one of the horses at the pumpkin patch. She loved them but wouldn't get close enough to touch them. But, whenever she gets excited about something, she always waves her arms really fast. It's so cute!

PUMPKINS!!!

On Friday, Christie and I took Ava to a local pumpkin patch. It was so much fun. They also had pumpkins, horses, goats, roosters, and rabbits. It took Ava about 10 minutes to warm up but then after that she was running around the farm after all the animals. She loved the roosters the most and whenever they would make a noise, she would turn and point to them. We will definitely be going back here before the end of the season.

Ava warming up!
Holding her pumpkin

Feeding the horse some hay

Standing near her favorite horse

The wonderful but stinky roosters

The horse tire swing

The pumpkin patch