Fun with Nana

Nana arrived exactly a week ago today and we are having a blast. We took walks, went to the park, went shopping, to Downtown Disney, hunted Easter eggs, danced, cooked and played. Ava loves her Nana...also known as Nanny now. Ava has given her a new name and it is so cute to hear her say "Nanny". Papa's plane just landed and we are so excited to see him too! Now we are just waiting for little Isaac. I am 39 weeks today and am so ready for him to come. Mom and I spent the day spring cleaning, doing laundry and organizing things. There is nothing left to do except wait on him. We are getting very anxious. I have been having some irregular contractions for the past 7 weeks so it is getting very old. I'm feeling great though and have gotten several comments from complete strangers about how cute of a belly I have. I'll try to take a picture soon. Hopefully the next time I update this blog, it will be with pictures of our sweet little baby.

Dancing with Nana, Mickey and Minnie.

Still dancing!

Ava doing a morning craft with Nana while Mommy went to the doctor. She loved glueing noodles all over Pluto. She was so proud of her artwork when she finished.

Happy Easter!

HAPPY EASTER!

Ava in her Easter dress and bonnet.
Ava and her friend Jacob (with the red hair) waiting for the town easter egg hunt yesterday. They had so much fun and couldn't wait to run get all the eggs.

Ava picking up an easter egg during the hunt.

Look at all my eggs! She was one of the lucky ones that got more than 1 egg...she got 4!! All on her own! What a good egg hunter!

After the egg hunt waiting patiently for lunch.

Look at what GiGi made Ava...an easter birds nest with chocolate and jelly beans! Yum! Yum! Thank you GiGi!

Videos of Ava Having Fun

Here are a couple videos of Ava just having fun. Hope you enjoy. Happy Easter!

Ava LOVES dancing with Mickey and Minnie.

Here she is putting a puzzle together. Lately puzzles have surpassed books as her favorite playtime activity... that is, after watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, of course!

37 Weeks

Here is a little update about little Isaac. Tomorrow I am officially full term at 37 weeks! YAY!! We made it. I have been having minor contractions for quite a while now...about 4-5 weeks but it has never amounted to anything serious or worth counting between contractions. Last Thursday, I was dilated to only 1 cm and have only gained 10 pounds! Don't ask how I managed to do that...I crave ice cream every night too! My doctor thinks that he will come early so my Mom just bought her ticket and will be here next Tuesday, March 30th. I am excited to have her come and help me out before Isaac comes and to be here to watch Ava while I am in the hospital. I will try to keep the blog updated as much as possible.

Isaac's Baby Shower

My good friend from church, Erica, threw me a baby shower last weekend for Isaac. It was so nice of her. It was a great shower and she did a great job! Thank you so much! I got some really nice things and had a great time with all of my friends. My Mom and Mother-in-law even sent little gifts for me to open...so sweet of them to do that!

Erica and I
Guess the big day! I have the finished copy in the nursery.

One of my best friends, Shari.

A bunch of the girls from church.

Visit from Lydia

Last weekend, my best friend Lydia came down for my baby shower and to help me get everything ready for Isaac to come. She was so much help. After the shower on Saturday, we did a ton of shopping, which included me forgetting a million things and having to go back out shopping on Sunday afternoon to get the things I forgot! The joys of being pregnant! :) We had so much fun and I am completely ready for this little guy to come. We finished his nursery and also finished decorating Ava's room. I will put pictures of those up soon. Thank you so much Lydia for coming down! We love you!

Lydia and I outside after the shower.
Ava loves Lydia! How sweet!

After going out for pizza one night, Lydia was entertaining Ava outside so we could finish paying the bill. She was so excited to be eating her breadstick outside! :)

A Day in the Life...

...Of an Almost 2-Year-Old!

We started the day looking like this... Ava being goofy in the morning with her bloomers on her head (she did this all by herself... doesn't she look proud!).

...and we ended the day looking like this. This was after falling down the front steps of our porch going to get the mail (poor little thing!). Looks worse than it is (thankfully!). It was an all-around adventurous day! Let's see what tomorrow holds! :)

Hair Goodie Giveaway!

If you have a little girl, you want to enter THIS giveaway! A bunch of bows, flowers, and hats from Leslie at "One Day at a Time".

Hyper Girl!

Just a crazy little girl dancing. She refused a nap today and this was after I got her out of her bed after an hour of playing and talking. I don't think she really needed a nap today if she had this much energy. This all started with her standing on her head and doing summersaults. Then as soon as I got the camera out, she wouldn't stand on her head anymore but wanted to dance. She wouldn't let me stop taking pictures of her and loved seeing herself on the camera and computer.

I LOVE MY DADDY

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ava eating popcorn with Daddy.