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!

Tornado Warning

Here we are camped out in the bathtub during a tornado warning that was issued last night. It was really bad outside and the meteorologists advised everyone to take shelter. They spotted a tornado about 10 miles from us but luckily the storm was moving pretty fast and ended up going more north and missed us. We had a great time in the bathroom though....Ava thought it was great! And she got to stay up late too! She was a little confused why she was in the bathtub with a blanket instead of water! It was so cute!

My newest sewing project

Yesterday we went over to our friend Katie's house and had a sewing day. We love our sewing days. Kaylie, Ava and Lucas have fun playing together while the mommies explore new projects! :) Here is the dress that I made for Ava yesterday. Isn't it adorable!?! Thanks Katie...we had a great time!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Sorry!

Sorry about not posting any pictures the past month. It has been a crazy month but we are having fun. Hope you enjoy all the pictures and update of our little princess! :)

Vero Beach

We took a trip to Vero Beach yesterday to visit Curt's Uncle Tom and his family. We had a great time visiting with Uncle Tom, Aunt Paulette and cousins Matthew and Alison. Thank you so much for having us and we had a great time! Here are a few pictures of Ava having fun at the beach and at their pool. Unfortunately, we forgot to get pictures of Ava with anyone....oops!

At the pool.

Just relaxing in the shade at the beach! :)

Just chillin' in the ocean!