Our LIttle Minnie Mouse

Can you tell that Ava loves Minnie? She got this shirt for her birthday from her friend Gavin. Isn't she adorable?!!!

Isaac - 2 Months!

Random Pics

I finally got a chance to upload some pictures that we have taken over the past few weeks. They are all really random but I thought they were cute anyway. We are doing good. Isaac is getting so big and Ava is still so good with him. I can put him on the floor to play and she just sits down next to him. She is a great big sister! The weather has quickly warmed up and we are trying to stay cool as much as possible which means we aren't doing much of anything except staying inside the house. We are going to try a trip to Sea World here soon...I'll take lots of pictures that day! I take Isaac to his 2-month appointment on Friday. I'm very excited to see how much he weighs and how big he has gotten.

All Smiles for Mommy this time! :) He's so handsome!
Smelling a rose that Daddy picked for her.

Getting so big!

This is how you will normally find them in the morning. Isaac staring at Ava while she eats her breakfast.

Our sweet puppy. FYI...we are very sad to announce that we are looking for a nice home for Shadow. She is GREAT with the kids but I can't handle cleaning up the house from all the hair and we just don't have time for her anymore. :( If you know of anyone, please let us know!

Daddy and her sweetheart snuggling.

Isaac's first trip to the beach. This was a VERY short trip. About 2 minutes after we got there, Ava got sand in her eye and kept rubbing it which means more sand in her eyes. So, after about 45 minutes, we called it quits and headed home. We drove 50 minutes there, stayed for 45 minutes and then drove 50 minutes back home! It was a very memorable trip and we won't be trying that again anytime soon.

His favorite spot...on the floor kicking his arms and legs.

They love each other!

All Smiles...

...For Daddy!

Water Fun!

Since we bought Ava her splash table for her birthday, we spend a lot of time outside playing. Ava loves to splash in the water, run through the sprinker, throw water at Shadow and play outside. It is great for us too as it will usually make her really tired for naptime. Here are some pictures that we took over the weekend. Sorry, but we are really bad at taking pictures of Isaac. He's not very active so the pictures are usually of him in his swing sleeping. He's doing very good. Getting bigger and bigger every day. He still grunts and groans all the time (usually he's still happy while doing this though) and we are trying several things to help relieve some of that. So far, some things are working but not completely.

Eating a snack in one of her favorite chairs!

Sleeping in his favorite spot! He's so adorable! :)

Our Little Girl is 2!!!

Tomorrow, Friday, May 14th, Ava will be 2 Years Old. We can't believe she is already 2 and is amazed at how much she has grown, changed and matured this past year. She is such a blessing to us and we love her so much. We celebrated on Monday with some of her friends at a local splash park. We will return to this splash park tomorrow to meet some other friends and then maybe go out for some pizza for dinner. While Papa and Nana were here, they gave her their gifts. Nana made her a pillow case that has her name on it. She thinks it is so cool and sleeps with it every night in her big girl (full size) bed. They also bought her a flower sprinkler and we got to try it out while they were here. This will be used all the time this summer! :) Thank you Papa and Nana. I'll update more later this weekend with more birthday pictures.

Ava with her new pillowcase. And it has 'bies", aka butterflies, on it.
First time in the sprinkler with Papa.

Not quite sure what to think.

Still thinking about it.

And here is a video of her playing in the sprinkler.

Sweet Siblings

Here are some cute pictures that I found of Ava and Isaac together. Ava is sweet with him for the most part. She is always such a big helper by bringing him a blanket, his pacifier, burp rags and anything else that we may need. She's such a good big sister.

Helping with his first bath.

1 Month Old

Isaac is already 1 month old. We can't believe how fast the past month as gone. He had his 1 month appointment today and weighed 9 lbs. 0 oz. and was 22 1/4 inches long. He's getting so big! Here are some pictures from the past weekend when my sister was here. Sorry about not posting pictures as often as I did with Ava. I'm trying to find the time! :)
Our Little Slugger

He's getting so big!

Ava in her princess dress. She wore this for church on Sunday for Isaac's dedication. Pictures to come soon. We had problems with our camera batteries and didn't get any. Our friend took some with his camera so we are hoping some of those turned out.

The Little Princess!

Ava and her Aunt Jenn!

The Little Man in his dedication outfit.

My Aunt Rocks shirt!

Aunt Jenn with our little man.

The three of us!

I love my sister! :) Thanks for coming Jenn!

Ava Meeting Isaac for the First Time

Here is the video we took when Ava met Isaac for the first time in the hospital.

Our Little Monkey

We got home on Tuesday afternoon. We are getting used to being a family of four and getting into a little bit of a routine. Ava just loves her little brother and is constantly running to him to say hi or give him a kiss or hug. When she leaves the house, she doesn't care about saying goodbye to mama or anyone else, but has to say goodbye to her brother! It's so sweet. Isaac has already had two doctors visits. The first one was just to see the doctor for the first time and to get started with our pediatrician. He weighed 6 lbs. 4 oz., which is more than 10% of his birth weight. Because of that, she wanted to see him again in two days to make sure that he started gaining weight. We went back today and we were shocked to find out that he now weighs 6 lbs. 13 oz.! What a good eater! :)

Mommy is doing good. Since we got home from the hospital, I have started to have severe headaches and had to go back to see my doctor to make sure everything was okay. Long story short, I have a spinal headache that is caused from the epidural and will go away slowly during the next two weeks. I am on strong pain medicine and can function much better as long as I'm taking the medicine. Pray it goes away before the two weeks and I don't have to rely on the medicine for too long.

We will try to keep this updated as much as possible. It is very difficult now with two kids! :)

Ava and Isaac in Ava's bed. Ava loved having him in her bed and was all smiles.

Our wonderful OB! He is a wonderful doctor and made the experience of having two kids wonderful!

Isaac sleeping! So cute!

Our cute little monkey!

Another pic of our monkey!