Ava's first haircut

Ava has been needing a haircut for a little while now as it's been hanging in her eyes and was pretty uneven. I kept putting it off because, well really I just didn't want to admit that she was big enough for one yet! But, I finally gave in and let her Aunt Adrianne come down and trim it up and it turned out really cute!

Here's a before picture, I do have to say that she's still pretty darn cute! ;)

I just had to add this one of some serious bed head after a long nap on Grammy's lap!

She actually held pretty still for the trim. Aunt Adrianne let her play with the comb, which helped, but every time she had to take it away, she wasn't very happy! =O

The finished product!

A side shot.

So cute, our little baby girl is growing up!

Ava loves Vinny!

Ava has taken a big interest in Vinny lately (to his dismay of course!), and it's so funny to see her try to interact with him. He's so good to let her poke and pull at him, and he tries to lick her every chance he gets... She sure does love him!

A little playtime, supervised of course!

I'm sure one of these days when Ava gets bigger, she'll try to ride Vinny, we'll see...

She kinda looks like she's making a bulldog face here, so funny!!

Oh the places...

That Ava ends up now that she has officially learned to crawl! The latest one was inside the bottom of her exersaucer. She climbed in to retrieve a toy and once she figured out it wasn't as easy to get back out, she just settled in for a bit to play, she's so funny!

Notice she has on her neck brace for her torticollis, even that doesn't slow her down!

Busy little girl, has to see how everything works.

Her new thing lately is to try to pull up on everything, she sure keeps us busy!

She kinda got stuck here, trying to pull stuff out from behind the chair...needless to say, we've been busy babyproofing big time!

Ava's first Christmas

Ava's first Christmas was full of family, friends, toys, Christmas parties and lots of fun! I've been looking forward to her first Christmas for a while now and it was great! She got lots of fun things to play with thanks to Santa Claus, Grandparents, cousins, Mom and Dad, aunts and uncles and friends. And lots of time to spend with each and everyone as well! Here are some pictures of the festivities....

Such a big girl sitting in this fun little chair at a friends Christmas party.

Getting ready to open gifts, she loved playing in all the presents!

Playing with her toys with Daddy.

Reading a book.

She loved her new cookie jar!

Vinny enjoying his new toy! ;)

This was probably one of her favorite toys, it's a book that sings songs, so cute!

Rub a dub dub

Now that Ava is pretty much mobile, with her rolling and scooting all over the floor, it's easy for her to get into things. I had some stuff to do on the computer, so I pulled out her bath tub, filled it with some toys and got about 30 minutes of entertainment out of it! Not bad....and she loved it. =)

Whoa Mom!

I put Ava in the front of the shopping cart for the first time today, and she just wasn't quite sure what to think about it! She was definitely holding on for dear life, too funny!

Mega catch up post!

It's been a while since I've posted, but we've been very busy and we all got sick! The whole family was taken down by a nasty stomach bug, thank goodness we're over that! Nanny and Papa came in from Colorado for Thanksgiving, and they even got sick...watch out, flu season has struck! I got a new job at a great steakhouse here in town for the holiday season, so I've been extra busy. Ski season has also begun, so there goes Ian until summer! Ava is getting so big! Everyday she seems to be doing something new, she has really been "talking" up a storm lately, saying baba and mama, she is so much fun! She is also doing really well with her torticollis, which makes us so happy. Anyway, here are some pictures of this last month...

Daddy taking care of Ava while they were sick.

This is a picture of Ava at physical therapy with her new therapist, she is so great!

All smiles, and she still loves her feet! We can barely keep her socks on anymore, I think she thinks they are toys to play with...

Such a big girl holding her bottle all by herself.

She's been trying to scoot lately. We usually keep her on a blanket on the floor and instead of scooting to get to a toy, she just pulls the blanket and the toy to her, it's so funny. But, when I set her on the floor without the blanket, she really started scooting forward to reach for things. :)

Cute little ponytail!