Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!!!

This is a rare occasion to get a picture of the family. Here is our Easter photo.

Ava picking up her eggs! Ava had a great Easter. She didn't really understand what was going on, but she sure did like all her new presents and playing with the eggs. I had to take them away by the end of the day because she figured out how to open the egg and was sticking the whole half of the egg in her mouth. We had the family over to our house and it was quite an eventful day. Right as everyone was getting here, the dog, got a piece of a hot potato and ate it and about 2 minutes later, was puking it up on our carpet (jacy, we will send you the bill) and I yelled for help because my grandparents were showing up at the time and my loud voice made Ava cry. It was quite the beginning. The day was beautiful. It was low 80's here. We hung outside for a lot of the day. It was a bit hot to start, but cooled off nicely later. Ava loved being outside. Dwayne's family came over and his brothers daughter has a 2 month old and Ava really like looking at her. I can't remember when Ava was that small. That was about how old she was last year at Easter. She was so tiny and it is so easy to be intimidated by little ones. When you have one, holding them is natural, but once they get bigger and you don't have to be so gentle, you forget...

As i said before, we are dog sitting. Here is Ava with her new favorite "toy". She loves to see her when she gets up in the morning and from her naps. She makes the panting noise when she sees the dog. She has already knocked over her bowl of water and she hates it when Tatum barks. It makes her cry. She doesn't like loud noises.

Here are just some pictures of us!!!

Other than Easter Sunday, we spent Saturday stocking up on wine and we went to San Tan Village and Ava went and played in the outdoor play area. Daddy is always very cautious when she is playing in those places because there are a lot of older kids and they will bulldoze Ava. My mom came down on Saturday and helped us watch Ava on Sunday so we could finish cleaning. It is like having a third parent around. It was nice to clean the entire house all at once.

Last week was our first week with no help from Jaclyn. It was probably the worst week in a long time for me to have meetings, but we were able to make it work. I actually got a lot of work done. Ava has learned that mommy might have to work for a little bit, but I will come play with her, so she will play very nicely by herself. It is another story when Mike watches her. She won't let him get any work done. I am trying to teach him what to do.

Ava is babbling up a storm still. She is definitely trying to talk. I KNOW that I heard her call me mama...Her new thing is to put her hand up in the air when I say, "where is bunny" or "where is tatum". Then she helps me look for whatever I am asking her to find. She will lift one of her legs up too. She really understands so much. She may not alwasy obey, but she understands.