Ava's New things

What a nice weekend, but boy do they fly by. On Saturday, I went wedding dress shopping with my sister, Jaclyn. She found her dress and we all had a good time. I am in the wedding and had to pick out a bridesmaids dress. Now, since the wedding is in April, it will be cutting it too close to pick out a dress after the baby is born, so I sucked it up and tried on 2 dresses that I think will compliment my post baby body. I wish we would have taken pictures. It was quite comical to try on dresses 5 1/2 months pregnant. They don't have mirrors in the dressing room, so I was forced to come out to see what it looked like and show the entire world. I figure I will be a bit skinnier when I actually have to wear the dress. Once Jaclyn finalizes the color I am going to buy it and then I will have it to try on every month after the baby is here to make sure it fits. The lady at the dress shop said to get one size up from my pre baby size, so that is what I will do.

Sunday was a hang out at home day. I was feeling good in the morning, but the weekend caught up to me after lunch and I was down for the count. I pretty much stayed in bed and on the couch as I felt worn out and soooo tired. I guess I have over done it lately. Mike will be traveling this week. He has an overnight trip to Kansas City, so I utilized his help and rested as I will be doing it alone for 2 days.


It always seems like Ava learns something new so fast and before I know it, I can't remember her not being able to do it. She has really enjoyed coloring or scribbling with a pen and paper. My mom was down here this weekend and bought Ava an activity table. She loves it. She likes all the nooks and crannies on it.

She has started wanting to wear our socks and put on my flip flops. I don't have a picture of her with my flip flop on, but I managed to get a picture of her with my socks on. She tries to do it herself and after much frustration, she comes to me to put them on.

She is loving puzzles at the moment and getting really good at them. We brought them into our bedroom last night and she was putting them together.

I bought her "big" girl pj's that we put on last night. Right now she just sleeps in a long sleeve onsie and her sleepsack. She is starting to grow out of them and they don't really make onsies in size 2T, so we graduated to a 2 piece pj set. We had just been putting her in the top and a diaper, but last night we tried out the pants. They were a bit long, but we could tell she was so proud to be in big girl pj's.

So pretty..... that is what I think when I see this picture. She has been letting me put a barret/bobby pin in her hair lately. She still doesn't keep it in long, but some days she will forget about it. The other day, she was playing outside and got hot and sweaty and because her bangs are long, she let me put a bobby pin in. I think it cooled her off. Here is a picture from the other night. I wish she would wear them all the time as her hair is out of control.