Ava and I took a trip to visit my brother at Ft. Polk. We were sad to leave without dada, but wanted to see my brother before he is deployed to Afghanistan. He is going to help educate the Afghan pharmacists.
We had many proud family moments this trip!
Everyday our sweet child get Cudder and Cudder.
Ava has been attending music class at Gymboree for about four months. We sing songs, play instruments and interact with other kids. She has gone from sitting in her spot and playing with what’s in front of her to crawling and choosing an instrument. These are precious moments!
Could we love Ava any more? 11 months old today and the love keeps growing.
She started making a clicking noise with her tongue this week. I mimicked the sound and she replied with the same sound! I love how she looks at me and Dave. She lights up, smiles and pays close attention. It melts me every time!
Ava loves to explore her world. She want to touch everything and everybody! Dave and I love seeing her eyes and body gestures when we are out exploring! She is one curious lady. Love her to the sky!
Dave is a dedicated, loving, silly and proud father to Ava. He smiles ear to ear every time he sees her. Ava’s response to her Dada’s smile? An equally big smile!
Sunday was the 1st family Father’s Day and it was an awesome family day. Ava was not feeling well and it started out a little rough but it quickly improved. We started the day with some presents and brunch and ended the day enjoying dinner at Centro with Papa Hoob and Nana. Dada loves Ava beyond words and she continues to get Cudder each and every day.
10.5 months and our baby is on the move. Happy, little Ava has been practicing her moves on the floor for the past week. Like everyone says, crawling just happens and it did!
She’s our moving love!
Ava and Hoober are becoming closer and more loving towards each other every day. We could take 1000’s of pictures and hours of video featuring the two of them. Ava holds Hoober’s paws, pats him and loves every second. Every time Hoober walks towards her, she lights up and gets so excited. I can’t imagine how strong the bond will grow over the next decade.
Daddy’s little girl giving him sweet kisses. It is Monday night and Ava should be fast asleep but woke up after 35 minutes as if it was a nap. We all made the most of it with some late night family time.
Grandpa dropped by to see Ava tonight and she was in the middle of a late nap. Ava woke up at the start of game 7 of the Blackhawks and Redwings so we ordered a Pizza and we all enjoyed watching Ava’s 1st hockey game.
We had an awesome trip to Salt Lake City for Amy’s graduation and to spend some time with the family. Check out the awesome small gallery of some of the great pics with Baby Ava….
Ava was extra loving on this trip. She couldn’t stop kissing everyone! Perhaps because she was surrounded by family 24/7! Makes me want to be near family everyday.
Ava enjoyed her first hike up to the H rock behind my parents’ house. What a view!
We drove up Emigration Canyon in our white Jeep (dada’s favorite car). What a view and perfect weather!
We passed Ruth’s Diner,which is an awesome breakfast spot. There were many cyclists on the road…I miss riding!
Tears filled my family’s eyes when we were at Amy’s graduation. It took 9 years for Amy to receive her PhD in neurobiology and her MD.
Dave and I cannot believe that in just 20 years Ava will be receiving her Bachelor’s Degree!
Ava was perfect on her first flight!
She slept for half of the flight to Salt Lake and played the other half. Passengers on our flight came up to us and said she was a perfect traveller! It’s in her blood!
Ava is going on her first airplane tomorrow. We are heading to Salt Lake City for Amy’s final graduation.
We hope that the trip goes smoothly and she enjoys the plane. We shall see!
As soon as Ava wakes up we sing “Good Morning to You,” followed by saying, “Oh my gosh, it happened
again. You got cudder!” We love this one so much!
Watching Ava evolve is amazing and it is so cool to see her mimic us and learn from us. It was awesome watching her take my laptop and use it as if she had done it many times before.