Zoo Day!

The petting zoo was her favorite by far. She loved being able to touch the goats.

Happy as can be in her stroller. She did such a good job. She was happy and pleasant all day long!

Looking at the Manatee and the fish.

The bottom picture isn't that great, but I wanted to show Avie... this is how she was almost all day. Leaning over her stroller or over us looking and reaching for the animals.

Charlie, Avie, and I took the day and went to the Columbus Zoo as a family and then we spent the night in Columbus. We had such a great time! Seems like someone is always running somewhere, so we decided to take some time for ourselves as a family. Charlie has started his second firefighters course every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6-10 pm and every Sunday from 8-12 pm (with some Sunday's being all day events), and we are alawys running somewhere at night. So we had the weekend away and it was so fun. We decided on the zoo because Avington loves animals! We thought that her favorite attraction was the fish, and then we found the monkey exhibit, and then we found the petting zoo... oh man she had a blast there. I thought she might be scared, but she reached right out for those animals.... then again she lives with Hooch! What a blessing to be able to get away and free your mind from the stresses of work and life in general :)

Go Bears

Tuesday night after baseball "papaw" stopped by to see Avie. She noticed his hat right away, so he stuck it on her head. This was the best of the 3 pictures I took. The one picture didn't turn out, but it was so cute. For some reason it was blurry. This one is for you Papaw!

Avie the sailor and Lovely the cat

Cousin Morgan picked this outfit out for Avie for her baby shower. It is so cute, I think she looks like a little sailor girl in it. My mom bought this cat, Lovely, for Avie for Valentines day. She loves Lovely, she plays with her all the time. Today is Avie's 10 month birthday. I know that I say this all of the time, but I will say it again.... time goes so quickly. What a blessing she has been to Charlie and my life.

That makes 4

Today Avie's top 2 teeth finally popped through! She was running a fever of about 101, sometimes a bit higher and sometimes a bit lower, all day yesterday so I figured something was up. She also was not her happy little smiley self, and she was buring up and very clingy most of the day. Well today, not 1 but 2 teeth made their enterance :) She is slowly but surely getting back to herself. I will post new pictures of her and her 4 teeth soon.

Hope you are all having a great week!!

Hail the Queen

Today we had a big day. We first had lunch at Auntie Nette's house, then we had Parker Loomis' first birthday party, and lastly we headed to Dover for the NCAA party. While in Dover, Aunt Karen found Avie some jewels to play with. Doesn't she look so cute?!

Bathroom Update

Here are the newest pictures hot off the press of the bathroom. Charlie finished hanging the mirrors, vanity lights, and towel holders tonight. He also touched up on some painting (yes its blue walls and a tan ceiling) and then we cleaned it up. All that is left is flooring, moving the toilet from the old bathroom, putting up the toilet paper holder, window treatments, and some rugs for infront of the sinks. All in all, we are pretty much done. I just enjoyed a relaxing bath... it was awesome! I love baths and have not had one since we moved in here, 3 years ago in September. Charlie did an AWESOME job and I am very proud of all of his hard work. The next major project is tearing out our existing bathroom to make stairs to the basement and some remodeling of the current dining room and kitchen. My hopes are that everything will be done by summer.

Looking for Money...

Avington has a new obsession.... digging through my purse. When all else fails, give her the purse and you have gained yourself at least 15 minutes. Here are some photo's of her rooting through my things. My favorite is the one of her head inside the purse!

Mohawk Momma

Avie loves playing in the tub, so tonight while she was playing, I decided to "style" her hair. Funny thing is.... it dried like this! If the flash on my camera wouldn't have woken her up, I would have taken her picture. It should make for a great hair day tomorrow :)

Big Day for Avie

Avie decided she was ready to wake up this morning at 5:55am. So I went and got her out of her crib and got her morning bottle ready. I gave her to Charlie, who was still snoozing away in our bed, with her bottle and began to get ready. This is how I found her about 6:45... out cold in our bed. This evening I was folding laundry and felt a bump under our covers.... come to find out when she was done with her bottle this morning, she "hid" it under the covers. I love to watch her sleep. Yesterday morning before church, this is how I found Avie and Charlie... 2 peas in a pod. They were both watching TV, but as soon as I got ready to snap the picture Avie looked at me.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

My mom watched Avie today. When I arrived at her house this afternoon I was greeted by a big "toothy" smile and my mom with a list of things that Avington did today. So here they are....
1. Walked around the jumpy toy
2. Drank water from a real cup
3. Went a couple of steps on her own behind a walker stroller thingy I bought her and a walker thingy that my mom bought her
4. Stood by herself, only for about 2 seconds, but its a start
5. Said dadada, finally! She has been saying mamam for weeks and now a whole host of other babbles, but she wouldn't say dadada
6. Kicked a ball over and over. I watched her do this yesterday at church, but I thought it was a fluke. Today confirmed it. It is so funny. She grabs our fingers and walks and kicks the ball, then goes as fast as she can towards it again and kicks it again. She does this several times in a row. We think she is going to be the next pro womens soccer player... watch our Mia Hamm. We like to think she is also taking after Uncle Ryan.
She has also become very fasinated with our tongue and our teeth. If the soccer thing doesn't work out for her, I think she will be a Dentist. She is constantly sticking her fingers in our mouth and feeling our teeth and tongues. We joke that we are at the dentist when she does it. Too funny!