Aves first hunt

Last weekend we went to have Easter with my dads side of the family. What a beautiful day it turned out to be. Aves got to enjoy her first Easter hunt. I was surprised as to how well she did. She didnt want to put the eggs in her basket unless she already had 2 in her hand. The candy/money in the eggs is what grabbed her attention the most. She will be a pro next year...so all you big kids better watch out. Thanks papa and Mimi for making her 2nd Easter so enjoyable.

this takes lots of work

hmmm....

i think i see one...

found one

enough pictures already, i'm trying to hung eggs

enjoying the wind

Easter gifts

Dadas boots

Thought this was the funniest thing. Aves loves going into the closet and trying to put on her dadas boots, so I decided to help her out. Poor thing could barely walk in them. Love moments like these.

Trying to take them off.

Sick

What a day....I never imagined how hard it would be to see my sick baby suffer so much like she did today. A stomach bug is going around and Aves was lucky enough to get it. Austin gets her out of bed this morning and as he was changing her diaper there was a little poopy. I walked into her room about that time and was like yuck it stinks in here and he said she has a poopy diaper. So we then put her in her highchair for her morning milk and she didnt want it. That is so not like her. Then Austin noticed stuff in her hair and he said, she has boogers in her hair. I said that isnt boogers. I said you think its throw up???? So he goes and checks her bed and sure enough in the corner there was the throw up. That is what the awful smell was...and so it began. She threw up all morning. She really wasnt sure what to do and it just broke my heart. I couldnt hold back the tears at times, especially when she would cry. By the end of the day she was able to hold bread and bananas down and was actually playing. She is now sleeping and I hope she sleeps through the night and feels better tomorrow. I am also praying that both Austin and I do not get it, but it is spreading fast and everyone I know that has had it spreads it to the whole family.

Floors finally....

We finally decided to get hardwoods put in our house, but never imagined what we would have to go through to get them. The date was set for Feb 17, so the night before we hung plastic everywhere you could imagine, not sure if it really made a difference. The next morning the guys showed up at 730 am to get started and didnt finsh until about 5:30. Aves and I spent the day with a friend and her kiddos. That evening Austin had beat me back to the house and so he called me and I asked how dusty it was and he said it was bad...i thought he was kidding. When I got home I realized he wasnt kidding at all. I wish I would have gotten pictues...i bet if you were to stop by you could probably find some dust hanging out somewhere.
So the floors are in....we had to wait 8 days for them to come back and scrape and stain them. Yes I did clean up all the dust in between that time just so they could come back and make more dust. It took them a full day to scrape the wood and 3 days to stain them and 1 extra day for it to completely dry. During the 3 days of stainning we couldnt walk on the floors, so I went to Tyler and Austin stayed with a friend. Boy was I glad to get back home and clean and be settled again. I will say now it was all worth it. We love our new floors...now we are on a new mission to find a new table and living room furniture...never thought it would be so hard. I think I have been everyone and cant find exactly what I want. Those pictures will come...not sure when. ha!
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hanging plastic


The fun of having tall ceilings



Scraping....

Our floors

14 months

14 months...wow how she has changed. Aves is everywhere and into everything. She is learning so much and developing new skills daily. It's amazing how fast she picks up on things now. She is eating where when you do something she wants to repeat
What she is up to....
- 12-18 clothing
- took her first trip to mcdonalds
- picky eater...will not eat chick-fil-a nuggets and if you know me I love chick-fil-a, just discovered she will eat mcdonalds and I cant stand mcdonalds
- loves to have her hair done...that include blow drying it. Yes every morning she will go to our bathroom and pull out the hair dryer. So darn cute
- still take 2 naps
- knows where her belly button is
- loves books
- will not watch cartoons
- loves to swing
- loves to be outside
- loves to be tickled and loves to tickle you and will make the tickle sound
- tries taking her diaper off now
- words she has said....dada, mama, necklace, ball, yes, thank you, papa, gaga, duck, dog she is really good about repeating a word if you practice with her.

I'm sure I have left a few things out.....we love you so much Aves Grace!!

Excuse the gold fish in her mouth...that how I got her to sit in front of her bear.

Love my RAIN BOOTS

Never knew at 13 months shoes would be that important....I was getting Aves dressed for the day and as I was taking off her pj's she spotted her rain boots. Yes, she did wear them the day before. She started throwing a fit so I handed them to her. She immediately tried putting them on, so I did what every mother would do helped her a little bit and ran to get the camera. Why did I run...she had a blast running around the house with her diaper and rain boots on. Love and Cherish moments like these.