AVA'S BIRTHDAY PRESENTS

These are just a couple of the gifts that Ava got for her birthday, but these are the ones that we played with tonight, so I got pics of them. Okay, I just loved the way she looked in her outfit. Like a mini Prima Ballerina. Which she quite possibly could be one day! Also, she had so much fun playing with her bath bubbles. She tried so hard to blow bubbles, but she always just does, "fffffffffffff" instead of blowing, so it just pops the liquid off the ring. She especially loves that they're fairy bubbles!

RANDOM AVA CUTENESS

Here is Ava in Mommy's "casses". She loves to wear glasses and will put on any she can get her hands on! She's learned to "smile for the camera", but the timing isn't always great. Lol.

Here's Ava in her doll stroller. For whatever reason, she loves sitting in it. It's a good thing Josh and Heather (I mean Gunny and the girls) got her a new one for her birthday. She tore this one so bad that we had to throw it away. It's still cute, though!

FATHER'S DAY AT THE DUNES!

So we went camping down at the sand dunes over Father's Day, and it was a BLAST! I went down with Ava, Randall, and Denise on friday afternoon and Maren, Larry, and Ashton came down that night. Jake came the next morning since he worked that night. But when we first got there I tried to put Ava on the four-wheeler with Randall, and she'd have nothing to do with it. She bawled and squirmed and finally just went stiff so he had to turn around and bring her back. We spent all day and all night trying to get her to ride with us, but she threw a fit if we even asked her. Saturday morning came and we figured it out. I held her on my hip and stradled the four-wheeler while still standing up. Then Larry started it and I asked Ava if I could sit down, which she agreed to. Then she just started reaching for the handle bars, so I sat her down between my legs and started going. SHE LOVED IT!! After that, she was an addict and bawled anytime we took her off the four-wheeler. Everyime but one- when she fell asleep while riding with Maren. They had only been out for about five minutes- if that- and Maren came back with a sleeping Ava in her arms. Ava has been asking Poppy to give her a ride on the "four-yeah-yer" around the block about every night since. Another of Ava's favorite things to do while we were there was "chatch a bug" (catch a bug). She mostly just scooped up sand and pebbles, but she enjoyed it and still called it "chatch a bug". Jake was sick before we got there and I got sick WHILE we were there, but other than that everyone had a great time. I can't wait until the next time we go!!

FLIP FLOPS

What Your Flip Flops Say About You

You live to have fun, and your sense of humor is downright goofy. You are a big kid on the inside, and you have a very open heart. You try to make every day feel like a vacation, even if you have other responsibilities. Each day, you make a little bit of time to play and let loose. Your ideal warm weather place: Disney World

The Flip Flop Test

I'M PREGNANT!

So I have decided to do an online pregnancy blog, and my friend Lisa has a cute one on babycrowd.com, so I decided to do one there, too. That way I can keep this blog dedicated to the whole family, not just my pregnancy updates. Here's where to find my pregnancy journal:
http://babycrowd.com/jr/online/aprilehoney/

"UDDA DA SEA!"

As many of you probably know, Ava LOVES to sing! She will sing to any and everything, and her new favorite song is "Under the Sea" from "The Little Mermaid". I tried to catch this on video before, but she saw me taking the video and was just interested in the camera, so she stopped singing. So this time I had to be sneaky and get her singing it when she didn't see me doing it. Anyways, it's super cute!

7 QUIRKS

So Ami tagged me in her blog to do one of these, and it seems like fun that you get to tag more people, so I'm doing it.

1. I cry at the sight of snakes. Not just when they catch me by surprise or if they are close to me. I can tolerate seeing them on t.v. because then I can pretend they're not real, but other than that- I will happily bawl for hours (and I have).

2. I have to have the silverware loaded in the dishwasher a certain way. All of the sharp knives and serving spoons together, then butter knives, forks, tablespoons, teaspoons, and ava's silverware. It makes unloading the dishwasher go a lot faster- so I hate when other people load the dishwasher and don't do it the way I like. He he.

3. I hate driving when it's more than a few minutes. I always make Jake drive everywhere because it gives me anxiety. When we went to Vegas, Jake drove there and back, and everywhere we went while we were there.

4. I can't sit still for the life of me. I'm either shaking my foot or tapping my fingernails, or something along those lines- it drives Jake crazy! I think that's a lot of the reason I have a hard time sleeping- my body can't stay still long enough to accomplish the FALLING ASLEEP part.

5. I always kiss my hand and put it to the ceiling of the car when I go through a yellow light. I know that it has something to do with luck, but I just do it because I always have and now it's habit. Lol.

6. I have to have garlic sauce with my pizza. If I don't have Papa John's then I will either go there and just get the sauce, or I will make my own. But pizza just seems incomplete without it.

7. When people make up their own words or misuse a word while trying to sound intelligent, I want to sew their lips shut. Literally.

Well, that's some of the quirkiness of me. I want to know the quirks of Shanda, Marie, Aimee, Lynsey, Kristina, Sarah, and Ashley. C'mon- it'll be fun! :D