Grandma and Grandpa visit

On Sunday, Michael's mom and dad came up for the day. It was a lot of fun. Ava loved the extra attention and enjoyed showing off her skills at the park. She even started saying Me-Maw and P-paw, when we say grandma and grandpa... so cute.

Funny Face

For the last 2 weeks Ava's been acting super crabby. I'm not sure if it had to do with immunizations or teething or something else. It seemed like she was a totally different kid. But recently she's been back to her happy self. Sometimes during the day we look in the mirror and make silly faces together... She loves it and she can really come up with some cute funny faces! Last night she even made her faces for the camera (which definitely surprised me.) So you can enjoy them, too.

My mom was here this past weekend which was fun. Ava enjoyed every minute of it! She loves company, and anyone who will give her attention. My mom helped a lot with Ava and babysat so we could go out on a date. We had fun hanging out together and going to dinner and a movie.

Happy Easter!

Nikos & Ava

Our friends Michael and Ally came to visit this weekend, and they brought their son, Nikos, for his first out of town experience. We were so glad that he did so well at our house! He is a cutie, as you can see. He and Ava are almost a year apart in age, but soon they won't even notice. Hopefully next year at this time they will be running around together, but for now, they just look at each other:) Ava and Nikos even gave each other a goodnight kiss as you can see from the picture! :)
Michael went to high school with Michael and Ally back in Cincinnati. We got married around the same time and have stayed close friends!

We had fun! Thanks for coming to visit us!

We had a fun weekend visiting Michael's side of the family this past weekend. Unfortunately, we forgot to snap any pictures. We celebrated Michael's sister Debra's 19th Birthday.

I wanted to post this picture because we thought that it turned out so cute. We took it last week on that random day that we had 70 degree weather. She's growing up! It's hard to believe!

Visit to see Kerri

This weekend my wonderful hubby took care of Ava so that I could go to Indiana to visit one of my best friends, Kerri. It was so much fun! We had a blast laughing and catching up on each other's lives...and we of course went shopping, as usual! Thanks so much Kerri for a really fun time! I wish we didn't live 3 hours away from one another! Love you!

Michael and Ava had a good time, too. They went "on a date" to Wendy's for dinner and then to the mall to play at the play-land. He said that she was good the entire time and that he didn't have any trouble, so I was glad to hear that. Michael said he also had a good time relaxing and reading.
I'm glad to know that they can manage without me and that they weren't crying the whole time I was gone. :) They both seemed happy to have me back, though, so I felt good about that.
Thanks Michael! You are such a great husband! ! I'm blessed to have you! xoxo

happy girl

We've been having a lot of fun in the evenings. Ava loves to run around in her diaper before bed. (Its probably not the best idea since she seems to get super hyper) But, we have a lot of fun chasing her around and having fun family time. She's super ticklish, too, as you can see from the picture. Michael tried to take a picture of of the two of them and it turned out so funny that I just had to post it.
She is such a good girl! Like all kids, she has her days, but sometimes we can't believe how sweet she is, even at such a young age.