We have traumatized our poor baby!

In her defense, he is pretty creepy!

Ava's First Birthday and more...

The girls at the State Capital to take a few pictures. Ava hasn't quite learned how to smile/pose on command yet.

She is so much more fun this Christmas!

Her cake was almost bigger than she was!

She wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake. She doesn't really like icing. (I know, but I gave birth to her, so I'm SURE she is mine!)

How tiny does she look next to her Daddy?

One of her gifts....how cute is she in it?

What's in here??

She was SO excited about her car, that she tried to get on it before we

could get it out of the box!

She then proceeded to get on it backwards!

But, she finally got the hang of it!

She loves to help her Daddy and is always under his feet.

Elmo is present for everything we do.

Ava has moved on from walking and is now into running. Her daycare teachers let her go out into the hallway so she can run up and down the halls.

She actually has two front teeth now, but you still can't see them yet when she smiles....only when she laughs really big.

This is one of our favorite faces that she makes! She makes a funny noise with it too. She just happens to have sweet potatos on her face in this one!

They love playing together! Ava literally lights up when her big sister comes in the room!

Such a sweet baby!

Halloween

Ava had a Halloween party the day after Halloween and her monkey costume was too warm, so she went as the cutest punk rocker you have EVER seen! She even got into character and threw her first real temper tantrum right there at the party! We were so proud.

Her boots were a little to big, so she fell a lot that day. She didn't seem to mind the mohawk. She didn't touch it once.... I don't think she could reach it!

She is into climbing. Lately, she climbs on anything she can find. And she is quite good at it. At her party, we found her half way up their flight of stairs!

The night before, on Halloween, the girls dressed up as Alice (vampire from the Twilight books) and a Monkey. Kinley went trick or treating with her friends, but Ava had to stay in and hand out candy due to her ear infection.

Scary!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Our Family!

Like Father, Like Daughter! How much do they look alike here?!?!

Exploring with Ava...

Ava has had enough and is ready for a nap!

More exploring...

They are growing up so fast!!!