Utah Trip...TONS of Pictures!!

This is little Dutch, I think this was the first morning that we were there.
I just thought this picture was really cute!

Here is Ava, Jack, and Dutch. What a group of CUTE kids!!!!

Ava was not exactly cooperating with the pictures being taken. She would not stay still, I have so many blurry pictures of her from this trip.
I just thought that Dutch looked BEAUTIFUL in this picture.
As you can see, Ava wasn't really still for this one either, but it was the best one of all of us that I got. It was SOOOOO much fun to have my mom and sisters around.
I can't believe how dang old Ava looks in some of these pictures!!!!
The weather was really nice for a couple days I was there, so we got to go to the park, it was really fun.
I LOVE this picture. Look at Dutch in those sunglasses, they were adorable!!! Ava wouldn't even let me get close to putting sunglasses on her, but when Amy told Dutch that she looked pretty, she just kept them on, it was so funny.
These girls LOVED running around in their diapers, we were cracking up. We were trying SO hard to get pictures of them both looking at the camera, and they would just run off giggling and screaming, it was absolutely hilarious!
So... for the next photo-shoot, we put them on the couch with toothbrushes, that worked out a little better, silly girls.

One day we decided to dress them in CRAZY outfits that didn't go together at all, but goodness, they still looked adorable.
I'm pretty sure that Ava just took that little bottle from Dutch. She was constantly stealing toys.




What a sweety.
Poor Ava got REALLY sick for the last like 4 days we were there. Poor girl had a fever for like 3 days and a rash... doesn't this picture just break your heart?!

We had SOOOOO much fun in Utah. It was amazing to have so many people around to play with. We got to stay for 2 weeks, thanks again Amy for letting us come for so long. We miss you guys and can't wait to see you again soon!!!

It's been awhile...

So the other day we look over at Ava, and instead of eating, she was lining up her pieces of hot dog. It really reminded me of her cousin Zack, he always lined everything he played with up- kids are SO funny!!
I actually got ready one day so I had Blayne take some pictures of me and Ava, she was not in the mood, most of them turned out really blurry because she would not sit still, but this one turned out alright, kinda.
Ava's hair is long enough to put in a whole ponytail- FUN!!!
So when I was really sick a couple of weeks ago Ava pulled a little cabinet down on herself :( I hate those moments that make ya feel like a bad parent. Her poor little nose was all swollen, she was tough though, only cried for a couple of minutes, then she was fine, yep, she's my daughter- hahaha!
What a goof!
Just thought this picture was cute.

Well, we've been switching off being sick for the last couple of weeks, Valentine's Day sucked- Blayne and Ava were both really sick. But they're better now so we had a nice dinner tonight and me and Blayne are going to watch a movie, and Blayne got me the OC Trivia game, we haven't had time to play, but I'm REALLY excited!!!! We also found out today that smarty pants Blayne passed his first part of the CPA exam- YAY!!!!! Only 3 more to go!

So Cute!

So, I made this apron for Ava and I think it's REALLY cute and I was pretty proud of myself. We were doing it for an activity for church, so I had someone who knew what they were doing explaining what to do, since I don't really know how to sew. Anyway, I like feeling like a crafty mom, since I'm not really- hahaha!!


What a cutie!!!

PicturePalooza!!!

One of the first things that Ava did when we got to Oregon was add an ornament to the tree, doesn't the fish just look great? She was actually really good around the tree, I thought that we would have a lot of problems, but we didn't.
I think this picture is funny, it reminds me of the picture of the Beatles walking across the street, I just really like it.
She was giving that bear some sweet hugs and kisses. And check out that hair- hahaha!!
Ava and Grandpa Lowary being silly.
Ava was a little afraid of Santa, as I'm sure most kids her age are, but it was cute.
Ava playing with a Santa hat. We would put it on her and then she would take it off and try to put it back on herself, as you can see she's clapping because she got it on, kinda- hahaha.
This was my birthday, it was a really good day. Blayne's family is extremely talented with streamers, aren't my decorations great?! I forgot my camera that day when I went to my parents house :(

We took a couple of family pictures, this one was Blayne's idea, we took it one morning before anybody had the chance to take showers or get ready or anything, I think it turned pretty good for a random picture.
We caught Ava climbing onto the table and she grabbed a bright green Rice Krispie treat and took a bite and said "Ummy, ummy" it was hilarious!
This was at dinner on Christmas Eve, it looks like Ava has no hair, but it's just in little pigtails. We had 2 yummy dinners that night... mmmmmm!!
Blayne's parents got this book to read to Ava for Christmas, it lit up and played O Little Town of Bethlehem, she loves it, we still read it to her now that we're home and it's not Christmas anymore.
Ava wasn't as interested in opening her presents as she was sitting on them, she was doing this at my parents house too, silly girl.
Oh, the Goldfish, she could have cared less about opening any of her presents, she carried those goldfish around most of the time. So I got to open most of hers.
Uncle Brad got her this Snoopy, she loves to give it hugs and kisses!
He also got her this little set, which is SO cute!!!!
Blayne and I got her a little doll and this little stroller, she pushes all of her stuffed animals around in it, it's funny. I think in this picture she wanted to go for a walk, hahaha.
I LOVE this picture, I think it's one of my VERY favorites of Ava, she looks so old and CUTE!!!
Grandma and Grandpa Lowary gave her this blanket and pillow because she LOVES the Tinkerbell movie, she cuddled up with this blanket so much, it was so sweet.

I do have some pictures from my parents house (when I remembered my camera) but some of my nieces and nephews are in them, and since my blog isn't set to private I figured I should ask before I post them. So there might be more to come from our trip. I hope you made it through all of those pictures, I know there were a TON!!!

Catch up...

Sorry it's been so long, we've been in Oregon for like a month- it was AMAZING!!! So, the first day when we got to Oregon Blayne and I had our 3rd Anniversary!!! We got to go out to dinner, by ourselves- it was AWESOME!!! Mmmmm...Chapala. It's been a GREAT couple years, and it's only going to get better!!!
We took a ton of pictures in Oregon, but I'll post those soon, here are some pictures that we took before we went. The Columbus Zoo puts up TONS of lights for Christmas, so we went one night. It was REALLY cool, I couldn't believe how many lights they had. They did this light show where the lights would blink to music, that was definitely Ava's favorite. It was absolutely FREEZING the night that we went, as you can see Ava looks like the little boy in The Christmas Story when she wears her coat, I love it!!!



It also snowed before we left, Ava loved that. She had so much fun running around in it, she SCREAMED when it was time to go back inside, like she always does when we bring her inside- she LOVES to be outside.
I'll post pictures from our trip soon!!