Lydia's Blessing & Ava's Birthday!!

Ava really likes to pose for pictures now, it's pretty awesome!
Doesn't she just look SO excited for her birthday party that was about to happen??!! hahahaha!!

That's a little better.

This is Ava and her very best friend Zeke. They LOVE each other and play SOOOO good together.

It was a pretty rockin party. Pizza and swimming- so fun!

Her awesome cake.

The kids just swarmed the cake when I brought it out, it was pretty cute.

Ava trying to blow out the candles, I ended up having to help her, but hey, she tried!

Ava kept on hiding and eating, whether it was her cake or someone else's, she didn't care.

The moms just hanging out.

Yup, more eating. There was one point when I couldn't find her, she was in a corner eating chips. She LOVES chips!!

Check out all of their hair- there is a chunk sticking up on ALL of them- it wasn't even planned, we didn't notice it until we were looking at the picture later!!! Hahahahaaha!!!

So, we blessed Lydia on Ava's actual birthday- Septemeber 5th. Blayne's parents were able to come, it was REALLY nice. Lydia looked SO sweet. I feel horrible because we were running late because we were trying to get there early and didn't get any pictures before, then it was nap time when church was over and the girls were cranky and Ava's hair was all messed up, so we don't have a lot of great pictures :(

Ava in her birthday dress.How do ya like that face- hahaha!!

Awwwwww, precious! She really is like the best baby, she's just mellow and really smiley. We LOVE her!

Ava opening some presents. I felt like such a HORRIBLE mom that day. I made her a lemon cake and idiot that I am- forgot to put eggs in it- GROSS!!! It was SO sad :(

Ava's Art

So, about a week ago Ava drew this picture- it's totally a fish- and that was what she was meaning to draw. I seriously thought that Blayne drew it, but Ava did it ALL by herself!! Isn't it AWESOME??!!

Big Post

Before Lydia was born we had a tie-dying party and this was one of the results. I think Blayne's mom did this one, I really like it a lot!
Blayne's had the week off (it's been AMAZING!!!) and we've been going on walks sometimes in the morning, the weather has been GREAT!!!

Blayne took Ava to her first movie- Toy Story 3- she loved it!! I'm sad I didn't get to be there, but she's been LOVING her daddy time!

We went to Funderland and Ava was actually pretty brave, she really surprised us.

OK, she LOVED this ride!!! She rode it like 4 times, then the next day she rode it again a couple times, and talked about it nonstop!

Sorry, but crying babies are pretty cute!

We had a little photo shoot. I wanted to do it on a day when I actually did my hair, but since that like NEVER happens, we got ponytail hair, ugh.

Ava got to ride a pony, of course she loved it. His name was Rocky and she kept petting him saying "Hi Rocky", and when we were done "Thank you Rocky!"

Lydia gets in these really smiley moods and we were trying to catch her in a smile. This one's alright, but she has a much prettier smile. Ya get the idea though. I gotta say, I think my girls are pretty cute!!

So we've had a GREAT week, Ava has loved having Blayne home to play with and I have really enjoyed the help, and having another adult around in the evenings, rather than sitting home by myself. We've been watching movies and of course, Big Brother- LOVE IT!! We've been able to get out and do something fun every day, usually kid oriented, so it's been really fun watching Ava. Oh and my brilliant husband is now officially a licensed CPA- YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bad Dreams

So, sometimes Ava has bad dreams and wakes up crying, it always makes me SO sad and I always wonder what she is dreaming about that makes her so upset :( Well, the other day she woke up cryng "Mommy, mommy!!", then came into my room and said in a VERY sad little voice "Daddy ate all my mac n cheese!!" Hahahaha!!! It's good to know that that's what her nightmares are about and nothing worse!

Silly Ava

So we've been trying to have Family Home Evening on Sunday nights, since Blayne's schedule has been so crazy and he doesn't usually get home before Ava goes to bed, and last night we talked a little bit about baptizm. We were telling Ava that when she turns 8 she'll be able to be baptized. She got really excited and started saying that she was going to "Splash with Jesus!" Hahahaha!!! She's so funny!!

My Girls, and My Messy Apartment

This was Ava before church a couple weeks ago. I haven't been to church since I had Lydia, so I've had some time to get Ava ready in the mornings, too bad it doesn't always last until church.
Precious, Ava ALWAYS wants to hold Lydia, it's pretty sweet.

Ava constantly wants to go swimming, I'm not quite sure why because she's pretty scared of the water. Sometimes when she's in the right mood she'll be brave, but that's not very often.

I LOVE this little outfit that Auntie Hayley gave her, SO CUTE!!

What a goof.

So, a couple weeks ago, our apartment got pretty out of hand. Blayne decided to take some pictures while me and the girls went grocery shopping. Of course, it doesn't look much better on a daily basis. I straighten when I can, but it pretty much accumulates all week, and I try to get it done on the weekends, and my very helpful husband helps a TON!!

Just looking at this picture, Ava just said, "Ava Belle's mess on the floor." Hahahaha!!!

How much do you LOVE yawning babies, I LOVE them!!! So sweet!

Another outfit that I think is SO cute, from Blayne's Aunt Loretta!

Whenever Ava puts on her sunglasses we call her "Hollywood", she really likes it. I think she looks so adorable in her sunglasses- hahahaha!

Sweetness.

On the weekends Blayne plays video games while Ava takes her nap and sometimes she wakes up before he gets it put away and really wants to play. Check out her concentration face, hilarious!

Looking at these pictures Ava looks SO sweet, and she can be, but sometimes she lets the monster within out. Now is one of those times, she's been testing my patience a lot this week. She was doing so much better, and she's AMAZING on the weekends when Blayne's around. He probably thinks I'm making it up when she's a nightmare. Lydia isn't quite as mellow as we first thought she was going to be. Her cry has DEFINITELY gotten louder!! She's really fun though and she LOVES Ava!! Ava's a great big sister, when Lydia's crying she'll give her her pacifier, or yell that I need to help her or feed her. Whenever she drools or spits up she tells me that I need to get her a birp rag because she's a mess. Can I just tell you that Ava has been put in timeout atleast 3 times in the time that it took me to post this, ridiculous. She's going down for a nap right now- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bunches of Pics

Man, Ava seems SO big now. It's crazy!

Ava wearing grandpa's hat.

Ava and grandma making popsicles.

Ava's very proud of her work- they were delicious!

Lydia, just chillin'- she does a LOT of this. Until about 8:30 at night when she starts having a bit of a meltdown for a while, it's seriously been like every night, but I'll take it because she's SO good the rest of the day.

Lydia right after taking a bath- she doesn't hate baths nearly as much as Ava did, it makes it a lot easier.

Ava comes and lies next to her whenever I change her diaper and plays with her, it's pretty precious.

This is what happened when I brought out the play mat, Ava likes to play on it. Little goof ball.

Some more chillin'.

We tried to have a little photo shoot of our own, doesn't Lydia look comfy? Hahaha.

I just thought Ava looked really cute that day, plus she was in a really good mood, which made her that much cuter.

Ava's been really liking to test my patience, but she's getting a little better and learning that she's not going to get away with stuff. Lydia's been great- she slept for 2- 4hour spurts last night, it was great- although I think I was almost more tired from getting more sleep. She usually wakes up about every 2 hours at night to eat.

Oh, I got a lot of questions on what drugs I got that wore off- I had an epidural, they aren't sure why it stopped working, but it did and it sucked. I'd still get it again though- before it wore off it was a DREAM!!! I was SO happy not to feel those awful contractions!

I also feel the need to give my take on the Bachlorette- Ali LOVES Frank the most, I feel like she's practically said it several times and he's such an idiot that he's going to ruin it! I actually like all the guys that are left, I'd be pretty happy with any of them, but I gotta say her and Chris were REALLY cute last night.

Oh, and Big Brother- my favorite is Lane, I'm not sure why, I don't know if he's even said 2 words, but I like him. Most of the people kind of bug me, I hope they get better!