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!!!
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!!!
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. 
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!!
