Ava Noelle Turns 2! at OneTrueMedia.com

We had a great time celebrating Ava's 2nd birthday!

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My Baby is Two!

Ava celebrating her 2nd birthday!


Ava celebrating her 1st birthday!


Ava on the day of her birth!

We celebrated Ava's birthday yesterday and it was a wonderful day!

Two Years Old Tomorrow!

My little girl will be two years old tomorrow. It feels like just a short time ago that I brought her home to meet her brother. It's amazing to me that he was 6 months younger than her then. Today she will celebrate her birthday at school. She was so excited to wear her cupcake shirt :-)

A note to Ava: Miss Ava Noelle! I love you more than words can say, more than there are stars in the universe and all the way up past Heaven! You have brought so much joy to my life and I can barely remember a time when you didn't exist. My thoughts have been of you all my life. From the time I can remember I couldn't wait to be your mom! Thank you for being such a lovely little turd!

Easter Morning!

The kids were so excited to see their baskets in the morning! Zach even remembered on his own for the first time that the Easter bunny was supposed to have come. He couldn't wait for Ava to wake up so he went to take a peak on his own. Once she woke up he was thrilled to share everything with her. After pancakes and cinnamon rolls we had a family egg hunt. That silly bunny left eggs all over our backyard. The kids loved finding them at this more leisurely pace. After that we went to see How to Train Your Dragon (in 2D)and it was an adventure for sure. Zach did ok, but Ava was just far to restless for that long of a program. Andy and I took turns chasing her up and down the stairs. In the afternoon we did a bunch of yard work then sat down to a family Easter dinner. It was really a lovely day!

We Hope You Had a Happy Easter!

Ava trying to get a head start!








The Easter bunny came to our house!

We had a very fun filled weekend! Lots of fun and candy involved. On Saturday we did an egg hunt and saw the Easter bunny at an event put on by our HOA. The kids had a lot of fun. To my relief, Ava was actually excited to see the Easter bunny and wanted to hug and kiss him and give him high fives! They only got about three eggs each but they had a good time doing it. I told Zach to run out to the middle and start grabbing eggs so he ran out, fell down, grabbed one egg and ran back. I guess I have instilled the idea of sharing into him. The other kids came back with about twenty each because we were following the rules and not picking up the eggs for them but I suspect the other parents were not, haha!

Coloring Easter Eggs!

The kids had a lot of fun coloring eggs and making crafts at Phia's house (Sophia is actually her name!) They got to make little baskets for candy, then we died eggs. The egg coloring with a bunch of toddlers is very interesting. One of our friends just took off her sons shirt because she was tired of saying no! Toddlers don't understand placing the egg in gently. They all loved to just toss them in. Once Ava realized that they cracked, she tried to throw whatever she could get her hands on! The funniest part is when Zach could not comprehend that these eggs did not have candy in them. We left the eggs unattended for a little while while doing something else and I came in to find our carton (luckily we only had 4 eggs in it at the time) on the ground with smashed eggs. I suspect it was Ava because there was also a chair pulled over to the counter and that is her thing now. We have to push everything we don't want her to have to the back. Yesterday I found her with a pen and paper drawing on the telephone stand. I can't believe this little poop is going to be 2 years old in just one week. Time is flying way to fast.

Ice Cream and Park Playdate Plus Williams Birthday!

Zach and flowers he "picked" from the planter!




Mountain climbing at the park!



Zach's favorite thing to new at JumpZone.


Ava and Alyssa at JumpZone

Zach and Ava love playdates with friends! We had a busy week this week with two playdates and a birthday party. The party was at jumpzone and the kids still HATE jumpers. They both freaked when I brought them in. I'm glad we didn't have to pay for it again. Maybe we will try again when they are a little older.

A hodge-podge of pix!

Fairy Princess Ava!


Shower for Collin and Juanita!


Park Play with Friends!



Friday night dinner with friends!

So much has happened in the last week and a half or so. I neglected the poor blog, but here are a bunch of pictures from the goings on since St. Patrick's Day.

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A Conversation with Ava

Ava is standing in my room all sad looking. I ask, "What's wrong?"
Ava: I sad, want binky.
Me: Well, go find it.
Ava: You find it
Me: You find it, oh wait, here it is.
Ava: Oh good!
She sticks it in her mouth, takes it back out and says "wash it" with a funny look on her face. Gotta love the almost two year old attitude!