Park Day with Friends!

We spent Friday afternoon at the park with friends! It was a perfect day to play!

Our Visitor!

Andy came running in this afternoon to tell me about the visitor in our backyard! I went out with the camera and this guy just hung out for about 5 minutes and let me take a ton of pictures! Andy tried to offer him Zave as he thought it would be a really cool sight to see him in his talons. Sometimes he makes me so angry!

The Many Moods of Ava!

Zach's Favorite Things!

Two new hobbies that go great together, digital scrapbooking and photography! They say practice makes perfect, but I'm just hoping that practice makes decent :)

Some pix from the week

As many of you know, I got my new camera on Monday! The kids are generally willing subjects and I have taken quite a few pix! These are just a couple to start! I plan to scrap a few of them so I don't want to have to many of the same pictures up on the blog :) It's been a good week so far, minus Zach's new found aversion to bathing. He just screams through the whole tub time. It's the weirdest thing. He usually loves to take baths and swim like shamu! Ava is going for her 9/10 month pix on Sunday. She still has a bit of a mark from the bite, but my friend said she can photoshop it out. I don't want this memory to haunt us in her pictures too. Hope everyone enjoys their Superbowl weekend!

New Camera Pix!

I took these in my backyard early in the morning. I set the camera to macro and shot away. I can't wait until I actually know what I am doing! I sure am having fun playing around though!

New Camera!

Stay tuned! I got my new camera yesterday and I am picture happy! I just have to figure out how to get them onto my computer now :)

Mom Group Family Day!

Last Saturday we went to the park to play with some of our friends from our mom group. The kids really enjoyed the bubbles, swings and slides! The babies all enjoyed taking rides in Ava's convertible! (I just got the pix off of my camera, that's why this is such a late entry!)

Scrapping Challenge

This weeks challenge was about our furry family members. I think there is very little mention of my poor dogs here on the blog so I thought I woulf add my digital layout. It's titled "Furry Friends of Yesterday and Today." Animal lives are just not long enough! I keep telling Bella and Zave that they are never allowed to leave me :)

Ava's Neuro Appointment

I thank all of you for offering your support and kind words to me about Ava's situation. We finally went to the neurologist today and he too has concerns about her later developing motor skills and her soft muscle tone. He said it could be nothing, but it could also be a whole range of things that he wants to test for. We had to have blood drawn out of her little hand today and it was horrible. They are going to do genetic testing and various metabolic tests. He is not concerned about her cognitive ability because she is right on course with that. She just has very lose muscles for her age. We won't get results back for 3-4 weeks and if they are inconclusive then we will just watch her for the next 3 months. If she is pulling up by then then we will just move on. If she is not then we will do further testing. This poor little girl can't seem to catch a break!