earrings

before:

i was anticipating a meltdown, but she did great! she quickly forgot about her ears and was eager to tryout a lollipop for the first time.


after:




bonus, i found some pics daddy took of her on her motorcyle!

15 months

sledding

playground and polka dots

so i purchased a used little tikes playground. it's a lil sun-faded, but has a TON of fun still left in it. after travis and i rassled it like an alligator and got it put together, we bundled up ava (sleeper pjs, a sweatsuit, boots, hat & mittens) and took her out to play. it was probably 50 degrees or so, but the sun was shining.






our lil daredevil wanted to go head first!






i can't wait for warmer weather so we can enjoy our new backyard more (thanks for all the hard work, daddy!). i'm looking forward to having picnic lunches and playgroups outside.



after we went inside, ava stayed at the window for awhile pointing at the playground and saying, "that! that! that!"

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first off, let me say that taking a picture of ava is not easy. she always wants the camera, which doesn't usually end up for very cute pictures. i decided to give her my old camera to play with so i can get some shots of her.

merry christmas!

more pictures soon...