Feeling Pretty Dang Good

Today should go down in the record books as the day I finally fit back into my pre-pregnancy jeans. Just to clarify, they are pre-pre-pregnancy jeans. Yep. OnesI wore before I had Ava. I'm feeling pretty dang good right now.

Cinderella!

What can I say, but we run a tight ship here.

It doesn't matter if you decide to dress up like a princess. So don't even try flashing me a cute smile.

Okay, I'll give you a 15 minute break. (We actually found Ava doing this after dinner. She was so excited to get a magazine in the mail that was just for her. Cuteness)

Now back to work! Hmmm...I can't really tell, but I think Ava is actually adding more fingerprints to the glass than she is taking off.

She sure does make a cute Cinderella. That's for sure.

I did it!

Don't hate me, but the Christmas tree is up. Here's proof.

Luckily I had already bought both of the kiddos Christmas ornaments while my mom and I were living it up in SF. I just couldn't resist searching through the 30+ Christmas trees filled to brink with ornaments at Macy's. I seriously felt bad for whoever had to decorate all of those trees.

Reid got an airplane.

Ava got a bicycle. She can't wait till she's "bigger and bigger" so she can have one of her very own. Poor little squirt. But the rule is that her feet have to actually touch the ground before we'll get her one. I wish I got a video of her actually trying to ride it. Thank goodness we convinced her that that wasn't a good idea before she actually sat on it!

Where's Reidy? Seriously, he's in the picture. Look closely at Josh's hands. He's actually holding Reidster. I guess Ava won't let anything or anyone get in the way of giving her daddy a hug.

That's better. What a cute little family I have.

In other news, Reid is able to get up on his knees now. Rocking back and forth is he new favorite past time.

Ava is looking more and more grown up everyday and acting like it too!

Tis the Season

It might be a tad bit early, but we're playing Christmas music and we're putting up the Christmas decorations. I think we'll decorate the tree tonight for FHE. I know you all want to!

What a fun trip it was

Here is the last post dealing with my mom's visit. Whew. Going through 250 pictures is sure a time suck. Sorry for the amount of pictures ahead of time. But just be glad I didn't post more, because I so could have!

I guess Reid is just paying Ava back for all of the kisses she's given him.

Ava's a really good sport. She never hits Reid and just says, "No Reidy, don't pull my hair." She might have to add, "Don't eat me" to her response.

Reid sure loved having the extra attention from Grandma.

She even got Reid some cars to play with.

Finally some boy toys for the little guy. He loves taking a car in each hand and then slamming them together. Ava never did that. Gotta love little boys!

Shoes, check. Sunglasses, check. Backpack filled with nothing, check. Now we're ready for our walk.

Grandma's little helper.

Ava really does like animals. Just not in person.

Reid's now able to sit upright in a big kid stroller. He loves the new view.

Since the closest Jamba is 4 hours away from my mom's house, she makes sure we make a stop whenever she is in town. Ava sure doesn't mind one bit.

After getting our Jambas we headed over to the park. Since it was Halloween day, no one was there. No waiting for toys, free reign of everything, and not having to worry about just how long we've been on the swing. This must be what it feels like to have a backyard :)

For some weird reason, the first thing Ava wanted to do when we arrived at the park was push me on the swing.

Ha. I don't think she expected me to come back.

Reid observing all of the park fun.

Hey bud, I have an idea. Do you want to go on the swing?

I think that's a yes!

Wow. How did he grow up so fast?

What a handsome little guy. Makes me want to go upstairs and give him a big squeeze. But I'll restrain myself until the morning.

Grandma knows the way to Ava's favorite people list...stickers.

You can faintly notice a purpler marker mustache. Luckily it came off before Halloween.

Grandma sure knows how to make a little girl feel special. They enjoyed some one on one play dough time.

Ava even got to help Grandma make rice crispie treats.

They were delicious. Especially when you happened upon a whole marshmallow in your piece. I guess Ava decided that there just were not enough marshmallows in them and threw in a handful last minute (Notice the white blobs below).

We went downtown to find Reid some new shoes, but came up empty handed. But we sure had fun while we were there.

Ava always loves the fountains. Grandma even gave her a coin to make a wish. She wished that everyone would feel better. We were all fighting a cold while Grandma was here. She's such a sweetie.

Here she is trying to fish her coin out. Okay, not really. She just likes to touch the water.

I just realized a lot of the pictures had to deal with food. I promise we did more than just eat food!

Thanks for coming Mom. Ava still randomly will state, "I miss Grandma."

Hope you enjoyed the pics. We have quite the aspiring photographer at our household. I might just have to do a post with pics taken by Ava.

6 Months

Reid had been waiting for this day for months. I've never seen a kid so interested in what I'm eating. This poor little kid would stare at our food all during dinner hoping that just maybe we'd give him a taste. But finally, it was his day to try some real food. So here come the pics.

This kid knew exactly what to do when I tried feeding him his first bite. No explanation needed.

What do you think? Did he like it?

I'll let the picture speak for itself.

A few of the times Reid got so impatient with, the speed at which I was feeding him that he took matters into his own hands. Literally. He grabbed the bowl and shoved it into his mouth.

I must admit that I am pretty excited to have one kid that likes to eat. Maybe his eagerness in eating will rub off onto a certain little girl.