Wow found some time to update! Ava is so big! I can't believe it!

So yes its been a while! We have been busy! We are loving what we are doing! We are settled into our apartment and loving San Antonio and being close to my family! Des parents have come down to see us about every month. Des started his job at stone werks and then decided that was not the place for him. He has returned to fine dining! Which i am very happy about!!!!! :) I am glad but it has not been an easy transition! He is training the next two weeks. well i should say week and a half. he has already gone through a lot of his training. But it involves A LOT of tests. Which is not so fun for him! Ava and i play catch up it seems everyday! I am trying my best to keep the house picked up and laundry done! But i tend to fall behind on it! and my wonderful hubby is so wonderful to help me out in the areas that i lack on days when i am tired or busy with CARES. Ava is almost 7 months old and getting so big! she is crawling and standing up on EVERYTHING! even if its not sturdy enough for her! she plays very well in her playpen and she is taking about one solid nap a day! She has a quiet time in her room too for about an hour and a half each morning when she is sleepy. sometimes she falls asleep other times she just plays and talks to herself which is so cute to listen to on the monitor! I uploaded the pictures i have been taking over the last few weeks. She is so much fun and i would be lost without my camera. she does something i think is so cute every two seconds!!!!

she snuggles with daddy in the mornings sometimes when i have to get up and get going!!!! which is most days!



this is before church sunday!!! we spent all day there for a promotion for cares... If you are wondering what we do with cares... visit the website! it is so awesome! www.caresteam.org

she is too big for any of her baths that we have for her so we are just letting her sit in the tub with me NEVER leaving her for a second! she is so big! she slaps the water and laughs!

she is just so easy to put to sleep now! she gets put in her bed at around nine and is asleep by nine thirty! she is so good!!!


my parents had some friends come to town with their little ones! the little girl had a crown and she put it on ava and gave her the cell phone! wow starting early! but she just acted like she is the princess... which she is!!






she loves to play in her toy bin! she tries to climb in all the time so i just help her most of the time!!!she also stands up on it and pulls toys out of it!!!










her playpen she stands up in a presses her nose up against it and talks to me while i do stuff around the house!


eating is always fun!!! she is one messy eater! we have had peas, carrots, sweet potatos, and now we are on green beans!!!