Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Uncle Bob visits Ava!


Ava's Uncle Bob visited us over the Memorial Day weekend. We had a fun time at the Kinetic Sculpture Race start and Bob got to meet Ava for the first time. He was incredibly sweet with her. I think she was a little confused since she had never seen such big, hairy hands before. :) I really hope Bob has the chance to have kids of his own--he'll be a great dad.

There are more new pics on our flickr site!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Breakthroughs- just within the last week


Things that make Mom happy:
Ava hitting 10 lbs. Fat rolls are so cute!
Nursing is tolerable. (No more pump & bottle washing! Yay!)
Because nursing is good, sleep comes easily.
Ava is smiling because she's happy, not just because she's pooping.

There are a few new photos on our flickr site... just click on the widget!

Sunday, May 4, 2008

PROGRESS! (and Ava's first trip to Grandma & Grandpa Jones' house)


Yep, that is construction happening on our future property! A company has come out, removed the brush and begun to build up the turnout and driveway apron. It should all be done within the next week, and the lot split might go through soon after that. Our driveway will go between those two redwoods, turn to the right and the house will be just out of sight behind the tree limbs and another tree back there.

It was a nice afternoon, and since we wanted to go out to Blue Lake, we had to take Ava with us. It was her three-week "birthday" and she had a pretty good time at Grandma & Grandpa's house despite our not having many of our usual tricks to calm her down. (The big bouncy exercise ball, walking laps around our circular house, etc.) We would have needed a U-Haul truck to schlep everything out there, and Grandma & Grandpa might have thought we were moving in. (Not yet anyway...)

We just posted about 5 new photos on our flickr account... just click on the flickr widget to the right to see them.