Ella's Birth Announcement

Just wanted to share Ella's birth announcement (in case you haven't seen it already).

Ava's Eventful Week

I just wanted to share the exciting events that have taken place this week. First, on Monday Shane decided he had had enough of changing Ava's diapers so somehow we convinced Ava to try wearing her big girl panties. After telling her that her diapers were all gone she has been going to the bathroom with very little prompting and doesn't seem to miss those diapers anymore! She is doing very well with her potty training! Yeah! She does have her accidents here and there but overall she is doing fabulous. Even better, after spending a day at her daycare without a potty chair, requiring her to use the "big girl toilet", she only wants to use the toilet now! Yeah again!! What a huge relief to only have one baby in diapers! Way to go Ava!!





Ava's next eventful act also took place this week. I had just stepped out of the shower when Ava came running into my room saying "I did it, I did it!" Well, that usually is a bad sign. When I found her she was holding scissors with pieces of her hair hanging off her arm! She had cut a chunk of her beautiful blonde curls right out of her bangs! I wanted to cry. I couldn't figure out where she learned to do such a thing since she has never received a haircut, nor seen anyone else get a haircut....or so I thought. Well, yesterday as I was watching a recorded episode of Sesame Street there was a segment of these dogs dressed as humans in a barber shop giving each other haircuts! I finally found her inspiration. I guess Sesame Street is quite the educational program! Here are some pictures. It was kind of hard getting a good shot so just look for the short hairs sticking out! Oh, and yes I did save the locks to put in her baby book for her first haircut--ha, ha, ha!


This isn't the best picture. Look at the hairs sticking out on the left. I tried pulling her hair back in a ponytail to see if I could hide it, but this is how it looked after swimming lessons.

Lake Tahoe

I just realized I promised to post some pictures of our trip to Lake Tahoe we took about 6 weeks ago. We were able to stay at our friend Deanna's family cabin and had a wonderful time. Ella was only 8 days old when we ventured out and she did awesome! Thanks Deanna for showing us such a great time and for your wonderful hospitality!





Ava loved her "Nina" (Deanna)

































After we left Lake Tahoe we took a detour to Deanna's home in Nevada City, CA. What a beautiful place. Her neighbor had this giant swing we had so much playing on.