My little Princess isn't so little anymore

I can't believe Ava's first year approaching so quickly! Less than two weeks away marks the day of her arrival out in the world of breathing, the world of light, and sound, strange noises and confusion with night and day. It marks the beginning of a new life that we never knew existed before her arrival. A love that can never be forgotten or ever completely understood. A love so deep that only a parent could understand.
Ava is a world of refuge, she is a safe house, my little princess, my big girl, my smiling baby that loves unconditionally.
Looking at her melts my heart.
These past two weeks have been so fabulous. The students went on vacation July 2nd. So for the past two weeks our schedule was completely changed and rearranged. I've only had to work 5 hours a day instead of the normal 9 (minus an hour for lunch of course). I have loved these extra hours in the day with Ava. We have taken up walking again. We get up at 5:30am and walk (what I thought was 4 miles is probably only 2). Its fun to walk with Ava. We look for bunnies, and birds and lizards. We count each animal we find on our walk and then later on we tell Dad about all the fun animals we see on our walk in the morning. Its one of my favorite things to do with Ava. We spend awesome time together. She gets to explore the world outside. She loves looking at everything in the still so new world around her. And I get exercise! I've also been trying a new eating regimen, but it hasn't been going so well. I am going to stick to it tomorrow!!!

On Sunday we purchased a ball pit (well a blow up pool and some balls), Thanks Aunt Margaret for Ava's early birthday present!!! Ava loves it! She plays in it everynight. We also made a playroom for Ava so she has a place to play with all of her toys.

I've hung out with Beck and her super awesome kids. On Monday we had girls day and we went to New Spa and had a pedicure. BEST THING EVER!!!! Not only are our toes super sparkly but our feet were sanitized, scrubbed, cut, and OMG it was the most relaxing thing ever! We will go there again.
Yesterday Ava and I went to Lazy 5 park and listened to the band play. Ava really enjoyed herself!



Today Ava, Phil and I took a nap for about a half hour. The phone rang and Ava woke up but Phil was still tired so I took Ava out front and we played in the sprinklers and we played with hose. Ava found all the leaves that I hadn't picked out of the rocks and she helped me clean in the front yard. She also tested all the rocks to make sure they were yummy enough to be in our garden. Then we walked around and put our hands in each of the sprinklers. She had fun and liked playing with the water. She even got dirty!!! I know, amazing, right?!


It has been a fun week!