Bed Head!

 Last week Ava woke up with some CRAZY bed head. So, of course, I had to capture it with a couple pics.

Ava loves herself some blueberries!

March Madness!

Ava and her Daddy pointing out the clouds, birds, planes and all other things that are in the sky.

Ava loves sitting at this table and playing with the blocks. Although lately she has just been wanting to dump all the blocks out of the bag play with them for a moment and walk away.

Ava and Lily SHARING the envied bike!

Sweet smile!

Ava doing one of her favorite activities... playing outside!

Ava loves this pinwheel!

I've been discipling a girl on Tuesdays so we meet at McDonald's so Ava can play at the play place and  we can fellowship.

Ava loves her dog! She is constantly trying to pet him, hug him, and play with him any way possible.

Winter

This winter I was really bad about taking pictures with my camera so these are mainly from my iPhone.  So here is a bunch of pictures from this winter.

This girl looks good in a hat!

Christmas Eve putting the last item on the advent tree.

Mom and Ava on our "Christmas Eve"

Ava and I at my birthday dinner.

This girl can pull off a scarf.

Early morning watching a show in her chair.

Ava loves these water bottles of mine and David's. Anytime she sees David or I with it she begs to have a drink.

Ava already loves her Bible! Hallelujah!

Play date at the park with friends.

Andrew's birthday party. Ava had a blast at the bounce house.

Ava discovered the great outdoors this winter and loves it! 

I love this girls smile!

Ava loving herself some balloons!

This picture is so blurry but the face behind the blur is precious. That smile is beautiful!

David's birthday lunch was a bore to Ava. 

It's so crazy to me how much she's grown up in just a few short months. She's gotten so much taller, her hair has grown so much and her little personality is shining through more and more! She is so much fun and such a joy to be with.

Discipline

Lately Ava has been getting into all the things that she knows she shouldn't. It has been trying and it has been a work of Jesus in my heart to make me more patient. But needless to say we have been having to do more spanking of her little hand and time outs. And it breaks my heart. Ava really hates time out. She screams and screams. Yesterday I was working on some Christmas projects on my computer. I left the room for a moment and when I came back in this is what I found. Ava's face looks as if her hand has been found in the cookie jar. So I had to capture the moment. Then sadly she was disciplined. Please pray for our little girls heart to be one of sweetness and obedience and me to be consistent and patient with her. 

Diaper Head!

David was playing with Ava the other night and they kept placing the diaper on her head. She thought it was so fun!

Then Ava had the great idea of carrying the diaper around for the rest of the evening. Ava loves to have fun. She is a lot like her Mommy and Daddy in that way!

Decorating!

On Friday we decorated the house for Christmas. It was a nice day. We began the morning with a yummy breakfast. David and I had our coffee. Then we began the decorating. 

I must say this years decorating was much easier than last years. Last year it was a two day endeavor where we decorated between Ava's cries. This year Ava had a great time playing with the beads and getting into the paper that covered the decorations. 

Ava REALLY likes the beads. Since the tree has been up she keeps trying to pull them off the tree. It makes the tree look unbalanced but I guess that's what happens when you have a one year old. 

Taking down our fall decorations.

Daddy and Ava watching our annual tradition of Elf.

Pulling ornaments off the tree. This is gonna be a long month!

Ava loves this step ladder. Anytime it's out she climbs up and down it. She gets very excited about it!