What We've Been Up To

Ava is five weeks old today!  The time is going by too fast.  Steven goes back to work next week, which means back to routine for this family.  Bummer, we have really enjoyed having him home and spending lots of family time together.  Here are some of the things we have been up to:

 Lots of visitors to meet baby Ava and bring us dinners!  Yay!

 Making mini pizzas!

 Showing our St. Patrick's Day spirit!

 Visiting the zoo

 Ava's first zoo trip.  She slept through the first half in the stroller 

and the second half in my arms. She is definitely the happiest when she is being held!

 She is so cute!

 The baby elephant- so adorable.

Visiting another friend!

Lots of park visits

 Lots of cuddles with both sweet girls

 More park fun- Sophia wearing her favorite outfit at this time- her Hello Kitty dress

 Pumping weights (or building our new Sit and Stand stroller)

 Playing babies, it never gets old

 Taking lots of walks

 Steven and Sophia did lots of yardwork and planted a new tree

 1 yard of barkdust

Part of the finished product, it looks so good!

 Being adorable in a new shirt

 Baking bread

 Celebrating a 4th birthday! (Separate blog post to come)

 More walks and park time and a happy Mommy knowing Ava likes the front carrier (unlike her older sister who would not ride in it!)

 Hanging out at the river

 Easter fun

 Checking out the baskets the Easter Bunny dropped off for her and sissy

 Searching for all the hidden eggs

 Crafting at Noni and Papi's

 Ava enjoyed lots of cuddles

 Another egg hunt in the beautiful weather

 Checking out the contents of the eggs with Papi

 Ava getting more cuddles with Great Susan

A whole lap full of love!

 Enjoying the sunshine!

Cute girl in her cute Easter dress!

Best cousins!

 Then, on Easter, we came home to this...due to the heat some things randomly shifted in our attic and one thing crashed through the ceiling.  Thank goodness we were not home and our car was not parked right underneath as it usually is. It could have been much worse and will be a pretty easy fix.  

 We've also spent lots of time admiring and getting to know this sweet girl.  She is a good baby and we love her so so much!

More pictures and updates to come...a little five week old just woke up and she is HUNGRY!