The Pink Pig

One of our favorite things to do around the holidays, is to take a ride on the pink pig! This year, we were extra lucky as we got to ride it more than once. The first time was with our friends Blythe and Tyler. As you can see...it was quite tricky trying to get 2 two year olds to look at the camera the same time! Oh well, we still had loads of fun!

Our second visit to the Pink Pig was our annual trip with Mimi. Once again us three girls had a great time riding the pink pig, having lunch and doing a little shopping!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We've been extra busy this December, and it's hard to believe that Christmas is only a week away! That really seems hard to believe, especially considering the extra warm sunny weather we've been having the past weeks. These next pictures were taken the 1st week in December. Nick and I were getting the Christmas decorations out of the attic when I paused to get a few fun pictures of our energy filled Ava.

This is my "you can't catch me face" or "I'm thinking about something I'm not supposed to do face."

Obviously, Ava hasn't mastered the concept of "you better not pout!"

Later that day, Ava helped Daddy with putting up the Christmas trees. As you can imagine...she was a big help!

The next day, Ava helped me finished the decorations around the house. After a few minutes though, she decided it was more fun to run from the camera and hide behind the tree rather than to hang ornaments with me.

A Time to be Thankful

We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We enjoyed spending some quality time with our families and of course eating some GREAT food! We even had a special visit from cousin Coty. She flew in to spend some time with Gigi and G-Paw and visit grad schools. This was an extra special visit, as she has never met Ava before. As you can see from the pictures Ava fell in love with Coty's sweet fun spirit.

Ava LOVES music, so of course her and Coty got along great. They played Gigi's piano together and Coty even let her have a strum on her banjo.

Ava and her Uncle Kiss. If you say, "Ava you're my favorite...she says no mommy Kissy my favorite. Kissy loves me! Chris keeps asking when she is going to call him Chris. I told him never, he will always be kissy...secretly I think he likes it!

Family photo...can you tell that Ava doesn't want to sit still for her picture to be taken. Ahh the days when she would just sit still, stare at the camera with a big smile on her face with drool running down her cheeks!

Brothers are the best!

Ava in her headress that we made with daddy.

At the end of a long day, there is nothing better than snuggling with your Gigi.

Happy Halloween

This year for Halloween, Ava was a bright pink Octopus (complete with 8 tentacles of course). We got to go trick or treating with some friends from Nick's work and their two children Eliza & Jack. Ava had so much fun and said "thank you very much" when anyone gave her treats.

Nick even had his own disguise...an old man costume.

Pumpkin Carving

Here are some fun pictures of Ava and Nick carving our pumpkin. As you can see Nick did most of the work, while Ava just played with the pumpkin goo. Ava chose the design...complete with heart eyes. She looks forward to going outside and lighting the pumpkin with us every night!

Down on the Farm

We recently visited Southern Belle Farms in McDonough for a day of fall fun. Ava loved picking out her pumpkins, watching the pig races, riding in the cow cars and seeing all the sites on the hayride. The weather was beautiful and it reminded me why fall is one of my favorite times of year!