Hangin with the Boyz!!!

This weekend we went over to "Uncle" Todd and "Aunt" Jennifer's house to cook out and watch the Georgia game. Ava had so much fun "playing the field" seeing who would give her the most attention.

Her Daddy...

Her "Uncle" Todd...

Or her Uncle Adam...

All in all, Ava couldn't choose who was her favorite and she can't wait to "hang with the boyz" again sometime soon.

One is soo much fun!

Ava is having a great time being one.

She loves to play during the day, and loves to read lots of books.

She also has lots of fun cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs, not to mention she is walking like a champ!

By the end of the day, she is exhausted and has no problem falling asleep!

Our Little Lady's First Birthday

Last weekend, August 26th we celebrated Ava's first birthday. Many of her friends and family came over and braved the heat to celebrate with us. The boys enjoyed bouncing in the princess moonwalk, while the girls

stayed inside where it was nice and cool.

We all enjoyed lunch, and afterwards we sang Happy Birthday to Ava. As you can see, she really loved her Lady Bug cake...maybe a little too much!

She obviously had no trouble sharing her cake either!

Ava had a wonderful first birthday and received many wonderful gifts. However, the best part was getting to spend time with all her friends and family.

Home sweet home!

So it's official...we are now proud owners of a new home. Our long, and I mean long awaited move finally arrived a little over two weeks ago.

With many months of hard work, Nick completed
our new house and we moved in with a vengeance August 19th. We had tons of help and really appreciate our family and friends turning up to help us get settled.




We still have a lot of work to do, but we are well on our way in making our new house a home. Here's some pictures of the house, and we hope that all of you will come and visit soon.

Happy Girl!!

Here are some fun pictures of our happy girl. These were taken the other night while Ava was enjoying her bath before she headed off to bed.

Check out those Pearly Whites!!

Once again, Ava decided to take a dip in her pool to cool off from the scorching heat! Check out those pearly whites! Her top teeth will be bursting thru the surface any day now...hopefully sooner than later!!! We are anxiously waiting for her to stand up and take off. She can stand by herself for a good minute...but gets scared and sits right back down. It's hard to believe that next month she will be a year old. Where has the time gone?

Chiquita Banana
At the end of June Papa Guy had a business trip in Puerto Rico...so he packed up his girls and all their gear and headed off for a few days in the Puerto Rican sunshine. This was the 2nd time Ava flew on a plane and once again did very well! We had great weather with just a few afternoon scattered showers. Ava once again enjoyed the pool and had so much fun playing with other kids.

Mimi even got her to go in the ocean, which was quite exciting!

Ava even had her first 4-star dining experience at Mortons. I think when we arrived the wait staff were a little hesitant of a 10 month old, but like everyone else Ava won their hearts with her big blue eyes, bright smile...and of course good manners.

We enjoyed spending time walking around Old San Juan, eating at some great Puerto Rican hot spots and of course we couldn't forget the tour and free drinks at the Bacardi Rum plant.
It seems our little girl is becoming quite the world traveler and we can't wait to see where our next adventure takes us!

St. George Island (part 2)

Okay, so it wouldn't let us publish everything we wanted to, so we had to create 2 parts! After dinner, we would go for walks on the beach. Ava really loved the back pack her Uncle Chris gave her. She loved the nature preserve and especially the walk to get ice cream at Aunt Ebby's.

The last day was quite windy...we almost lost Ava (aka the flying nun) to a large gust of wind!

Maybe next year, Ava will decide to get her feet wet in the gulf...instead of hiding out in her tent!

Either way, we can't wait to go back next

year!

St. George Island (part 1)

June 3rd we left for one of our favorite family retreats, St. George Island Florida for a week of fun in the sun and relaxation! Once we arrived we unpacked and got Ava ready for the beach! She didn't react well to the ocean and was quite scared of the crashing waves.

The next morning the boys woke up bright and early and went fishing. The girls packed up and headed down to the beach. Ava enjoyed the beach more that day and had fun playing under the tent with her beach toys.

The boys also had a great day fishing, even though it was very hot. They caught a variety of fish from flounder, trout, triple tail and even a shark!! That night Chris, Nick and Drake headed back to Atlanta. Hopefully next year they can spend a few more days with all of us!

We relaxed most of the time alternating between the beach and the pool.

After all that playing in the sun...Ava was pooped!