sisters

first braids & heels

My "little" Bella Boo is growing up.

Sleepy Head

This is what Ava does: If its not a blanket on her face, she covers her face with her hands. She likes something to be touching her all the time :)

4 Months!

(a little late! Ava turned four months June 4th)

She always has that tongue out!



we painted her toes for the first time a couple of weeks ago:

Solids

I was going to wait but it was obvious that Ava was ready. Every time one of us is eating, she is staring and opening her mouth so we started with rice cereal. She liked it and Bella had a blast feeding it to her!





Now let's compare...
Bella's first time:

Ava's Dedication

Sunday June 3rd we had Ava's dedication ceremony and it went great. So many people came to support us and Randy and I renewed our vows (again!). We did the same thing with Bella two and a half years ago. We had a nice little after party at GaYa's as well.

Proud big sister:

The princess:

Some of our family & friends:

Uncle Will & Aunt Peej:

Ava & Mommy:

The blessing:

Our prayer:

Poppy & Ava:

The gang:

Ava & her handsome buddy, Landis:

Snacks: (from the left,Uncle Dick-Jay-Aunt Chris)

GaYa & Ava:

GaYa & the girls:

Feeding the fish & turtles:

Ava resting with Aunt Joanne:

And we were done:


It was a long and wonderful day!

Last but not least...some for the memory: Bella's Dedication in 2009

Better late than never!

I am so behind and simply cannot believe that I have not posted the most important events of the summer! Bella had her first recital a couple of weeks ago on Saturday and did wonderful! We were so proud.







The whole weekend was full of family and fun. Ava's dedication was the next day at our church so Randy's aunts and uncles from from Cincinnati and Knoxville were in town. Bella had so much fun playing with her cousins (in town) and visiting with the aunts and uncles (out of town). Her and Sophie played dress up for hours! Ava got to meet Aunt Chris and Uncle Jerry for the first time and enjoyed all the attention :)