Ava's Birthday!!!

Our baby is 1!!!! We had such a wonderful party for her on her actual birthday, April 6th. Malia hosted the event and was such a great help!!! Ava was spoiled rotten and so many people were able to come even though it was in the middle of the week!


Here is Ava's birthday cake...we got Hawaiian flowers for her godmom, godsis, and godbrother, who are all living in Maui...for now.

Easter Best

My mom got the girls the most beautiful Easter dresses. Unfortunately, Ava was NOT having a picture in them. She has not been feeling well and her redhead temper came out:-( I ended up being in most of the pics which obviously was not my intention (see awesome outfit and lack of makeup:-) Ironically, these are the memories I treasure.SO not happy.

Aaron loved this picture. Perhaps it is because I am giving up...this was the second round of trying to take pics and I was like...grab the paci!So much happier now.Malia thought this was hilarious...I was trying to hide behind her.

Ahhh...it is never what you expect.Malia loved wearing her dress and shoes.

Poor baby did not feel good!Ahhhh, atta girl! She rallied for one chair shot. Love her.

Malia loves taking pictures...what a trooper!

A Time of Firsts...

Ava's first birthday is just days away and we are enjoying a lot of firsts. Ava finally gets to face forward in the car (she is much happier), first taste of milk, and a first for Malia. Her first haircut. Of course, I was emotional about it...the lady thought we were talking about Ava at first which was hilarious. Obviously, Ava has very little hair:-)

Ava loves reading with big sis...also, she LOVES her milk!

Here is Malia waiting for her turn to get her hair cut!
She was very worried that the lady would get water in her eyes.
So excited!
Even Ava got to play a bit!
Malia was watching the lady the whole time...my favorite part was when the lady brought out the hair dryer. Malia had never seen one, let alone used one. Guess that tells you that I don't do much to my hair:-)
All done!!!

Viva Las Vegas!

Aaron and I had a wonderful trip to Vegas. We snuck away for two nights to Vegas to have some us time. It was hard to leave our girls but such a wonderful trip. I ended up winning over $700.. few hundred here and there...what a blessing!! We are so lucky that we had family that stepped up to help with our girls...especially Grammy (Aaron's mom) who stayed overnight with them both nights!!! What a great trip!!

We took a picture by the pirate ship for Malia :-)

This was Aaron's only wish for Vegas...to visit the Callaway golf center with driving range. Funny guy.

Heading home to our girls....happy mommy!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Valentines marks 11 years together for Aaron and I! For Valentines we got a new couch...and I couldn't be happier! You know you are old when you get excited over a couch!

There it is...couch and his/her loveseat!

SO happy!!! Love this couch!

Here is Ava in "timeout". Malia was upset because Ava pulled herself up and was trying to eat her food!

Ava loves to cheese for the camera!

Here is our baseball superstar!

Ava loves to eat...and from the looks of the plastic bottle perhaps drink, too?

Malia is REALLY upset at Ava for messing with her inside the box. She is not used to Ava pulling herself up!

Happy Valentines from our girls!!!!

Kennedy School!

We had such an amazing time at the Kennedy School in Portland. It is one of the McMenamins...quite unique if you have never heard of it. It is a hotel, theater, bar, ect all in one. We had such a great time with our college buds!!!CWU!

Love these guys!

Here we are in our golden girl shirts...mine says Butter Queen. 'Nuf said.

It was so good to get out with the girls (and spouses!). Thanks so much to my mom and Michelle for taking such great care of the girls.

Where does the time go???

I cannot believe it! Ava is 10 months old! I feel like we were just preparing to have her and now she is 10 months old! She is so adorable. She is pretty laid back, although recently she has had an ear infection that won't go away and she FINALLY got her first tooth...both of which put her easy going spirit to the test. The funniest thing is that Ava is TOTALLY a daddy's girl. Wants him to hold her...gets excited when he gets home...it is so cute.

Neither girl is sleeping that well...poor Malia suffers from night terrors and she is starting to develop a real fear of sleep:-( It's almost worse now because she can verbalize it. But oh...what a journey this is. We feel so blessed to be on it. The experiences we have had has led us to truly appreciate our girls...and even the lack of sleep. Valentines is just around the corner and it marks 11 years since Aaron and my first date. How far we have come...

10 months old and such a sweetie!

Here is our superstar! Malia loves to be front and center. She will sing, dance, and ham it up in front of anyone! Wonder where that comes from?Someone was pooped after Aaron's bday dinner...poor Ava!