The Little Things

It's the little things in life brighten my day.

Ava is in a big girl bed now (because she was dangerously launching herself over the side of her crib!) She's done pretty well at staying there after we say goodnight. Maybe it's because she doesn't want to disturb her friends. :)

Ava is lucky enough to get one Christmas present early (because Dad was too excited about it and couldn't wait.) ;)

This is Ava with her friend Mollee. They play so well together! One day, when they were running around giggling, I said, "You girls are silly friends." Mollee then said, "Silly BEST Friends!" Awe!

Miss Mommy. Love the morning hair. ;)

I thought it was so cute when Ava sat all her toys up and gave them books to read!

Speaking of "little" things... guess how little I paid for these things!?

Tax was $0.57 and my total was $0.74!! This makes me happy. :)

We are off to visit family for Thanksgiving. I can't wait!!

Giving Thanks

We have so much to be thankful for! All of you are on the top of our list!

It is tradition in my family to make a "Thankful Turkey." For family night tonight we made our turkey for 2011.
Ava really enjoyed "helping" cut out all of the feathers. She says "Turkey," but it sounds like "Cookie." :)

My family has been making Thankful Turkeys for many years. I found this picture of my two brothers (now 20 and 17) and our turkey for the year. One year we made it on the front page of our city's newspaper.

This was the turkey Justin and I made 6 years ago for our first thanksgiving together.

May we all remember the many things we have been blessed with in our lives.

Better Late than Never!

We are a week late, but I'm glad we did it! We carved our pumpkin today. Ava really enjoyed it.She wasn't afraid of that gooey stuff at all. She did a great job cleaning out the pumpkin!

In other news...

Ava discovered that she could climb out of her crib this weekend! Unfortunately for us. I was planning on keeping her in there until she was 2 1/2! We put her down for a nap Saturday, and then a few minutes later she walked out into the living room! This morning, I was woken up by little hands on my face. :) So, I'm not sure how bed time is going to work for the next few days. We can't lock her in her room because she can also climb on top of her dresser. Hm... long gone are the days of "our little baby girl." She is quite a big girl now.