8 Months AND......

Ava just turned 8 months old last Saturday and that afternoon she started CRAWLING!!! Oh my gosh I was so excited!! It is seriously the cutest thing ever. Her little bum wiggles back and forth and I just wanta pinch it. haha just kidding I don't but she is the funniest thing to watch. And just in the last few days she has gotten fastest and better. Uh Oh! I havent even started baby proofing the house yet. Or as Russell calls it "booby-trapping the house" lol!


Also about 3 weeks ago Ava said her first real word! she said DOG! And she actually knows what it means. She'll say it when Lucky barks or we're reading a dog book or a dog is on TV. It so adorable the way she says it in her little baby voice. I just LOVE her so much. She is such a happy funny little girl. And she is ALWAYS smiling and laughing. I have never met such a happy baby before. Wow I really lucked out with her. She is so good and so smart!

Isn't this little girl the cutest thing EVER! Okay I'm a little biased since I'm the mommy but ya gotta admit she's a little cutie :)

Also about 2 weeks ago I put her in the crib to play while I put some of her clothes away and when I turned around to look at her she was STANDING UP in her crib! Now she is started to pull up onto things! She walks around everywhere in her little walker and bounces like crazy in her bouncer. Her legs are getting strong and she's started to thin out a little from the exersise. Of course her cheeks are still as chubby as ever which I LOVE! OoooHH don't ya just wanta eat em up!!

Sand Dunes

A couple weekends ago we went with some friends camping to the White Wash Sand Dunes near Green River, which is pretty close to Moab. It was so GORGEOUS there. I loved it. And our awesome friends made it so FUN! It was our last camping trip of the year and probably the best one!!

On Saturday everyone in our group got together for a long ride down 10 mile wash. It took over 4 Hours!! We were so tired and sore by the end but it was well worth it! I was so impressed with how good Ava did. She actually ended up sleeping for about half of the ride. Which was nice. But her poor cheeks were so sore a chapped. It almost looked like a sunburn. If you click on the pics or look closely you can see it. Poor baby. I was putting lotion on them 5x a day for the whole next week to try and clear it up. It's fine now.

Since we were on the 4-wheeler and I had the baby in the carrier on me I didn't want the camel back on me too. So Russ had to wear it front ways so I could still hold onto him. Haha it looks funny. I'm not sure why he kept it on for the pic.