7 years!

Last weekend Russ and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary. We went to Wendover for the weekend by ourselves and left Ava with my mom so we could enjoy and have some alone time. We has SUCH a blast and every second was perfect. It was actually my first time being away from Ava overnight. But she LOVES my mom SO much so I wasn't worried at all.

Here was our awesome room! Notice the LED recessed lighting? So cool at night

We had so much fun. I love Russell so much. I feel so lucky to be his wife.He really is the best husband and father. Every day with him just keeps getting better and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him having fun. I love you hunny!

Oh along will our anniversary I got my hair done... So now its LONG all the time. My sis-in-law Brittney did the extensions on me. ANd I absolutely LOVE it. So fun!

One last attempt

I made one last attempt to play in the snow with Ava. We had a big snow storm and while it was snowing I took her outside to play. She was only calm long enough for me to take these 4 pics and then she started to freak out. She would be okay as long as I was standing up holding her but if I sat in the snow she would cry and freak out. I really don't know why. She was sitting on my lap not even touching the snow but she hated it. So I guess she just doesn't like it. Too bad since it makes for cute pics. Oh well maybe next winter will be better...
You can see by the progression of the photos she goes from unsure to upset. I didn't take any when she was crying.

Finally ONE!

OFFICIALLY 1 now :) On Ava's really Birthday Feb 10th we all went to the Jazz/ Lakers game. It was fun even though the Jazz bombed it and lost by like 15 points. haha oh well.

I had her cute B-day outfit all ready so everyone would know it was her special day. We had lots of people notice and complement her.

a A funny thing happened after halftime. Well Russ had got us both hot dogs and nachos. Well we took turns holding Ava while the other person would eat. Well when we were done Russ was holding both her AND the nachos. She had showed absolutely no interest in them. Then all of a sudden she smacked the tray and chips went EVERYWHERE. Literally all over us AND WORST OF ALL on the couple sitting below us startling them I'm sure they quickly turned around wondering what it was. Luckily it was only the chips and NOT the cheese. That would have been so much worse. We apologized and blamed it on Ava haha.. kind of. We're the dummies that should've kept her away from it. The couple was so nice and understanding. We ended up talking to them a lot after that. They also had a little girl close to Ava's age and had similar stories of how their own daughter had embarrassed them. haha SOO it was all good. Next time we will keep the food FAR away.

Just daddy and Ava.

Daddy kissing and malling her. WE both just can't keep away she is JUST too cute!

Later on we gave her a chocolate cupcake and sang Happy Birthday to her AGAIN! She LOVED the chocolate. I can't believe my little peek-a-boo is already 1 wow where has the time gone. I really feel like time goes by so much more quickly now that we have her. I love every second of every day and I wouldn't trade all the poopy diapers and temper tantrums she throws for anything. I LOVE being a mommy and we love being parents. It truly is an incredible journey and every day is something memorable. She is learning more things and I am so proud of her!

First Piggy Tails!

Ava had her FIRST piggy tails!! So cute!! I just LOVE her so much!

In this pic she is doing her "Uhhh OOHHH" so fun. When ever she drops something or does something naughty thats what she does. haha silly girl :)

So Lucky our dog chases around Ava waiting for her to drop her binky. She finally did and he went for it. Ava LOVED it she was laughing SO hard. You can see her just tickled pink about it. I just had to grab my camera. Looks like Lucky has his own bink now. I'm not givin in back to her. haha (don't mind her outfit and the lone piggy tail- she had just woken up)
I guess he's jealous of all the attention the baby gets. So now he wants to be the baby. lol

Flash Game

I got front row tickets from work for the Flash Basketball Game. We went with Josh and Brittney. It was super fun!

Ava loves basketball games ;)

FRONT ROW baabbyy! Too bad it wasn't a Jazz game haha. That would've been even better :)

Aquarium & Gateway

So back in January we took Ava to the Living Planet Aquarium in SLC. I think she liked it. It was intresting place.

After we left the Aqarium we decided to go up to Gateway and go out to eat at the Happy Sumo. Once we got there it had about a hour wait so we just walked around to all the different stores while we were waiting. It was SOO cold outside. We went into the arcade and let Ava ride this little car thing. She thought it was pretty cool. Not bad for 25 cents. haha

No more Tents!

YAY we FINALLY got a camp trailer! No more tents! Russell has been trying to talk me into it for a couple years. I guess the kicker was going camping with Ava last fall. Camping in a tent with a baby GIRL is IMPOSSIBLE! Wow what a pain. I knew after that I wanted my own space with a bathroom and running water. So we found this brand new 2010 one up at the RV show for an incredible price we just couldn't pass up. What I love about it is has a big bathroom and dark wood cabinets. I need to take an interior pics to show it better. I am so EXCITED to take it out. We already have some fun trips planned with friends.