I'm A Big Girl Now

Ava has started holding her own bottle and though it sometimes goes crazy, she is doing it. I'm so excited to see all her advancements and cheer her on as she gets bigger. But at the same time, I'm sad to see her already growing-up. I look at her newborn clothes and know that she will never wear them again and that makes me sad.

I guess I'll just have to keep them for our next little girl and of course get different colors for our little boy - 2 boys. I sure Heavenly Father will bless us with the 5 children I've always hoped for :)

4th Month

Our little Ava is slowly becoming a big girl. She is now over 12lbs and is 24 and 3/8 inches. She is so fun to be around and even her 4 month shots didn't get her too out of sorts like her 2 months ones did. She is full of smiles and laughs and lots of noises.



She is fascinated by her mouth and spends a lot of time exploring it. She has also started grabbing things and when she can make it, puts them into her mouth. It is great to watch this process and see the look of happiness and wonder when the item makes contact.




Ava is still not use to the camera flash as many of my pictures have this surprised look.

Three Little Birds

I've been working on a music play list and was reminded of some music Shelly and I use to listen to at BYU. Shelly lived across from this great group of guys and a couple of them loved reggae music. We would hear all these fun songs and we both started listening to it too. We went to a reggae concert and afterwards were interviewed on how we enjoyed it by a local radio station. I don't remember much of what we said but I think the end had something to do with screaming and saying, "We love you Craig". Craig was one of the apartment guys.

One of my favorites from that time is a Bob Marley song called, Three Little Birds.
We use to play it all the time. I can't believe how long ago that was but am so grateful for all the great memories with my wonderful friend Shelly! Wow - Friends for over 27 years now....and to think we've all been hearing the famous Shelly/Janice BMW story for over 20 years. Who knew the rain was coming in.

Shelly at BYU


Shelly at Corona del Mar High


THREE LITTLE BIRDS
Don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!

Rise up this mornin, Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, (this is my message to you-ou-ou:)

Singin: don't worry bout a thing, cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: don't worry (don't worry) bout a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!

Rise up this mornin, Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, this is my message to you-ou-ou:

Singin: don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. don't worry!
Singin: don't worry about a thing - I wont worry!
cause every little thing gonna be all right.

Singin: don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right - I wont worry!
Singin: don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: don't worry about a thing, oh no!
cause every little thing gonna be all right!

Surfer Dudes and Duddetts

"You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf" Jon Kabat-Zinn



Every time we make it out to California, Scott is hoping for chances to surf. We both love the beach and Scott really loves to surf. Scott now stores his long board at my sister Carol's house, who also is a big surfer (short board). She taught herself to surf during her high school days at Corona del Mar High and is now passing that love on to her son Branden.

My nephew (in the red wetsuit) is a senior at Newport Harbor and just like his mom, excels at sports. He has been playing football and basketball for Newport but just switched over to the soccer team. He's been playing AYSO and city leagues since he was little but will play his last year for the high school - Go Team. OK, this Corona del Mar Grad feels like a trader.



That's my sister Carol in the middle of Scott and Branden. I can remember her trying to teach Carla and I to surf in our pool. One of us would get on the board, and the other two would make waves. Just some of the crazy stuff we'd do together.

European Memories

In adding pictures to our blog, I keep coming across the pictures of our trip to Europe earlier this year. I love that your blog is like a journal or scrapbook helping you remember all the activities in your life.



Thanks to my work, this was a great one for us. Scott and I got to spend two weeks in Europe. We started in Germany where I had some meetings then drove to Prague for more meetings and finally off to London for you guessed it - meetings.



But Scott and I did find time to explore and can't wait for the next trip back.

Rugrat or Heat Miser

My sister Carol and I were sending pictures back and forth on examples of crazy hair pictures that remind us of Ava's hair.



She is voting for the above rugrat and I was thinking of the Heat Miser.



For those of you that aren't familiar with the Heat Misner, he is from a 1972 Christmas show called, 'The Year Without a Santa Claus'.
He sings the following song:
I'm mister green Christmas
I'm mister Sun
I'm mister Heat Blister
I'm mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser
Whatever I touch starts to melt in my clutch
I'm too much

My Helpers

Ameya is such a great helper with Ava and loves being a big sister.
She is always checking on Ava and wanting to help me change her diaper, bath her or feed her.


This day Ameya climbed on my desk and gave Ava her bottle while I continued to work. As you can see we had Kato with us and what you can't see is one of my other cats sharing my chair.