Ava - A Different View

So you will see from these pictures, a big difference between Scott getting Ava ready and me getting Ava ready. I must be a hippie at heart.


Ava likes to come into my office and sit on the chair across from me. When she is not trying to type on my laptop, she brings in her stool and sees what she can grab from my desk. In this case, she snagged my Altoids.


This is not the first time she has done it, so she is over the initial shock and strength of the mints. I don't know how many she already had in her mouth by the time I took the picture but her checks are full.


hmmmmm - Fresh Breath.

Ava - New Hair Do

I know, can you believe it? I am finally doing an update.

Ava and Ameya are doing great and as you have already guessed, we are keeping very busy. I'll try to add a few updates this week with pictures of our happenings from the past 3 months.

Ava is 19 months old - turning 20 months on April 4th. She weights 22 pounds and is our dancing and jumping bean. She is very active and we have her enrolled in a tumbling class at The Little Gym. She is definitely a dare devil.


Now that Ava's hair has gotten a bit longer, Scott loves putting it in ponytails.


I worry that the ponytails are too tight so I don't like the style as much....or maybe it is really because it makes Ava look more grown-up instead of my little baby. Time is flying by but each stage of her development has been a blast and a fun discovery for all of us.

The Meltdown

Ava is in that faze where she is fascinated by our TV clicker, phones or cameras and she wants them. If she gets hold of one, she will quickly begin pushing buttons and saying Hello, if it is the phone, and running off to hide /play with it.

The other day she hit redial and I had no idea until I went to put the phone back. Thank goodness it was to a good friend and I'm hoping she understood when all they heard from our end was Ava.

Well in the case of these pictures, Scott was waiting with Ava for me at Church. It looks like he was able to sneak in one picture of Ava before she caught on.

And then when she couldn't have the phone/camera to play with, the meltdown began.

Shaved Ice

For about a month now, I have cravings for shaved ice. I usually make it twice a day and yes, it is just plain shaved ice and yes, I know it is winter in Colorado. Remember, I wear flip-flops year round.

Scott bought me a shaved ice maker back when we lived in California and I love it. Well as you can see from the pictures, so does Ava. At first she was sharing with me and she still does but she really likes her own little bowl and spoon.

Ameya Updates

Ameya is a big 5 and a great help to me in whatever I'm trying to do. She loves school and is doing lots of reading and writing in her kindergarten class.


I love the Christmas family pictures that we took. I thought the girls looked so cute in all of them and each picture had a very different look and smile.


Ameya is still enjoying her dance class and really loves music. Here she is holding her new CD player that she got for Christmas from Grandpa (Morris). We started playing CDs on it that very afternoon.


And my favorite, a school project. Ameya brought home a blank Christmas Tree outline that she was suppose to decorate and then bring back to school. Of course, Scott got into the act and helped her come up with the decorations. You can't really see them here, but the tree had lights that blinked. It was pretty cool - but I think the Turkey projects still rules over this one.

Ava's Tricks

Ava keeps us on our toes and brings so much laughter to our home. I love this picture as I think it captures some of her happy personality. She was doing a big belly laugh about something.


When we go to the park, Ava loves the swings and feeling the breeze blow on her. She looks so content and relaxed in this picture - just enjoying the moment.


Another of Ava's current tricks, is putting her food bowl on her head and it doesn't really matter if there is still food in it. I'm trying to get her use to plates, bowls, spoons, forks....ect but she makes a huge mess.


The past couple of months, Ava has been dragging around Ameya's bathroom stool. Ava puts it next to places where she wants a bit of a boost, like my office desk, the kitchen table or even closed doors. She drags the stool over to some place, climbs up, grabs what she can and then runs off as fast as she can - laughing all the way.

Another Normal Day at the Morris Household

As usual you can always find this Morris clan putting stuff on our heads.
Even though these are really silly pictures, I love them. Ameya is such a good sport and always plays along with us. She has a great imagination and keeps us laughing and smiling.


Ava is now 17 months old and is full of energy and giggles. She has the best belly laugh and she uses it often. Of course, she loves anything silly and is usually the reason we start doing things in the first place.


The above two pictures were from Ava's fascination with a plastic bucket awhile back and these two are from just after Halloween of this past year. I bought this fun wig on sale at Target, our favorite playing ground, and we spent days running around with it on our head. As you can see, Ava is not as excited about this as the bucket.