First Snowman of the Season

We have had hardly any snow this winter season and nothing good for a snowman. But a couple weeks back we got some nice wet spring snow. It was the first time the gang could go out and make a snowman. And good thing it was done in the morning because the afternoon sun melted it almost all way. By 2:00pm, our yard was bare of snow except for our fun snowy friend.

Ava - Helping Herself

Scott came down the stairs the other day and found Ava on the table.


She doesn't like drinking out of her cups very often. She sees us drinking out of the 'big' cups and that's what she wants. If we leave any out on the table, Ava is grabbing for them or as you can see, climbing up and getting them.

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.