My Little Pumpkin

Ava is starting to understand the world around her...here are some interesting things she's been saying lately, in random order!

-Apple of my eye...I have an apple when I pick up Ava some days after school. She usually asks me if I have one for her now, which is really cute in itself. But the other day, I told her she could have one and told her she was the "apple of my eye". That really freaked her out! She said, "NO, Mommy, I don't want an apple in your eye!"

-Ava has wanted to be so many things for Halloween such as a lion, cat, and a princess. Within the past week she has been telling people she will a Kangaroo for Halloween. I told her "no" because we aren't going to buy a costume. So as she says with everything now: "Can Santa bring me a costume?" She is already excited about Santa bringing her gifts, so she expects him to bring her everything!

-Ava is a minority in her class and has been noticing colors of people lately. So recently she says, "My baby is going to be "brown", I will be "brown" when I grow up."

Her new favorite phrase now..."I need to talk to you" or "I need to tell you something!"

-Recently we went to Audrey Meguiars birthday and we got her tinker bell shoes so now, of course, Ava wants tinker bell shoes! Well, we keep saying that Santa will bring her the things she wants and after Santa comes, then Baby Alexandria will come! So, she started saying: "Santa will bring my tinkerbell shoes and then the doctor will come and cut my baby out with scissors!" Well, one night she is telling this to her dear cousin, Alana, who's 5, and Alana says, "No, Ava, she'll be cut out with a big knife!"

-Today, Ava tried to wear some weird shoes out of the house and said, "I need to wear them because they are so cute and precious!"

Needless to say, our little girl is cracking us up daily!!!

catch up!

I haven't blogged since January!!! SO, here's me catching up quickly...

BIG SNOW in January! We were trapped and didn't have school for days! It was great, but keeping Ava entertained was rough!




For the second time, I sent in my National Board Portfolio! I find out at the end of November if I got it!

Then I went to Idaho all by myself to visit my mom. It was the most impacting trip of my life. I learned so much about myself while there and gained great perspective! I even skiied and had a blast!


We had a huge flood in Nashville and we were trapped for a few days in our neighborhood. It rained and rained for two-three days straight. Again...keeping Ava entertained was rough...but she is so cute, isn't she?!
We went to Hilton Head as a family of 3 for the first time. We had a great time, although I was sick a lot because of the new addtion that will be coming soon-ALEXANDRIA FAITH!!

Ava, my dad, and I went to Michigan to visit family and hang out at the lake! We had a blast on the boat, swimming, and I loved just laying around while Aunt Laurie played all day with Ava! I love this picture because it shows one of Ava's favorite things to play now...putting her animals down for "nap".

Ava did a swim class this summer and this fall has started dance!

Ava rides her first horse at a fall festival that we went to a few weeks ago.

I want to start documenting funny Ava-isms now, so I knew it was important for me to catch this up! Thanks for reading it!