Saturday, November 1, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE LIL' STINKER
















FALL IS HERE











October often brings nice fall days for Brookings, which was the case last week. We were able to enjoy sunny days and evening walks before the rains start in. I took advantage of the sun to get some fun fall pictures of Ava. And also got some pre-Halloween pictures of Ava with grandpa in her skunk costume.

HERE KITTY KITTY
















Ava has taken up a new fascination with our cat Cleo (who prefers to ignore and stay out of reach of Ava). Ava gets so excited when she actually gets her hands on kitty. Also this past week Ava had her first encounters with grandma Sharon's puppy and one of her horses. It looks like Ava is going to want a petting zoo when she gets older.

Football Sundays











Dad is ever so excited football season is here (mom swears it just ended and can't possibly be starting again). Ava however seems to really enjoy watching with dad. And Ava's latest trick is sitting up. These pictures are from Oct. 5-11.

Beginning of October
















Well I am very far behind on posting ever since I started back to work. Here are some pictures from the beginning of October. Included are pictures of Ava's first encounter with "solids". Gabe and I are so glad we had the camera and video camera on hand as the faces were priceless.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

OFF TO CHURCH




This past weekend Grandma and Grandpa Westergard came to visit. Ava got all dressed up for church. She wore her new dress from the Pahls and her handmade sweater by Linda. This weekend is bitter sweet as mommy returns to work Sunday night.

4 MONTHS OLD



This past week we celebrated Ava's 4 month birthday and Grandma Sandi's birthday.

CAMPING






Ava has turned into quite the lil' camper. Next she just needs to learn to ride a dirtbike. She wore her riding outfit (handed down from Logan) - but we will wait awhile to introduce her to riding. We spent the weekend with our friends Adam and Ben and Ben's dog Sophie (who plays the part of "Good Dog Carl").

GRUMPY TENNIS GIRL/HAPPY DUTCH GIRL





Here are some of Ava's super cute outfits that she has only worn once due to growing too fast. Since they both are getting small I had to quick take pictures of her in them.

MY WHAT SCRATCHY WHISKERS YOU HAVE





Here are some pictures of Ava spending time feeling dad's face (his scratchy face). She now rolls over back to front, front to back, side to side, etc. She still gets frustrated when she is on her tummy though.