Playing dress up

This kid loves to dress up. It doesn't matter if its a real costume or a mismatched pair of my shoes with a tutu and a necklace. She came through the living room the other night with gold shoes on, a pink tutu around her chest and no shirt :) She was styling!! I love her large imagination. It takes me back to my childhood when I could make a wedding dress out of mom's slip :) I am utterly enjoying this age. Her mind is so full of ideas and new things. I love it!!!!

Camera is alive!!!

Ava and her best bud Emma

After a trip to Verizon and two trips to the Apple Store my phone camera is back and ready to start snapping some pics. The people at Apple are so helpful and nice! So here is a pic I took. I am sure you would rather see these cuties than the random test pictures of a wall, a stranger at the gas station, or my lovely self. My trip to the Apple store was a story in itself. I had to take Ava with me. :( NOT a store I want her to be in. Too many high tech devices to mess up. Then it decided to rain buckets all afternoon. I know my little munchkin is small but after carrying her all the way around Bridgestreet my arm felt like it would fall off. Note to self....don't forget a stroller next time, and if she refuses....MAKE HER. Really who actually can shop with a almost 3 year old. If it wasn't her wanting a cookie, drink, popcorn she was needing to go to the bathroom at the most unreasonable times. I know her little system doesn't' care if I just sat down with our food in an O'so crowded Target. So after the many start and stops I managed to get a few errands done. Then it was a rush back to Scottsboro to go to a birthday party. We had a fun night....even though I was SO tired.

We had company over last night for the Super Bowl after church. I couldn't even tell you what teams played :) We had a house full and a lot going on.

Camera withdrawals

Ok, so I have my regular digital camera, but I have really come to rely on the old trusty phone camera. Its SO convenient and easy to deal with. Until the Iphone that is!!!!!!! I got a new Iphone for my birthday just a short two weeks ago. I went to take a picture last week and the phone is NOT working. I am not happy about it all. I took it to our local verizon store and they were of no help. I am going to take it to Huntsville this weekend hopefully. I sure hope they can fix it or give me a new phone. Its very annoying to have a phone in my hands that is SO capable of amazing things but can't take a simple picture. I missed some really good pictures the last few days. Thats how it goes right? This past weekend Ava went to an indoor swimming party. She had SO much fun. She freaked out when we had to leave. It just validated my feelings that this summer its time for her to take swimming lessons. She loves the water and I a so glad. I grew up swimming all the time. Mom put us in swimming lessons early and I am SO thankful for that. It developed my love for the water and the sport (if you call it that). Hey its great exercise so therefore I call it a sport.

Sad weekend

My grandmother passed away Friday morning. Its hard to mourn her loss when you know she is so much better off, but then again in my own selfish way I didn't want to say bye! She was 91 years old. She lived such a wonderful long life. I could fill this post with so many memories. She was so humble, loving, and meek. I hope to be more and more like her. I was so glad I got to spend her last Christmas with her. We had dinner with her and stayed all afternoon and into the night. She sat at the table and rolled laughing at Ava. Ava was talking funny or something. I was scared Grandma might choke she was laughing so hard. She adored Ava!!!!!
Her funeral was so peaceful and sweet. I know the Lord was comforting us all. I prayed for his comfort so I wouldn't squall the entire time. I actually didn't even start crying till the final viewing which is proof he is a comforter. I normally cry at the drop of a hat.
I also felt comfort in knowing that Grandmother knew how much I loved her. I made a point to tell her often and I told her the last time she saw me aware.

The Big Birthday

Yes I am not a 20 something anymore. :( I just shed a small tear. Very cliche but I can't believe I am 30! I remember when I was a kid and I heard somebody mention 30 I thought that was ancient. Awww.... silly kid. So now I can look at these younger kids and realize how "old" they think I am. Seriously, mom was just having Jeremy at this age. I can't imagine having my first kid now and then having another one in 3 years. Bless her soul.

This has been a bittersweet week. My grandmother is on her deathbed. They really don't think she will live long. Its very hard to celebrate when you feel more like grieving. I thought turning 30 would really be hard and I would be so depressed. I guess with all going on I haven't had time for that. I was on my way to work yesterday (the 18th, my actual bday) and I heard a song on the radio. It was by no means religious, but I think God has a way of working in mysterious ways. It was about how blessed life is. I have so many things to be thankful for and I should rejoice in the fact I have lived another year!

So with all going on we didn't have any big celebration. Not that anyone could pull something on me. I am somewhat of a over analyzer. Imagine that? Poor Adam would have a hard time giving me a surprise anything because I am like a detective. I ask way too many questions and think WAY too hard on things. Some of my Friends met me out to lunch along with mom,dad, Adam and Ava. I took off half a day. I went and got a new Iphone. I also had to hit up my favorite store, Anthropologie. :) We had a nice dinner to end the day.

My Friday the 13th, on the 12th

I am really not that superstitious. I did have one of those days where you are like, OK I need a redo. I need to just rewind and get out of bed again to have my day reset. I was putting Ava in the car this morning and was just in my "getting ready to get to work zone". You know what I mean? I have a process that I find myself in every morning. It works so I continue. This morning I was a little off. I put my coat in the driver seat with my cell phone on top of that. I normally am wearing my coat but I was dressed warm and I was hot. So anyways, after I put Ava in her seat I walk around to my door and fling my coat out of my seat......forgetting that my cell phone is laying on top of it. UGHHHHHHH!!!! My precious phone slammed into the concrete and the screen shattered!!!
So all you bloggers should I break down and get an IPhone??? I have a droid now. I have been pleased with it up till now.

I saved all my Christmas money hoping to buy myself a Cricut.....I guess I will be buying a new phone now :(

Anyways, Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope 2012 holds many blessings for everyone.

Christmas 2011 continued.....

Playing

Checking everything out.....hands on hips :)

Want a sip of milk?

After Santa came...there was more stuff around the other side.

Ava's stocking full of stuff

Anxiously awaiting another gift

Ava performing one of her many made up songs!

cousins!!!

Adam and his prank gift. He wears HUGE watches so they bought him a wall clock with a belt/ribbon on it

So we had our last Christmas thing this past weekend. We spent the whole weekend in Atl and rung in the New Year there. Ava got a ton more gifts. I am trying to figure out where to put them all.

The pictures are from our Christmas morning when "Santa" visited, and from this past weekend.