Another Death

We visit the funeral home way to much! My dear uncle Donald finished his fight earlier today. Well he is dad's uncle but growing up I always called him uncle Donald. They were more like brothers because they were so close in age, and they were really close. He was so sweet and loving. He would always want a hug when he saw me! He will be missed but he is so much better off.

Ava isn't feeling good today! I guess from her shots yesterday. She has been kind of whiny and sleeping a lot more than usual.

Ava's 6 month dr. appt.

Today was suppose to be a great day of shopping and then taking Ava to her 6 month checkup. I won't even go into how my day was. I don't like being negative and I don't like hearing negative people so anyways.....

Ava is growing great. She weighs 15 lbs and 8 oz. She is 27 inches long. She is in the 62% for her height and 11% for her weight. What that equates to is she is tall and lean according to Dr. Patz. She had to get 3 shots and one oral. She did great though. She cries at the initial shot but then she gets over it fast. Ava smiled at the nurse and she was like "wow, we don't get many of those". We go back in a month to get her second dose of her flu shot.

A fun day

We had such a fun day. Adam is off all week and we are enjoying some quality time together. He is working shift work now so he works a lot. The good thing about it is he has a lot of time off too. We went to the park and fed the ducks. Ava loves watching them. She also loves the wind blowing the trees...such a simple thing. :) The weather is so awesome today. I love it!! I put out some of my Fall decorations too. We did my nomal Monday grocery shopping too. We came home and Adam mowed the yard. We also grilled steak, which I rarely do. I usually grill chicken, pork, or shrimp.

And yes as you can see from the pics Ava is already in her Halloween outfits. I LOVE Halloween! :)

As for our weekend....We did some late birthday celebrating for Adam. Friday night mom/dad took us out to H'ville to eat. Saturday we chilled because of all that rain. I hate taking her out in that mess. We just lazed around and did stuff around the house. Saturday after the rain cleared we went to Ft. Payne to try a place called Santa Fe. Adam had been wanting to try it. It was ok. Sunday we had a family reunion. That is always nice catching up with the family.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Today is my dear husband's birthday!!!!

For his Birthday I asked him what kind of cake he wanted me to make. He said he didn't really care so I figured I would make him a strawberry cream cheese pie. He loves them!!! I always make them for church and he always complains that I don't make them to just keep at home to eat. So I made him a whole pie for himself. I am really trying to not eat any of it. I licked the bowl though :) hehe

See my lovely cake decorating ability in the picture above. I ran out of space and filling.

No in all seriousness...I am so thankful for a loving husband. He lets me be who I am, but challenges me at the same time. The Lord knew I needed a laid back kind of partner. I can't take those type husbands that are demanding and "I am the man of the house" type. Marriage is a partnership not a dictatorship.

We are planning on going out Saturday for his Birthday since he is working 12 hour days this week. I am excited!

Our Loss His Gain

We lost a dear Friend yesterday, Sister Margaret Sutton. She was the sweetest lady!!! She had been in a hard battle with cancer. You know how you have special memories of some people. Well I remember very clearly when I got married she helped us. My bridesmaids dresses were a deep purple. I wanted the punch to match the dresses. I wasn't demanding or bridezilla about it, I had just mentioned it. Well she knew that and she and another lady worked for hours perfecting the purple punch. It was SOOO good too!
We are off to the funeral home tonight to show our respects.
I am sad she is gone but so glad her battle is over and she can finally rest.

Baby Shower, Ava's pictures, and more

OH my what a weekend! I spent most of my week last week getting ready for a surprise baby shower for Cathy, a dear Friend that is expecting her second precious baby girl. The shower was at my house Saturday afternoon. She had NO idea. We told her we were all getting together for a girls day, which we do often so she didn't get suspicious. It went great. She was so surprised!! Even after we all yelled "surprise" she still didn't get it. Her husband was like Cathy this is your baby shower. We thought that was hilarious. The food was great and she got alot of cute stuff for Baby Jessa Hope. She is due October 23 but she will never go that long. She has been having contractions for months and just last Tuesday she was back in the hospital. The dr is hoping she can make it to 37 weeks. I was just hoping and praying we would get through this shower before she had her. So after the shower on Saturday some of us went down to the craft show. I love going to that but I either forget it or don't have time. I got Ava some stuff and me a couple necklaces. Sunday was church.

Today was Ava's 6 Month pictures with Allison Jansen. I really wanted these to be outside. After all the rain and watching the radar I was highly doubtful that would happen. It worked out though. I think she got some really cute shots. Ava cooperated very good. Afterward we did some shopping. I got two of my favorite things, a pretzel with cheese and starbucks....not at the same time of course!

6 Months Old

Today Ava is 6 months old! I can't believe 6 months ago today I was having her. That just seems crazy. She is growing up so fast! She rolls over and when you put her down she will inch worm and turn all around. I am just waiting for her to get up and start crawling everywhere. I find myself not wanting to put her down unless I am in the room for fear I will miss it :)

She still has her beautiful blue eyes that we all think are from her paw paw (Adam's dad). I have been waiting to see if they change. I hope not. As far as her hair :) Its blond and getting more blond as we speak. Of course if she had purple hair I would think she is the cutest little thing on earth. She is sooo strong too. She can pinch the fire out of you. I have actually screamed out loud. She LOVES to play. She thinks somebody should talking and playing with her all the time. I wonder why Nana and paw paw?

Today we went to one of our favorite stores and got new hair bows. I love shopping in general but its really fun shopping for her.