Ava's First Visit to Santa

Here's the poor gator that was stuck in this small pool in Bass Pro. I didn't care a whole lot for how small his home was. It seemed a bit unfair.


Ava saw Santa for her first time! Luckily he had a REAL-ly strong beard (if you get my meaning - wink) as Ava had her little vice-grips in his hair. We all wondered if she would cry when she saw him but she was really intrigued by him! She didn't seem upset at all.

There was a big teddy bear with a bin full of stuffed animals and I thought it would be funny to put Ava in it and she looked so cute!

This tree was just beautiful all decked out hunter-style. The kids love Bass Pro because it reminds them of thier Big Daddy. This time of year is hard for us all. We mss him a lot.

Mike and I were playing with Ava last night and she was so happy. We all laughed for an hour or so! We were playing music and dancing and we tuckered her out. She slept really great last night.

As gross as this looks... Ava LOVES prunes! This is the most excited she has been about food since bananas. The other day I was eating a banana and she saw me and started begging for it so I let her take a few bites and she ate a third of it! She is really loving this eating business.

Yesterday at church Ava saw her friend Andrew. That kid can CRAWL! He's a real wiz at crawling. It was so funny, we put them on the floor together and Andrew kept crawling forward and Ava was scooting backward. Maybe I will get the pictures from Karen soon and I can post them. Too cute those kids...