Mama's Little Rollie Pollie

She's already 4 months old!! It's hard to believe how much she's grown. I've had to pack up the 3 month clothes and bring out the 6 monthers. I've also had to stock up on the bibs...she lives in them. I think her bib gets changed about as much as her diaper. Ava was a spit-upper too and back then little Luke called spit up, Av-ups, and we still seem to call it that. Not many days go by that I don't have Av-ups in my hair or down my shirt from this Cheesy-little-butterball (yes another nickname) Cheesy because of the Av-ups and butterball because at her doctor appointment last week she weighed a whoppin 13 pounds 5 ounces. Mama's little rollie pollie is the newest nickname though...tonight she rolled over! A for real roll over. She has been trying for a few days now and tonight was the night. She did it all on her own and I actually caught one on video!

little sister

little sister is sick.

little sister looks like she got punched in the eye.
little sister takes lots of steamy baths.

poor little sister.
Ruth got her first cold this weekend. Of course it had to happen on a long/no Dr.'s offices open weekend. And just ask Jeremy I am a worry wort. I HATE when my kids are sick! Especially when they're little tiny, it scares me. Her cold sadly moved on into her eyes. She looked so pathetic with her red swollen gooey eyes and a big smile still on her face. Poor little thing took it all like a champ and after a trip to the Doctor today for some drops, she is looking like her normal self again. I can finally breath a sigh of releif to know that it's not in her lungs and it's not RSV or whatever else I had imagined it could be all weekend long. I thought by my third baby I'd be less crazy about every little sickness, but no, I think I might be worse. Being a mom is scary!

A Friday the 13th Bon Fire

According to Sarah, Friday the thirteenth fires are haunted. They're hard to start and they burn weird, more blue and not very big or warm. True to form that was exactly what happened on this spooky, chilly, superstitiously fun night.

Grandma Patsy was flying back to Virginia the next day, so this was our last get together before she left. It was a fun night of hot dogs, hot chocolate, donuts, Sarah's ghost stories and some running in a serpentine fashion. :)

fishing frenzy

After Christmas Jeremy and the kids went ice fishing THREE times in one week! THREE times! I think they're hooked :) get it, hooked, oh I'm so funny. Their first time out on the lake was with Rice, Grandma Barker and Rice's friend Ron (a pro ice fisher). The kids loved it so much that their next time Grandma Barker made sure they would be outfitted with real ice fishing poles, their own auger and ice pick shoe thingies?(I guess there was a lot of gracefulness on ice that first time.) They caught so many fish! Maybe that's why it was so fun. (We went all summer long with no luck.) The first night Grandma Barker fried up fish nuggets with tarter sauce, so good! The next time we made fish tacos at Papa John and Grandma Patsys. By the third trip it was pretty much just catch and release.:)

Ice fishing trip #2 with Papa John, Scotty, Brittany and Sarah.

#3 fishing trip with Emmy, Rice and Grandma.

Happy 2012

What better way to kick off the New Year than with a little out with the old in with the new.

Our bathroom was not only an ugly poo brown color, but it was also ugly poo won't flush down the toilet every time... I know, waaay more information than you wanted, sorry. Now thanks to Papa John and Jeremy my bathroom is pretty and WORKS!!! New white toilet you make me sooooooo happy! And pretty white tile I love looking at you. Who knew sitting on the pot could be so enjoyable.

snow smurfs

There hasn't been very much snow this winter. But I guess there was enough for our very talented neighbor down the road to make his annual snow sculpture. This year it was Smurfs.

My Boyfriends Back

...was the song she danced to at her very first dance recital. It was and I quote "the best day eeever!" To say Ava was excited about this day would be an understatement. I think she told everyone she came in contact with about her "stage day" Everyone was invited and then invited again and again. She wore her pretty blue "wedding dress" (because it was the same color as the dress she wore at Scott and Brittany's wedding.:)) She had on real makeup and mermaid sparkles (from Halloween) in her hair and she just danced her little heart out. Thanks everyone who came to watch her "stage". It was quite the night.:)
Teacher Sara

Up on stage, right before the hip shaking, finger pointing, and shoulder shimmying began.


Daddy

Rice King and Grandma

Brittany and Celeste

Grandma and Scotty

The next morning...notice the hot chocolate mug, holding Ruthy and "stage" flowers from Rice King, Grandma Barker and Emmy on the table to admire....just a few of her favorite things.