Saturday, June 9, 2012

Mommy and Me

The big excitement for this week is that Ava got a Wubbanub...what is a Wubbanub you ask? Basically it is a pacifier attached to a beanie baby and Ava LOVES it. It is funny that just a few weeks ago she would hardly touch a pacifier and now she definitely has learned of the soothing nature of sucking on a paci.

Ava is talking more and more every day. She is getting a wide range of coos and ahhs and sounds that seem to indicate joy, frustration, contentment, and sometimes is sounds like she is just chiming into the conversation. 

Lots of pictures of Ava this week and finally a few pictures of Mommy and Ava! A big thank you to my friend Masarah for her pictures.


Without planning, Ava has a collection of giraffe toys. Here she is playing with two of them and trying to decide which one is better to chew on :)



Ava loves talking to her little lamb! Although sometimes the lamb gets in her personal space and Ava gets a bit frustrated trying to get the lamb away. Check out this series of pictures...













Just hanging out...
and now we're done hanging out!

Ava and Mama at coffee

Sweet little feet

Ahhh, a little hand.

Ava got to meet Bucky at a graduation party this weekend. Go Badgers!


 

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Smokin' Meats

Alan finally got to try out his new smoker that he received as a gift for Christmas. He smoked a pork shoulder and it was absolutely delicious! Ava and I watched Alan do his magic and then we got to feast! Our neighbor Katie shared in the goodness with us and she commented it was as good and the BBQ she ate while growing up in Texas....great compliments for the chef.

Ava had a great week. She is  really a joy to be around as she is more interactive in both her play and language. Ava also has longer periods of quiet alert time where she is pretty chill- what a difference from a few weeks ago!
The smokin' machine!
 

Ava is checking out Daddy's heavy duty welding gloves...safety first!


Stop getting in my face Mom!

The finished product...dee-licious!