Day Seventy-One

It's the little things...really like the "small" things...

Today it poured.  It was dreary, cold, and gray.  However, it did bring out some little beauties.

There was a cardinal too but he was shy.  The geese were back though and they are not shy.

Today I captured some other small things.  These small things will one day not be so small.  They will grow but to me they will always seem small.  My friend Crystal gave me some clay leftover from an art class she teaches and I let Ava play with it for a while.  When she was done done we created these.

Thanks Crystal!!

Day Seventy

Views from the couch...

Today after I got home I was feeling tired and had a bit of a headache.  I have been hitting these late afternoon slumps where I just feel fatigued and it's been ever since I cut out sodas.  It is getting better slowly but it's an adjustment.  That all being said, today, the couch was calling my name.  I laid down for about twenty minutes and with camera in hand took advantage of the views before me.  I have to say this was an extremely lazy shoot.

and the absolute prize winner of the day

Today was a good day :)

Day Sixty-Nine

A glimpse into my world...

I thought I would show you were I spend a lot of my time.  It's the place were I am learning to be a new me, where I am expanding my horizons, and working on where my next life will take me.

Day Sixty-Eight

Pampering starts early...

Ava loves pampering; whether she is pampering herself or we are pampering her.  She loves to have chapstick put on and loves to brush her hair.  It's funny to watch such a small little girl do "girly" things.  Like put scarves around herself and prance around.  I never could have imagined that she would take to those things so young.  She will see us doing things and want to be able to do it too.  Tonight she saw my Mom painting her nails and decided hers needed to be painted too.  Her Aunt Katie obliged her and she sat still for the entire process.  So cute!!!

O and her nails are a very light shimmery pink, not blue like Aunt Katie's.  Hopefully we can hold off the blue for a while :)

Day Sixty-Seven

The Monday Blues...

I woke up this morning feeling awful.  I was not as strict as I should have been this weekend and allowed myself to eat some dairy Sunday.  I knew better and I knew I would pay but I didn't know I would feel this awful.  I guess my system was starting to adjust to dairy free and I threw it back off.  Ughhh.....why does dairy have to be everywhere.  O well...back on track for me.  Hopefully by tomorrow I will start to feel ok again.

We tried to go back to the park today and let Ava feed the ducks but the people, o the people.  It was packed and packed is not our scene.  Ava got a nice little nap out of it all so it was worth the trip even if we didn't see the ducks.  We came home and I fixed some dinner and while I was cooking I managed to catch a shot of the tress turning red from the sunset.  Oh, and the blue sky...I love that color blue.  Ok, I love every shade of blue but this is one of my favorites :)

 

 

 I also added a song today.  It's a special song for me and the fellow Mom's in my Mom group.  This song was played for TLC promos during my maternity leave.  It was the song that we listened to during those first few special weeks.  This is for all of the wonderful MMT Mom's that follow me.

Day Sixty-Six

Busy Weekend Day Two...

We got to take Ava to the park today and it was so much fun.  She hasn't been since last fall and so much has changed since then.  She had a ball running around and we even got to eat lunch at a picnic table together.  Here is picture overload of the fun.

 

  

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Day Sixty-Five

Busy Weekend Day One...

On Saturday Ava and Mommy went to a bridal shower for my cousins to be bride.  The shower happened to be near the movie theater Aaron and I use to frequent (pre-Ava) so I thought it would be a good opportunity for our first trip back since having Ava.  Yes Aaron and I have only been out once alone and that was to dinner when Ava was about two months old.  What is there to say, we LOVE being with Ava and it's hard to go out without her.  It's just weird!

Anyways here are a few pictures of Ava at the shower.

The coveted ba'oon (cousin Amy is giving her a boost :) )

Grandma being a makeshift gate...Ava tried the whole party to get up the stairs.

Score...at the end of the shower we went up to get our jackets.

I didn't take many pictures because sometimes it's hard to enjoy parties from behind the lens.  After the shower Ava rode home with Grandma and Aaron picked me up to go see shutter island.  It was good and a nice treat for us both.  However we were happy to get back home to the little miss and go to sleep.