Lil' Punkin'

1st trip to the pumpkin patch

Ridin' the caterpillar... hiya!

Scunch Face

Ava's new face...

Always pensive Ava

On a little hike with Daddy last weekend while Mommy was away. Isn't she pretty?

Ava's playdate with her BF

Connor and Ava got along so well on one of their 1st playdates as "big" kids. :o)

Ava goes apple pickin'

Happy Girl!

Ava loves her new shirt from Aunt Michelle... she's so happy, she's clapping!

Happy Little Monkey

Ava's latest accomplishment - eating a banana all by herself. (Now if only she could clean herself up afterwards...)

Acrobatic Ava

Tunnel of Fun

Camp Girl

Ava went on her 3rd camping trip this summer and her 1st Annual camping trip to Roger's Rock. She had a great time!

Ava's Antics

Actually, Daddy was the one who put her in the box and took the pictures...

BFF

(Best Friends Forever) LOL... my high school girlfriends came for a visit with their little ones. Ella (on the left) was born 3 days after Ava and Lucy (on the right) was born in December. Strange that we all had girls and all had them so close together, isn't it?! :o)

Fun in the flowers with Boppa!

Pretty little flowers

New mode of transportation...

Extreme Close-up!

Michigan State project pictures

My favorite bathrooms... not quite finished yet (partitions are missing for one thing) but with them missing, you can see all the tile work and my tile patterns!

In the Dining Hall looking back towards the servery area. Curved glass wall looks out from an Instructional/Gallery space on the 2nd floor.

Tile work at one of the main venues - "Latitudes". Used to be called "World Cuisine", meaning you can get international type food here. :o)

Dessert venue at the Dining Hall - aptly named "Bliss". (By the signage folks, not me.)

"Aerial" view of the main dining space from one of the offices that overlooks it.

Captain of the High Seas

Patriotic Princesses

Ava's 1st time on a swing

She also had her 1st taste of ice cream this week... :o)

Dressin' up!

Ava went for her 1st portraits this week and her cousin Megan decided to get in on the fun by dressing up too! Looking pretty girls...

Ava's 1st camping trip!

The weekend after Ava's baptism, we headed off to Lake Durant to go camping with some friends and their 3 children. Ava was a great little camper - even with the cold nights!

Then Ava was baptised...

on Father's Day. (The camera made it's fateful plunge 2 days before, we were lucky to get this picture from a family member.)

My Chicago hotel room

Looks funny, but I stitched together some shots of my room so that you can see how big and cool it was. This is another reason for the lack of Ava posts, I was gone for 3 days to Chicago for a work type conference called NeoCon.

Looking cool

in the old turtle floatie... Ava loves the pool now. :o)

She's baaaack!!!!

Ava has returned to cyberspace after much anticipation! There was a slight mishap with the camera and the pool. Let's just say my Canon does not float, but it recovered pretty well after a couple days of drying out!

THE most BEAUTIFUL girl in the WORLD!

Sitting up now!

Ava is starting to sit up on her own, the boppy is just there in case she tips! :)

Morning sunshine

Anyone can get through a rainy day with this little face to look at every morning...

Ava in her sundress

Little girls just can't help but look cute in this little sundress... now worn by 3 little girls. :o)