New Pool Toy/Mother's Day

After dropping Aunt Ash off at the airport we hung around the house on Mother's Day. Ava has had the sickies. Last week very high fever for a few days, and now the snotties and coughies. She took a 4.5 hour nap and woke well rested enough to go try out her new innertube outfit that Aunt Ash brought. Ava loved it!

San Diego Trip

On May 1 we went to San Diego for David (Paul's Cousin) and Emily's Wedding. They had a beautiful outdoor wedding on a hill overlooking Mission Bay. Weather was perfect and gorgeous! Ava had a blast and loved seeing Grandma and Grandad.

On the way to through the airport. Ava had her own carryown! Packed with toys, snacks, and busy stuff. At the rehearsal dinner, fresh off the plane.

The hill they got married on was great for rolling a ball!

Grandad and Dad played chase/ball with Ava.

Ava tried to catch the bouquet!

Big Girl Steps!

Well, I decided no pics for this post (obviously). Yesterday we were told by her day school that Ava was using the potty like the big kids. So to reinforce this, yesterday we went to BabysRUs and let her pick out her potty. I put a couple of different colors on the floor. She immediately sat down on the hot pink one and said, "poo-poo". So I assume that's the one she wanted. We also picked up a big girl toothbrush!

After dinner, she said "Poo Poo!" and we went walked to the potty and I put her on it. She was unsure and wanted to get off of it but I encouraged her to stay the course! Then she went! I am so proud of and excited for her! Later she also let me brush her teeth with the big girl brush and spit the toothpaste into the sink. Very proud of her!

Hangin with Dylan

We went to Dylan's house to hang out after our Choo Choo train ride in the mountains. There we raced n his cars and just hung out. I love his trike!
Perched with the women.

So proud to climb the couch and then into the window sill all by herself!

Choo-Choo

Today we went to hunt down a good hiking trail. There are tons of places but we saw one up on a ridge close to Oakland that we wanted to see. We didn't exactly get there. Instead we stumbled upon a random train track on top of the mountain. We curved the hike and went for the steam engine. Ava loved it! It was a huge and long track.

Green Thumbs!

Hi! Ready to help Daddy in the Garden! We have tomatos, lettuce, cilantro, roses, strawberries, bell peppers, and carrots.

Daddy needs me to copy what he's doing and give helpful suggestions.

Okay, I'm hot and hungry and thirsty.

Alright, time for corndogs and grapes!

All smiles for miles.

We Went to Prison!

On April 18th we went to Alcatraz! It was a beautiful foggy morning in San Fran Bay. Ava absolutely loved it! She enjoyed the boat ride and loved the jail cells. It was quite an adventure for her.

Running free in the library.

The views from Alcatraz are priceless.

This is "the hole". A group of cells that when the doors close, allows very little light. Ava loved it.

Ava's Cell

Playing chase in the cafeteria

Breaking free- they'll never catch me!

Ready for my close up! Ava was the entertainment on the 10 min boat ride.

The rusty crusty water tower at Alcatraz, totally nasty.

Coming up to the island

The boat ride over to the island!