Ava's first visit to the ER

And I hope this is our last! I am not so great in situations where my child needs conscious sedation and stitches!! She did amazingly well and the owie seems to be healing pretty well. As for Nick and I, we are scarred for life! I thank God that we have two healthy children, we are so very blessed. As for the slippery garage floor that gave her this owie, we are taking care of that tomorrow!

Sharing fishies

Ava wanted to share her gold fish crackers with Alec and I happened to catch a photo of the adorable moment on my phone...

Thank you Michelle!

My wonderful friend Michelle welcomed us to her home so Ava could ride a pony. It was a blast!! Ava happens to be IN LOVE with horses right now and she couldn't stop talking about riding Missy. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the entire Johnson Family!!! We had such a great time. As you can see, Alec got to try his hand at horse riding as well!

Catching Up

Princess dress!

Alec 6 months old

I have so many things I need to post. Here are just a few pictures of my sweet babies!

Updates

I have so many photos to post dating all the way back to Christmas, but our computer has been giving us trouble and I haven't taken the time to get it fixed. I will post pictures of my beautiful children soon, I promise!

Alec had his 6 month appointment and weighed in at a hefty 18 pounds 8 ounces. He was in the 60th percentile and doing wonderful with all of his milestones. He really wants to crawl and can get up onto his knees, but he hasn't mastered forward motion; however he can go backwards pretty well! He is eating some baby food like a champion and loving his "puffs". I am sure he will pass Ava up in weight any day.

Ava is doing great as well. She is such a smart girl, learning new things every day and blowing us out of the water with the things she figures out. She likes to go to gymnastics, but doesn't love following directions from the instructor. Something we are going to have to work on! She has been getting cabin fever, being cooped up in the house most of the day, but we have found lots of fun new activities with all of her new toys from Christmas. Grandma got her crayons for coloring on the windows, a favorite activity right now!

All in all, we have fun learning and playing every single day. We look forward to spring so we can get outside and play!

Alec

I took Alec to get his pictures done at Target yesterday. He was mostly cooperative, giving some great smiles and crying on cue! I can't believe that in two days he will be 6 months old! What the heck? Where does the time go?

Five months old

Alec is now five months old, HOLY COW!! I am amazed at how fast time goes by. He is rolling over, chewing anything he can and waiting for his first tooth. He loves his toes and socks and shoes...they were a recent discovery! Ava was helping me try to get him to smile and he got her hair...yikes! She is a good sport and usually doesn't even cry! He is just the happiest baby ever and we love him so much!

Gymnastics

Ava started gymnastics a few weeks ago and it is so cute! Here is is jumping into the foam pit. She is the only one in her class who will do it all by herself!!

First Snow

Pulling her sled up the hill...

Oops!

Made it!!

Ava loves the snow. There is no doubt about it! As soon as she saw the snow the morning of the first snow fall we were out in it. Luckily Grandma came over so all Alec had to endure in the cold was a short walk and a few pictures. I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time stomping in the snow this winter!

Thanksgiving

We had a delicious dinner at Grandma's house...Thank you Mom! The kids got dressed in cute outfits and we were on our way. It was a very nice time, calm and quiet!! My favorite kind of holiday celebration!

Great Wolf Lodge

My mom and I went to the Great Wolf Lodge for Mason's 6th birthday party. It was an absolute blast! Ava really had a great time playing in the water, but her very favorite part was the red slide. We did it about 100 times! We had to take a few breaks to float around the lazy river because the heating system was broken and she was freezing! But, that was fun too! We had a great room with a "Wolf Den" that had bunk beds for Ava to sleep in. She was so excited and was so happy climbing on the bed that we thought it was going to be perfect for her. I was wrong. As soon as we got out the books for night time and climbed into bed she started to cry and told me she needed to go home!! Poor girl! Oh well, her and I slept together in the big bed and it worked out fine. Thanks for having us, Amy, Joey, Mason and TT, we had a wonderful time!!!

4 months old

I'm posting just a little late, sorry!!! Mr. Alec weighed in at a hefty 16 pounds 3 ounces!! He was in the 75th percentile for weight...back on the chart! He is maybe the happiest baby EVER! He oves his big sister and belly laughs when she comes around. We have so much fun with our big guy!!