Big girl time!

Ava's 4 month birthday brought the dreaded shots, but we also learned some fun stuff too. She's now 25 1/2 inches long and 14 lbs, which puts her in the 50th percentile. Everything about her is continuing to look great. We also got the clearance to start her on baby food, so on Sunday, she tried rice cereal for the first time. She wasn't sure about it at first, but now she's crazy about it and is eager for the next bite!

Russ & Stephanie's Wedding

Ava and I made the trip to Arkansas on September 5th for Russ & Stephanie's wedding, and it was definitely worth the trip. Ava, of course, did wonderful on the plane(s)- all of the flight attendants commented on how great she did. Haha, I guess I kinda make it sound like she's always an angel, but she's not- only about 95% of the time ;-) Anyway, it was a beautiful wedding, a fun day, and one of the craziest weekends ever!

The cigarette picture always makes me laugh a little. It kinda epitomizes my family!

What?! No! Shane didn't have anything to drink!

Airplane is fun...

But Shane repeatedly saying, "Get in my belly!" is a little scary.

And finally, this is what my family calls "sightseeing." We all felt bad for the little car!

First camping trip!

We took Ava on her very first camping trip over Labor Day weekend. It should be no surprise to ya that she just rolled with it and was the most perfect little camper ever! Well, except for the one morning that she decided to wake up at 4:30 AM... but that's okay too. We didn't take many pictures because we're not very good at making it a priority, but here's a few that we did take.