Five years, are you serious?!

Today is Shaun and my FIFTH wedding anniversary! I cannot believe that we are even old enough for that to be possible, but it is. All that time has gone by in the blink of an eye. Here are a few of our accomplishments over the past 5 years:
1. Moving to Boise to start our life
2. Buying our own house
3. Shaun finding a new job and moving into management
4. Starting my own at home business (fairly successfully)
5. Adding Ava to the madness

Not a bad start! Let's see what we can do with the next 5...

Light at the end of the tunnel...possibly?

I've been working on transitioning Ava into her crib over the last couple of weeks and it has been tricky, to say the least. I haven't been able to get her to stay asleep longer that 15 minutes in the crib and I end up giving in and putting her to bed in her Fisher Price sleeper (which she is now too big and too smart to be in). Well, as I type this, she is napping in the crib and has been doing so for the past hour and 13 minutes. I just laid her on top of a fuzzy blanket that is a little more cozy than the crib sheet. Will this solve my problems? I hope so! I think she likes laying on her tummy and having the blanket on her cheek :-)

Jumperoo!

Isaiah let Ava borrow his horse jumperoo and she absolutely LOVES it! She is still a little small to get too crazy in it, but she goes as fast as her little legs will allow. She gets really excited when I chant "JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!" Check her out! (We made this video to send to Isaiah via Blackberry, so dont mind the little shout-out to him :-)

Summer Nights

Last night Ava was a little restless so we went for a little stroll around the neighborhood. It was about 9:00 and the weather was perfection! Our walk started out like this:





And ended about 30 minutes later like this:

I think we'll do this again tonight!

Guess who likes SQUASH!

Ava got to try some roasted butternut squash yesterday and I think the face says it all!!

This face usually follows a high-pitched squeal and a then a little giggle

PEAS!!

I can't even believe that Ava is starting on baby foods! We've been trying rice cereal here and there for a week or too, and now she's gotten a taste of peas. And she LOVES them! It was the messiest thing trying to feed her in her bouncy chair since she is still too small for the highchair. She likes to "help" by grabbing onto the spoon when she thinks no one is watching. Hope you enjoy these cute photos!! Next week: butternut squash!! That could get interesting... (and i had to add a photo of Ava in her new favorite hat)

How ya like them apples?!

Ava rolled over for the first time on Easter morning. I was able to record this little milestone 2 days later. Don't mind my 8-year old sounding voice in the background. She's getting so big!!