Wow! We've been super busy! The end of December and beginning of January have been super crazy for us! Grant had finals and then started a new semester of school. Ava started Gymnastics and was very sick. Mommy had lots of doctor appointments and had Baby Emerson! I have lots of pictures to share but I am going to update them in two separate parts. So far I only have through the end of December uploaded. When I update again I will let everyone know!

Wednesday, December 19:

Here is Ava at Gymnastics class. This was her second session. Her favorite things to do are somersaults and jumping in the pit! Gymnastics class is in the evening so Daddy gets to go!

Saturday, December 22:

Saturday morning Mommy, Daddy and Ava went to the Children's Museum for the Jolly Winter Wonderland Days. Here is Daddy and Ava stacking giant blocks and then knocking them down!

Ava loves playing pretend in the little kitchen in Playscape. Here she is making some pancakes...yummy!

Here is Ava arranging the magnets in Playscape. She loves doing this at home and at Grandma Harless' house too!

She also loves to play with the baby dolls. She likes to rock them and feed them!

After we got home from the Children's Museum it was time to go to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Carter's house to celebrate Christmas. Here is Ava checking out the presents!

Yum...a cookie!

What a sweet big cousin. Here is Ava reading to Camden. The story is Hickory Dickory Dock...when Ava reads it, it's more like blahblahblah DOCK!

Now she's sharing a cup of tea with him...could she be any sweeter?? Doesn't he look enthused?

What a handsome man!!

Sunday, December 23:

On Sunday we went to Great Nana and Great Papa's to celebrate Christmas. Here is Ava checking out the presents.

Wow...look at all of the things I can break!What a group of guys! Papa, Camden and Uncle Dillon wait for lunch to be ready!Aww...Ava just loves Baby Camden. She could just kiss him all day long!Here is Ava playing with her cousin Maddie's bracelets. Ava got a CD in her stocking from Santa!Another one, too!Ava got really good at opening presents; after four days straight you would hope so!Yeah...movies! There's that handsome boy again! This is when he was laughing at Uncle Grant...he things he's hilarious!What a sexy look!On Sunday night Mommy and Ava spent the night at Mimi and Papa's house and so did Uncle Justin, Aunt Kasie and Cousin Camden. Daddy couldn't stay because he had to work early on Christmas Eve. Here is Ava playing with the choo choo train.Now she's checking out the ornaments...and the presents too!Here is Aunt Kasie, Baby Camden, Ava and Uncle Dillon watching one of Ava's new movies, "God Made Babies". They all gave it two thumbs up! (Notice Ava and Camden can't even take their eyes off of the screen for a quick picture...Dillon and Kasie on the other hand seemed to have no problem!) Monday, December 24:

Christmas Eve!

Here is Ava's hair Christmas Eve morning!! What a mess!

Here is Papa and Ava checking out the contents of her stocking.Yeah! Socks!This is our attempt at "taming" the hair! Ava loved opening presents but when she saw they were clothes they got tossed to the side...rather quickly!Ava and Camden got matching Boy/Girl baseball mits! How cute! Camden is trying out for an 80's aerobics video...he asked to borrow one of Ava's headbands! His daddy almost killed Aunt Christin!Tuesday, December 25:

Christmas!

Christmas morning! Ava was so worn out from the past couple of days that we had to wake her up!There's that bed head again!Santa brought Ava a Baby Doll and Crib! She was so excited...we never really got past it to open the rest. Mommy and Daddy ended up opening most of them!Santa also brought her a balance beam! After we opened presents at home and ate breakfast it was time to go to Grandma and Grandpa Roberson's house. Here is Ava waiting patiently in her rocking chair.More movies...yeah! After Grandma and Grandpa Roberson's house we went to Great Grandma McGrannahan's house. Here is Ava playing with her baby doll and opening presents at the same time. She's just not quite sure what to do with this envelope.
After we left Great Grandma McGrannahan's house it was time to go to Grandma Harless' house. There, Santa left Ava a Baby Doll Stroller! Needless to say, that's what she did the rest of the night!Baby Camden is a little stressed out...it's been a busy weekend!Wednesday, December 26:

Daddy got off work early so we decided to go shopping and take advantage of some of the after Christmas sales and use some of our gift cards. Ava was ready to hit the town with her new Vera Bradley purse (that matches Mommy's), her new Nikes (picked out by Daddy) and her new outfit.Friday, December 28:

On Friday night Mommy, Daddy and Ava went to the Gymboree Holiday Party. Ava had a great time! She hadn't been to Gymboree in quite awhile so she as happy to be there. In this picture she is riding with some friends around the room! Here she is during snack and story time. She loved the cookies and juice!She also loved playing in the rice table...she actually threw a fit when it was time to stop!
Of couse at the end of the party we sang the Gymbo song and blew bubbles!
The next day after the Gymboree party Ava started getting really sick. We ended up in the ER on New Year's Day because her fever was spiking near 104 and we couldn't get it to stay down. They said she had an upper respiratory infection. She also ended up with a very bad cold in her eye which took longer to go away than the actual cold itself! She had a pretty miserable end of December and beginning of January. Luckily she was better just in time to meet her new baby sister! I will update again in the next day or so...as soon as I get the pictures uploaded!

Love,

The Bullerdicks