What A Pathetic Blog....

once she can do something, then its one-handed....

It snowed...and yes I made her go outside so I could get a pic eventhough
she had a little bit of a runny nose..she is sitting on a trash bag so she didnt
get wet!!


I think she is going to love the gift thing on Christmas

how precious is this????

she has many many suitors already...so take a number

boys...but you have to pass me and DAD first!!!

(post by Marissa) Oh my, what has this blog become. Basically a brief update every 3 months with a few random pics thrown in. Well, I will do my best.

Ava is 8 months now. She is now sleeping great. She sleeps from 7 pm to about 6:15 am. Yes, she is a very early riser and when she gets up, she wants to get going. None of this lounging and relaxing. (She inherited that for me, once I'm up..I'm up..) We are wrapped around her little finger. When Steve gets home it is Steve and I just playing and laughing with her. I always think how lucky she is compared to so many babies because of how much love and care she gets from both parents! We love her to death and she is becoming more and more fun everyday. Steve is enamored with her. I think I love him more because of how he treats Ava. Ava is one lucky little girl!! Just the other day, he stopped at Target to get something for me, but they didn't have it, but what did he come home with....a toy for Ava. Steve said, "I couldn't resist!" Too cute..

Ava is getting to the dangerous age where she is standing up everywhere and as soon as she can do something she likes to do it one-handed. So now she likes to stand up and just hold on with one hand. Not safe. She gets into everything and is more interested in some non-toy item we put on the floor than her toys. She follows me around and gets into the cubbards and chases the vacuum. I need to get a video of her playing with the vacuum! She loves it.

She has lots of toys now, but still prefers closets, cubbards, and drawers...

We babysat our friends little girl for a few days while she finished up her clinicals for her Masters in Occupational Therapy. Her and Ava are only 3 months apart so it was neat to see what Ava will be doing next, etc. Lets just say I think twins would be rough! Ava followed Laila everywhere and wanted whatever Laila had!

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house. We had 12 adults and 2 kiddos. We had a little turkey mishap in the am (the roasting pan had a hole in it). Luckily, Walmart is open on Thanksgiving so Steve ran and got a new one while I cleaned the oven and then we transferred the Turkey. Steve carved the turkey perfectly. He watched about 3 Youtube videos to learn the best way!

I told you it was a masterpiece :)

We also had our annual Christmas party at our house! We went back to the 80's and had a great time...We had a blast...games, gifts, embarrassing moments, etc.

I have been pretty busy with work since we are doing projections for our clients. Steve has been busy busy with finals. As I'm typing this, he is at the library studying...yes on a Saturday, sad I know. This is our last Christmas where he will be taking finals. However, with school ending our month long Christmas breaks will also come to an end, but at least he won't be working for nothing anymore..

After graduation, we are moving to Utah. Steve is going to work for Siegfried and Jensen in SLC. He went and visited the firm about 2 months ago and loved it. When we first met he said he wanted to do Tort law, so here he is doing it. He will be on the Litigation side so he will get to go to court and stuff. Think Clueless...my daddy is a litigator, those are the scariest kind of lawyers. However, we all know Steve is the farthest thing from scary.

So, one of the reasons I don't blog is blogger is not user friendly...ahh my pics won't move to the text so I'm sorry you have a scrambled up mess of a post!! Enjoy :))