Such a Silly Girl

Ava's little personality is so cute these days. She has learned to crinkle her nose and sniff. Check her out in this video. I love it!!

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We made it!!

Here's the fam at Grandma Laurie's house in Tulsa:

Here we are at Gigi and Poppy's house in Dallas:

We are back in the ATX now after a long journey to Dallas and then on to Tulsa and back to Dallas. Ava hung in there, but by the last day, she was tired and cranky and ready to go home, as were we. She showed off all her new tricks and of course everyone thought she was so cute!

She's waving hi and bye-bye

She's saying "mamama"

She's flipping her lips w/ her fingers and making a humming sound (does that even make sense?)

She's crawling faster than ever

She's pulling up and letting go and standing there for a few seconds

She's semi-signing "milk"

And most importantly, she gave both sets of grandparents KISSES!! Open mouth and all!

She visited w/ a lot of family and friends this Thanksgiving and it was so nice to spend time w/ everyone.

Ava and Grandma Laurie:

4 Generations of Girls: Great Grandma Smalley, Grandma Laurie, Mommy, and Ava

Ava w/ the boys, her daddy and uncle Aaron:

Gigi and Poppy with Ava:

She also got to meet her uncle Austin and Aunt Gretchen (not pictured, oops, I didn't get a picture....darn!) and see her cousin Rylee and Aunt Rachel again:

Happy Turkey Day!

Ava can say this knowing good and well what turkey tastes like, so it will be a happy turkey day for her! She likes to feed herself chicken (in finger food form, not pureed, as I couldn't bring myself to puree meat....yuck!) and tried turkey the other day at Rudy's BBQ. It was seasoned, so I wasn't sure she would like it, but who am I kidding? She LOVED it, of course.

So, in case we don't post for awhile, as we will be heading out to Dallas and Tulsa to visit the grandparents, Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is Ava styling her new onesie created by moi (my "inpiration" came from another mommy on my mommy message board, thanks SAB717)! As you can see, Ava is less than thrilled to be posing right now b/c I couldn't wait to put it on her, even if it was right after she woke up from her nap. She looks cute anyhow.

Oh, and a tooth update for ya!

Not one.

Not two.

Not three.

Not four.

Not just five.

But SIX teeth now!

If you did the math, this little lady got 6 teeth in 6 weeks! She handled it like a trooper though. She is all business when it comes to getting a job done. Determination I tell ya, every once of her, from her crawling to her teeth! This is the best picture I could get. I probably won't be able to get any closer to her mouth until she is about 2!

Belated Halloween pics

Sorry it took awhile to get the pics of the cutest chick in the world on here, but here they finally are. I will also include a link to the Halloween photo book I made for Ava.

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