Go, Go, Goers!

After a very disappointing Vikings game last weekend, the rest of the week didn't get much better.  We've been really busy lately, and this week it was hard to bounce back.  We had a trip planned to WI to stay with Tiffany's parents for an annual ice fishing tournament.  There were going to be a lot of people there, and last time we went, we had an absolute blast...but this time, I was just too worn out to go anywhere.  So, Scott packed up the truck and headed up north while Miss Ava and I are in the middle of a girls' weekend. So far, we've done the following: Warm bubble baths - CHECK  (Both of us!)  (Let me clarify...separately!) Good beverages - CHECK (well, she guzzles milk like cows are going extinct, and I had cherry Kool-Aid today, so what could be better?) Yummy chocolate - CHECK (thin mint-like cookies and Halloween candy (yes, Halloween) for me, and chocolate Goldfish for Ava) Fabulous books - CHECK (we read many, many books this morn...

We give Ava a bath at night, and usually her hair is a little wet when we put her down for the night.  The other morning, her hair was sticking up in all the wrong places.  When I went to get the camera, she started jumping in her crib, so inertia was causing the hair to be even more wild...  Crazy kid with the crazy 'do. This pose doesn't even show the craziness - but she looks so calm here. Side shot - still not doing it justice. Here we GO! She's also been enjoying running around naked before her bath every night.  I like how Lucky is giving her the evil eye in this picture.  It's a love/hate relationship for Lucky...she loves that Ava gives her food, but hates her when she comes near.  I don't think it's hate as much as it's "the unknown" (I mean, c'mon Lucky, she's been here for 19 months - you should be used to her by now...she's not going anywhere.) Mommy had a fun day yesterday.  I went to a baby shower for my ...

I think the title of this post says it all...don't worry, we were watching her the whole time, so we wouldn't really let her get into trouble. :) Daddy's stinky sock - ewwwwwww! Books are ok to touch, obviously...but she pulled them all out.  FUN! (I remember doing this as a child - just so I could re-shelve them all.  OCD started young with me, I think.) The fridge...again, this is ok.  She was going after her teething rings - or maybe my wine.  We're not sure. Forget the wine!  There's Daddy's BEER! You think Scott would give his beer to a baby?  No.  So, here's a butter knife. "Ahhhh...I think I'll take a break." Back at it again!

Since we were in KC for the holidays this year, we didn't have a chance to celebrate Christmas with Scott's mom's side of the family.  So, last weekend, we went to Scott's mom and stepdad's house, and had fun watching Ava open her gifts.  She approached the whole process with the non-hurried way she did in KC, and since she had so many wonderful gifts to open from Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandma, it took quite a while! After all of the gifts were opened, we enjoyed a very yummy pizza dinner from Old World pizza.  Nothing says Christmas like a sauerkraut pizza! :)  This was our first time having dinner in the newly remodeled kitchen...and it looks fabulous!  Ava looked so little in her high chair next to the big snack bar. Peek-a-boo...I see you!  Those words kept coming from this package... It's a doll that plays peek-a-boo all on its own.  Luckily, there is also an off-switch.  It kept talking at Great-Grandma's...

The first week back after Christmas vacation wasn't too bad...both Scott and I are busy at work, so the days flew by this week, and then at night, we've been so busy with Ava, house stuff, etc.  One of the projects we had was to switch our family room and living room TVs around.  I needed to make sure all of the components were connected correctly, so I decided it would be a fine time to play a little XBox.  We're not big into gaming in our house, so we only have a few games to choose from.  Ava helped me with some practice battles in Soul Calibur II - and she actually did well!  Really, I think she just enjoyed pushing the buttons on the controller... After I realized that perhaps that was a little violent for our toddler, we moved onto Karaoke Revolution.  Boy, give that girl the mic, and you'll never get a chance to sing.  If the music wasn't on, she'd sing and talk into it, but once the music started playing, she just ran around with it, and...

Welcome 2010!  We have had a very busy week since Christmas, and we're looking forward to a calm day tomorrow before we all return back to work/daycare.  One of the things on my to-do list for this past week was to take Ava in for her first haircut.  She was beginning to get a fuzzy, fly-away mullet, so we needed to put a stop to that ASAP.  Since I don't trust myself with sharp scissors and a squirmy child, I took her to Kids' Hair in Woodbury.  It was an excellent choice to take her there - they are professional stylists, who really like working with kids, and have the perfect setup to make it a pain-free experience (i.e. barber chairs with straps for little ones, crayons and paper, videos and toys...lots of them!)  After we strapped Ava in, she was a little restless, and got extremely ticklish when they started to brush the hair around her shoulders.  About halfway through, she decided to turn on the waterworks, but luckily they work VERY fast, ...