Saturday, December 20, 2008

First Haircut

On Friday before the snow storm hit Ava went for her 1st haircut. She loved being in the Jeep and playing... what a success!









Sunday, December 14, 2008

Ho Ho Ho!

Friday, December 12, 2008

ok, so we are caught up to Thanksgiving... just a couple more events and we are ready for Christmas!
Hang in there... more pics are coming!

gobble gobble






Ava and her cousin Willow

Unfortunately we didn't take too many pictures from Thanksgiving since we knew the computer wasn't working. It was great for Uncle Shawn, Auntie Ellen and Willow to be here to celebrate the day with us! Ava is finally warming up to Willow and they are going to be best buds!

Good Morning!


"Hi-ya"
Every where we go Ava is so friendly with everyone she passes and always gives out a big "hi-ya"

Thursday, December 11, 2008

We're back!!!!!!

I have to apologize for the lack of postings, but we had some technical problems with our laptop and almost lost everything. We just got it back tonight with a new motherboard and we are as good as new! I am so anxious to get new pics up and let you know what we have been up to with Ava-- you won't believe how big she is getting.
We just went for her 18 month check up today and she is just about 31 pounds and 34 inches tall. The doctor said that she is just perfect (which we knew of course!)

I hope to get some new pictures up before the weekend, but if not, stop back and check the blog on Monday and there will be a lot of new pics!

We hope that everyone is doing well and getting ready for the holiday season... Christmas is in 13 days and I still have a ton to do! Love to all!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Part Two of Halloween

After a gym class and a good nap, Ava got up, had a costume change and we were off to the Halloween Parade at Grandma Parisi's school. Ava loved seeing all the kids in their costumes!






After the parade we headed over by Gran-nans for some treats!


And then by Gamma and Pop too!


and believe it or not...she kept that headband on all day!

Friday, October 31, 2008

The first part of Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
This morning we started the day at gym class. Ava was lucky enough to have Grandpa Parisi come with us today. He got to see Ava on the slide, sing and dance and play with the other kids! What a great way to start Halloween!

our little bumble bee.....

Anthony, Gianna, Charlotte, Emanuel, and Ava

Bubble popping time....

Ava and Miss Kyle

Ava and Grandpa

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

morning fun








This morning I got to spend some time with Ava before heading to work... Here are a couple of pics from our breakfast. Can you tell she loves her berries???

Happy Birthday Jon!




On Sunday we celebrated Jon's 32 birthday!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Pumpkin Picking at DePiero's

It was such a perfect day for a trip to the farm to find our pumpkin for this year.
Ava had a difficult time finding the perfect one.





Still trying to decide...

Ava was looking for Dads approval on one that she found


Finally... the perfect one!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Jeanne and Jeff's Wedding

On October 3rd, Jeanne and Jeff became Mr and Mrs Jeff Albanese. What a wonderful wedding in Hoboken and the reception was at the Chart House over looking the New York City skyline. It was gorgeous!







Jeanne and Thomas dancing to "Lean on Me"




The Family Dance








the view from the Chart House

Daddy joins us at gym class

Friday Jon and I both were off because we had a wedding at night, so we both went with Ava to her gym class at KIDS CLUBHOUSE. As always, she loves running around, sliding down the slide, playing in the ball pit and popping the bubbles!








My 30th Birthday continued....

On the 28th, Jon and my parents threw me a surprise 30th at my favorite, Rocca http://roccaitalianrestaurant.com/
Thank you so much! It was so nice to have everyone there! Unfortunately my brother slacked on the camera duty so there aren't too many pictures to show of it... lots of memories though!

Mom assured me at the end of the party... the month of celebrating was finally over! What a great month it was!

hanging with daddy

Here are a couple of shots from an afternoon of Jon and Ava...



Ava loves to sit in her rocker and read... her favorite book right now ELMO loves animals! Actually, she loves any book that has ELMO in it!

The newest member of our family

Shawn and Ellen got Willow, a golden-doodle (part golden retriever, part poodle). She is the sweetest thing ever. Ava actually let her lick her hand, but wouldn't get close enough for a picture. Maybe next time!

Ok, so I have no room to talk about people updating their blogs since I have just become the worst at it! I can't even believe that I haven't done a post since September 19th! So much has been going on since then, I just have to upload our thousands of pictures so you all can see....
Hang in there and I promise there will be some new postings!

Friday, September 19, 2008

another trip to gym class


Woah!!! Big girl!


Ava on the Nemo rocker






and of course there is always bubbles!


Ava and Miss Kyle were twins today but Ava didn't want to pose for the picture.