Sleeping Babe

Auntie Tamara also had a hand in many "design

decisions" for Ava's room, since color isn't my thing

(although I'm learning). On Sunday,Tamara took

pictures of our babe sleeping in her room. The wall

saying states, "Grace was in all her steps, heaven in

her eye."

Ava's room is my favorite of the house. The light is always

so nice & I love to sit in there to look & listen. This

was a habit long before Ava arrived. Now the room

is filled with cooing, consonant sounds, bedtime stories,

laughter, crying, and lullabies--the sounds I

imagined and looked forward to the most. "Ava" means

life and it truly is life's room.

Fall Fun

Auntie Tamara brought her camera and took pictures
of Ava on Sunday afternoon. I wanted to get some six

month photos to capture the halfway mark of her first

year. I'm about a month late. Oh well. The leaves and

weather were beautiful and we had Grandma &

Grandpa Weets, plusMaggie, trying to get Ava's

attention. It was pretty funny. Enjoy!

Boo!

About two days before Halloween, Jason said to me

while we were eating, "You know, we should dress Ava

as a little devil." There's some background here. Last

Halloween I was convinced by Auntie Lara to borrow

her nun's costume to be a "pregnant nun." You guessed it,

Jason was the priest. This is the product of our love. Hopefully

Jason and I haven't jinxed ourselves; right now Ava's the

farthest thing from this costume. We'll see what we say when

she's two. *All Halloween photos taken by Uncle Mark, FATcat

Studios, Fargo, ND.

Happy Halloween 2008

Here's our little sweet pea, in a pod.