A full week of celebrations

Its been a big week of mini-celebrations here in the Ameduri household.

We started it off on Wednesday, May 5th. Here in the desert southwest, Cinco de Mayo is a party day – often referred to as Drinko de Mayo. The day holds special meaning for us as it is our anniversary – which is definitely a reason to celebrate.

Thursday was the 1-year “anniversary” of when we were selected by Ava’s birthmom. That adds a new element of celebration to the week.

And of course today is Mother’s Day. Ava helped Mo to celebrate it with some tulips…

We met our friends Renee and John for breakfast on Saturday at the Farm at South Mountain --  Ava had fun watching everyone at breakfast and playing in the grass under the shade of the pecan trees. It sounds like Ava will have a little friend to play with soon – Renee isn’t due until June but could have their son any day now…

Ava’s crawling ability continues to improve – she is now getting to things faster than she used to. And pulling herself up on anything that she can. We’ve had to further babyproof by moving things further up the shelves to make sure she doesn’t use them as toys. And we had to move Chase’s dishes into the pantry so we could shut the door when she is

Here’s a video of Ava crawling across the family room into the kitchen:

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Ava discovers Chase’s water dish and decides to make it a splash toy.

Lunchtime with Ava.

And another lunchtime adventure video...

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Video of Ava and Chase playing in the bedroom.

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