Birthday Week

Hard to believe our little peanut turned two on July 13th! 

It started out with a big surprise from NeeNee!  She showed up on Ava’s birthday and was waiting with balloons when Ava and Mo came home from the gym.  Needless to say, they were both thrilled with the surprise!

Ava got right to work with present opening.

Ava and NeeNee are besties.  They had so much fun playing, reading, and swimming.  Thanks to NeeNee, Scott and Mo made it out for a date night too! 

Ava’s big party was on Sunday.  With NeeNee keeping her busy, mom was able to do some of the prep for the Minnie Mouse Club House themed event.

Ava coming in with the balloons after a swim…

Ready to part-tay with her Minnie Mouse ears!

Random party photos:

Happy 2nd Birthday Ava!

And a flashback to Ava just 2 years ago….

Visiting the Fire Station

On Friday we finally got to visit John and Renee, and their new baby Mallory. While Ava was a little interested in the baby, she had more fun playing with Mallory’s big brother Colin.

Here’s Ava, Mo, and Mallory relaxing on the couch.

After telling John how much Ava loves fire trucks and sirens, John invited us to stop by the fire station the next time he was working. So Ava and I did that this morning.

Here’s the big girl on the pumper truck.

After admiring the shiny truck, we got to go for a quick ride around the block. Ava loved sitting in the big chair…

With John driving the truck….

Ava was just about in heaven when John ran the siren...

After the drive, Ava needed to have her picture taken with John.

Ava was still talking about the sirens when she just went down for her nap…I think we’ll have to go down again soon!

Parties

Last weekend was a weekend full of parties – 2 different birthday parties to go to. More on that in a minute. Mo is definitely excited that Ava finally has enough long hair for some pigtails….

Back to the parties. First up was our neighbor Lauren’s birthday party, where Ava got to do some cupcake decorating…

Like Mom, Ava likes her icing!

After getting amped up on sugar, the kids all had fun dancing around the house. Ava has her tutu on since it was a “Fancy Nancy” party…

The next day was Charlotte and Alexander’s birthday party. Unfortunately, with the water and swimming, we didn’t get any pictures. But let’s just say that with both Elmo and Mother Goose at the party, Ava and all of the other kids were entertained!

The various parties had Ava fired up for the week. She decided to entertain us at home a few nights with her own dance party….click the image below to see a video of Ava dancing.

Click the image above for a video of Ava dancing, from AvaHighlights

 

Every summer we get a kiddie pool for Chase. Yesterday we finally got around to getting one. While Chase was hot from his morning walk, Ava decided it looked like too much fun for him to be in there by himself….

Finally, here’s Ava calling up all her friends to wish them a happy 4th!

Have a safe and happy Independence Day!