Playdate Mania

Ava is turning into quite the social butterfly. She was a little bored and sleepy until Kaylee (8.5 months) and her big brother Jayden (2 years) arrived one afternoon. Her face just lit up as she watched in fascination at her new friends - the nap could wait. She really does seem to grin and wiggle more energetically when other kids are around.

Oh, and I must add a little on her development - she's beginning to crawl and she just learned to sit up independently. She's a genious, I tell ya, at a mere 6 months old :)

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day weekend was spent at Mawmaw's and Pawpaws in Nashville. I got to celebrate Mawmaw's birthday with her, hang out in the sun with cousin Isaac, and blow raspberries with Pawpaw. I also got to go to my "Aunt" Rachel's baby shower. Then Mommy and Mawmaw insisted on spending a day shopping - so they wore me out as usual. Napping in my car seat ain't what it used to be...












Isaac and me in matching outfits - made especially by Mawmaw!
















I discovered my tongue Pawpaw!

Reunited with my gal pals

This past weekend I got to spend some much needed quality time with my girlfriends - Kaylee, Scarlett (Harper was napping), and Jordan. But I got a little irritated by our snap-happy parents. All they wanted to do was take photos of us. Let us play, please!

Got Rice?

Is it just me - or does this kid get cuter every day?

Here she is thoroughly enjoying the attention she is getting in one of her hippest outfits. Thanks Uncle Glyn and Aunt Kate!

My name is what?

Ok, so Dustin and I chose to name our daugther Ava Leigh ostensibly because we loved that name. But I rarely ever call her Ava. These crazy nicknames always spill from my mouth whenever we play. She entered the world with not such pleasant names, I admit. Bucket was one of her first nicknames. Short for Fuss-Bucket because she cried so much at first. Then Bucket turned into Button, short for Button-Head because she has such a tiny little head. Every week or so a new nickname emerged: Cheeky, Avers (I got close once), Buttercup, Suger-Girl, Shoogy-Girl, Shoogy-Woogy-Boogy-Girl, Shoogy-Woogy-Shoo-Shoo-Girl, Shoogy-Bear; to name a few. Every nickname eventually gets shortened. She's often just Shoogy (apparently Shoogy and any variation of that name hits the spot for me). But the latest has been Sugar Pops. I guess I kinda like that one because she's had it for a while. Maybe its because she's just so adorable - she inspires lots of cute nicknames. She's my Sugar-Pops-Girl!