This is right after we told Grace about the baby...miraculously she had a baby in her belly too!

Ava and Grace cruising around the driveway :)

My biker stud...wearing his new jacket and gloves he got for Christmas!

Helping Mimi make a nice cozy fire!

Playing with Mimi with her new birthday toys...thanks Mom for playing with her, you were a HUGE help!

Mimi and Pop-pop had a 2 3/4 birthday celebration for Grace! She baked and decorated her own cake!

Swimming at an indoor pool in VA...she's giving me a thumbs up!

Feeding my parents' neighbors' horse Karma...

A late night wrestling match with Mimi and Pop-pop...the staticy hair was hysterical...

My Baby Grace...practice for this new one coming...man was it weird to hold this HUGE baby :)

David's Dad, Ira and his wife, Daisy...gotta love grandparents trying to play with kids' toys!

Got to see my very best friend, Michelle and her girls, Zoe and Maia, while we were home in VA...

"Oh Uncle Paul, you're so silly, I'll just twirl my braids and bat my eyelashes at you" :)

Playing with her cousin Jessica in their cool 2 story playhouse!

Loves getting tossed in the air by Uncle David!

Playing with Pop Pop...he let her paint his nails...he fed her baby doll a bottle and watched her shows with her - he's a good guy, we love him :)

Lullaby...and good night...this is what happens when you never quite get adjusted to a different time zone...

Piggyback rides

Round 2

Grace and I are in Virginia so I probably won't post many pictures this week, but just wanted to share with everyone that we're expecting Baby #2 to arrive early September! Not feeling so great this time around, but excited to give Grace a baby sister or brother :)
Love to all...

Having lunch today...

Out to dinner the other night...

Old video I came across...

Some cool editing my oldest brother, Dave, does...this was back in May 07 when we took a trip to Germany, she was about 15 months old...

He really was throwing her that high up in the air, like this little doll...I cringed a bit but she loved every minute of it!

These two...Grace always asks if Ava can sit next to her...

The cute moment usually lasts for a minute or two until Ava is chatting so much at the TV and pointing and really trying to 'talk' to Grace, that Grace gets exasperated and says "Mommy, can you take her to the baby toy room? She's talking too much" It cracks me up. Notice in the one picture Grace is playing with Ava's hair, she was just twirling it through her fingers, very softly, and Ava went into like zoned out mode.

A new Mexican princess dress from Granny...you gotta love the princess underwear showing through!

We had a gorgeous warm day this week and the girls loved playing in the backyard...

"Now listen closely girls...these are the rules to the slide..."

Come on Ava, you can do it!

I'm putting Ava to work here...