Traveling weekend

This weekend we headed to The Woodlands/Houston area to visit grandparents, attend Charlotte's baby shower, and hang out with The Burkharts at their new house. It was a fun weekend and we were so glad we went. We drove in Friday night and stayed at Papa and Gramielle's house. Mikey's brother Jim was there along with his stepbrother Lance so we enjoyed catching up with them as well. On Saturday I went to my good friend Charlotte's baby shower in The Woodlands. I forgot to bring my camera to the shower so I don't have any pictures of Char and that cute belly of hers. Now that she lives in Virginia I dont get to see her nearly as much as I would like. I'm glad I was able to see her Saturday even if it was for a short time. Saturday evening we spent the night at the Burkharts house in Houston. Jenny and I have been looking forward to getting the girls together again so that they can play together. They are at the age where they can actually play with toys and are more aware of each other. We loved watching them together! That Bekah is a cutie pie!

Papa, Gramielle, and Ava

Lauren wanted a picture of Ava on her fur coat so we had a little photo shoot. It made a nice backdrop and Ava loved how soft it was.

She practiced her crawling. She is oh so close to really crawling. I am thinking any day now it will be official. Yikes!

These are some of my favorites from Ava's photo shoot.

Already texting

"Bekah, c u soon"

Ava loved Bekah's jumperoo

And her swing. I told her we would never go back to the swing, it's like an addicting drug, BUT I couldn't resist. I wanted to see her face light up again.

Jenny, modeling her new snuggie that I got her for her birthday.

Zack was jealous so he tried it out for himself.

Bekah shared her books with Ava too. Such a sweet friend.

"Don't cry Bekah. How about a hug?"

Mikey's storytime drew quite the crowd

"Welcome to this special edition of storytime with Daddy"

Charlie and Macy became best friends. He was a little intimidated by her largeness last time we visited but he gave her another chance. They had fun chasing each other around the house.

Zack and Ava

She knows a daddy when she sees one.

The girls dancin in their pj's

Sari, baby Whit, and Rob were also in town and stopped by so we could see them before we left. I have been waiting to meet this little guy that I have heard so much about. He's a cutie and of course Ava thinks so too.

Ava and Sari

How cool is it that we all now have babies that can play together?! I love times like this!

As a side note, Ava has her first sickness. I took her to the pediatrician today because she was sounding hoarse and he said she has laryngitis. I had a cold last week so she caught it from me. The good thing is is that it doesn't seem to be affecting her at all other than her voice. She doesn't have a temperature and has been her normal happy self. Hopefully it goes away soon though. Hearing her cry is especially sad now that she is so hoarse. She was fine all weekend but I hope she didn't pass anything on to Bekah.