Road trip to see friends

Last Tuesday Amy and I loaded up the girls and took a road trip to Houston to see The Burkharts. We wanted to be with Jenny and Bekah to help them celebrate Bekah's 1st birthday party. Ava and I have never traveled anywhere without Mikey but having Amy and Brinley as traveling buddies helped ease my concerns completely. Brinley is an expert traveler but Ava hasn't traveled during waking hours in a long time. She surprisingly did very well on the trip there and did ok on the way back home too. I had to sit in the back seat and entertain the girls (well mostly Ava) the second half of the way home and we even had to make a pit stop at a random trucker's gas station outside of Dallas so that we could feed the girls (trust me, we were out of options and desperate!). That is a post in itself but let's just say the girls were the hit of the Carl's Jr. (that was attatched to the trucker stop) and they were flirting it up with everyone in sight as they sat in their matching travel highchairs we brought with us. We looked so out of place but laughed almost the entire time at the obsurdity of the entire situation! Anyways, back to our trip. The 2 days that we were in Houston were some of the most fun I have had in awhile. I am so grateful for such great friends like Amy and Jenny and the fact that we have girls so close in age has made us even closer. We enjoyed feeding the girls, bathing them, and taking walks to the park. I love those times when it is just Ava and I but they are way more fun when you have other mommies and babies to share them with. Jenny planned an adorable puppy themed party for Bekah's party and I am glad Amy and I were there to help her pull it all together. The party was a huge success and I am so glad we made the trip for it. :)

Here are some pictures from the trip

This is Bekah's crab walk. She is getting closer to walking... (love this bootie shot!)

It wouldn't be a trip to The Burkharts if we didn't have a crib picture with the girls. I mean, how cute are they, seriously?

3 little angels

Going on a walk to the park!

Swinging

Ava loved playing in the dirt. She would pick it up and then let it drop out of her fingers or she would throw it up so it landed on her hat. Good thing I dressed her in white that day. ;)

Best Buds layin in the clovers (mine doesn't look too happy)

Now she's happy. "I want to play in the sticks not lay in the boring grass!")

You bet she loved playing in Bekah's sandbox. I might need to invest in one of those.

Silly face

Rub a dub dub three babies in the tub

(nice placement of the foam letter by Bekah and Ava dont you think?)

Zack's mom, Nora, built this amazing doghouse out of cardboard for the kids to play in at the party. Amy made these adorable dog ears for the kids to wear for picture taking.

My little puppy loved the doghouse so much she thought she might take a little snooze. (this is her new thing. She will be playing and then suddenly stop and lay down on the floor)

Bekah enjoying her birthday cupcake!! This was actually her second party, first being with her family around Easter time, so she had already discovered the greatness of chocolate frosting and she dove right in this time.

Ava's second cake tasting

I asked Ava where Charlie, Bekah's dog, was and she looked out the back door and flipped her hands up like "I don't know". This is another new thing she does when she can't find something. Cuteness!

Mommy and her little puppy

Best friends