Wednesday, December 31, 2008

We wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!

We hope all of you had as good a Christmas as we did! We got to spend so much time with family and doing fun traditions.
We played in the snow...yes, that is Tanis in the back seat!!

We got presents in our stockings

This is Mommy and Daddy's favorite present!

Our Family Christmas Morning

We celebrated Tanis' 6th brithday!!!

We went on a carriage ride at Temple Square

We ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory

Ava snuggled with Grandad

We played in the snow some more

We rode in the bjorn

We met our cousin Jordyn

And napped with Tanis

And met our Aunt Tiffani and cousin Cameron

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Heaven

My good friend Tiffany took pictures of Ava when she was only 6 days old! She did such a good job and I LOVE how they turned out! Thanks Tiff you are awesome!!! Here are some of my favorites....










Sunday, December 7, 2008

Getting to Know You

Things we have discovered about our baby girl.....

1. She has a dimple on her right cheek, just like mommy!

2. She is VERY curious. Anytime she is awake she lifts her little head and turns it to wherever there is sound.

3. She LOVES singing songs with mommy. It can calm her down so fast!

4. Daddy says she is perfect! And can't get enough of her! His first day back to work was VERY hard :(

5. She has a really hard time waking up. Her little forehead wrinkles when she tries so hard to open her eyes!

6. She is a grazer! This is also like mommy. She cries and wants a snack and one hour later she wants another! We are in the process of trying to get out of this habit!

7. She loves to snuggle with her dad. She will sleep on his chest for hours and not budge!

8. She is such a sweet heart! She has such a soft, gentle personality! That is not like mommy or daddy!

9. She LOVES her car seat and riding in the car! I am so glad cause I don't like it when she cries!!!

10. She does NOT like bath time! But she does like when daddy gets her warm in her towel!!

11. She likes to dance. This one is not a shocker. The other day my assistant Mickelle came over so I could teach her the dances that she is teaching my girls. Ava got a little fussy so I picked her up and danced with her in my arms. She immediately calmed down and was so content!

12. She LOVES to sleep in our bed. We only let her nap in our bed and we let her sleep with us after her early morning feeding!

13. She makes Tanis VERY protective. And when we get home the first thing he does is look for her in her car seat!

14. She likes to be burritoed when she sleeps, but has to have her hands free when she is awake!

15. She smiles a TON! I love it!

16. Everyone that knows my side of the family or sees pictures of them says that Ava is defiantly an Olsen. She looks like me and my sisters.....especially Alexis when she was little! But in the last couple of days we have caught her doing some "Daddy things"!

Oh my gosh isn't she cute???


Wow, they sure look alike in this picture! Check out their matching hands!


Sleeping with Mommy.....Ava is in there somewhere!


Our little Blondie


Sleeping like a Bayles!!! They all do this! :)