4th of July

We went with our friends The Andersons on base to watch some fantastic fireworks. The girls LOVED them. They ooh'd and aahh'd with every firework. We took some snacks to hold everyone over until the show began. Thanks for having us go with you guys, it was awesome!!!

Ava's 4th Birthday

Around 12:30 in the morning on June 15th, the door bell rang and there was a lot of pounding on my door. Josh was on call and I was sound asleep. I went down stairs to find my mom, both of my sisters and ALL of their kiddos standing outside my door. It was freakin' awesome!!! I was still shaking from being awakened from a sound sleep but SO excited to see my family. They drove straight through from Texas! As I opened the door they said "We heard there was a birthday party" and oh the party that it was!

It was an ORANGE party. There were orange plates and orange cups and and orange table cloth and LOTS of orange balloons and orange Orange ORANGE everywhere. Ava was in orange heaven! She asked for a strawberry cake with orange icing, so that's what we had.

Noni and Pop got the girls a Trampoline and boy do they love it!!!!! Ta-pa and Ya-ya sent her a scooter and some great orange jewels. They also send this really great play-dough ice cream maker. They ask to play with it on a daily basis. I have to admit, it is pretty cool! Ava is getting pretty good on the scooter. It was a fantastic orange-y party! Thanks so much for everyone that made it that way!!!!

Ava, Mom and Dad love you so much! You are such a sweet little girl that is getting bigger every day. You are so much fun to be around!!! We love you sweetie!

I love my girls

The girls are hiding from the naughty monster. Come to find out, thats me...

I said aloud "I'm losing my mind!"

Ava yells out "OH DEAR, MOM'S LOSING HER MIND. WE MUST HELP HER FIND IT... FAST MIMI! FAST!!!!!! I guess she sensed an emergency!

Nighty Night

Every day for naps I sing the same song to the girls. I have sang this song to them since, well as long as they can remember. It is similar to the children's classic Brahms Lullaby, however, my memory on the original lyrics has long left me. The girls have never heard the correct version and I love that they call it the nap time song. Both of the girls are little bit sick right now and so they want me to sing this to them all of the time. It goes like this....

Nighty Night and Goodnight

Go to sleep little girlies

Ava Jayne and Mimi Kate

Go to sleep right now

Go to sleep little girls

And take a gooood long naP

Go to sleep little girls

Cause it makes your mom HAPPY!!!!

It's been a little crazy

Ava has turned 4. My mom AND sisters AND all of their kids just showed up on my front door at 12:30 in the morning to surprise me. Josh has started his 3rd year of residency. We had a mini vacation to Atlanta. My garden overfloweth with tomatoes and I am making salsa ALL the time AND Josh's apple computer that has all of the pictures of such crashed so... dear blog please be patient. I do want to document all of these exciting times but we are having a little bit of a rough time.