Wedding Weekend Part I

My brother got married on Friday, November 5th, which was also the 6th anniversary of his and Susie's first date. It was an awesome and intimate ceremony at a little Catholic church on Buckeye Lake. In attendance were my parents, my family and Susie's Mom, daughter and siblings. It truly was a blessed event!!

The blushing bride before the festivities began...


Aren't those shoes fabulous?!


Chris and his best-friend Rob.


Katy and Uncle Chris...she was a great lil flower girl:)










Chris and Fire Chief John Eisel (his boss and Susie's brother!)


My lovely parents!






Susie and her Mom(Linda) and daughter (Megan).








Stay tuned..more pics to follow! Next is the ceremony:)

Halloween 2010

This holiday becomes more fun each year as Katy gets older!! She was Alice in Wonderland and Ava was an adorable flower.

This girl is so easy going and happy - just thinking about her makes me smile!

Although this poor child is teething and working on her 2 bottom teeth, so this is the expression that she has had on her face most of the week. Much cuter than the dark circles under my eyes:)


Here's Alice!




Ava wasn't to happy about this costume because it didn't really allow her to move around very well.






My friend Kendra and her daughter Kaysyn, (the bumble bee), came over to share in the Trick or Treat fun.


Aunt Bobo and Katy


Ava never saw it coming - pretty creepy huh?!

5 months old

Month 5 was a biggie for Miss Ava...she learned to sit up on her own and learned to crawl within a 48 hour period!! She is determined to play with the big kids, mainly her sister, and loves her new found abilities! Although Mommy and Daddy weren't quite ready for these milestones just yet, but we are SO PROUD of her!!

1 day old


1 month old


2 months old


3 months old


4 Months Old


5 Months Old

Growing too fast!!!!!!!!

This past week my lil Ava turned 5 months old. Not only did she decide to sit up on her own, but she is now crawling (and all of this ocurred within a 48 hour period)!!! I am SO PROUD of her, but I am also wondering where my little girl went???!!! This is not supposed to happen so fast and it makes me sad:( On the other hand, Katy now has a playmate and they really can interact together on another level which is very cool to watch!!

Just hanging out...

Sooner than I want to admit, I will miss the days of just hanging out with my girls outside. We have made such great memories just playing in the yard and enjoying the weather this summer. Here are a few pics of us enjoying one of the last real nice days this past few weeks.







She was so determined to try and get that lady bug...and I am proud to say she did scoot herself over and that that thing!!

4 months old!

Ava is now 4 months old and here are her stats! She is 12 lbs. 15 oz. and 25 inches long. I don't remember what percentile that puts her because this appointment was very hectic since Miss Katy was there too. All I know is the doc was very happy with her progress and pretty impressed by her strength!! As you can see from our earlier post, she started on cereal, fruits and veggies a few weeks back. The doctor agreed she was more than ready and said we made a great decision!

Oh and one more thing...this girl gets up on her hands and knees and is determined to crawl...which is unbelievable to me and Todd! It's way to early for my liking but she doesn't let that stop her. She can't quite get everything working at the same time yet, but its only a matter of time! She can already scoot and army crawl to get away from her sister (ha ha!!) or grab that toy that is just out of her reach!

It's cereal time!

Ava is more than ready for solids...everytime we are eating and she is near the table that girl tries to snatch the food right off of your plate or fork. You really have to watch because she is super fast!! As we thought, she LOVED cereal and her fruits and veggies. Daddy loves it too because he now can feed her as well since she's still on the boob juice:)




Apparently Daddy wasn't shoving it in fast enough, because she took it upon herself to take the spoon and shove it in herself!

Ballet & Tap

Katy started ballet and tap class this past week and she loves it!! She adores her teacher, Miss Amy and wishes that she gets to go to class everyday! Here are a few pics posing in her tap and ballet shoes.

Lip Smackin

Ava is starting to teeth and has been slobbering a lot and putting everything in her mouth. In the process, she has figured out how to smack her lips and it cracks me up!! She reminds me of my late Grandpa Bert when he forgot to put his dentures in!