A morning hike

It was once again a beautiful day here in Charlotte, so the kiddos and I met up with the Allen clan to hike some trails. It was a great time, watching the boys chase Mac (the Allen's dog), look for "dead dinosours", and learn that turtles hibernate like bears. Props to Jamie who is due in 1 1/2 weeks with baby #3!! She carried Grayson off and on for nearly 2 hours!

Smoothie Time!

Monday was such a beautiful day! We ventured over to our new favorite smoothie place for lunch and bumped into our buddies, Tait and Grayson!! What a treat!

I get her Mommy

Ava Joy was only crying for 45 seconds when Dylan decided that I was taking way too long to get her up from her nap. He walks into her room, aka the closet, "to get her". I hear him open the door and say, "It otay Ava girl (pron. Gurl), I get you." I walk in behind him to see him plop into the pack n play with her! She was so excited to have someone there to 'rescue' her!!

Look who is on the move!

Well the time has come, little Miss Ava Joy is on the move!! She is army crawling all over the place. I left her by the fire place and came back to her under the chair! Ah, my sweet girl is mobile. How did it get here so fast??!!

Why we LOVE the South!!

I mean really, 70 degrees in February, you can't get any better than that!!

Everyone loves the princess!!

Girl trip!

Ava Joy and I drove to Raleigh to see our friends Chris and Abby and their sweet new baby Evan! Ava was amazed by Evan and tried to pinch his face every chance she got. She was even more enthralled by their dog, Piper! She loved it when Piper came around to lick her face! She is striking a pose in the green chair after her friend Piper came to give her a kiss!

A sweet visit

Amanda, the circus, Christmas in January, ice skating....

we got a last minute visit with Amanda and Owen. Pedicures, star bucks, target, and sweet naps were just a few things we enjoyed! We took the kiddos to the circus and had a blast! Papaw sent down Christmas presents which was so fun to get to open gifts in January, and Mommy and Daddy went ice skatin with some friends on their date night!!