My Future's So Bright...I Gotta Wear Shades!

Check out my new sunglasses! My prima Catherine (that's Spanish for "cousin") and my mommy picked them out for me.

The Turtle and the Exersaucer?

My Grandma and Grandpa Barker got me an Exersaucer when I went to visit them in January. I'm officially big enough to play in it now. At first I had a hard time figuring out where to put my arms so everybody thought I looked like a turtle.

What's a Bebe Pod?

My GU Don and GA Jackie (that's my way of saying "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt") got me a very cool Bebe Pod before I was born. My GU Don didn't know what the heck it was for so my mommy took a picture of me in it. I just love to sit up and be a part of the world! In the morning I like to watch people make breakfast and unload the dishwasher--those dishes make loud noises! See how big I am?

Go Steelers!

It's probably quite apparent that I have returned to work. No new photos...no new blog entries. Here's a picture I took of Ava about 3 weeks ago. She's very happy that the Steelers won the Super Bowl.

Build-A-Bear

Avery, Remy, Erin and I went on a Build-A-Bear adventure in January. The girls had a great time and Erin and I were busy wishing that we had thought of this as a business idea. The girls made their own bears plus they made one for Ava.

Baby Shower

When we were in Michigan, my family threw a Baby Shower for Ava. Her schedule was a little screwed up so she slept through most of it. Here are some pics from the party.

My Weekend

Stars

Ava's cousin, Avery was so excited to meet the new baby. She wanted to hold her so we sat together on the couch. Avery was such a little mother holding and loving the baby. She looked deep into Ava's eyes and then turned to me and in all seriousness said, "She has STARS in her eyes." What a little sweetheart!

Road Trip

Ava went on her first big road trip last week. Her cousin, Catherine, flew out to help me drive from our house to Michigan. Pre-baby the trip took about 10 hours; post-baby it took 12. Thank goodness Catherine was there to help!!

We arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's house around 9:30. We hadn't been there for more than a few minutes when Great Grandma Joyce came running into the house. We thought she was going to knock us over to get to the baby. I think she missed her calling as a football player. It had been snowing all day so we were very surprised to see her since she doesn't like to drive either at night or in the snow. It turns out that Uncle Jeff had picked her up to bring her to see Ava.

My Auntie

Ava has so many aunties and great aunties and she loves them all very much. But Auntie E got her this great t-shirt and she wore it when she watched the MSU football game yesterday for 2 reasons. First, because her Auntie E went to MSU and Ava wanted to represent and second becuase she didn't have any MSU gear.

"Do you want to know how much I love my auntie?"

"This much!"