MOTG - Easter Celebration

Look at those cuties

On the see saw with Emmalynn

Sharing a ride with Gabriella

(by the way, you talk about Gabriella ALL THE TIME)


Enjoying the icing off of your cupcake


Time to find some eggs.

Ava "Gardener"

This morning you told me that you would like to plant some seeds and watch flowers grow. So while you were taking your nap, I ran out and bought the supplies needed to do it. When you woke up, we went outside, mixed the soil, added the seeds, topped it off with more soil, and gave it a little more water and placed it outside the front of the house. Lets see how long it will take for it to show signs of life.

Pump It Up

Your Invited to Ava's 3rd Birthday Party

Birthday Girl




Cake and Cupcakes that Khun Yai made for you. Each of those sunflowers you see were made with an Oreo cookie and creamcheese icing topped with a red M&M made to look like a lady bug.

Before the party began, you and all of your friends were gathered in the lobby to review the general rules of the facility. There all of your friends were asked to say "Happy Birthday Ava" and the host (employee) asked you if you thought that it was loud enough and you replied "No, one more time". Well this repeated 3 times because you didn't think that you had heard it quite clearly the first 2 times. Anyhow, Pump it Up consisted of 3 different rooms. In each room, 40 minutes were spent. In the first room, you had the best time bouncing, climbing, jumping with all of your friends, that you personally picked to invite. You were exhausted by the time we got to the second room and only could focus on eating. Finally, when we arrived in the party room, you were happy as clam. You were able to enjoy some pizza, chips, fruit punch and cupcakes (your favorites). We then went home for you to open up all of the awesome presents that everyone brought you. I think that you may have a new toy to play with every day for the next several months and never have a repeat. Happy Birthday Avarito. We love you!

Your 3rd Birthday

Today we started the day off we Playhouse Disney Live at Ruth Eckerd Hall.

Then some presents

Because we had the tickets to Playhouse Disney for your actual Birthday, we will be celebrating your birthday party next weekend with all of your friends.

Happy 3rd Birthday Ava.

We Love You!!

Mommy and Daddy

First Father Daughter Dance

Tonight you went to your first Father Daughter Dance hosted by Tampa Gym and Dance. Daddy saw the flyer a couple of weeks ago and said that he wanted to take you. I originally thought that he probably wouldn't want to take you because you are so young but to my surprise this was all his idea.

Daddy even wore a suit to compliment your adorable outfit like a good date should. You came home with a huge smile and a gift for Mommy (that you won with your raffle ticket).

Wish I could write more, but since this was strictly a father and daughter event, I can't.

Here are Daddy's comments from tonight's event:

Early on a popular song was being played "Get Low" and you immediately wanted me to put you down so that you could dance like the bigger girls. As I put you down, you left and went running and dancing all over, having a great time. As you came back to me, I asked you if you wanted to dance with Dad, and you told me "No Daddy, I'll dance by myself" and you were off again. You were all over the place with so much energy. You continued on and when you came back the next time, you were yelling to me "Daddy this is so much fun". What was I to do? You danced your heart out tonight while making several friends in the process. All the while, the mirror became your other dance partner. You could not go more than 10 seconds without seeing what you looked like in the mirror. Was very funny. You are such a diva...

As the night progressed, you made more friends and continued to dance. It was very tough to take pictures of you because as I waited for the camera to "click" you were already gone and off to somewhere else. But that is you, high energy and always on the go. The only time you slowed down was to look at yourself dancing in the mirror, using the ballet bars to try and put your leg on, or doing the Hokey Pokey. The Hokey Pokey was a big hit with you tonight, probably because the bigger girls were leading the way. As the Hokey Pokey finished, it was getting late and I asked you if you wanted to leave. You told me, "No Daddy, I am doing the Hokey Pokey" even though the song was over. It was very funny to watch you shake your hips so seriously while saying "Hokey Pokey". As you were doing this the MC/DJ was calling out numbers from the raffle tickets to see who would win the next prize. And sure enough, we were winners... When we went to claim our prize in front of the crowd, we were posed with two options: Do we want a gift certificate or do we want a gift for mommy? I asked you what you wanted, and you screamed "I want a gift for my Mommy!". Good move if I must say so myself. As we got our gift, the MC/DJ said to the crowd, "I don't think your daughter stopped dancing all night. She was everywhere!" You were so excited to get Mommy her gift that you even planned the whole car ride home how you were going to tell Mommy that you got her a surprise.

On our way in and on our way out, I can't even tell you how many of the ladies working there said how beautiful you looked. You know what, they are right, you are beautiful!

I love you, Dad.

Little Everglades Steeplechase 2009

Sign of a GREAT Day.

Ava the Engineer

Today I found you playing the role of structural engineer. You had gotten some ink all of over your hand and decided that you need to build steps in order to reach the sink. How cute...