Christmas with the Cromwell's

I call this year Ava's first "real" Christmas. Lance also pointed out that it is her only one by herself with her sister arriving any day now.

She was pretty surprised on Christmas morning, and quite hesitant as to what was going on. At first she went up the presents, grabbed one, and made one little tear, looking up at me to see if it was ok.


After a little approval, she quickly got the hang of opening presents and we were well on our way to Christmas bliss and wonder. We let her open all the presents, whether they were for her or not.


Then the grand finale... we had her tricycle covered by a blanket seen in the first picture, and she had no clue to look under it. After we were done opening all the obvious presents we got dressed ate breakfast in preparation for her demand to ride her new tricycle.

We unveiled the tricycle and she was so excited! With a HUGE smile she jumped right on it and pretended like she was driving it. We took her outside with it, and she is definitely getting the hang of it quickly. We have tons of fun watching our little girl have fun!

Gone Fishin'

Ava had her first fishing experience with daddy today. Daddy would cast out the pole and Ava would reel it in. She smiled every time daddy threw the bait in the water.

Guess it's time for a toy pole so our little tomboy can fish with her daddy!

Woah nelly, that's a belly!

I'm 37 weeks prego, and I feel really huge! I had to have Lance take a picture because I know it won't last too much longer. It's still hard to believe we will have a baby soon!

Smell the Flowers

The flowers were blooming in front of our apartment and we have Ava smell them for us. She loves flowers and was so adorable doing it!

More Picasso

Ava went to her first Primary Activity last weekend and had a blast! Of course painting was her favorite thing. She did a really good job and didn't even make a mess!

Holiday Festival Fun

We took Ava to her first parade and carnival last weekend and it was such a blast! She went in the bouncy house, rode a pony, and we watched a parade of lights. She was in awe of it all. Here are some pics from our adventure!

Our Little Picasso

Ava absolutely loves to draw, it is now one of her favorite things to do. I have this little table set up in the corner of the dining room as her little writing station, and she just loves it! She doesn't really like actually coloring pictures, but drawing her own, particularly smiley faces. She's getting pretty good at them, and she draws them on everything. As you can see, her artwork doesn't stop at paper, she really enjoys putting her works of art on the wall. We're still working at getting the concept that we don't draw on the walls (daddy is getting touch up paint in the meantime).

Ultrasound

Well... I had my 35 week routine ultrasound done, and they said everything looked great. Baby is head down, it's DEFINITELY a girl, and she weighs somewhere between 5 1/2 to 6 lbs., which puts her birth weight at somewhere around 8 lbs. I may have a LITTLE newborn (Lance doesn't quite believe it yet) and I'm so excited! Here are a couple ultrasound pics I took with my camera.

The first picture is of her whole face, facing forward. The second picture is of just her nose and mouth. I got to see her quite well during the ultrasound, and I think she looks just like Ava when she was born! We will see.