Happy Little Shopper

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Ava and I went to the mall to do a little Christmas shopping. Ava mentioned that she would like to pick out a gift for Welly-Belly. She is so sweet and thoughtful to think of our cat, who lives out in the cold all winter! I took her to petco to look at cat toys. I was lucky to have my camera in my pocket because Ava was the cutest, most focused little shopper I’ve ever seen! They had Ava-sized carts and Ava felt so grown up pushing her own through the store. She asked, “Mommy, which aisle are the cat toys on?” I led the way, she put two things in her cart and headed for the checkout!

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She picked out a bag of cat treats and some pink mice with catnip in them. After we arrived home, she wrapped them all by herself. She later decided that she wanted to give the treats to Wellington and the mice to Chessey (Max’s cat). She’s so cute! I love that girl!

A Day of Thanks

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We feel so blessed this Thanksgiving as we have so much to be thankful for. We are blessed to have such an amazing family, Scott and I are thankful for Ava, as she brings so much joy to our hearts everyday. And I am thankful I get to stay home with Ava and be a part of her entire day.

Thanksgiving was so much fun! In fact we were having so much fun, we forgot to take any pictures! Actually, I did get a few of Ava and Sawyer riding on Elmer, an elephant Grampa Roger made when the boys were little.

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And something else we have to be thankful for is…..(we’ll let Ava tell)

That’s right! It’s been hard to keep it a secret as we are super excited, but the newest member of our family will be here sometime around June 4th! Ava really wants a sister but we will be happy either way.

Ava said: “how will we know if the baby is a girl or a boy?”
Me: “that’s a good question, how will we know?”
Ava: “we will just wait until it’s born and listen to its voice.”

And that’s just what we’re going to do! No finding out the sex of this one!