The Duvall Family

Destin Sept. 2011

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Labor Day in Greensboro 09/03/11

2012-01-27T16:21:00.007-05:00

Playin in BPop's pool.

Tripp 8 months 09/02/11

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Lacey's baby shower for Adalyn08/28/11

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Lacey's shower. She was two months out.

Ava in her cute swim suit.

p.j.'s for the ride home.

Ava rides the pig 08/27/11

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Weekend with Mimi and Grandaddy 07/10/11

2012-01-27T15:51:00.009-05:00

We attended Will's 2nd birthday party while staying with my parents in Douglasville for the weekend. Ava had lots of fun.

Jason enjoying some of his son's b-day cake.

Cousin Kaylee holding Tripp.

Will's cake was so cute. And the inside had a surprise. Red frosting.

The birthday boy.

Will and his Grandad.

Will's mom Nicole holding Tripp.

Tripp said let me at it.

All the kids gathered round for cake.

Ava with Aunt Kay.

Cousin Jason with baby Tripp

Kim and Katelyn.

Ava at the pool 07/06/11

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Take 1. Trying to get a good picture for her birthday card.

July 4th at Uncle Bucky's 2011

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Price's babysitting Ava and Emma 07/02/11

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Ava(almost3) Tripp(5mon.) Emma(1yr.)

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Hilarious. Emma trying to crawl over Ava to sit on the chair also.

Ava and Cooper 06/24/11

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Mimi&Grandaddy babysitting while we're in TN 06/12/11

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Tripp 5 months June 2, 2011

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The Duvall Christms at our house.

2012-01-26T23:01:00.007-05:00

A couple days after Christmas the Duvall's came to our house to finish up the kids gifts.

Tripp on his riding toy! He loves it. And so does Ava.

Look at that face :)

I could eat them both.

He is cheesin big time.

I'm gettin on guys.

Zippy built the kids this cute toy box.

Ava was upset b/c she wanted to sit on Tripp's side.

Ava at the train museum with Uncle Zeb and Daddy. She looks pretty stoked don't you think?

Uncle Zeb and Tripp.

So funny.

Uncle Zeb and Aunt Zellie.

Christmas Eve at the Price's 2011

2012-01-26T22:53:00.004-05:00

The gang. My brother's family, my parents, Grandmama, and the Duvall clan.

Jason, Emma, and Kortnie.

Our family. Tripp (11months old) Ava (3.5 years old)

Grandmama and Daddy.

Grandaddy and Mimi with their grandchildren.

Ava opening her beloved suitcase for all her doggies.

Grandamama enjoying watching all the festivities.

The little ones ripping into the paper.

Tripp wearing his bib from Aunt Kortnie and Uncle Jason.

Tripp eating his new bath toys from Emma.

Ava opening her nail set from Emma. She is excited!

Tripp thought it was much more fun to sit on his present than open it.

Look at that sweet face.

Christmas morning. Ava threw up the night before so she was not in the best mood for pictures. She did love the new couch from Mimi and Grandaddy.

Zippy's Work Christmas Party

2012-01-26T22:45:00.003-05:00

Ava with her BPop as he addresses his employees.

The kids with Santa Claus at Zippy's work party.

Ava and Danny Rae.

Love this face.

And love this one even more :)

Ava helpin Zellie open her gift.

Corrie putting Ava's Rapunzel hair on her.

Daddy wearing Ava's princess jewlrey.

Seriously, I am embarrased.

The Duvall family picture.

Trying to be serious.

AUMC 2011 Ava's school Christmas Program

2012-01-26T22:35:00.005-05:00

Ava's first time in a school Christmas program. It was so cute! Yes she's wearing her Christmas outfit again. I refuse not to get good use out of it!

She loves her teacher Ms. Shirley.

Ava with her class.

Tripp's 1st Birthday Card picture.

Ava making her crafts.

Tripp enjoyed going to Ava's school. This was the first day of his 12 day virus.

Ava and mommy.

She's working hard.

Ava and Mimi.

Ava's teacher Ms. Dyanna.

BHBC 2011

2012-01-26T22:25:00.005-05:00

Our church has a live nativity scene every year and Ava loves to go pet the animals before the service.

She wants a bunny.

Don't ask b/c I don't know.

Lama!

Even Tripp got in on the action.

Our Christmas card.

Trying to get a good pic. Brotherly Sisterly love.

Tennessee Aquarium

2012-01-08T13:06:00.008-05:00

Since Vince was still off from work after Christmas we took the kids to the TN Aquarium. Ava had fun!
Me and my sweet girl.

She's so cute.

Daddy and Tripp
Checkin out the fish.
We couldn't get Tripp in the pic.

Pumpkin Patch

2011-12-08T21:50:00.010-05:00

So back in October we visited a pumpkin patch with the Duvall's in Cartersville. The kids and I had such a good time spending time with Bee and Pop.
1st here's some pics from my phone from Halloween. Me and my niece Emma.

The girls walking to a door.

Gettin their candy.

My Princess Cinderella coming down the stairs.

My precious babies. Ava making her roar face.

Ava and I went to the church trunk or treat.

She had a good time getting her face paintedand playing games.

Getting our picture taken with the scarecrow.

Just a random pic of teh kiddos holding hands in the backseat. So precious.

My handsome little man.

Just rockin in the spare bedroom. Don't you love Ava's shoes with her sweat pants.

And now. Here is the pumpkin that Pop carved from the pumpkin patch. Isn't it nice?

And here it is after Cooper got a hold of it. :( Poor pumpkin didn't last an hour.

Tripp chillin on the way to the pumpkin patch.

Ava pickin out her baby pumpkins.

Gotta love the random animal statues.

Tripp thought it was funny when Pop put his face in here.

Ava looked so cute in her GA dress.

Ava loved this slide.

Tripp loving Bee.

Hay ride. Kiddos content to be with someone else besides mommy.

My little baby pumpkin.

Pink Pig

2011-12-06T13:39:00.006-05:00

On Sunday we took the kids to ride the annual Pink Pig tradition that we started last year with my parents.

It was a lot of fun and the kids enjoyed it. It's funny to me that they will not start the ride unless your little one is sitting next to you on the train. They will NOT let you hold your child his bottom must be on the seat. And the guy was so adament about it he wouldn't start the train until I force held Tripp down on the seat next to me while he was screaming and crying. The guy assured me he would stop crying once he felt the vibration of the seat. And he was right, Tripp enjoyed it once the ride started. But the process of me holding him down while he's climbing me and screaming was hilarious.

After we rode the Pink Pig we waited in line to see Santa. It was bring your dog to see Santa night at Lenox mall so Ava enjoyed seeing all the doggies. No we did not bring Cooper :)

And we were all worried Tripp was going to scream but it was poor Emma who realized who was holding her before he did. So we got this picture before Tripp and Emma both were screaming. So funny.

While Daddy was away.....

2011-12-03T16:22:00.006-05:00

Here are some more things we did while Daddy was gone.

Right before Halloween my dad's side of the family had their yearly family reunion, or as everyone calls it, 'The Stew.'

Here is Tripp sitting with my cousin Brook.

And this is her sister Shelly, my other cousin.

And here he is with Mimi.

And poor Emma had a nasty virus so she slept on Kortnie most of the time.

And here's Ava enjoying playing with all the kids.

She played with my cousin Hannah most of the time and had a blast!

Right after Halloween we went to my friend Lacey's house to see her new baby Adalyn.

Tripp of course sat in my lap the entire time and Ava and Kaitlyn played together. Kaitlyn was pretending to g to the beach which is why she is wearing her bathing suit in this pic.

And we did lots of swingin outside in our backyard b/c the weather was so nice.

Daddy fixed our playset before he left so Ava had lots to play on.

Even Tripp loves to swing in Ava's old pink baby swing.

Thanksgiving

2011-12-03T11:20:00.010-05:00

For Thanksgiving we went to Louisville, KY to visit with my mom's side of the family. We had so much fun seeing my grandparents and my mom's three sisters. We stayed with my Aunt Rhonda and her husband Dale which is always fun. She has three kids, two in college and one married so Ava and Tripp had lots of playmates. And her oldest, Brittney, is currently living in their finished basement with her husband Porter. They are selling their house and moving to South Carolina so Brit can continue her schooling to be a certified registered nurse anesthetist. They move the day after Christmas and I'm excited b/c she'll be a little closer to me. So Rhonda had a full house with Lindsey and Hunter coming home from college to stay and then our crazy -fam of four! Ava and Lindsey shared a room. And Tripp slept in the walk-in closet of our room. We all had the best time and I can't wait to do it again next year.
Thanksgiving Day at Rhonda's house with Grandaddy.

A cute pic of Brittney and her husband Porter with Tripp. Tripp loved Hunter and Porter but he just tolerated the girls. He's a guys guy.

Rhonda with her daughter, son in law, and a what it might look like once they have their own baby someday. ha ha :) They do make a cute family.

Then Hunter and Ava joined the pic. Ava and Tripp just loved all the attention from the big kids.

Ava and her second cousin Brittney.

And this is where Tripp spent his days. On Rhonda and Dale's steps. He was seriousy obsessed and would cry if we tried to take him away.

Me and Brit. I hate that I didn't get any of her sister Lindsey. She was out with friends that night.

Ava loved dancing with Porter.

And a dip.

Halloween and Good News!

2011-12-01T00:45:00.010-05:00

So I'm like several months behind in posts but I'm going to attempt to catch up some. We went to Louisville, KY for Thanksgiving on my mom's side but those pics are still on my camera so I'll post Halloween pics instead.
It was a crazy month and a half without Vince since he had to go do some pre-deployment training from about the end of September until mid-November. So needless to say I was super busy with my kiddos. We survived though (like I knew we would) and had some good times while poor Daddy was at work for a long time. Mimi stepped up big time while Daddy was gone and attended most of our ventures and helped me with the kiddos tons. Bonnie finished her chemo up while Vince was away and found out she is cancer free right before Vince came home. Her hair is starting to grow back! Praise the Lord for that big news. And for some more big news.............................
I am happy to announce that Vince is Not Deploying!!! I hope I'm not jinxing myself. They told him while he was in Savannah during mid-October that the deployment was cancelled(of course they had to finish the training since the gov. had already paid for it). So we are one happy family. We reunited on November 15th and Ava still asks me daily when Vince goes to work if he's going to come home for dinner. She's so precious. She has been attached to him ever since he came home. And Tripp is one happy boy to have another male around the house. The weekend after Vince arrived home we got to enjoy some one on one time in Atlanta thanks to the army putting on a mandatory marriage strong bond conference for us. It was really good and we enjoyed ourselves after the classes with good food, a movie, and Christmas shopping in Atlanta. The hotel was really nice too. Melia? I'd never heard of it but it was nice, especially for something the army paid for ;)
Ava was Cinderella for Halloween.

Mimi helped carve our second pumpkin since Cooper ate the 1st one Bee Pop carved(pics of that later)

Ava wearing her cute Halloween shirt courtesy of Tara Rowell!

My brother and his wife came over with Emma and my dad and mom came over as well to celebrate the night. Vince was in Tallahassee at this point.

I just love this pic of all the kiddos eating. I made taco soup for the adults.

My dad and brother. My dad is always so caring and brought over new carbon monoxide/smoke detectors and stayed home to install them all while we all took the kids trick or treating. Thanks Dad I love you.

Don't you just love it. He looked so cute in his costume but he did not like being put down. That boy likes to be held. Emma looked so cute in her lady bug costume and Miss Princess was cute too.

Tripp never warmed up to the idea of sitting on the step.

But that didn't stop us from torturing him with pictures.

Mimi finally picked him up and the two prisses were left to photograph.

Their first house. Ava remembered what to do from last year and Emma picked up on what was going on pretty quick. She never tired the entire night and wanted to walk to every house. Even Ava got tired and rode the stroller after a while.

Cousins.

Tripp made it to two houses before he was done so sweet Mimi took him back home to put him to bed where he was happy. I love you mom for helping so much while Vince was away.

He was just so darn cute.

I love this face he makes. He's like I'll do whatever I want mom b/c I'm rotten.

He was a cute giraffe.

We made Halloween cupcakes. They were yummy.

And here is Mimi's finished pumpkin and Ava's little pumpkins she got at the pumpkin patch with the Duvall's.

Ava Turns 3!

2011-09-14T16:14:00.010-04:00

I know it's a lot of pics. But I had to post Ava's third birthday party. She turned three on August 2 and we had a pool party at our neighborhood clubhouse. It was a great turnout with lots of friends and family. Ava had a blast swimming with her friends and got lots of nice presents.

The Tinkerbell setup.

The fariy cake.

The pizza and food.

Kortnie, my niece Emma, and my brother Jason

Jason and Zeb.

Our neighbors and their kids, Lacey and Kaitlyn, mom feeding Tripp and Ava.

Katie feeding Mya, Justin and Caroline, Vince, and Tara, Cope and Ramsey in the back.

Raleigh helping Ava with her gift.

Kaitlyn cheesin it up.

Ava loves this cars fishing kit.

Ava and Caroline

This is all because Vince and I plotted to get Ramsey to tell his dad he wanted this for Christmas. Here we are 30 year old adults playing a prank on an innocent 3 year old.

Caroline helped Ava open presents.

Ramsey and Ava huggin it out.

Mimi and Grandaddy gave Ava this new bike!

Bee and Pop got her this cool picnic table.

Ava's 1st Day of School

2011-08-29T15:50:00.004-04:00

Ava has been in her little preschool for a few days now. These are her first day pics. She loves school and I'm so glad for the little break for both of us. She enjoys playing with other kids her age and all the activites that keep her busy. She's always coming home with new crafts and telling me about her music class and how they got to go play on the playground. I'm glad b/c it gets her out of the house a bit since Tripp takes up a lot of time right now being so little.

Chattanooga

2011-08-21T21:25:00.005-04:00

So back at the beginning of June Vince and I took a weekend trip to Chattanooga, TN to kind of celebrate our birthdays and just enjoy some alone time. We had such a good time. The Riverbend Festival was going on while we were there so we got to hear some free music when we went downtown. We found a local outside bar where you could see and hear the music from the stage. We watched the Huey Lewis and The News Friday night and The Beach Boys Saturday night. A free shuttle took us back and forth to our hotel, The Chattanoogan, which I definately recoommend staying at if you visit Chattanooga. We ate some great food at Big River Grille and Brewing and Blue Water Grille. And yes we visited Ruby Falls. I hadn't been there in years. My dad and Uncle Mark have a funny memory of my Grandaddy taking them to see the cave so I felt like it was a tribute to him to visit the place since he passed last year. My Grandaddy was a bit of a free spirit if you will. He took my dad and his brother there when they were kids and told them he was going to give them a special tour of the cave. So when the people got on the elevator to go back up 260 feet, my grandaddy told my dad and Uncle Mark to hide and not get on the elevator. As soon as the elevator closed, the lights went out. He wasn't expecting that. After being down in the cave myself I can only imagine what my Uncle Mark described to me as terror being down there alone without any lights. My dad said he wasn't scared at all. I guess b/c he was a bit older and he just knew my Grandaddy would get them out of there. It wasn't until the next group of people came down the elevator that the lights came back on. It makes me laugh b/c it's just something we can all see my grandaddy doing.

We also did a ropes course while there and Vince got me a massage at the hotel. We had a great time! I can't wait for our next chance to do something alone again.

Our Ruby Falls tour guide.

The famous trickle of water from Ruby Falls :) The special effects are great ;o

Hanging out at the outside bar watching The Beach Boys.

Father's Day

2011-06-21T22:24:00.010-04:00

So Saturday Vince cooked a Boston Butt and we had my dad, my brother and his wife Kortnie and their daughter Emma over to eat and hang out. After a while my friend Keisha and her family stopped by with their kiddos b/c they were in from New York visiting for the weekend. My friend Margarita also stopped by since she was in Ga visiting from Texas. We had such a good time and the kids had a blast playing with each other.
I love my dad b/c he is such a good Grandaddy and my kids love him so much. He plays with them and reads books to them just like he used to do with my brother and I when we were kids.

Ava loves her Grandaddy.

My dad and Emma playing on the floor together.

Ava and Emma following each other around.

They had the best time dancing with each other on the floor.

Ava would drag Emma around by her hand and sometimes Emma would pull Ava on top of her since she almost out weighs her.

Dancing cousins.

Love this one!

Go Emma. Go Ava.

Emma droppin it like it's hot. Ava's like wow I gotta learn that move.

Hey mom!

Now it's time for some play room fun. Where was Tripp during all of this? Sleepin.

Grandaddy time.

Keisha and her son Jayden and friend Morgan.

Key's daughter Camryn.

My dad and Vince watchin golf.

My brother and Keisha's husband Brian.

Jayden and Ava watchin Tinkerbell.

Morgan, Key, me, and Margarita.

Actin silly.

And Tripp woke up before Margarita left to say hello.

Such a happy boy.

Birthdays

2011-06-07T11:16:00.005-04:00

This past Saturday my mom had her 60th birthday and I had my 30th on Tuesday. So we all got together and went to eat at Henry's. My brother and his wife came to my house that day so we could head to the pool. Ava and Emma had a good time playing with Jason and Kortnie and I tended to Mister Tripp. He relaxed in the pool while mommy held him. Then he relaxed in the shade while he took almost 30 minutes to drink his bottle :) He's all about the easy life. Guess when you're 5 months old you don't have much to worry about.

Pic of Jason and Kortnie at dinner.

Emma eating her bread.

Mom and Dad!

Daddy and Tripp

Emma watching Disney chewing her finger.

Ava also chews her finger while she watches a Disney cartoon.

She loves lemons even though they eat your enamil and make you squint.

Daddy finally got Tripp to go to sleep b/c he was crabby pants.

Mimi with her two babies.

Vince and Jason and Tripp.

Emma's like lets go party.

Tripp woke up when the train went by.

Memorial Weekend

2011-06-05T17:30:00.008-04:00

We spent Memorial Weekend at Vince's parents house in Greensboro. We were only planning on staying till Sunday since Vince had to mow grass this weekend among some other house things we needed to get done and he had to work this entire weekend and the next weekend we are headed somewhere just the two of us for a much needed relaxation weekend without kids. Did you enjoy that run-on? But we ended up staying until Monday b/c neither of us wanted to make the drive back Sunday with cranky kids. So we still haven't mowed our grass, found a gate for the bottom of the stairs even though our daugher continues to try new dangerous things on them. We've got some plants that need some maintenace. But oh well. We had a great weekend and the kids sure did enjoy it! Ava got to ride jet skis and Tripp got lots of love and attention from all the fam. I enjoy all the extra hands since Vince's entire family is always offering to hold Tripp even though he screams a lot sinc he's a momma's boy :) It's nice to have a little break b/c he sure does like to be held a lot. And especially since he's teething. He has the loudest scream and goes from 0 to 10 in a matter of two seconds when he wants to be picked up. I have no idea where he gets his temper from. LOL And I thought Ava was high maintenance:)

I also turned 30 on Tuesday the 31st of May and since Vince turned 30 May 3rd we decided it was a great time to use this as an excuse to get away. So we're headed somewhere this weekend. Poor Vince didn't get home from work till 7:30 today (on a Sunday:( And having two kids by yourself all day sure is fun but definately tiring. Mister high maintenance little man likes to be walked around the house most of the day since his teeth are bugging him.

We did get to get away for our first date since Tripp has been born on Tuesday night, my birthday! We weren't planning on doing anything till Saturday night when my mom had her birthday also and then when I talked with my mom that day she offered to come up and watch the kiddos for the night. I definately took her up on the offer! I mean we seriously haven't done anything by ourselves since I believe November when we moved in our house and grandparents watched Ava while we unpacked. It was long overdue. Vince took me to Henry's Louisianna Bar and Grill in Acworth and it was the best food ever! Then we went and saw a movie.

On another good note. All my kids are well. No sickness at our house. Cross your fingers it stays that way! Since Ava has been out of school I guess she hasn't brought anything special home to us. We do go the ENT tomorrow since she has had strep at least three times this year and multiple ear infections. Did I mention Tripp got strep. Yep, poor little guy. We thought his fever was going up to 104 b/c of his 4 month shots but when it lasted for two days the Doc told me to come in. I swear I look like one of those hypochondriac moms every time I'm at the Doctors. But every time I've been there they always find some infection with my kids. I hope antibiotics don't stunt your growth b/c between the both of them they've been on at least 5 since January. And after Ava finished her strep meds and he started his, she got double ear infections. But we have been antibiotic free since May 25th. Yay!! Summer is finally here. And boy is it hot! Good grief.

Daddy, Mommy, and Ava riding the jet ski.

Tripp loved swinging. He stayed in there forever. Look at that sweet smile. He's so precious. He loves to snuggle. Ava was not a snuggly baby so I do enjoy some snuggle time with him.

Here is Ava enjoying Bee and B-Pop's pool.

And Tripp ventured in too. Notice he's chewing on something.

Trying to get a family photo.

Bonnie relaxing. She had her port put in before we came that weekend and she started her chemo treatments on Tuesday. Doesn't she look good? Please continue to keep her in your prayers.

Finally Ava is looking and Tripp is chewing away.

And Ava and BPop took Bill around the yard. She is in love with Bill. We think she might be the next Dr. Duvall at UGA vet school after Zeb gets his vet degree.

Ava's end of year party

2011-06-02T14:02:00.004-04:00

Headin to Kaitlyn's 3rd birthday party in Dahlonega!

Ava's end of the year class ice cream party

Mimi came too.

Ava said she didn't like ice cream so she ate the sprinkles.

Ava with her boys.

Baby brother had to go too.

Egg Hunt

2011-05-26T11:22:00.005-04:00

This is my last Easter post I swear. I'm all caught up now.

On April 16th Vince's base had a Easter hunt for the kiddos. Ava really had a good time.

Miss Avery checkin out her loot.

The kids checkin out their loot together.

Tripp had fun flirting with all the women.

Jumping in the jumpy house.

Emma's dedication

2011-05-25T10:05:00.004-04:00

My niece Emma got dedicated at church on April 17th.
Family photo after Emma's dedication at church.

Emma

She's so cute.

Jason made Tripp laugh a lot.

Ava playing with Kortnie's brother

Tripp 3 months

2011-05-24T22:58:00.004-04:00

I am so behind. Tripp is 4 months old now. But I had to post his 3 month pics before I do his four month ones.

Tripp and his big sister who was 2 yrs. 8 months in this photo.

Tripp with the bear at 3 months

Ava's school Easter party

2011-05-20T22:23:00.005-04:00

So I'm still working my way back. On April 20th Ava had her Easter party at her school and they also did a little show for the parents. Here is Ava walking in the door. All the kids were shocked to see all the parents.

She's doing the motions to her little song.

The bunny song was her favorite I think b/c she got to hold a stuffed bunny.

Daddy holding Tripp in Ava's classroom.

Ava picking up Easter eggs on the playground.

Ava, Tripp, and Daddy.

Tripp standing with help.

Me helping Ava put icing on her cookie.

And these are pics of the rice krispie eggs Ava and I made the day after her school party.

Look mom I'm eating all the rice krispies.

She wanted to wear her apron and I can't blame her. She looks so cute in it.

Just eating all the M&M's

Showing her egg.

The M&M's inside. Her favorite.

My niece Emma turns 1!

2011-05-18T22:27:00.006-04:00

My niece turned 1 on April 22 and Jason and Kortnie had her party at their new house! It was so much fun and Emma got lots of goodies. But first I have to share some cute pics my mom took of Ava when she was at my house one day.

Ready to go outside Mimi.

And here she is posing at my parents house.

And now the birthday girl!

She's ready for cake.

And Grandaddy tried to get Ava to eat some pizza.

Ava and Grandaddy

Emma with her momma Kortnie and daddy Jason.

Such a cute cake.

Daddy and Tripp

Gettin on her riding toy we got her.

Mimi and Emma

Kortnie's sister with Emma

Grandaddy showing Ava a toy.

Easter

2011-05-10T21:52:00.008-04:00

These are our Easter morning pics. Ava was super excited to see what the Easter bunny brought her. The next weekend we went out to visit the Duvall's and we actually took our Easter pics out there. I had bought Tripp a really cute Easter outfit so I had to get his picture in it.

Ava waiting on the steps.

Entering the living room to check out the loot.

Even baby brother had some loot.

The next weekend we went to Greensboro to visit Bee since she got to come home from the hospital. For those that don't know, Bonnie had to have surgery to have what we thought were some cysts removed. It turned out to be ovarion cancer but they are 99% sure they got it all. She will still have to undergo some chemotherapy for about 5 or 6 months to be sure but we were thankful to find out there was no other cancer and it did not get in her lymph nodes. She is still recovering from surgery but she looks great and is even back to traveling all over the state to attend farm bureau meetings with Zippy.

Tripp was very happy sitting with his Bee.

So precious.

Tripp was not happy about taking a bath that night.

Aunt Kay came by to visit.

Our family pic at the farm. Of course Cooper had to get in one.

Tripp riding a tractor.

Corrie brought out a surprise birthday cake for Vince and Ava was so excited to sing and blow his candles out for him.

Daddy turns 30!

2011-05-08T21:34:00.008-04:00

So as usual I'm behind on my posting. Way behind. I need to do Easter posts too. But... I like to start from the most recent and work my way back.

Vince turned 30 on Tuesday, May 3. So I threw together a quick surprise party for when he got home from work. When I say quick I mean as in that morning. His parents were out of town as were most of his friends and family so... I called some neighbors, called my parents and my brother and his wife and had them all come over around 4:45 before Vince got home from work. It worked! He was surprised. I think Ava had the most fun with the surprise b/c the entire day she kept singing Happy Birthday and said mommy we gonna get cake and presents. I told her yes and off we went to the Dollar Tree for decorations. She told me we had to get balloons so we did. We also got a happy birthday banner, some plates, cups, napkins, etc. And Ava chose a little dollar toy for herself of course. Then we went and got a Dairy Queen cake and Ava said "Daddy's gonna share." I told her yes of course. She had more fun than I did getting ready for the surprise and she screamed louder than everyone when daddy came in and said "Surprise!!" She stayed that way the entire night. At one point she even got on the floor and screamed b/c she was so excited she just didn't know what else to do.

Ava helping Daddy blow his candles out.

Daddy being a good sport and wearing his hat.

Ava helping daddy open his card and presents.

Emma sitting in Tripp's toy.

Ava opening Daddy's presents for him.

She just goes right for the presents as if they are hers.

You like em daddy?

Mimi holding Tripp.

Emma is so cute.

Even though Tripp is teething he was so happy.

Uncle Jason making Tripp laugh.

Ava telling Emma about Cooper. She was being very bossy :

Ava trying on the hat.

Dinner with the Rowell's

2011-04-15T12:05:00.002-04:00

We had such a good time on Tuesday night with our friends. Cope, Tara, and their son Ramsey came to visit with us. Ava and Ramsey played together, or should I say around each other as they do at this age. They watched Wall-E during dinner which is what they are both watching now as I try to take their picture. Even Tripp is watching. We went to college with Cope and Tara. They actually set Vince and I up. Tara was even my "Big Sister" in Kappa Delta. Ha ha. Good times. At least Ramsey is saying cheese. Ava is looking at me like I'm crazy. And Ava is still watching t.v.

Special Visitors

2011-04-04T14:02:00.004-04:00

Vince's sister Corrie and her husband Jared came to GA for a visit from Virginia. This was there first time meeting little Tripp. And I'm proud to say that my kids are...... STILL sick. We went to the Dr. yesterday to find that Ava now has double ear infections and Tripp not only has one but two ear infections as well that he's on medication for. He was also given a nebulizer to try and clear up some of this mucus. I know there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. Just not sure when. Thank you pollen. They look like parents don't they :-) lol Corrie fed Tripp a bottle while she was here. Then Tripp decided it was naked time in Ava's playroom. We put his Mickey Mouse onsie on him so he could match his sister.

Good Day

2011-03-30T19:11:00.003-04:00

Thanks for all the words of encouragement! I know that for every bad day there are several good days around the corner. And with my kids there are definately more good than bad. As we all know it's just tough with these little ones who don't sleep much yet. But he couldn't be more precious when he's awake. So today was a much better day than the past few have been. I went to bed as soon as Tripp went down for the last time. In fact I let Vince finish giving him his bottle and putting him to bed b/c I was falling asleep while he was drinking it. Tripp got up once last night and Vince fed him a bottle. He barely drank an ounce which lets us know he's not really waking up to eat. But he was screaming so we couldn't just let him try and fall back asleep. He got up again this morning at 6:15 a.m. and I went in there to feed him feeling very rested. I was ready for him to get up for the day but he went back to sleep until 9:30 a.m. WOW!!!! In fact. Ava slept until 9:00. So therefore I slept until 9:00. She's my alarm clock. Whenever she comes to my bedside and says she's up and ready for breakfast is when I get up. So therefore we were late for school. She's supposed to be there at 9:15. Oh well. I fed her. Fed Tripp and we got there at 10:00. It's just preschool so what do we care. We all got some much needed rest. So I must thank the good Lord b/c he is the one who gave us this wonderful morning. And my friend Katie and I texted our highs and lows today. High for me. I got to sleep in and I made it to Sams to get diapers and wipes. Low. Poor Tripp is still sick. But hey, I'll take it. I hope everyone had an ok day today despite the yucky weather. We are enjoying a movie, dinner, and some much needed family time. The glass feels half full today!

It Rains It Pours

2011-03-29T13:20:00.009-04:00

I am going to post a few pics of my cute kids but I'm also going to use this post to vent a little. After all. This blog is my release as a stay at home mom. And I must admit I enjoy reading when my fellow bloggers post about their bad days. Not b/c I enjoy that you've had a bad day but b/c it makes me feel normal to know that we all go through the same things. Days when we've had lack of sleep, sick kids, etc. So I decided it was time to share my sense of normalcy for all of you to read. If you can relate to this and it helps then good, I did my job. If you think I'm crazy and do not relate at all, then I want to come to your house b/c I am jealous :) I will put a disclaimer on here and say that I know I am truly I blessed to have two precious children. I love them with all my heart and I'm so thankful that my husband works hard so I can stay at home with them b/c I know there are a lot of working moms. I am also thankful for my inlaws and parents. Such a great support system. That said, goodness knows my friend Katie's ears probably bleed every time we talk. She's at home with a 7 month old and 1 and a half year old who both have ear infections. Her one and a half year old has an ear infection, pink eye and strep. And her four year old son just got his cast taken off his arm. How is she doing it? Lots of Jesus. Sending prayers your way Kate. Ava got strep AGAIN last week and is on her 8th day of meds for it. She's not contagious so she went back to school yesterday. I have also put her on allergy medication b/c I think all these little colds and runny noses and itchy eyes are due to allergies. She has a nasty cough today and runny nose despite the meds she's on for strep. My Dr. said if it's something more than a cold then the meds she's on for strep should take care of it. We'll see. If it doesn't I'm shipping her off to Canada. Vince was on a z-pack all weekend for his sinus junk. Despite being on a z-pack he still got up with Tripp at night to give me a break and let me sleep in a little. Thank you honey. And his ears bleed while he's at work when I call him to vent. I know he wishes he could come home and help me(probably so I'll shut up) but somebody has to make the money. If he trades me in for a new wife I'm shipping myself off to Canada. And now poor little Tripp is going through it. I took him to the Dr. yesterday b/c he has been up all night for two nights now with his cough and gagging. He's got tons of mucus build up and can barely breathe but it's not in his lungs and I guess b/c he's so little they can't give him anything which just means more sleepless nights for me. Yippeee. I am so exhausted today. Running on about 3 hours of intermittent sleep. I can barely hold my eyes open. How do people go to work after being up all night? And did I mention that Tripp doesn't nap longer than 30 minute intervals during the day. So I can't nap when Ava takes her three hour nap. We've tried it all, schedules, letting him cry it out, his crib is elevated due to his reflux. But the kid just won't nap. He wakes up crying and I can tell he's still tired but we cannot get him back to sleep. I know his naps are affecting his night time sleep but oh well. What to do? He runs the show. I think I'll ship him off to Canada with his sister. And did I also mention that I am on day 4 of my breasts being bound tight to stop milk production. Yep, that's right. After lots of thought and tears I decided it was time to stop. With Ava it just dried up at 5 months. But poor Tripp is just a lazy nurser and I have soooo much milk. Try 4-5 oz. out of each breasts each time I pump. He doesn't want to do the work to get the good hind milk and he wanted to eat every hour and half (including at NIGHT)! So I started pumping throughout the day and feeding him a 4oz. bottle which worked fine. Except that pumping 5 times a day became exhausting for me and I felt like a prisoner in my house. And when you have a two year old who needs attention, it became just too much for me. So after making sure that he takes bottles fine, I decided to stop the milk production. Oh yeah, there was lots of guilt and tears on my part. He drank his last bottle of breast milk that I had saved from pumping yesterday morning. There is none left so formula it is. My breasts are still hard as rocks from all the milk. Thank goodness I don't have mastitis. I have cabbage leaves on each boob. Yep you heard right. I smell like a salad bar :) But it seems to be helping. I've been taking motrin and ibeprofin and now some cold medicine to help dry it up. I'm ready to chop them off and ship them to Canada. I feel like I'm getting a taste of what it will be like when Vince is gone. He is supposed to deploy this December. And I can tell it's going to be a long year. It will be tough being a single mom. I have lots of friends who are doing it right now while their husbands are deployed and I feel for them. One has two boys, 4 and 5. One has a little girl who is 20 months. And one has a two and half year old girl, a 5 year old girl, and is due with her third baby in April. Her husband is coming home for their sheduled c-section during his two week R&R. Then he's back to Iraq until November. Another friend has a 5 year old little girl who has now been through two deployments with her daddy gone. And yet another has a 2 and four year old little girls who's daddy is gone. So these women are my inspiration. On a day like today when I am exhaustsed, feel yucky, and have kids crying almost every hour about something, I realize that I've got to find the strength to pull through b/c even though Vince will be home in a few hours, in a year, he won't be home to give me the relief I need. Hopefully by then Tripp will be sleeping throught the night so I will just pray for patience until bedtime. Until then, I will continue to try and figure out how to get anything done with a 30 minute napper. Including showers (which I do about every 3 days at night only after they go to bed). Yep that's right, every 2-3 days I shower. Heck some days we don't even get out of our pajamas when both kids are sick. And I know I'm not the only busy mom who showers that little but I won't name names ;) If it doesn't work while Vince is gone I will search for 3 plane tickets to Iraq and tell him to get the tok ready for us. Oh, and thank goodness for movies. Ava has been having a movie marathon. I'm sure she's bored but thank goodness for school tomorrow. And I must thank my great inlaws for taking Ava to the farm tons. A week after Tripp was born. Another week while Tripp had his surgery. And again last week for 5 days. It's so nice to be able to enjoy just having one baby sometimes and it gives Vince and I time for ourselves. And my parents kept Ava after Tripp was born during the snow storm. And occasionally my mom will come up for a day to help with the kids and cook a meal for Vince and I. I have a great family and for that I am thankful. I am praying for a magic genie to help me with my chores like my dirty house, tons of laundry, grocery store and Sams shopping. And Vince has to work this weekend. My inlaws leave for Hawaii Saturday for two weeks and my parents just got back from Peurto Rico and leave again Friday for vacation and then the Masters on Monday. So I will be rallying it up this weekend. Poor Vince, it's like two weeks of straight work. And poor kids. It's like two weeks of straight mommy :) I think we all need a vacation! And now for my precious pictures. How could something so smiley and cute be so rotten. I just wanna kiss his face off. And I do. He loves to be snuggled and cuddled(hence the no sleep part). He's such a momma's boy and so precious. And here's my sweet girl. Yep, she's wearing rain boots. It was raining outside and no we weren't going out in it but she wanted to be prepared just in case. Watching Wall E. She didn't like it when she was younger but today she thought it was awesome! Whatever floats her boat. Tripp is stopped up and cranky so he needs lots of snuggle time.

Visitors

2011-03-08T12:48:00.004-05:00

So a couple of weeks ago Vince's sweet cousin Nicole and Aunt Kay came to meet our sweet Tripp. It was so nice to have them come visit since we don't get out much around here especially with this cold weather. Ava enjoyed their visit too.

While there Ava recieved a box at the door from her Bee with the cutest clothes. She enjoyed pulling them all out.

Aunt Kay helping her.

Loved this polo dress.

And Polo sweater to go with it.

Then my sweet friend Tara who lives in Cartersville came with her son Ramsey.

Ramsey and Ava had fun playing in her playroom. Ramsey was impressed that she had trains because he didn't think she would have any being a girl and all :)

Circus

2011-03-07T16:26:00.004-05:00

I saw that a lot of you had posted about your cirucs trips and we too went to the circus. I just haven't had a chance to post. Daddy got us great seats up close and personal.
First, here is Tripp in his moo cow outfit. He's all smiles.

Here is Ava enjoying the show from Mimi's lap.

Here is our family. Tripp slept through the entire thing :)

That guy in that cage is crazy.

Poor elephants. Somebody call PETA ;)

Ava loved the elepahants.

How do they train them to do that?

My sweet girl. I'm so glad we got to take her to the circus.

Tripp One Month

2011-02-13T23:28:00.005-05:00

Here is my sweet girl. She currently has pink eye in both eyes and an ear infection. Awesome :( She wants mommy to hold her and I hate that I can't just snuggle all day with her like I used to be able to b/c I now have two kids to handle. It breaks my heart.

Tripp sleeping hard. He likes his hands.

Ava eating her cereal.

Tripp at one month with the bear.

Ava at one month with the bear.

Ava at 2 and a half years and Tripp at one month with the bear.

Tripp Look a Like

2011-02-10T17:14:00.004-05:00

We did these same pics with Ava when she was little. So we wanted to capture them with Tripp as well.

Tripp with Daddy at 4 weeks.

Tripp with Dad at 4 weeks.

Ava with Dad at 11 weeks.

Tripp with Dad at 4 weeks.

Ava with Dad at 11 weeks.

Tripp 1 month and Ava 30 months.

Mommy with Tripp 4 weeks and Ava 30 months

Mommy with Ava 11 weeks old.

Ava opening her present from Meghann and Jessi

Ava's new Do

2011-02-04T17:50:00.003-05:00

Tripp 1 week and Ava

2011-01-27T20:17:00.003-05:00

These are pics of Ava and Tripp when he's one week old. Again, before the whole surgery incident.
A generation of Duvall's. Zippy, Vince, Tripp, and Zeb (Vince's brother)

Bee and Pop with Ava and Tripp

Ava opening her present from the Junko's. She was so happy.

Ava loves presents.

Grandaddy and Tripp

Tripp's 1st Doctor Appt.

2011-01-27T18:11:00.002-05:00

I am pleased to say that Tripp is doing well at home. He loves to stay awake from 2:00-5:00 a.m. and we can't figure out why. He's not really wide awake he just grunts for 3 hours and can't settle himself. He seems a bit gassy during that time. So instead of feeding and going into his room every five minutes to settle him down I just bring him into bed with me. It's exausting to get him down and not worth the 3 hours that I have to stay awake. So I give up. I'm clueless. I feel like a first time mom again. I'm sure he'll get over it soon. Right :)

These are pics from his first visit to the Doctor 4 days after he was born. Obviously before we knew he had Pyloric Stenosis. Proud Daddy with his boy. Wearing almost matching outfits.

Laying on the table.

Mommy and Tripp

Daddy at home with Tripp

Tripp is Home Again

2011-01-22T21:37:00.003-05:00

Scroll to bottom for video.

Tripp is finally home! We were discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon. He has been doing pretty good. We can tell that he is in some amount of pain from the surgery so we have been giving him a low dose of tylenol. All in all he is getting better at nursing after going 48 hours without nursing. We are just taking it day by day. He has a low amount of spit-up after feeding. And he has not been vomiting since the surgery! I hate that he feels bad but I am thankful that the surgery went well.

Thank you so much for everyone's concern and prayer. We are now praying for a quick recovery. And Ava comes home tomorrow from the grandparents. I miss that booger so much. I literally haven't seen her but once in the past two weeks. This is the longest she's been away. But we are so thankful to both sets of grandparents for watching her for us. I know she's been having a great time getting lots of attention. And the fact that she doesn't ask about us at all is funny.

Our baby preparing for surgery.

Look at all those IV's and wires. Sad :( He sucked on that passy till his lips were chapped since he went 48 hours without nursing. It was tough.

Sleeping with his wires and passy.

Look how swollen his face was from on the fluids.

SWOLLEN! He doesn't look like that anymore.

Daddy holding him when he came back from surgery. He was gone for an hour and half.

Sleepin hard.

Tripp's Recovery

2011-01-20T22:31:00.004-05:00

Thank you family and friends for all your prayers. I am certain Tripp's surgery went well b/c of all your prayers and God's helping hands on the surgeon's shoulders. So thank you everyone for all your sweet comments and words of comfort. We are blessed to have such an awesome support system.
It all started here. Vomiting after every feeding.

Then we had an ultrasound at Scottish Rite and they scheduled me for surgery yesterday afternoon. But my labs said that I was dehydrated so they rescheduled me for today. So I went 48 hours without nursing and I was hungry!

This is me getting ready for surgery. It was pitiful with all my IV's.

And this is me after I finally nursed after going a whole day without milk. I am happy and tired. And so far no spitup.

Pyloric Stenosis

2011-01-19T13:35:00.005-05:00

Our precious little Tripp has pyloric stenosis. It's basically an intestinal blockage. It's more common in first born boys. We found this out this morning after a trip to the ER late last night. He had been diagnosed with acid reflux last Sunday and they put him on zantac. But it just wasn't getting better. After throwing up six times last night and choking on it I knew something was not right. He was in extreme pain for at least an hour and there was no consoling him. So I called the nurse and explained his symptoms and she said with the vomiting and grunting we needed to go the ER. So we headed to Kennestone about 11:30 last night. Once there they decided to send us to Scottish Rite via ambulance. This morning at 7:30 his ultrasound proved he had pyloric stenosis. This is after two Dr.'s told us he was too young to be showing symptoms of pyloric. Go figure. His surgery was supposed to be set for today but due to some dehydration from his vomiting he is supposed to have surgery tomorrow afternoon about 3:30. A small incision in his upper abdomen to loosen the muscle that is causing the blockage and he should be fixed. Please keep Tripp in your prayers and I will try to update his progress tomorrow. I am able to do it right now bc my sweet friend Karen brought her Ipad here. I want one of these babies!!!
We have every reason to believe Tripp will be fine after surgery since they do 100's of these surgeries every 6 months the surgeon said.

Tripp is Here!

2011-01-15T19:30:00.008-05:00

Sorry I haven't blogged but for those who don't know, yes he's here. Tripp arrived January 9th, Sunday morning at 4:59 a.m. Weighing in at 7 lb. 14 oz. and 20 inches long. Ava was 7 lb. 15 oz. and 20.5 inches long when born. I went into labor on Saturday starting around 1:00 in the afternoon. I called my mom and dad and told them to go ahead and come up to watch Ava while I labored at home. Vince came home from work that afternoon and I just continued to endure the contractions at home until I felt like I needed to go to the hospital. I think we left around 8:30 that evening. Once at the hospital I found that I was dilated about 3 centimeters. Contractions were getting pretty painful at that point so I went ahead and got my epidural around 10:30 p.m. At 2:00 a.m. I was 9 centimeters and my epidural was weakening so I got redosed (which is what should have happened with Ava). At 3:40 a.m. my water did not break. Instead the entire sack came out. Weird. I thought the babies head was coming out. And then we started pushing. And lil Tripp made his appearance an hour later. I must say this labor was much better than my first.
This is a picture of me after my epidural.

This is Dr. Tackitt who delivered Tripp.

Mom and baby Tripp.

Zellie and Tripp.

Ava meeting Tripp and giving him a kiss.

Daddy holding his baby.

Ava getting her present from little brother.

Ava telling Zellie that Woody and Bullseye were her toys :)

Grandaddy helping Ava open her gift from Bee and Pop.

Grandaddy and Tripp

Kortnie and Emma.

Mimi and Tripp

Aunt Kortnie with Ava and Emma.

Kortnie and Tripp

Our family of four.

Our little buddy. Thank you Tara for his adorable hat and his and Ava's shirts. Too cute.

Pop and Tripp

Bonnie and Tripp.

Proud Grandparents.

Tired Daddy.

Christmas at the Duvall's

2011-01-08T16:59:00.005-05:00

The weekend before Christmas, on mine and Vince's 6th anniversary, we headed to Greensboro for the big Duvall family Christmas.

Ava played Santa Claus and had a blast handing out all the presents.

Corrie opening up her present.

Half of the Duvall clan.

Harold's girls from left to right and Zellie on the far right.

Vince helped Ava play Santa.

Ava loved this play tent.

Zellie and Jessi's boyfriend have separate college rivals and they got each others names for Christmas so they gave each other their rival schools t-shirts.

He is an Alabama fan and Zellie goes to Auburn.

Vince trying on Zeb's scarf that he got from Uncle Jerry.

Ava fell asleep on the golf cart and they brought her inside to finish sleeping on the couch.

Duvall Christmas at our new home

2011-01-08T12:00:00.006-05:00

So the Duvall's were supposed to come to our house the day after Christmas so we could do the immediate Duvall Christmas. But b/c of the snow storm they were worried to make the long

I-20 drive. Good thing b/c there were a lot of wrecks that day. So they came on Monday, the 27th once the snow melted a bit. We had a great soup dinner thanks to Bonnie in our new dining room. Excuse the chandelier. We're going to get a more modern one at some point to go with our new wall colors and such. And I now have a mirror above the buffet table since I've taken these pics that looks great. Just one more picture in there and I'll be set :)

Anyways from left to right: Zippy, Zeb, Vince, Ava, Jared, Corrie, and Bonnie. Zellie, Vince's other sister already had tickets to the Falcons game with her sorority sisters so she couldn't make it. Jared is Corrie's husband. And Zeb, Vince, and Corrie are brothers and sister.

Ava enjoying her cheese.

View from behind. The buffet table is behind Zippy and Zeb which now has a pretty mirror above it.

Ava played Santa again helping to give out the presents under the tree.

Opening up a new fairy.

Opening up her pull string Jessi doll.

Opening up another present while Zeb plays with her.

Jared opening up a new present with Corrie. Excuse all those chords. That lamp doesn't belong there. We just didn't have a fan light yet. And Vince has done an excellent job since then of hiding chords and mounting our t.v. I'll have to send pictures out.

Laying in her new sleeping bag from the Baynes.

Sitting in her new chair from the Baynes to go with her little camping set.

Chillin with Zeb.

Helping Bee open her present.

Helping Pop open his present.

Nice smile Vince. I won't eve say what that book is. It was meant as a joke.

Christmas Eve

2011-01-07T20:12:00.009-05:00

Still no sign of Tripp. If he doesn't come by Monday, my due date, then I have an appt. for Tuesday to have a sonogram and check my amniotic fluid and the babies weight and such. If there seems to be a problem, they'll send me to the hospital to be induced. If not, they'll let me go 7-10 days past my due date which I'm fine with. I mean don't get me wrong. I'm ready but I know he'll come when he's ready.

Christmas Eve morning we headed down to Douglasville to Karen Parmer's house for a breakfast. We do this every year, usually at Tami's house. It was a lot of fun. Katie had all three of her kiddos, I had Ava, and my brother and his wife Kortnie brought Emma.

Emma playing in a toy with her momma, Kortnie.

Tami's daughter Amanda holding Carsyn Anne, Katie's youngest child.

Molly Kate, Katie's middle child.

Katie reading the Christmas story.

Karen, the hostess, on the left, and Tami on the right.

Katie's grandfather, Earl.

Our family picture with my Grandmama at Karen's house.

Karen and Dan, the hostesses, with their daughter Katie and her husband Chad and son Matt. And Earl, Dan's father. And Karen holding Molly Kate. Katie holding Carsynn Anne and their son Charlie standing in the front.

Molly Katie with her Uncle Matt and Anna Cone. No that's not his girlfriend they were joking around.

Emma, Kortnie, and Jason at my mom's house.

Me, Vince, Ava, and Tripp.

The whole family at my parents house in front of the tree.

Ava opening up her fairy from Jason and Kortnie and Emma.

Ava giving Emma a big hug.

Ava and Mimi opening a present.

Kortnie and Emma opening a present.

Grandmama opening her picture of Ava.

Happy Emma and her Daddy.

Ava giving Emma some fake medicine with her new Dr.'s kit.

Christmas Day & 1st Snow

2011-01-05T15:35:00.006-05:00

Christmas morning in our new house was a lot of fun with Ava. First we checked to see if Santa drank his milk and ate his cookies. And if the reindeer ate their carrot.

Ava's stocking was too full to hang up so it sat next to Cooper.

I didn't really get a good pic of all the loot but trust me Santa did fine.

Here is daddy opening and putting all the presents together.

Ava playing with her new tea set.

Riding her new rocking horse that Mimi and Grandaddy brought over that morning.

And underneath these blankets is a new dollhouse with all the fixings. Course I never got a pic when she opened it.

After enjoying our first Christmas in our new home it was off to my Aunt Cathy's to spend Christmas day with the Price side. She had the most beautiful picture moment on her back porch when it snowed.

This is our house after we got home that night. Our first snow and on Christmas Day. How fun!
Ava and Daddy and I built Frosty the next day.

Ava loves the snow.

Here she is stepping on Frosty that I just built.

What a soccer kick at Frosty's head.

Seriously she asked me to build him just to knock him down. What a tomboy.

Then we ate icicles off the tree. Deadly icicles when they fell.

New Years Day

2011-01-04T18:05:00.004-05:00

As ususal I'm behind on my posts. So I'm going to work my way back to Christmas pics unless the baby comes tonight :)
First, thank you all you sweet mommas who commented on my fat belly. Yall are sweet! I feel great just feel like I'm about to pop.
So here are pics from my visit with my two friends from college and their kids. Key, on the left, lives in New York with her husband Brian and their two kids Camryn (girl) and Jayden (boy). Sally, on the right, lives in Rome with her husband Sam and their adorable little blue eyed boy, Britton.

Sally and Britton. So cute!

Ava and Jayden.

Holding hands.

Finally Ava planted one on him. Apparently that was Jayden's first kiss!

39 Weeks and no Tripp

2011-01-03T18:06:00.003-05:00

So I'm 39 weeks and still no baby Tripp. That's going to be his name if you didn't know. He'll be named after his daddy, Vincent Mearl Duvall III. And we'll call him Tripp. As of today I'm one week from my due date. So we'll see. Ava came on her due date. Maybe he wants to do the same.

Kaitlyn's Visit

2010-12-21T11:58:00.004-05:00

Kaitlyn and Lacey came to see our new house on Monday and Ava and Kaitlyn exchanged gifts. We went to O Charley's for lunch and the girls played in Ava's playroom.

Ava opening her Christmas present from Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn opening her Christmas present from Ava.

Ava loves her Toodles books.

Ava and Kaitlyn sitting in front of the Christmas tree.

Vince gave me a dozen roses for our 6th anniversary on Saturday before we left for Greensboro!Very sweet.

Ramsey Party & Church

2010-12-16T16:48:00.004-05:00

We had our first fun weekend in Acworth. Well, Saturday we drove to Cartersville (about 20 minutes from us) for our friends Tara and Cope's son's birthday party.

Tara and Cope helping their son open presents.

Ava playing on the bouncy equipment with Daddy.

Going down the slide.

Then on Sunday we went to a local church in Acworth to see their Christmas program. Of course Ava had to take all her purses.

Ava lovin on Daddy.

Makin Daddy's famous scrunch face. She has it too.

They had live animals which Ava loved :)

Ava and the sheep

The goat was scared so it jumped on top of the hay.

Pettin the donkey.

And of course the lama.

Jordan's Shower

2010-12-12T22:55:00.003-05:00

My friend Jordan is having a baby boy Jackson. Her due date is a couple weeks after mine. We went to middle and high school together.

Emily, Jordan, and me.

Emily is having a baby girl.

Emily, Brittney, Jordan, and me. We all went to middle and high school together and played athena and high school soccer together.

Ava started school

2010-12-09T23:20:00.002-05:00

Ava started school on Monday at a local church. She loves it! She told me she had fun. She makes fun crafts, plays with friends, and has music class for 4 hours. It's a nice break for us both and I'm so glad she gets to interact with other kids. We've officially moved in and things are looking great!
She told me the bookbag was too heavy.

I told her I only wanted her to wear it for a picture.

Cheesin!

She saw Santa and loved him. I couldn't believe it. I guess after hours of watching other kids sit in his lap she was ready to do it. She told him she wanted a doll house.

Pumpkin Patches 08',09',10'

2010-11-17T21:07:00.012-05:00

I'm trying to play catch up. We did take Ava to a pumpkin patch in Carrollton, Ga the weekend before Halloween. She had a great time petting the animals, navigating through a corn maze, and taking a hay ride on the tractor.

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Ava & Mommy 2010

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2008

Ava & Daddy 2010

2009

2008

Family 2010

Family 2009

Family 2008

Friends who are like family 2008: Meghann, Cortni, and Sydney

Haybales 2010

Haybales 2009

Pig pettin time

This horse bit any kid who stood close to his fence we found out right after we walked away from it.

Checkin out cows.

How tall are your ears?

Poor Daddy is not so tall either :)

Ava thought the corn maze was fun until she couldn't find her way out.

Too tired to walk.

Hay rides.

Corn galore.

32 Weeks Prego

2010-11-14T22:24:00.006-05:00

So I finally took a picture of my belly with the boy. Funny how you take so many with the first baby but slack with the second. I am now 32 weeks, only 8 to go if that. But I have a feeling I will go close if not full term since Ava was born on her due date. I kinda hope so anyways since we are so close to moving into our new house. It is being painted this week, inside and out. And we're hoping our household goods will arrive before Thanksgiving. So I definately need some time to get set up and organized. I try not to lose sleep thinking of all the things I've got to do once we move in (clean, unpack, clean, set up baby room, try to transition Ava into a big girl bed so we can use her crib for the baby, clean, transition Ava into starting preschool two days a week at the Methodist Church close by so mommy will have 4 hours to spend with the new baby or just grocery shop, and did I mention clean :) Anyhoo, you moms know how it is. Like I said before, I moved into our house in Alababma a month before Ava was born so this shouldn't be new to me. But gosh it feels like so much more to do with a two year old and this being OUR home and not a rental. But I am definately excited and looking forward to the change. Without further ado... The bump.
Yes I already weigh more than I did with Ava full term. Boys are bigger my mom says.

Ava wanted her picture taken since mommy was having hers.

I just love this outfit on her.

Ava getting a good feel on the baby bump.

The Duvall Family of three, soon to be four.

Ava loves to pull up my shirt to feel the baby. She knows there's a baby brother in there but little does she know her world is going to be changing b/c he won't be in there forever.

Today we went over to Gail's house to visit Davis who is 19 months old. And Ava sure did love kissing him on the mouth. Watch out boys! She would literally tackle him to kiss him.

She thought it was hilarious and I think Davis did too once the shock wore off.

Sorry Kim and Lance. Ava just wanted to make a man out of him. She's very forward.

This is my friend Kim. She is 25 weeks and pregnant with a girl. Her bump is so cute and tiny. I look huge standing next to her. Never mind, I am huge :) At least that's how I feel.

Ava and Davis hugging goodbye.