The big O.N.E!!!



Ava showing everyone she's 1!!!

Well, we just celebrated our little girl turning ONE! It was such an emotional day.  I have never in my life thought about how my mom felt on my birthday, guess I was just selfish and was always thinking of it being my day.  When really, it should be a special day for her as well. 

Ava wearing the same dress that both her NoNo and I wore on our 1st Birthdays

Ava's birthday fell on a Sunday so we celebrated the Saturday before.  We had a small party with some family and friends.  Our guests started to arrive and Ava decided it would be time to open gifts... on her own...

B.U.S.T.E.D!!!

The week before Ava's first Birthday, we had our wonderful photographer, Ann Bennett, do Ava's 1st birthday shots.  It was literally freezing outside, but like usual, our Ava is easy going.  You'd never know how cold it was by the smile on her face. 

We had been planning these pictures for a few months and had wanted some great shots of Ava, outside, smashing her cake.  Well...the weather put a damper on that...soooooo, our sweet photographer called up her mom and asked if we could do Ava's cake smashing in her newly remodeled kitchen.  Did I mention it was the Mayor of Tulsa's kitchen?  It made for a fun time!!

Last but not least, I wanted to update you all on our little JOY's 1 year stats:

Height: 30.5 inches (90 percentile)

Weight: 24 lbs 6 ounces (91 percentile)

Head circumference: 46.2cm (80 percentile)

Favorites:

whole green beans

lima beans

strawberries

swim class

Big Pop (cause she gets what she wants)

playing outside

her new car

our neighbor across the street's for sale sign (she points and screams at it)

arching her back when she doesn't get what she wants

Not so favorites:

her new Sunday School class

diaper changes

sitting still

1 year molars

strangers