What we've been up to

When kids dress themselves:

When kids are left alone for 5 minutes:

When kids finally play nice:
(this is a rare one)

Summer Vacation

Last month we got together with most of Eric's family at Palm Coast. We stayed for a few days of swimming and playing in the sand. I have no pictures of this, but here are some shots from our hotel rooms.

Ethan with his cousins
Ethan , Austin, Rexford, Ian

Ava, ready to get in her swimsuit. For the 3rd time that day.

And here's Zach. Running away from something...

We had a great time, Hopefully we can do it again soon.

We love when cousins come to play!

My sister's family drove down from Chicago to play with us for a week. We had so much fun!

We went to the zoo,

the Bounce House (always a hit),

the backyard,

the beach,

and of course Publix.

Thanks for coming guys! And thanks for these pictures. They were mostly all taken by Scott.

First Year Photo Shoot

Happy Easter

We had a little Easter egg hunt on Monday. My friends were so nice to postpone it because Ethan was sick on Saturday. My friend took these pictures. Thanks Karen!

Zachy's having a great time

It's not an egg, but I found it on the ground... can I keep it?

What a good big brother!

The Best Part

Happy Birthday Zach and Ava!

Happy Birthday Babies!

I can't believe we made it a year. It has gone really fast for me. Well, the last 6 months have gone really fast. Zach and Ava are doing all the typical toddler things. Walking around, trying to say sounds, getting into everything, and just being really cute. For instance, at the moment Ava is rocking so hard in her highchair that she is scooting it across the floor and Zach is laughing histerically and trying to copy her. I need to try to catch that on video one of these days.

It's a lot of work, but they are fun.

We went to the doctor today. So here is an update for anyone keeping track.

Zach is in the 90th percentile for height, 50th for weight

Ava is 90th for height and 90th for weight. So she's still got Zach beat in the chunk department.

Here are a few pictures from their birthday party. My parents were in town last week, so we had a party a few days early.

I made a Soccer ball for Zach because he LOVES to play with any sort of ball. And a butterfly for Ava