Ava's First Birthday!

Today we had a wonderful family day! It was Ava day! We celebrated her life and her first Birthday as a family! Family of 6 I might add, wow, I can't believe I'm a Mom of 4 now. Ava's Birthday is actually on Oct. 28th, 2005, so we wanted to celebrate it here in our home as a family. She is doing well, and we have gotten through 5 shots and blood being drawn last week. She ran high fevers for a few days afterwards, but today she is back to herself and more. We spent the week and weekend at home and will continue to do so for most of Dec. She is realizing that we aren't going anywhere. She is enjoying her brothers and now allows the dogs to be in the same room with her. She is so funny, she will even sneak over to touch them when they are asleep. She has found her voice and it is so nice to hear. Oh and, she can now climb all the way up the stairs. It looks like this week, I'm going to be a tired Mommy getting used to chasing a toddler around again. Oh, how nice it is though! We are so excited that she is so mobile and happy. Exploring everything. She's is quite the little monkey and loves to hang upside down as Daddy swings her. We are still working on trying to get her to put real food in her mouth, but she did feed her Daddy today. Which is big progress, because before, she wouldn't even touch food of any kind, unless it is her bottle. We take it day by day.