No truer words

We've hit 1 year since we have wanted a 2nd baby. 1 year and no closer to baby number 2. I thought we'd be having a baby in January. Mothers day weekend I had 3 positive pregnancy tests (yes I kept taking them) but lo and behold I'm not pregnant and not having a baby next month. Chemical pregnancy/early miscarriage, whatever you call it, I call it heartache. I pray with all my heart that by this time next year we will indeed be pregnant expecting our 2nd. Ava truly is a blessing from the start and continues to be the greatest gift I've ever been given.

Santa photos

Awesome Santa vs FAIL Santa

The first photo was taken at Fotofly (at thanksgiving point) and the other at the mall!! AH! We had plans all along to just do the Fotofly photos but we were at the mall over the weekend, and decided to see how Ava would do with Santa so stopped by and saw him. EPIC FAIL! So don't go see the scary Mall Santa! Go to Fotofly at Thanksgiving point! (SIDE NOTE: fotofly pics were taken on a NO nap day!!!! unbelievable!)

Thankful days 16-22

16: I'm thankful for my sister in law Lisa for coming to save me when I was having a mini meltdown
17: I'm thankful for my own intuition to take Ava to the doctor when everyone was telling me she was fine. Her hand was not fine and I'm glad we got her in.
18: Thankful that Ava was happy at the doctor today and we didn't have to hold her down like yesterday.
19: Thankful for Dan and how much he helps me even when I'm covering our house in fabric and crafts
20: I'm thankful for entire days in PJ's
21: I'm thankful for modern medicine and the help it is to us!
22: I'm thankful for my talkative little girl. She amazes me with all the words she can say and I love it! Today she was counting and being adorable like usual :) Also thankful for 4 hour naps :)

Day 8-15 oops

Ive been thinking about these but being lazy
8 I'm thankful for our mini van and that it gets us where we need to go safety. Also for my education and knowledge of car seat safety. If I ever help one person keep their child safer then all my annoying posts and comments are worth it!!!
9 I'm thankful we got to have a fun family outting today to yo gabba gabba live.
10 I'm thankful Dan and I could go on a group date tonight!
11 I'm thankful for the kindness of strangers even if it's just over something silly.
12 I'm thankful for cute clothes. Shallow yes but I love dressing my doll up ;)
13 I'm thankful I got to help Kara pick out sommers sewing machine for her 10th birthday. Her face when she opened it was priceless. Thankful that Kara and her kids are our family.
14 I'm thankful for wonderful understanding supportive friends!
15 I'm thankful for the fact that we still have the hospitals bulb syringe. Only one that ever worked and 20 months old today and very much needed it tonight.

Day 7

I'm thankful for the fact that I know someday I will be able to have another baby be it through pregnancy or adoption. Even though we have been trying for almost a year I know that somehow we will be parents again. Even if it takes a few more years. I know that the tears of sadness I cry today will be replaced with tears of joy.

Day 6

I'm thankful for Dan and the fact that he is so supportive loving and helpful! He is the best Dad I know. He puts Ava first 110% of the time! I love him so much!

Day 5

I'm thankful that Dan is getting up with ava tomorrow so I can sleep in :)

Day 4

I'm thankful for Lisa and Kara :) and a night out of the house!!

Day 3

I'm thankful for the fact that Ava is an awesome sleeper. She still has some 'bad' nights but even then it means I get to rock her back to sleep which I LOVE.

Day 2

I'm thankful for our rec center gym that I work out at and that I've been everyday in November so far ;)

30 days of gratitude: Day 1

I'm thankful for my sweet baby girl! She is the greatest gift God could ever give me. Today she learned a couple of new words like "rain" "snow" "a clue" and "excuse me" ... She amazes me every single day!

19 Months old

Yay Ava is 19+ months old now! I haven't blogged in over a month! Oppps!!!

Little miss Ava is as busy as ever! She has 8 teeth now, 6 in front and 2 molars, with 3 more coming in soon we hope. She's our little curious girl. She loves to be outside and look at all the plants and trees and examine them. She is very interested in animals and books and anything she can study for a little while.

The girl also LOVES to color. She can say 'please' now when we give her a crayon and she will take herself over to her little desk in the corner of our living room and draw (even if there is no paper there!) thankfully the desk is easy to clean and she has never drawn on any walls (yet).

She's a smart little cookie, she only needs to see something done once and she can copy it... sometimes not the best thing for her parents but she is very observant! The other day she spent at least 20 minutes trying to buckle her baby doll into her old infant carrier car seat! I couldn't believe it! It was darling!

I've also been extra busy lately. Brittybird.com has been going REALLY great but can also be tiring. I love what I do and am so thankful for the money it brings in and hoping to start using it to pay off some bills and save for our house (that we desperately need because of my shop)

We have been slacking off on doing weight watchers which is really disappointing... I've been really enjoying working out when I can but I've not had a lot of time. I'm hoping to find a better balance so that I can work out and focus on eating better. Without losing weight theres not a lot of hope in getting pregnant. We are coming up on a year since we decided to have a 2nd. Its very hard not to have our second baby in our arms yet (or my belly) but we pray that it won't be too much longer that we have to wait. Whenever they do arrive they will be so loved and worth the wait I am sure. I've developed more patience than I could have ever imagined and feel like a better mother than I would have been without this journey.

My mom came up to visit us 2 weeks ago! It was so much fun to have her here and I wish so much that she lived here! We love her and we were able to do something REALLY fun with her while she was here! We did our family portraits for the year and got to include my mom in some with just Ava and Ava and I. I adore them and am so grateful for what a wonderful woman she is!