a trip to the pool...

Everything is an adventure these days. There is very little sitting still unless she looks the way she does in the photo above. We stayed at the pool for three hours yesterday and I think she would have stayed until the sun went down. Too fun. More pictures below.

summer!!!!

I sim like a big giwl mommy!

cheese!

wanna git in wi me mommy?

I did it!

Oh happy day!!

After one week and a few accidents, we are officially potty trained. I was motivated by my friend Lara who told me that both of her girls were potty trained the first week after they turned 2 years old. When she said it I thought 'no way!' Ava is entirely too stubborn to let that happen in one week. Then I got a phone call from my mom last Monday morning that she had seen something on The Today Show that she thought might be able to help me. Booty Camp is what it is called and if you are interested just copy and paste the following link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25057503/

She charges $250 a day and promises to potty train your child in 5 hours.

I am absolutely shocked how easily this worked, but it did. Minus a pull-up when she sleeps... we are a diaper free home! YEE-HAA!

We are also a crib free home. Well, technically it is in pieces in the guest room, but Ava is officially in her big girl bed. She watched us take it apart and put together her new bed, hopped right in, and slept in it that night. I am amazed at how easily she is taking these transitions. Daddy, however, is having a little harder time I think. The rocking chair had to be taken out in order to fit her new bed and we replaced it with her little table and stools. Daddy was a little traumatized about not being able to rock her to sleep. Needless to say, he is in the market for a new baby to rock. No, don't get any big ideas. Everyone assumes because we moved her to the big girl bed that I am pregnant. Trust me, we'll let everyone know when there is something to know. ;)

one more...

just because it makes me laugh!

all smiles!

She really does have this much fun all the time!

Summer is here!

I am on summer break and can guarentee there will be much more blogging to come. Until then, here are few of my favorite shots from the past couple weeks. There is no denying that summer brings life!