Victory #1: Ava successfully took a bottle! Some of you know that we've struggled over the past month or so to get her to take a bottle, since I strictly breastfeed. In order to prepare both of us for my return to school, we decided to start working on bottle feeding today and it went like a charm.
Victory #2: Ryan and his partner, Sam, won the 1st annual corn hole tournament at our 2nd annual Birthday Bash.
She wasn't quite sure what to do with the bottle at first, but then she sucked it down like I would a milkshake!
She's loving her play mat more and more, especially since she's reaching out and grabbing things.
Apparently I did not rotate this picture! This is Doug holding Brent's catch of the day - Florida lobsters! As Doug said, prior to our party, "We're going to eat like kings!"
Ryan found these super cool cups at Total Wine that you can etch into so that everyone knows which cup is theirs. Too cool!
Lou and Ursula w/ Bandit and Riley.
Ryan and me, trying to figure out the corn hole tournament bracket. Who knew it could be so complicated?!?
Nicky...disappointed (or not so much) after a loss to Ryan and Sam.
Gavin (6 months) w/ Forty, enjoying some pool time.
Man, I thought I rotated this one too! This Amberjack was in lieu of a birthday cake. :) Lou's cousin, Tony, caught it spearfishing Saturday morning. They filleted it in the backyard and everyone got to take home some fresh fish. It made for great sandwiches today. Thanks, Tony!The video below was taken when we stayed in Savannah. Ava was squeaking and squealing when Ryan spoke Donald Duck to her and I was lucky to catch it on video. Enjoy!
The video is so cute.....can't wait to see her (you guys, too, of course) and hear all her new "words". And, that fish is HUGE! Wow!
ReplyDeletePlay dat again, mom! We did 5 times and then Mariana said we had to stop because it was making her cry, it was so cute! We all LOVED it!!! Looking forward to getting our fish in the mail!
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