Almost ONE!

Hot tub time with Daddy! It took awhile for her to get used to the water, but now she loves the hot tub.

Practicing with the toy from Aunt Gretchen...she is now a master and claps for herself every time she gets one of the lids in the bucket.

Grandma and Ava made a day trip to visit my Aunt Donna and Uncle Ned. They had a great time and, apparently, Ava found every sea shell that was at the beach.

She loves Uncle Ned!

On April 9th, we got the unfortunate news that Ryan's Grandma Walters passed away. We made quick plans to fly up to PA for the services. Ava was a great traveler and a wonderful house guest at Grandma and Pop-Pop's. She was also well behaved at the calling hours and the funeral (besides a little bout of hiccups).

She took a little cat nap on the way to calling hours. This beautiful outfit was given to us by PA friends and was handmade. She looked so cute!

She loves playing with Pop-Pop!

Now that I'm in training for a mini-tri, I have to motivate myself to bike, swim, and run as often as possible. This is pretty fun to come back to after a good workout.

Grandpa came to visit and we took a trip to Gumbo Limbo. This is a male juvenile loggerhead sea turtle that they are raising at the nature center. We even got to watch a volunteer feeding it squid off of a stick.

Ava loved looking at the horseshoe crabs in the mangrove tank. We also saw small bonnethead sharks (they look like hammerheads), a moray eel, and a 70 year old loggerhead turtle - who was HUGE!