So, Ava is 9 months old! and she started walking about 4 days before she turned 9 months! Imagine that. Crazy.

I post her monthly updates on my blog, so if you want to see her collage or a video of her walking, go here:
http://heartshapedleaves.blogspot.com/2012/04/first-year-month-nine.html

I really have nothing else to say right now. Except I am tired! For the past week Ava has been pushing her morning nap and not taking an afternoon nap. This means she goes down for the night at 7 and wakes up at 6:30! I don't know how she goes from 6:30-noon without a nap, but she does. I guess she will be just like Jack. I wish I could remember just how old he was when he gave up napping all together. I know it was before 2. Maybe the summer right before he turned 2.

Um, yeah. That's all.

A spider had baby spiders in my house. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER.
There were baby spiders everywhere. It was so bad that I can literally say that my living room has been vacuumed from floor to ceiling. I had to vacuum my freaking ceiling. I just, I don't even..
It was so bad that it got the point where I was shaking and sweating and was nauseous vacuuming them up.

My living room is spotless and I used this as an opportunity to rearrange. BUT NEVER AGAIN. GOD I NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. D:

I wish I made more time for livejournal. I never thought I would say it, but I do spend more time on facebook. Although, I am not really on there a lot either.

Ava is crazy! That little girl can move and is everywhere all at once. She is literally one of those kids that as soon as you start to clean up one mess she has made three others. Today she climbed up the steps while holding my hands.

Jack is Jack and he is a great big brother. He loves playing with her as long as she doesn't touch his transformers because she drools on them.

Our car has been in the shop for over a month. We had to have a new motor put in. The new motor only 40,000 miles on it though, so I can't complain too much. The old motor had 130,000 miles on it. It's almost like a new(used) car for a fraction of the cost! I get to go pick it up today!

I can't believe this little girl is 7 months tomorrow.

also, this new livejournal layout totally makes me think of how someone in middle school just learning how to use html would design something. It kind of makes me crazy.

Ava has two teeth poking through on the bottom! and she weighs 16 pounds and turned 5 months on the 17th.

So Ava is five months old today! Here is her 5 month post: http://heartshapedleaves.blogspot.com/2011/12/five-months.html

I should be cleaning because she is napping, but I don't want to. I need to, because we leave Monday to head to Maryland to spend Christmas with my family. Procrastination is what I do best!

Jason passed his boards, and has enough points for a promotion! He will be promoted to Sergeant, and get a pay raise! We are really hoping that it takes affect on his January 1st paycheck, but you never know with the Army.

I stared a facebook page for my blog, for those of you who want to follow along and stuff. :P

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heart-Shaped-Leaves/117989031649624

I made a Christmas Countdown Calendar and wanted to share it because I am proud of it. So here it is:









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