three years of lovely...

so it's been three years of lovely since this precious girl was born. so much in life has changed since she came into the world and i wouldn't change.one.single.thing. i look at this child and am amazed that such a beautiful being can be created from love. she is love personified. she brightens our days and makes life so very interesting. she loves deeply and i swear people fall for her the instant they lay their eyes on that sweet face.

{here she is feeling the raindrops fall on her face...swoon}i am blessed to be ava's mommy...it seems like she was born, i held her in my arms, breathed in heaven, blinked my eyes....and here we are three years later. the infant now a child ready to take on the world.
may you build a ladder to the stars
and climb on every rung.
and may you stay,
forever young.
happy birthday darling girl, mama loves you...

xoxoxo

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this girl

brings so much light to my life. i am blessed to be her mother.

this was her chosen attire for her friend jacob's swim party. {i made her leave the stick horse and cowboy hat at home!} we had such a fun evening just her and i, some much needed mommy/daughter time. she is such a fearless & joyful little girl. i lub her.

xo,

mommy

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flower child

so i bought ava a few headbands off etsy and when they arrived i decided she needed more...but they seemed so simple, i knew i could make some for her! so, i did! here is one of my flower headband creations...it's one of the medium sized flowers...i really like the bigger size {in pink or yellow}, but she had been using one of those as a "pirate ship" {eye patch} earlier and it seems to have been misplaced by a certain little "maytee". anyway, wanted to snap a few pics of it to share with you and then just couldn't help myself to keep on snapping away as i just love to capture this little face! busy bee.

i wish i could remember what i told her right here...oh well, i'm sure it had to do with chocolate or playing outside....

ava and holli spent the day with nonna yesterday and of course ava had to have those piggies painted!

so, yeah, pretty happy with how the headbands are turning out...it cost me ~$11 to buy one on etsy and so far it will cost me about $5 to make 8....not a bad deal! i'll probobly make a few for maddy and sydney for easter! i think they'll like them! any suggestions for improvements? thinking of going flower hunting this weekend for some different flowers...get a little variety!

xo,

a

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wink & a smile

so, i taught ava how to wink a while back...what was i thinking? {this is what i get when i get out the camera now....lovely}

xo,

a

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avish

tonight at dinner:

ava: {toot}..."you tooted" {said to grams}

grams: excuse me? {like, you have that backwards, girlie!}

ava: yes, excuse you.

& then she proceeded to eat a cheeto. ha!

xo,
a

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