last week, on the 23rd to be exact, my dad celebrated his 60th birthday! i hope when i am 60 i live my life with as much joy as you do.
me and dad in jamaica on my wedding day...i love this pic!
love you dad and hope you had a wonderful birthday!...p.s. ava's wondering if there is any more green icing left???!!! every day i read one of the most fabulous blogs i have found: http://www.kellyskornerblog.com
if you get a chance and have not read it, you really should stop in and check it out it makes me thankful, it makes me laugh, it makes me cry, it makes me pray.
(she is on a bit of a break right now for a few days, but will be back soon) even on her break, she has posted a few times and this morning i woke up to this:
i am so grateful for all that i have and know what a miracle it is. i have had several friends struggle with trying to have a baby and every day i pray for them, that they will have the family they desire and every day i thank God for the family i have been so blessed to have.
i saw these super cute pea pod necklaces on etsy and then at an arts festival i went to last weekend. i sooooo wanted to get one, but really thought i could make them or something similar myself. i have a few friends that make jewelry and i just knew that one of them would help me figure it out! i thought these pea pods would make perfect mother's day presents for all the mama's we celebrate! sooooo, ava spent part of the day with her nonna (bo's mom) and i thought that would be the perfect opportunity to go to the bead shop and get all the materials i would need to create these little cuties. of course, not knowing anything about making jewelry, i took a picture and asked one of the ladies working if she could help me find the materials i might need. well, she thougth the little pods were adorable (she hadn't seen them before) and helped me find all the wire and things i needed. then she sat down with me and walked me through how to make one. first she showed me (i watched her) and then we made one together (both of us working one, me following her lead). she probobly spent a good 45 minutes with me and i am so grateful! she was so kind and patient and i will not forget that. if you live in the fort worth area and need any jewelry making/beading supplies, definitly go to the artful bead, off Trail Lake Drive. there is even a "play table" where people come in and sit and just work on projects. the atmosphere is so positive...i left feeling so good! i came home and made several pea pods and am so excited to give them for mother's day gifts!!!! here are just a few of the sweet pea pods i made :) i am loving them!!!
such a handsome boy!
ava got to spend a day with daddy today while i went out and spent the day with a friend (more on that later). when i got home she was parading around in his work boots...how this girl can even walk in those heavy things, i have no idea! she is a bit under the weather, but that doesn't seem to slow her down much! 
just five things that made me smile today:
1. peach tea at olive garden...yummy!
2. some quality time spent with my mom and ava
3. ava kissing herself in the mirror
ava: "awwwwww, aba, *smooch*"...this girl cracks me up!
4. my husband making me feel beautiful...even in my "fluffier" state (this is going to be a long pregnancy...already feeling shamu-esque)
5. feeling little mister moving around....such an amazing feeling!
**think we have a frontronner in the name category "hollis ryan". we both love it...always thought if we had a boy, he would be "bo ryan" after his daddy, but for some reason, hollis just feels right....we'll see....things may change in the next 4-5 months!
anyway, hope you all had lots of smiles today, too :)
so this is the baby belly at 20 weeks (and after a butterfinger blizzard from DQ...thanks vickie, such a treat!) i totally regret not taking any bare belly pics when i was pregnant with ava, and decided that this time, even though they may not be all that pretty, i'm going to do it. i decided to start at 20 weeks (probobly should have started at the beginning to show the growing, oh well).
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