End of July

John had a company summer party at the Lake. It was supa fun. We got to go boating and do lots of other fun stuff...like watch Ava eat sand. Seriously, that girl just puts it away. It's reDONK. Aside from cleaning up sand for DAYS after, it was a good time.

We also went to Beaver for the 24th. I LOVE the Beaver 24th parade. It is the best! It was fun to hang out with my grandparents while we there as well. We entered Ava in the races...she was the best. And by the best, I mean she took 3 steps and then decided the grass was more fun to play with. End of race. At least she got an otter pop. She was stoked about that.
On a side note, we are teaching Ava to say "Yeah Buddy". She has the yeah down but that's it. To be fair, she's not putting in a fair amount of practice in on her own. We need to work on that too.

 Ava also started cutting her first tooth. As a result, this is how we spent most of Sunday.

 On the brighter side, my baby is adorbz.

11 Months

I don't know who is more excited for Ava to turn one....me or Ava. Probably me. This month has been so much fun! Flavs talks SO MUCH. It's amazing how much someone can say who really has nothing to say at all. She says 'mama', 'dada', 'baba', 'nana', and once in a blue moon 'up'. She loves to clap and wave. She also might be a professional peek-a-booer. Anything she can hide behind becomes a game. We might play it 10-12 times a day.
Ava also started taking a few steps by herself! I have a video of it, but I still can't figure out how to post videos so if you want to see her do it, you will have to make a road trip down to St. George.
She is the sweetest baby! She is starting to like other people, but she still has her shy moments. More than likely, she will wave to you! I'm so glad she didn't get my dislike for people in general.

Likes
Any food...seriously, she will eat anything. Including not edible items.
Peek-a-boo
Chasing people
Straws
Grandpa King...she is so obsessed with my dad. She gets so happy when she sees him and then gets so mad when he's not there. She only wanted him during the family reunion.
Vacuums
Stairs

Dislikes
Sunscreen
Getting her hair done
Country music...oh wait, that's me.

 This is how she looks when I find her doing something she shouldn't be doing. In this case, it was yanking Brigham's feet while he was eating.

King Family Field Trip

This year we had a supa fun family reunion at Bear Lake. It was so much fun! Not only did I get to see all of my family, I got a wicked sweet sunburn! Hecka Yeah! Here's a little sneak peak into our super legit reunion (Picture Overload!!!!)

Dad may or may not kill me when he sees this picture...it depends if he's dressed as "Dad" King or "President" King.

 The kids launched things while the babies watched.                                  

 

 Ava LOVED sand. She ate lots of it...I found it later in her poop. Yummy.

 We rented this and attempted to work off the million calories we ate.

  

We got raspberry shakes everyday...seriously...everyday.

  

Mom had her annual "Grandma's Camp"

 We played on the beach....

 

 We relaxed....

 We canoed....

 

 We hiked around Tony's Grove

  

We went to a parade.

 All of the cousins born in one year.

We had such a good time and we can't wait for the next reunion!

First Haircut

Ava had a piece of hair about 3 inches longer than the rest of her hair. After becoming less endearing and more creeper, I finally decided we should probably give it a little trimsy.

 

 Before

       After

10 Months

Ho-LY! Only two more months until the biggest birthday bash St. George has ever seen happens! John and I LOVE this stage! Ava's little personality has come out and there is nothing little about it! She is so active and busy. I'm shocked that even after chasing her all day, I still haven't lost the baby blubbs! Where is the justice?!

Likes:
Food...all of it
Kids/Babies
Reading
Chaos
Making noise
Climbing

Dislikes:
No
Organization - she can't stand anything stacked, put away, etc. I think she is the anti-Maren

She is seriously the best, funniest little person EVER! We love that she lets us sleep (bed time is 8:30pm - she goes right to sleep -  and the she wakes up at 8 am). We are loving every busy minute with her!

She thinks she's pretty legit...and let's be honest...she totally is.

What a little poser!

Two Weddings and a Flava

Two of John's siblings got married almost within a month of each other. Are they crazy!? Just kidding, it was super fun to be able to see everyone both times! Ava does semi-well with events...and she also does semi-not well. It was like she knew what was coming...as soon as I would put on her dress, she would get all antsy. At least she was presentable...that's the important thing.

Lorie's Wedding:

Lorie and her husband Ken

 

Brian's Wedding:

Brian and his wife Brittany

Crazy Random Happenstances

Here are some totally random things/pictures that have happened over the past month.

We went hiking out to Snow Canyon

Ava tried chicken for the first time...(if can't read her facial expressions, she didn't like it)

(Hiking...this picture would not turn)

We tried swimming again....

aaaannnnd, she finally liked it!

Ava and I came down to Price for a visit

I turned 25 and John sent me flowers! (Don't mind my big cheeser and fatter arms)

We went fishing and Ava hung out and tried to avoid the wind.

It's been a pretty fun month!