We have BIG news!!!

We finally got Ava's ears pierced!!! I have been putting this off for..... well about a year now, and I finally got up the nerve to do this on Friday. I wish I had done this earlier because she is just so precious with her little earrings. The process went something like this......

We were out driving around Friday afternoon, running errands and I turned to David and said "hey lets go get her ears pierced."

David turned to me and said " that would make my day!!"

Side note: David has been wanting to do this for a very long time, and I have been the reluctant one. He is so precious about his little girl being a girly girl!

Anyway....... We went to the mall, and I knew that we better go in the entrance closest to the piercing place, because any extra travel time could give me time to make a run for it with my sweet little girl in tow.

We show up at the place, and I told the sweet girl behind the counter that we wanted to get our daughters ears pierced. ( AKA we are here to let you poke some holes in this precious girls ears and make her scream bloody murder.... I mean shots are bad enough but they are not optional. )

The girl looked at Ava and said " okay, well the second gunner just went to lunch, but she will be back in an hour." *** For those of you not familiar with ear piercing lingo, this means that there are two people doing the piercings at the same time to make this "less traumatic."

I said "oh.... okay well, maybe we will be back in a hour."

Okay when you decide to do something like this on the spur of the moment, the last thing you want to do is wait an hour to do it.

So we leave the store and proceed to walk around the mall for an HOUR!!! All the while I am making up all these scenarios in my head on what might happen to her if we pierce her ears... they might get infected, she might pull them out and swallow them, other kids might beat up on my already tiny child and pull them out of her ears...you get the point. But I continue to keep my composure and go with the plan that we are going back to the place in an hour.

I decided that it might be a good idea to have a tasty Sonic drink ( cranberry limeade ) ready for Ava, so we can offer it to her while she is screaming. ( I mean who wouldn't like a sonic drink after having 2 needles shoved through your ears ???)

Well, after all of this drama WE DID IT!!!! ( myself included!)

They pierced her ears, she screamed for maybe 30 seconds, and then was happy with her sonic drink. By the time we paid and got cleaning instructions she was smiling and waving bye to the sweet girls who just caused her pain!!!!

As we were leaving the mall I looked over to my sweet husband and he was pushing the stroller grinning from ear to ear. ( how sweet!)

Here are some more pictures of our big girl with her earrings.

Daddy's little princess!

Ava's 1 year pictures

Ava with her Sunshine

These are some of the pictures that my sister took last month. My sister is sooooo talented!!! She is pretty stinkin' amazing! Thanks Sunshine! We love you!

We are back!!!

Okay okay you can all stop with the hate comments!!! I have finally decided to update our blog. We have been without computer access at home. We are at my parents house today and I thought it would be a great time to update the blog!!

Alot has happend in the Aldape household within the last few months. Last month we celebrated Ava's first birthday. Because there are sooooo many people that love this sweet little girl, she got to have two birthday parties. She had a party at her Nana and Papi's house in Grand Prairie, and a party here in College Station. They were both swim parties, since the girl LOVES to swim.

Ava is and has been for over two months, officially a walker!! She started walking in July. July the 4th to be exact. How appropriate that she started walking on Independence Day! ( she really tries to be an independent big girl! ) I find myself busier since Ava is walking, and trying to run. She is in to EVERYTHING!!! But it keeps life interesting. I have to say I much prefer walking over crawling though....... mainly because it is my excuse for getting to buy here cute shoes, and let me tell you the girl loves shoes. The other morning I was putting her shoes on her and she got so excited and was laughing so hard she tooted on my leg!!! How cute!

On top of her shoe fetish she also loves purses!! She is a 100% girly girl . Before we leave the house she goes over to her toy basket and gets her purse and wears it on her arm. What can I say I am already a great mentor to this little girl ..... she has already learned so much by just watching mommy! I cannot be more thrilled to be the mother of such a precious little girl.

Daddy's little cowgirl!!

Big girl on her bike!!!

Playing with mommies shoes

Easter Pics!

This past weekend we enjoyed spending time with friends and family in Grand Prairie. We spent time with our special friends the Ahlstedt family. We had some fun times of love and laughter! We miss this family sooooo much. This used to be our choice of friday night entertainment when we lived in Grand Prairie. We always cherish the time we spend with this family.

We also got to spend Ava's first easter with Davids mom and dad ( Nana and Papi ) , Grandma Celia and Aunt Karen. We enjoyed easter service with them at our old church. We got to see so many people that we have not seen in a while, and they got to meet our sweet Ava.

Here are some pics ENJOY!!!

Nana and Papi

Aunt Karen

My first piano lesson with my Abueltia (great-grandmother)

Auntie Jalah ( we love this girl!)

Celebrity Morph by MyHeritage

You should really check out this website it is really fun! Who knew I could look like this beautiful woman. We won't mention who some of Davids matches were..Clay Aiken! HAHA I guess this isn't really that accurate!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Free genealogy - Family history

Talking and Teething

Ava has changed so much within the last few weeks! She had her six month Dr's appointment a few weeks ago and she weighed a whopping 14.6 lbs!! She is such a little petite girl. The Dr said she is growing just fine and is right on schedule.

Yesterday I felt in her mouth before leaving for church and I felt a tooth! I knew she was teething, because, well being a dental hygienist I knew what to look for. I knew it would not be long before she had a tooth. You would never guess she is teething because she is still laughing and smiling. She is such a sweet and happy baby.

As for the talking part...well she just comes by that naturally thanks to her daddy!
The other day I was feeding Ava in her room and in walks David. She looked up at him and in the sweetest little whisper voice said "Da." She has since done this several times when she sees her daddy. I love that my little girl already has a special place in her heart for her daddy. There is just something so special about a father and daughter relationship. David is so proud of his little "princess."

We can't wait to see whats next on our parenting journey!

Domestic Detergent

This weekend I made my own laundry detergent! I was a little questionable about this, because I am very picky about my laundry detergent... I was currenty using Tide liquid pure essentials, which can be some high dollar stuff with the amout of laundry that seems to accumulate around my house! I knew there had to be a better way, and I wanted to discover that before I am washing clothes for a possible family of 5 or six!!! Thanks to a very wise woman ( my sister ) she had the answer for me!!!

My sister has been very inspiring to me about finding ways to save money on house hold products, as well as informing me about the toxins that are in the everyday products that we are using. I have adopted many of my sisters "ways of life," and I am loving the results!

I must say I was very impressed with this detergent! My clothes looked clean, felt soft and my whites were amazingly white! Way to go Lyns! You are billiant.

To check out more info in this and to see the recipie for the detergent click HERE