Jeepers, Look at Those Peepers!

Aaron and I had our eye Doctor appointment this morning. What had been a joke before having kids, is actually a real possibility. We both have one eye that is quite bad, they just happen to be the exact opposite. My left eye is weak and Aaron's right eye is weak. We had joked that poor Ava could end up inheriting both bad eyes and end up pretty much blind, since she wouldn't be able to handle such extreme differences. Well, Dr. Meyers confirmed it's a real possibility. He was able to take a look at her eyes and so far, she's taking after her mommy. Ava's far sighted.

A Dedication

This is not to be confused with baby Baptism or Christening (I think it's way beyond ridiculous to baptize a baby. They can't even comprehend the function of pooing, let alone be able to stand accountable in the decision to follow Christ). What we wanted was a prayer for our daughter, and a public confession of our responsibilities as parents. To pledge, to promise to raise our daughter as God has instructed and to ask the church to stand with us as parents, to keep us accountable, to aid us and support us. That Sunday Dedication was special to us as a family and as a Church. Ava was the first baby to be Dedicated in Sovereign Joy, and she was our Pastor, my brother in-law's first baby Dedication.

Finally!

Ava has been all smiles for a little over a month now, but every time I got the camera out to capture her beautiful smile, I was too late and missed it.
Sunday, after we had her dedicated at church, we had some quiet family time on our bed. We video taped Ava rolling over and cooing. I was also playing with the different functions on my camera and after 100 photographs...



She wanted me to take a picture of her favorite foot...















She was then shocked to hear that I wanted her to take a nap...

Lilies

I love it when my husband buys me flowers!

Flutter By

Flutter by,
with wings of translucent color,
gentle as wind
on a spring day.

Reds, blues, oranges and yellows-
colors collide,

that which previously dismiss.

Our Family Easter Photograph...

It's okay, you can laugh, I still am.

Things That Can Be Done in a Decade

Go to Beauty School (and no, not be a beauty school drop-out)
Move out of your parents house
Go to a Community College
Get a job at SuperCuts
Get 4 Tattoos
See 260 movies
See your first half a turkey
Get your tongue pierced
Drink 3,600 Raspberry Mochas
Try to grow your hair out 30 times
Work on 2 movie sets
Take your sister to get her 1st tattoo

Get your haircut 60 times
Color your hair and get low lights 65 times
Get 40 Mani-Pedi's
Read Moby Dick twice, find at least 3 metaphors surrounding the whale, Ishmael and his first supper.
Get plugs
Quit SuperCuts
Move back in with your parents
Get a job at GreatClips (for way more money)
Lose 130 pounds
Move out of your parents house
Get in a fight with your best friend
Buy 100 purses
Renew your Drivers License twice
Finally talk to your best friend after 2 years
Tell your favorite joke 1,000 times (and laugh every time)
Move into your sisters garage (now craft room)
Buy 2o high heels and 10 flip-flops
See Jaws on the big screen
Get married

Get your first ticket
Have a kid

Get your nose pierced 3 times
Perfect the ultimate Lane Cake
Watch Jaws 1,001 times (hands-down, the best movie ever made!)
Read The Brothers 5 times
Fall in love with Pound, Dickenson and Kerouac
Oh yeah...

...and a minor in English.