Grandpa Devers Visit August 2009

Grandpa Devers was here this whole week. In the week he got to see Ava take her first steps and starting to really walk all around now. He also got to watch the kids a whole 10 hour day while Scott and i were working- that is when the real bonding takes place.. =)He said it was a "once in a lifetime experience". haha. The kids had a fun day and even took naps at the same time for him.. Always nice . We had a very nice visit. The day he got in we went to the beach in San Francisco--and had a nice stroll there, even though it was a bit brisk. We also took the kids swimming and played at the mall one day. He says its an ordeal to go anywhere with them--he doesn't know how i take them places on my own.. haha.. We even had an adventure to Olive Garden taking them out for lunch. lets just say it ended with Ava losing all her food- throwing it all up in the lobby on me and the floor?? not sure why--but made quite a mess in their entry lobby where people were coming in to wait. I'm pretty sure they weren't begging us to come back.. Not sure what made her throw up--she hadn't been sick or anything before that KIDS...

Ava on the move...

My dad was here vi sitting this week and we took the kids to the mall for the outside water- squirts, the kids had a blast while we ordered food outside on the patio nearby. Ava even got up and went in the water! Grandpa got Ava a cute new doll and stroller for her also, so she is getting acquainted with her doll here also..She is gonna have lots of fun with that i can tell-- all our toys we have are for boys, he said she needs some girlie stuff. =)

Ava is walking!

Ava is now 10 months old and just started walking already! We can't believe how she went from barely crawling in June to walking now in August, she is so cute up on her 2 feet...Also she was helping me to clean the kitchen as you can see in the picture.She figured out how to open the cupboards on this one cupboard that the child lock obviously does not work-- to get out all the Tupperware and play with. AS you can see she is a BIG helper cleaning the kitchen.. lol

Fun in the pool....

Both kids love the blowup pools. We finally broke down and bought a second one this year after the first got a few holes in it and was no longer reusable. We are being extra careful with it this time. I figure when we are at work the sitter needs something fun for them to do besides hang inside all the time. This pool has been a hit as you can see already.

Making Little Pizzas...

We are having fun in the kitchen today. Aiden helped me make french toast for breakfast and now he is putting toppings on the pizzas. He also helped me with some dishes afterwards. he likes to be right by my side doing whatever i am doing. Scott say pretty soon he will have some chores to help out with.. He is such a good helper.=

Aiden has a new big boy bunk bed now. We found this at Ikea--they have the cutest kids stuff and very cheap prices!! we also got the moon light which Aiden can turn on at night if` he gets up so he can see if he's scared. We will either sell the old bed or use it for Ava since hers does not convert to a twin bed.

Saturday at the Lake..