Monday 7-25

Can you believe it's almost August??? Where does the itme go. All's well around here. I feel like I've lost my head. The promotion at work is keeping me REAL busy. You get comfortable, and efficient in your job, then BANG you have new responsibilities and a new schedule. It's a whole new job. So my updates will come when I can get them. Plus the picture-taking has lessened a little.

Ava's doing great, she's up to 12 and 1/2 pounds now. She just started this high pitched squeal when she's laughing, it's so cute. Although sometimes it goes from laughing to upset in seconds, when she's hungry. She has my patience when it comes to dinner time I fear. Anyway, she's getting more and more responsive. She recognizes her name now, she'll look when you say it. And she's oh so close to rolling over. She's done it a time or two, but she's figuring out that she can. Not long now before she's scooting and crawling. One of the cutest things she does now is when she's laying down, say getting her diaper changed...she'll "get us" with her legs. She'll wrap them around our arm and then grab on with her hands. She'll ty and sit up then, like she's doing crunches. Makes it harder to change her, but it's all good.

Well here are the last of the Illinois pics. We hit a park in Iowa that overlooks the Mississippi River.

Grandpa doing what he does :)


The great Mississippi River.


Aww, what a cute family.


Here's a tower where Becky had a picture taken when she was like 2.


Look, no Ava! We really are a couple! :)


She slept right through the beautiful scenery. Kids!