sunshine and swimming.

i love to swim. gabe loves to swim (only in a pool, though. he's not much for the beach). we were excited to share this fun with our baby girl. so saturday was the day we introduced her to the water.

we got her this cool infant floaty seat that comes with a shade... she was kickin' it!

she had a good time. she was kicking, squeeling, and enjoying the sunshine. (don't worry, we put lots of sunscreen on her!)

can't wait to take her swimming again!

5 months.

Our precious girl is 5 months old! (she was 5 months on sunday, but i was busy, then under the weather, then busy again...)

here is she is with her bear:

no doctor visit this month, so we'll have to make due with unofficial stats...

weight: 17 lbs, 8 oz
height: 25 in

you can compare to her 4 month stats/pics here.

fun facts:

she loves to be naked
she hates to be hot and gets overheated really easily
she loves to kick, especially on her tamberine toy
she slaps on her belly
she sings and talks a lot
she still HATES tummy time... but she's **THIS close to rolling over
she has been to the beach (not in the water or anything)

anniversary weekend.

last weekend, Gabe and i celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. it started on friday with a trip to Disneyland sans Ava, courtesy of Granny Lanny. we got to go on so many fun "big kid" rides. specifically - Splash Mountain! it had been over a year since we had been on it!!

we also checked out the new Cars Land...

saturday, we left baby Ava with Linda and headed to Newport Beach. we stayed at the Marriott Newport Beach. here was the beautiful view from our balcony.

after an afternoon relaxing at the pool, we had a lovely dinner and enjoyed the beautiful sunset.

view from our balcony as the sun went down.  

 we had such a great weekend!!!

zombie baby.

as Ava discovers her voice, she is making all sorts of fun sounds. right now, she's making a funny hissing/growling sound that makes her sound like a zombie.

happy.

this girl is happy.

father.

Gabe is a wonderful father. He is spending the summer home with Ava until the fall semester. he brings her to visit me at work for lunch, he takes her to the park, he takes her to visit grandma... they love to be together!

i LOVE this picture.

to celebrate his first father's day, i took him to the dodger game... Think Blue!!  (thanks to Linda, we went baby-free...)

i had to sneak a pic...

my father was out of town on father's day, so we celebrated last sunday. here was sweet ava on the belated father's day for grandpa! (she had some bruises from falling off the bed. poor girl)

such a sweet smiley girl!