Happy 1st Birthday Ava Lyn!!!

Well, its official... I no longer have a baby under the age of 1 anymore. My sweet little Ava Lyn is growing up, slowly but surely she is. She is a whole 1 year old now! She has been the sweetest little thing since the moment she was born, so kind, gentle, happy, loving and always full of smiles. She is the icing on our family and she was the one who completed us. She came into the world fighting and she probably will be for the rest of her life with all her crazy older siblings! I cant believe how big she has gotten! She was less than 5 lbs at her smallest! She is still pretty small, every time I tell people how old she is they do a double take on her and say something like 'Oh my! She is so little!!'. I know she is small but there is a lot of love and personality packed into that little package! Don't let her size fool you! She hasn't mastered walking yet, nor does she really want to. She gets along just fine with her speed crawling. She only has 2 little tiny teeth, but she doesn't mind. She will still eat a nice juicy bite of steak, just like anyone with a full mouth of teeth. She says mama, dada, baba and that is all she needs to say. She gets her point across and we all understand her just fine. She loves her older sisters and has yet to miss an important tea party, she plays barbies, babies and is always in on all the princess play. She really loves to play with her big brother! She follows him everywhere he goes and does a great job of keeping up even though James has 6 yrs on her. She plays trucks with James and bites the heads of his super hero figurines off quite frequently. She usually plays the villain or the bad guy and does a great job of it. She is so loved by so many and she returns it to everyone she meets. She is all eyes and smiles all the time! I couldn't imagine life without our sweet Ava in it. She brings us all so much joy!

For her birthday we had a little family birthday party. We had a pool set up for the kids thanks to aunt Bekah and uncle Curtis! And all the kids went swimming and played their little hearts out! Its was so much fun!

Rori Ana kept trying to sneak licks off the cupcakes! Naughty!!

Here are all the grand babies except little Lottie who will be here soon!!!

The BIGGEST, BADDEST princess of em all!!!

Poor Emerson got stung on BOTH ears by bees!!! His little ears were so swollen and red, we had to take a picture! But that didn't let him stop his fun! He put on a helmet to protect his ears!

OOwie Nana and Memers (in their words)

Thanks to everyone that came! Happy birthday to my littlest princess Ava! I love you so much and thank you for all the joy you bring to our lives everyday.