The Hensley's est. 2006

Friday, April 11, 2008

Spring Break..........

This week I have been on vacation.....it has been nice because I have been able to get some things done around the house that needed to get done. On Monday, I washed the wainscot in the kitchen so I could paint it ( I was suppose to do that 2 spring breaks ago and then last spring break but I was preggo for Ava....oops). My sis Alicia came over that day and washed my kitchen walls, dusted and vacuumed for me (THANKS!!!).

On Tuesday, my friend Cortney came over with her little girl Meghan. We had chicken kabobs on the grill, potato salad and strawberry shortcakes. It was nice to spend time with her and watch Ava and Meghan interact (since there is about a 2 1/2 year age gap). We also got outside in the afternoon and did a little yard work before it snows again this weekend.

On Wednesday we got up bright and early to take my sisters to Jackson to catch the Michigan Flyer (it's a bus that takes people to the airport for those of you who are not Michiganders) so they could fly out to Denver, CO for the Frozen Four (men's ice hockey.........oh yeah and it snowed when they got there), my mom joined them later that night from Tampa (she was there for the women's baskeball final four). Next we headed to my doctor to have a mole removed off of my back. It was weird looking and it just appeared since Easter........still waiting to hear the results (please keep your fingers crossed that it's not malignant). I dropped Ava off at daycare that day so I could go home and pain the wainscot. Which I did, so it is finally all done.

Yesterday, I took Ava to daycare and just came home and cleaned the house. I got bored of looking at Ava's room the way it was so I rearranged it. I think it makes the room look bigger the way it is now and she slept through the night last night........finally after a week of waking up all through the night. I also emptied out our closets and drawers and got rid of 4 bags of clothes, two baby stuff and two of Kyle and I's stuff.......that all went to Goodwill.

Today, I have just sat around and relaxed enjoying my last day of vacation.

Ava in her Maine sunhat from Rachel......

Hangin' out with my friend Macy

My newest thing....pull myself up, bend over and pick up my toy, drop it and pick it up again while holding on to the ottoman the whole time..........

This week at the zoo has been an eventful one for Kyle. Sunday night Ebony the female Rhino who has been battling cancer passed away, so they had to load her up and take her away. Her pal Spike who was the healthy one passed away in February from liver disease. Now the zoo is looking to bring in either two more black Rhinos or two white ones. Then yesterday (Thursday), the zoo welcomed a 1 year old female lion. Kyle helped carry her in in her cage and she roared at him. Ava and I are hoping to get to the zoo sometime soon. Maybe when it warms up a little more.

Bathtime....

Now that Ava has mastered the art of pulling herself up, that is all she does especially in the bath tub.

Come here ducky I want to eat your bill

oops....I dropped something

I'm a big girl now.......

look at my crazy hair!!!!!

She has taken a couple of showers now with me since she doesn't like to take very long naps at home anymore. She seems to enjoy them. She actually pooped in the shower the other day. Kind of gross......

Finally....new carpet!!!

We finally got new carpet. Some might think it is easy to pick out a neutral color with a tan base, but not so much. Thank God you can bring home carpet samples. I picked out a Butter Pecan, Cracked Reed and Crossroads. The Butter Pecan was great, the Cracked Reed looked dirty and the Crossroads was just to dark. So we (I) decided on the Butter Pecan. It is a frieze style carpet with grey and blue flecks in it. Oh, and we got rid of the huge entertainment center we had and got the TV stand that Ava helped Kyle put together!!!

Before.....

After.....

The new carpet is great. I wish we would have done it sooner. It is so soft!!!!

Friday, April 4, 2008

Ava's 1st Tiger game

Today we took Ava to her 1st Detroit Tiger's game. It was cold (40 degrees) and overcast out. Ava wore her pink Tiger's outfit that Aunti Kelli got for her. I wore our backpack and put Ava in facing outward when we got there and all she did was giggle and kick her feet until we got to our seats. She was so excited. During the game though I put her facing me, so I could zip up my coat around us and surprisingly we stayed warm. She did very well, she even slept through a few innings!!!!

Happy, but somewhat cold...

Staying warm with mama....

Hangin' with daddy....

See I'm really at the game....

Hangin' with Uncle Jason and Aunt Alicia....

As a side note, Ava cut her second tooth on Wednesday (the bottom left one) and has managed to walk herself around the ottoman!!!

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Milestone weekend....

Well, we had a big milestone weekend. On Friday Ava pushed her self up from the floor to the sitting position. I think it helps that she is getting up on her hands and knees and is trying to crawl that way. Then on Saturday she pulled her self up from the floor to her knees and then to standing. Today, when she was eating dinner she was really fussy and wouldn't eat. I thought that maybe we ended up developing an ear infection from the fluid in her ears that she has had since her last weight check ( March 13th), but she didn't have a temp. So, we gave her some Tylenol and it helped settle her down, BUT on our way home from my mom's she got really fussy in the car (VERY unusual), Kyle was trying to find her paci but couldn't so he stuck his finger in her mouth to try to soothe her and he felt something sharp on her bottom gum. So, when we go home, we pinned Ava down and sure enough there was a tooth poking through her bottom gum!!!! Then later in the bathtub, Ava pulled her self up and was standing in the tub as you can see from the following picture.......

Our little baby is growing up so fast. I can't believe that she is going to be 8 months old on Friday!! Wow, has time flown, but it has been a GREAT ride so far...........

Happy Easter

We hope that everyone had a great Easter. I thought it was going to be super cold today because we got about 4-5" of snow on Friday, but it actually turned out to be a kind of warm sunny day. We started the day off by going to church with my family. Ava did great. She wasn't too loud but it also helped that she fell asleep halfway through. Then we headed off to Grandma Burke's house for an Easter egg hunt and lunch. Ava found her share off eggs and received $5 from the Easter bunny. Then we ended the festivities with dinner at my mom's, where the Easter bunny brought her books and teething toys.