A Rough, Emotional Week

For the most part, I try to keep our blog as positive as can be. . . just sharing the joy of B and the life of our sweet lil Ava that was cut waaay too short. This particular post, I am going to be real and share what a rough last week it has been.

Last Monday, I had a few not so fun "errands" that I wanted to get done before I went back to work on Wednesday.  First, I made an impromptu visit to the hospital where Ava was born/passed away. I say "impromptu" because I had not planned on stopping by there last Monday. I knew it was something that would eventually need to be done, but I had not prepared myself ahead of time.  As I parked, I instantly felt the emotions overcome me. . .it was hard just to breathe as the tears rolled down my face. After several minutes, I knew I needed to collect myself and get it done. I walked in the front doors, the same front doors that we had walked out of empty handed just less than two months before. I went to the front desk to ask where to get Medical Records.  As she gave me directions, I tried to hold back the tears, along with memorize the directions. I passed by the cafe (too small to call it a cafeteria) where J and our family ate their meals while I laid in the hospital bed. I also passed by the gift shop we had shopped in a few times to get Ava some really cute gifts. I finally made it up to the third floor, to the small little office.  Through my tears and sniffles, I was able to request Ava and my medical records. I sat there waiting, with only my thoughts, waiting for them to print our records on what seemed to be half a ream of paper. After what felt like an eternity, but was probably more like 15 minutes, I got our records and headed back to the car. As soon as I got in the car, I read the first page of Ava's and began bawling. With that one page, it immediately took me back to that night as I read Ava's last hours of her life. . .too much, I wasn't ready for it.

Next thing, I headed to the funeral home. I needed to pay off Ava's marker and check on how we obtain the death certificates we had purchased. Like I've said before, going in there is NEVER an easy thing to do. One "positive" that came out of it, they told me Ava's picture came in, so they had to uninstall her marker from the ground so they could install her picture and it should be reinstalled in the ground the next day. I don't want to go into details, but I did have to endure a completely insensitive comment made by our funeral director, that I. will. never. forget.

Last errand I had to do before B came home from school was to go to the County Medical Examiner's office to pick up Ava's autopsy report. All I have to say about that is, I. NEVER. EVER. WANT. TO. WALK. IN. THERE. EVER. AGAIN! or read another autopsy report. . .it's just not something any parent should have to do, EVER!

That was a sad day for me, an extremely sad for me. J offered to take care of it all for me, but because he would have had to take a 1/2 day off work to do it, I felt like it was something I needed to do. He did what he could, he called ahead of time so they would all have everything I needed ready for me (other than the medical records), I just hope that we NEVER EVER have to experience this again.

Two days later was my first day back at school after being gone from the classroom almost 4 months (2 months bed rest and then 2 months afterwards).  The night before I had A LOT of anxiety about going back.  The tears were uncontrollable and I couldn't sleep. I knew once I went back, it would be full throttle "end of year busyness" with no turning back. I knew once I went back, I would no longer get my special "Ava alone time" that I had grown so fondly of, instead I would be wrapped up in school stuff, life moving on. I do want to take a quick moment to brag how wonderful all my friends/coworkers and students are in my school.  Everyone has welcomed me back with big, wide, open arms and has made my transition back to work as easy as possible. I am so appreciative of everyone!

Sunday was Mother's Day. . .an extremely hard day for me. I know I am SOO blessed to have B but it doesn't change the fact that one of my babies was not there to celebrate with us, instead it was her two month angelversary. Thanks to J, we did do her pink balloon launch. Although I have no pictures to share, it was a beautiful evening!

Monday the funeral home called J to tell us Ava's death certificates were ready. So after school, B and I headed to the funeral home to pick them up. Later that evening, as J and I were looking at it we noticed an error on her death certificate.  Because nothing about this has been easy, we are unfortunately having to go through the process of getting it corrected and ordering new ones. No parent should ever have to get their child's death certificate before their birth certificate. =(

A LOT of tears have been shed this last week. . .we appreciate everyone keeping us in your thoughts and prayers, we still have a difficult road ahead of us.

Thanks for following along with us,

Happy 8th Birthday B!

Eight years ago today, you changed my life! You were born on 5/11/05 at 4:17pm weighing in at 6.5pounds and 17.5inches long. You not only turned me into a mommy, you have helped me become a better person. It's amazing all the things you and I have accomplished together over the past eight years. You have alrady had to endure so much for your lil age, I can't wait to see all the exciting things your future holds. =)

Now for a "time travel" to the past eight years. . .

1st Birthday we celebrated at the lake with family.

2nd Birthday at our house with family.

3rd Birthday. . .Toy Story Theme. You had a family party at grandma and papas and then a friend party at a local bounce house.

 

4th Birthday. . .you had a pirate theme friends party at a local bounce house.

(Sadly I can only find video of this party. . .so here is a pic from the video. A new summer project for me: organize all of your pictures from my old computers!)

Mommy and B birthday dinner at Purple Cow. . .slurping up a purple malt.

5th Birthday. . .

Mommy and B breakfast at McDonalds. . .too busy watching the tv. =)

Friends Party: Star Wars Theme at ASI Gymnastics

6th Birthday. . .a Bowling Party with friends at Allen Bowl

7th Birthday. . .no friend party, instead (to my surprise) you chose to get a new puppy as  your presesnt. =)

A week later, we welcomed a rumbustious Lilly into our life.

 It's so hard to believe how tiny she was back in the day!

8th Birthday. . .(and Ava's would be 2 month birthday)



LIKES: your iTouch (texting and facetiming), Xbox, Lilly, Skylanders, soccer, dancing (but not in public), going to Dave and Busters with daddy, pizza and grilled cheese sandwhiches

DISLIKES:  taking Lilly outside, making your bed each morning, homework, brushing your teeth

YOUR BIRTHDAY GIFT WISHLIST:

an iPad

a new baby sister

"one that you will be able to hold and one that will stay alive and live with us forever"

We tried really hard to talk you into a new bike, but for some strange odd reason, you don't want anything to do with a bicycle. So unfortunately, for the first time ever, we won't be able to honor your wish list this year. I can't fathom spending the money on an iPad for you, when I don't even have one myself!  Maybe soon, we will get a "family" iPad. =) As far as a baby sister, it can't happen this year but hopefully for your 9th birthday you will be able to hold a baby sister (or brother as daddy pointed out to me). =)

We all love you SOOO much!!

Thank You, Thank You!

One of our dreaded tasks that I wanted to conquer before going back to work was mail out thank you cards for all the wonderful support we have received the last couple of months. At first the dilemma was what cards to use. Sure, we were given some cards from the funeral home to use, but of course they were too generic for our princess. They needed SOME kind of pink on them! J thought we could take them to Staples and have Ava's name personalized on them.  It was a great idea, but taking a 100 sympathy thank you cards to the store and asking them if they can put your daughter's name on them was something neither of us wanted to do. Since we weren't able to use one of the birth announcement cards we had previously picked out, I decided to do something similiar.  A thank you card with Ava's picture so we could show off our princess. =) Once I designed them and had them developed, I decided that wasn't enough either, I still felt like they needed something else. I went to Hobby Lobby and looked for an "angel" stamp and pink stamp pad. . .I found the perfect angel stamp and guess what color of pink the stamp pad was. . . ANGEL pink. =) It was the first pink I picked up and I thought it was SO perfect! Of course, I also had to get a pink pen to write with to make it extra girly. =) Next we needed address labels, I designed the address labels to match the thank you card. As I was ordering the address labels, I decided to create "business cards" with our blog address to put in the envelopes with our thank you's.  This way I could share our blog with family/friends who are not on facebook, plus I thought it would be nice to keep a few in my purse, in case I want to share our story with someone or find someone in a similiar situation. 

Here is all of our "thank you" supplies. . .

We have had our thank you cards, address labels, angel stamp, and stamps for AWHILE, but for some reason, sitting down and actually writing thank you for everyone's generosity is a dreaded task that we kept putting off.  Not because we aren't appreciative of everyone's generosity, we certainly are!!! Let's be honest, sitting down writing thank yous is never enjoyable, even if it is for a fun occasion. 

For weeks and weeks I debated on whether or not to add an additional handwritten note with the cards, thanking each person specifically for their gifts.  I finally decided it would be better just to send them than to hold on to them for who knows how long.  We still have a few more to go, but here is our "virtual" thank you to all of you. . . =)

 

We would like to thank everyone for all of their thoughts and prayers over the last eight weeks. We have been SO overwhelmed by everyone's kindness and gifts, we can not express enough to you guys how much they have meant to us.  Everything from. . .

* bringing us dinners

* donating restaurant and entertainment gift cards

* sending us BEAUTIFUL flowers 

* donating to Ava's memorial fund

* sending us cards in the mail. . . many days checking the mail is one of the highlights of my day. It's always great to see a new card in the  mailbox as opposed to a medical bill. =)

* care packages for B

* special WillowTree angels
* books on infant loss

* all the wonderful Facebook comments and private messages

* texts checking on us or just letting us know you thought about us

* home visits from friends and family

* keeping us in your prayers

* just remembering our sweet lil princess Ava

From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

An update on how we are doing. . .
Overall, we are able to put on a good "front" that things are ok/life is moving on, but deep down we are broken. Our hearts are broken, a piece of our souls is gone forever. I have my moments/triggers where I ask myself why did this have to happen to us and just simply thinking about what our life is SUPPOSED to be like right now.  Today was my first day back at work, although I had A LOT of anxiety leading up to it, it went really well. . .and just 4 more weeks to go. =) J has been back at work for awhile now and is doing good. With his line of work (reviewing leave of absences), he is often reminded of Ava or other parents having to go through heartbreaking situations (such as miscarriages or parents having to take off work to take their child to treatments, etc.). His strength amazes me. . . I know I would not be able to handle hearing all of the emotional stories and still be able to compose myself to get work done. =)  B is doing much better with going to bed, usually he just has one night a week where he has a breakdown, which is much better than every night. He is very aware of me and ANY lil sniffle I have (even if it's just from my nose running). He is constantly checking on me and making sure I am ok. . . such a sweet spirit about him.  Life IS difficult right now, but we understand with the support of our family and friends we eventually will be stronger through this experience.

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers, we are SO appreciative of them! =)

Thanks for following along with us,

Ava's Last Day Part 2

If you have not already read Ava's Last Day Part 1, you can read it here and if you want to read about her birth and first day you can read those here and here.

J ran into his parents in the hospital lounge when he came back from getting ready and taking care of Lilly so he escorted his parents up to our room. Around 11:00 I heard a knock on the hospital door, it was J and his parents. I was so excited to them!  One of the nurses brought Ava back in from the nursery shortly after them.

You could see the joy in their faces when they saw Ava for the first time. =)

 

For about an hour, we all just hung out in the room.  J's parents took turns holding Ava and taking pictures.  This was a very special moment for them because Ava was their first grandchild to call their own.  They waited so long for this moment.  J knew how special Ava was to his parents. =)

Around noon, just as J and his parents were going down to the cafeteria for a quick lunch, Ava and I had a special visitor.  One of my good friends Brittany came to visit us.  I am so glad she had the opportunity to meet and hold Ava.

 

Other than family, Brittany was the only other person to have her picture taken with Ava.

 

 When J and his parents came back, it was more Ava time for them!!!

 We noticed that Ava was starting to scratch one side of her cheek with her lil nails, so we decided to try to put socks on her hands to prevent the scratching.  She did not understand what we were doing to her and what those things on her hands were. =)

 

 

Around 3pm, J's parents decided to leave and head back to Bartlesville.  Right before they left, Ava was throwing a fit!  We couldn't figure out why, at first.  J picked Ava up to see if that would help.  No success.  As J's parents were walking out the door, J's mom suggested checking Ava's diaper.  J checked the diaper and BINGO!!! Ava had a surprise waiting for J :)  The interesting thing was as soon as J took Ava's dirty diaper off, she immediately calmed down.  However, while J was cleaning Ava up, our Lil Princess decided to be a Lil Stinker!  In her own little "subtle" way, Ava let J know that she was not done doing her business.  J's parents got quite the chuckle out of it. 

I am so thankful that J's parents decided to make the impromtu visit to see us.  Unfortunately, little did we know, that would be the last time they would ever see Ava alive. 

After they left, J and I spent some time alone with Ava, completely mesmerized by her cuteness.

Then it was about time for J to go back home and let Lilly outside. Although we do live really close to the hosptial, I think next time we will make other arrangments for Lilly so J won't have to leave throughout the day to take care of her. Next time I want him at the hospital 24/7 throughout our stay. =)

Shortly after he left, another good friend, Kristen, came to visit Ava and me. I am so thankful she came, between her and Brittany, they were the only two people other than family, doctors/nurses that were able to see/hold Ava. . .everyone else planned on coming the next day to visit.

After our visit, Ava and I were able to get a lil bit of a nap in before J came back. Once he came back, I felt like trying to walk around a lil bit. I was tired of being cooped up in that hospital bed. So we took Ava in her traveling bassinet and made a couple of slow walks around the labor and delivery floor.

About this time, it was time for the nurses to switch, so our wonderful daytime nurse brought in our new night nurse and introduced her to us.  We visited with her for awhile and then decided it was time to eat before the cafeteria closed. J ordered my food: pepporoni pizza, salad, cheesecake and a sprite.Then he headed to get his dinner. I started eating and then Ava started to get a lil upset so I sat my dinner aside to nurse Ava. Our nurse came in to check on us, since she knew J was gone to get food. I told her we were all good and she said she would check back in on us in awhile. J came back with a burger from Jack in the Box. . . I thought it was a funny choice for dinner since we never eat there. I commented to him that I have actually NEVER had Jack in the Box and he said that he hasn't had it since his military days. =)

After we got done eating, Ava started making a few sweet noises so J immediately went to pick her up and hold her. I teased him that he was already spoiling her rotten by holding her all the time. =) We then picked out her outfit that she would wear the next day and laid it out. Since J would be going back to work the next day, and my mom would be back in town, I had already preplanned doing a lil "photo shoot" with Ava in the morning. Dressing her up in a couple of different outfits/bows and taking pictures. (I SO wish my mom and I would have had that special time with Ava).

About 9:30, J left to go take Lilly out, take a shower and get his over night things. He would be spending the night with me, but going to work the next day.  As he left, he let our nurse know that he was leaving and would be back in a lil while.  Shortly after he left, our sweet nurse came in and visited with me for quite some time. We shared family stories, as she held and rocked Ava. Then she put her in her bassinet, and left us alone so I could try and get a little sleep.

After she left, I called my parents and B back to visit with them. They had been out of town all day and B was anxious to facetime me to see Ava. As we started our facetime conversation, Ava started to get a lil fussy, so I asked B to let me call him back because Ava was hungry.  Once I started nursing Ava, I was able to call them back and visit. B was so excited to hear Ava cooing over the phone. =) They told me all about their trip visiting my grandpa in his nursing home and that they showed him pictures of Ava. By this time, Ava had fallen asleep so I switched positions with her and covered myself up so I could go back to facetiming B.  Him and my mom thought Ava looked so cute sleeping on my chest! My mom said she looked just like J when he is sleeping, so B took a screencap and messaged it to me.  That screen cap, was Ava's last picture taken alive. . .

For now, the rest of the events that happened that night are too traumatic for us to share at this time. =(

 

Thanks for following along with us,

Pinterest Inspired

I loved Pinterest. . .logging onto pinterest WAS a daily routine for me.  Last year, I got a ton of ideas/inspiration for our wedding from pinterest. If I ever wanted to be inspired for a new decorating idea, a new recipe, a new craft, a new hairdo, cute teaching ideas, exercise and cleaning tips, a cute gift idea, etc. . . You name it, pinterest has it all! I would log onto pinterest and just browse. You could probably go as far as to say I was addicted. =)

When I was on bedrest, I would scroll through the "children" category daily.  I was always looking into the newest baby trends, baby photography poses, fashion for Ava, hairbow ideas, sewing ideas for my mom to do, etc. . . Most of these ideas I pinned to my "Ava" board.  I couldn't wait to carry out all of my "Ava pins"!

One of the "pins" that I planned on doing for Ava's room was a frame with all of her first born information. I was so excited about it, I actually premade it the Sunday before we went to the hospital. Knowing I would want this done immediately, I initially used Brayden's birth weight and time for my template so it would be quicker for me to change once we knew Ava's information. I already had the frame and the location on her wall where I wanted to hang it. . .everything was ready to go.

Initially after Ava's passing, I wasn't for sure if I would finish the project. I just didn't know what we would do with it. I knew I didn't want to hang it on her wall where I originally planned because it would eventually have to be replaced or taken down.  Once we decided to make a "memory wall" for Ava, I decided to go ahead and finish it.

Here it is. . . one of my completed "pinterest inspired" Ava projects. . .

Up close. . . (you can't quite tell from the pictures, but the paper is 8x10).

It actually turned out better than I originally planned. =) Originally I was going to print it on white paper and each line was a different color to match her room. Not trusting that the color ink would actually come out as planned, I decided to switch to yellow paper with black ink.  I used pink jewels as the line spacers. I LOVE the pink jewels. . .it's just an extra, added touch, fitting for a princess. =)

 

Believe it or not, lately, I want nothing to do with pinterest. For now, it's a reminder of all the things I won't be able to do for Ava. Occasionally, I will still log on, but only if I have a very specific purpose, never just to browse like I once did.  I know, one day, probably sooner than later, I will find the joy in pinterest again.

Thanks for following along with us,

Weekend Review

I know I already posted about our Saturday morning and the March of Dimes in this post, but we had some other cute things happen that I wanted to be able to remember.

On Saturday, I went to Sonic Happy Hour to get us some 1/2 price sodas. My intention was to surprise J with a nice big 44oz Coke for all his hard work at the walk. I got home, brought B his slushie then went back to the car to get our drinks. . . I noticed one of them looked "emptyish" from the lid. . .originally I thought maybe they just didn't fill it all the way to the top. I went to grab the other one and noticed it had soda on the bottom. Then I discovered the "emptyish" look was in fact, a nearly empty 44oz cup! Apparently, in the cup holder was B's March of Dimes ribbon that he had given me.  The pin poked a hole in the cup. Luckily, the soda stayed in the two cup holders and didn't get anywhere else in the car. I went to wake J up and tell him about my "surprise" for him.  He asked if I had cleaned it up yet, and I said no, not yet. He said "well did you get a few napkins?". . .I said, no I dont think you quite understand. More than 1/2 of a 44oz Coke leaked into the cup holder. . . I think we are going to need a lil something more than napkins! =) Being the fabulous husband he is, he sprung into action and got some towels and cleaned the whole mess.

Meanwhile, one of B's school friends had called him on my phone and left a message asking if he could come over for a playdate. As soon I told B, he was SO excited! I had him call his friend back on his own. He had never talked to one of his friends on the phone before, so it was so funny to watch him. He was SOOOO giddy, he could barely carry on a conversation. He talks on the phone all the time to family and has NEVER acted like that. J and I were cracking up. I finally had to take over, just so I could get his friend's address. =) Afterwards, we all packed into the car and headed to drop B off. J and I then headed home to watch a movie we had rented.

After the movie, we went to pick B up and visited with the family for a lil bit. Then we headed over to Raising Cane's for dinner. As we were eating, about 4 high school couples walked in with their prom attire on. It was funny to watch B mesmerized by the girls sparkly, long dresses and the guys in their tuxes. I noticed there was only one other family in there along with the teenagers and us. I made the comment, "look there is a family just like us: a mom, dad, and son."  B instantly corrected me, "no, they aren't like us, we have 4 in our family, we also have a girl, Ava." =) I love that he corrected me and included our princess in our family dinner.

On Sunday, we tried something new. Since we all woke up early, we decided to go to the early church service. Afterwards we went to see Ava and brought her a new pinwheel. . .

We had a special moment with this pinwheel. . .the whole time we were visiting, the pinwheel never moved (even though all the other pinwheels were spinning strongly). Then the moment after we said our "goodbyes" her pinwheel started spinning. . .spinning strongly like all the other pinwheels. J and I both looked at each other with the same thought, it was as though our perfect lil princess was waving goodbye back to us. =)

Then we headed to Red Lobster for lunch. This was a difficult lunch for us because it was our first time to eat at Red Lobster since our celebration dinner of finding out we were having a baby girl. Although it was a lil over 6 months ago when we were so anxious to find out the gender, it felt like it was just yesterday.
Here is a super cute video from back then of J sharing our gender news with his parents. . .


As we finished lunch, we looked across the street at Buy Buy Baby and remembered how 6 months ago, we were SO excited to be having a girl we rushed in there after our dinner just to browse through all of the cute girly things.  Now, I have a couple of Buy Buy Baby giftcards that I didn't even get a chance to use on Ava. =(

After all of that reminiscing, we decided we are done with Red Lobster for awhile, well, at least that particular location.

We then headed home and all took naps before we headed to the park for B to practice his soccer skills.

The boys did a variety of soccer drills as I walked around the field multiple times in an attempt to start exercising. =) Afterwards to continue our new Sunday tradition of having chips and queso. . .we headed to Taco Cabana for dinner. Randomly, we bumped into our good friends there so we got to eat dinner with them.  It was such a nice surprise!

March of Dimes Walk

This morning J participated in the March of Dimes walk. March of Dimes is an organization that raises money to help improve research for premature babies, birth defects and other infant/pregnancy issues. Before he began, he needed to be "Ava-fied" . . . I jazzed up a name badge/necklace for him to wear. . .

 and got him some pink shoes laces that say, "hope, faith, and strength."

 

 

 Then he was officially ready to walk the 5 miles for Ava. . .

J headed off to White Rock Lake while B and I headed to his soccer game. While I was at the soccer game, J texted me this picture just to give me a heads up of how many people that were there. . .

 

Earlier in the morning, we had the tv on as we were getting ready and the local news had a segment promoting the March of Dimes Walk in Fort Worth.  They mentioned they were estimating about 12,000 participants. . .so I knew there was going to be A LOT of people!

 

After his soccer game, B and I also headed to the walk. J had also warned us how bad the parking was but I didn't quite understand until we got there. Parking was HORRIBLE! B and I probably walked a good mile+ just to get to the event. Once we got there, we walked right up to the start/finish line. I called J to see where he was. . . he was only 1/2 way through, so B and I decided to walk towards him so we could finish with him. As we were walking, I started to get emotional. There were several signs along the walk that were "In Honor of" and "In Memory of" various babies. It was hard for me to read the signs and see all the successful premature babies that beat their odds and to know, our perfect lil princess, who was born healthy, is no longer with us.  Luckily, B and I were able to come to a waiting area along the walk where I could collect my thoughts/emotions and we could wait for J.  It was right by the lake, so I had to take a quick pic of B waiting.

 

 

Here are a few pics that J took along his walk. . .

 

We finally met up with J to finish up the last 1/2 mile or so with him. We came across some bluebonnets and took a quick pic of B in them.

 

Then, it was time to walk on and finish the walk.  It was a great feeling to finish as a family in honor of our princess. =) 

 

Afterwards, J took us over to "A Place to Remember" tent to show us what he had done for Ava.

He wrote her name on a pink flower and then it was added to an angel tree.

Here are all the names of the lil angels

He also got to write a personal message to her from us.

 

Then we headed over to J's corporate tent to have a yummy lunch before we hiked the mile+ back to our cars. After we ate, his company had a few drawings for prizes. Unfortuntately we didn't win, but we did come close! We thought for sure we were going to win the grand prize. . . it was set up so perfectly for us! They had a few of the kids draw the ticket numbers.  On the Grand Prize, the dj asked the lil girl what her name was before he announced. Take 1 guess what her name was. . .yep, it was Ava. All 3 of us looked at each other with the biggest grins, thinking "we got this!" All of our numbers matchd up in exception to the last 2. We didn't win. =( We knew it would have been TOO perfect, if we had.

 

We headed back to our cars and decided to make an impromtu visit to Ava to tell her all about the walk. After visiting with her, I looked down and noticed something on the ground. I bent down to pick it up, it was a one dollar bill! We thought it was funny, it was kind of like a lil consolation  prize from Ava for us not winning the grand prize. =)

 

By the time we got home, we were completely EXHAUSTED and ready for a nap. . .

(Well B, didn't even make it home before he started his nap).

Lilly and B photo bombing J while he took a nap. =)

 

Today was SUCH a beautiful day! Although it was last minute, I am so glad we got to participate in this wonderful event! Today, J dedicated his walk to Ava. As a family, we plan on making the March of Dimes Walk an annual event for us, not only to bring awareness to their cause but to honor our lil princess, Ava.

 

A few things for next year:

* we hope to either be pushing Ava's baby brother or sister in their stroller as we walk OR me being a cheerleader at the finish line because I'll be too pregnant to walk that far. =)

* we want to purchase an "In Memory Sign" for Ava to be placed along the course

* we want to get a big group of family/friends to walk with us. . . wearing bright pink shirts with Ava's name.

* we want to get more information on the shuttle buses that we saw dropping people off at the event so we won't have to walk so far to/from our cars. =)

 

I am SO proud of J for taking the initiative to particiapte in this special event for our sweet lil princess, Ava. By the end of the walk, J's feet hurt, his hamstrings cramped up, his knee felt funny, he was exhausted, and did I mention his feet hurt?   Even though he has his aches, it was all worth it, because I know Ava is SO proud of her daddy too!

 

Thanks for following along with us,