Christopher Michael and Ava Grace: 1 Year Old!

Happy Birthday, Ava! Ava turned 1 year old this past week - can you believe it??? Time has really flown by...it's crazy! I started back to work last week, so the summer fun is over :( I really enjoyed staying home with the kids these past couple of months, but it's back to work and back to daycare. We switched to a new daycare and the kids seem to be doing really well there so far. I hope it continues!

Ava had a great birthday, and lots of birthday festivities! She was not a fan of her birthday cake, though. She ate a little bit of it, but it was nothing like Christopher's first birthday cake. I guess that is just the girl in her :) Her nickname around the house is Ava Bug, and Christopher thinks that her full name is Ava Bug Grace and gets very upset if he hears me refer to her as Ava Hess (like while I'm on the phone with the doctor...). Pretty funny! She still isn't walking, but she did take about 4 steps yesterday, so we are definitely on our way - hopefully it will be soon. It will make it much easier on Mom and Dad! Ava is also quite the little dancer all of a sudden. If she hears any music she will start dancing :)

Christopher is also doing really well and has really turned out to be a great big brother. They get along really (as long as Ava doesn't touch the iPad), and he is very helpful. Christopher's newest hobby is playing Angry Birds, and he is literally addicted! I'm pretty sure he can navigate his way through the iPad better than I can. He has Angry Bird stuffed animals, Angry Bird games, Angry Bird pillowcase, Angry Bird gummies, Angry Bird t-shirts, etc. He is still working on his golf game - Dad has really high hopes for him and is hoping to have a golf buddy someday!