Busy.... Fun..... Exciting New Times in July!

Hi all! It has been a busy past month and Ava has "Bloomed" even more! I am updating pics from the month of July and will follow with the fun times from August so far! Ava got a mirror for her crib and she loves looking at herself! She knows she's pretty thats for sure!

In July Ava traveled for the first time and her first trip was to Iowa for the family reunion. Ava got to meet many of her cousins and she especially adored her cousin Erin! Now if we can talk Erin into moving down by us her and Ava could play all the time!

Ava also got to be part of the "Four Generations." She got to meet her Great Grandma and we got pics with Ava, Mommy, Grandma, and Great Grandma.

The following weekends from the family reunion we didn't stop! We kept on going! We went to the splash park! Ava got to see many of her friends that she will get to grow up with! Cora, Brey, Dexter, Natalie, Darin, Dusty, Addison.... We had all kinds of fun!

Here is Aunt Mandi and Brey.

Mommy and Ava....

Ava and Brey... Ava's like, dude what are you doing! LOL!



Ava also started eating real food after her 4 month check up! August 1st, yes Ava is growing fast! She is now 4 months, almost to 5! She really enjoyed helping feed herself, she knew exactly what to do with the spoon. Now does she truely like the food, that we are still unsure of. She eats occassionally, but sometimes just likes the concept of eating more than the actual food.

There will be more to come! Ava is definitely growing fast! She enjoys many things, she laughs, giggles and smiles. She is getting such a little personallity and developing much of her individuality! One good thing is she loves to cuddle with her Mommy!! :)

Water Baby Play Time!

Hi all! This summer has been off to a boom so far! We have been having so much fun and playing so hard! Ava had her first visit to the river today with Mommy, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Duane, and Darrin! And what a blast we had! Ava is definitely a water baby there is no doubt! We even got her an tube to float around in and she also enjoyed being in that and kickin her feet in the water.

Here is Mommy and Ava with Ava's first time in the river! And below is her sitting in her fancy little tube to float around in! It's also a princess tube! :) For my little princess!

Below is little Darrin with his huge stick that he found! Darrin is such the little outdoors man, he was catching tadpoles and searching for anything he could find. He definitely found a stick bigger than him!

Ahhhhh Baby Ava with Aunt Sarah sittin in the water and enjoying the sunshine and playing in the water, what more can you ask for on a great Saturday afternoon!

Below are some pics of Ava swimming like a big girl on her first river trip! She is going to be a river rat I believe, but of course Mom and Dad also love going to the river every summer and hanging out with friends and going on float trips so its a good thing our daughter follows in our footsteps!

After a long day and hard at play Ava crashed out and fell asleep! She says I am plum wore out!

Today was such a great day at the river and I am so glad that Ava enjoyed it as well as she did! So far half way into the summer we have been having so much fun and great times with friends and family! We can't wait to continue on and welcome Baby Ava to sooooo much more excitement and adventures! Keep posted with Bloomin with the Bowers, cause Ava is definitely Bloomin Like a Flower Day after Day, Weekend after Weekend! More Fun to come!

And off we go floating down the river till next time.........................................................

I'm a FIREWORK!

Hi all and Happy 4th of July weekend celebration this past weekend! Momma and Ava are sitting at the computer currently updating the blog for all to see what an exciting past week we have had! So as I mention previously I believe, Ava is now rolling over! She typically goes from her back to her stomach and then gets mad when she gets stuck on her stomach. She has gone from her stomach to her back once, that was when she was REALLY mad! Ava is quite a little Firework I do have to say with one heck of a temper! Or maybe its just her being a girl! LOL! Below are a few pics that I was snagging while she was working on rolling over.

Ava has also become mommy's big little helper! She helped me do laundry the one evening! Gotta teach them young to do chores you know! :) Ava definitly loves helping mommy, probably because she gets more time with me since I am gone all day to work. Below is Ava chillin in the laundry basket!

Then we finally made it to the holiday weekend! We waited all last week for the three day weekend and all of the festivities! So Sunday we went and played! We started out by grilling hamburgers with Aunt Sarah and got to spend time with Miss Natalie (of which I dressed like in our little jean jumppers) and Darrin. We played hard and enjoyed the sunshine! After that we met up with everyone else and went to a picnic and firework show. There was lots of people and lots of activity of which kept Ava entertained. (Ava says I love all of this movement and many people to check out!) There was also great music to listen to! By dark the fireworks began to go off and Ava did not get scared one bit! She was actually mesmorized by all the flashing lights in the sky! She did fall asleep for a little while but woke up and started enjoying them again!

Here are a few pics from our 4th celebration!

After such an eventful weekend Ava spent Monday with Grandma (my mommy)! They went shopping and had such a blast! Grandma of course spoiled her which is what she is for!

Well Ava says it's time to go for now! She is getting mad so we have to go eat a bottle! She is one Firework I tell ya!! Look forward to more exciting summer weekends!

Splish Splash and Party Bash!

What a fun weekend we had!! Yesterday we celebrated Darrin's 4th Birthday party as you can see Ava is checking out the balloons above. There was soooooo much excitement the balloons popping didn't even scare her! And yes, we finally convinced daddy to taking a picture with me and mommy! I was paying more attention to what was on the ground than the camera, but at least we got a family portrait!

Here I am with Grandpa Rick! Rick decided that I was getting too heavy after awhile becuase I am getting so big. I am just a growing little girl!

Here I am with pretty aunt Sarah! We didn't get any pics with Natalie too, we will have to do that in the future to show us all later the size comparison!

Here is little Miss Princess Ava all stylin in her pretty dress. My oh my momma LOVES to dress her baby girl! It's a dress every weekend if at all possible!

SPLISH SPLASH!!! We went to the Splash Park in Bentonville on Saturday! First water park for Ava and her Best Friend Cora!! Cora is 6 months older than me and we had a hay day in this water! The fountains shot out of the ground and we watched and then mom and I ran through a few times and had so much fun! I didn't even cry the entire time!

I am stylin in my bikini! Dad and uncle James had to beat off all the boys from Cora and I!

Momma and Me!! I do love my Momma!!!

I am a princess or a diva, whichever I darn well want to be! I am stylin and a profilin every day!! This is just me chillin in my shades on the back porch swing!

We had such an eventful weekend and had so much fun! Ava is definitely growing and developing sooo much more! She is talking to us and responding to us by smiling and laughing! She is starting to use her hands to grab on to more and more! Especially when she is on my lap in front of food! Ava definitely loves food! She tried a lemon the other night out at Red Lobster and loved it! She kept sucking on it without any sour faces. Ava is figuring out how roll over as well, she had herself pushed over but couldn't quite get her little arm out so she could make it completely over and ended up flipping back. Ava loves to have her tongue hanging out and has figured out how to blow bubbles. It is just too stinking cute and we love watching her different developments! Ava is a bloomin flower! Or one heck of a little diva princess!! Well that is pretty much it for the past few weeks and our busy fun filled weekend! I will have Ava's first 4th of July outing up next week!

Happy Daddy's Day

Today is one of my Daddy's special days! It's Father's Day and I have been such a delight! I dressed oh so pretty and I have been smiling and laughing with my daddy all day!

On this day Josh is so blessed to have his little princess and is cherishing every moment! I don't have much to write today but wanted to give a shout out to all of the wonderful daddy's! Especially my hubby, my dad, and my late grandfather. Today is your day! Happy Father's Day!

I do have to say though that I am so thankful for my father and grandfather for making me who I am today. They taught me what I needed to know to grow and succeed in this world today.

Here is Ava dressed oh sooo pretty:

Ava is Growing Like a Flower!

Now to play a little catch up! Ava is now 2 1/2 months old and as most would say she's growin like a weed, but my choice saying is "She is Growin like a Flower!" Ava is now 23 1/4 inches long and a whopping 11 lbs 15.7 oz! One healthy flower I say! There are many choices of flowers but I am kind of partial to Ava taking after her late great grandfather's "flower" of which is the one and only Dandilion! Yes, some may consider it a weed, but in the eyes of my grandpa it was a flower! It's kind of an irony to the whole Bloomin with the Bowers, Ava's growin like a Flower!

My grandfather was a great man whom left a legacy on this Earth. He's was very humble, well liked, and always was helping others or making others laugh with his crazy stories. I wish Ava would have been able to meet him, but God wanted him to join in Heaven 2 months before Ava's arrival. To this day he is a guardian angel looking down upon us and smiling at Ava everyday! He watches her grow as he sat and watched out his window all of the dandilions growing in his yard! I love him very much!!

Here are a few pics of Ava growing over the past 2 months, the first is most recent and going back date as you go down....

Welcome Ava Ryli Bowers!

Hi all!! Ok, so I am a little behind at getting this started, but I wanted to create a blog for those who want to get to know our precious little Ava and to watch her grow!

We welcomed Ava Ryli to our family April 1st, 2011 at 6:10 P.M. Ava was 7.1 lbs and 19 1/2 inches! She was a beautiful bouncing baby girl!

Here is Ava when we welcomed her into this world: