Tuesday, May 26, 2009

100 degrees in May? Really?

Ava and I headed out to Tucson on May 8 and stayed for almost two weeks! David joined us for the last 5 days. Ava had a great time being with my family. However, she was very sleep deprived and couldn't adjust to the 3 hour time change. She also had four teeth cutting through. She would wake up at 6am everyday (big no no in my book), at which point I would start calling for Ah Ma or Michelle, as I laid in bed, to come get Ava. Then I could get some real sleep! Ah Ma would take Ava to the garden to water the flowers and go on a walk around the lake. Ava would be whisked upstairs by 10am for her nap, when her cries of "NO" to anything and everything were getting too loud. She may have said "No" a hundred times a day while we were there. Even though she was grumpier than usual, she was still the life of the party. It was already scorchingly hot in Tucson, so we spent pretty much all day indoors. Lorina and I watched tons of chick flicks and I literally ate all day long. Yay for getting closer to fitting in my mom jeans!






Sweet Ava




Fun visit to the zoo


Wish I could put Ava on that turtle for a ride



Ava enjoyed the luau party





Outside the Mesa temple





Attempt at a family picture. Ava was desperate to get down and splash around




The ladies of the family. What is it with my head tilt in all the pictures with Ava?




Ava calls Victor "Boy" . That's Coco the dog. I'm not crazy about that dog. Ava had a love-hate relationship with him. Everytime he would bark, she would cry hysterically. But I caught her giving him kisses. The horror!




She's got high heels and an apron on to wipe the table. What is this, the 1950s?





Ava loved staring at herself in the mirror all day. I would too with a smile like that!





Ah Ma braided Ava's hair almost everyday. They were buddies.



The Sonoran Desert Museum. Ava stayed home with Ah Ma while the rest of us got to see some bobcats, snakes, javalinas and other delightful critters. I was sporting that hat everyday in Tucson. My style goes out the window on vacations, or maybe just everyday of my life.







Monday, May 25, 2009

Shu Shu says

Why can't I just buckle down and blog in a timely fashion? I have to catch the blogging bug to be motivated and catch up. David's brother, Daniel visited late April just to hang out for a week. David and Dan went golfing, watched "The State of Play" and had some good bro bonding time. Ava calls Dan "Shu Shu" which is Chinese for "Uncle". Ava loved her Shu Shu and would wake up from her naps looking for Shu Shu.





I realize that there are a ton of pics with Ava in her cow pjs. She really does have other clothes, but I really like dressing her in it at night. I thought I had found the secret formula to a good-night's sleep and hate to stray from it: cow pjs + stuffing a whole bowl of oatmeal into Ava's mouth right before bed + turning on her fan= good night's sleep for all. Works most of the time!





Dan got a taste of soul food at La'wan's. He also loved the North Carolina style bbq.