so i met some friends a coffee shop in dallas and a photographer came up to me cause she wanted to take pictures of ava.... she said i could have some. I was a bit pissed cause I thought she wanted me to buy some and i was in the middle of being with some friends. She was nice and gave me her card and so i let her..... a few days later i got an email with some pics ( above are a few) and well i really liked her work and her website was amazing and now includes ava turns out she is world known and won lots of awards. So maybe when we are rich and get professional pics taken we will use her.

no time to blog is for sure

So We have just been so busy I don't even know where to start on this. I have not even been procrastinating because there is so much to catch up on here i really have not had a second. Where to start. Swim team is very busy ... I am loving it and excited about the dolphins this year. ava is walking. like yes really walking walking. first steps like a week and a half ago and now she is like off and running. my dad and step mom have separated which has been very emotionally draining and sad - my little brother and sister have moved with my step mom to PA for a while so it will be another trip to make just to see family and my dad is in NC but he is coming this weekend for a last min trip for fathers day. Rufus has ruined our expensive hard wood floors that we put in and will not stop shedding like i have to vacuum and mop multiple times a day just to get some of it up but i still love him sooooo much. he is a fabulous dog and settling in here nicely. and well i did it. i really really did it after so much trouble for the first 4 months plus.... i nursed ava for an entire year. no formula no bottle nothing (now that was not my goal and it will be different next time for my own sanity and having a longer leash) but she has been the healthiest happiest baby... so at 13 months i have st oped breastfeeding for an entire week and well she still does not drink milk but she has figured out the sippy cup and eats 4 - 6 yobaby plain yogurts a day so the pediatrician said that was fine for now and such a big change. I love cuddling her without nursing and she is much more into food and easier to get to sleep. so that is us... k is swamped with work and i am leaving for my first swim meet in 30 mins so i have to run. but hopefully i will be able to be better about updating.

feels like summer

So I got a job coaching a summer swim team .... Chandlers Landing Yacht and Tennis Club. It is 6 days a week for like 3 hours. I am so excited. I have coached a lot of swim team but I have never been this excited or enthusiastic I think it is because I have it is fun to have a job again and I enjoy it so it makes sense to leave Ava. They have a lot of work to do and I said it was 3 hours a day but that is pool time with the kids - there is tons more work to do from home but my lovely husband has been so supportive, encouraging and has made all my spreadsheets and rosters so I look way more on top of things than i otherwise would be.