Escaping The Rain

Online Ava

From time to time Ava will get bored with the mundane activities of a typical 4 month-old: playing on her activity mat, avidly suckling her binky while being bounced in her bouncer, or going for walks. When not doing these activities, she likes to check her Twitter and Facebook status, monitor her stock portfolio, watch Glenn Beck on Fox News (fair and balanced . . .), check her favorite blogs, and watch Iron Chef episodes. Next on her list, reading Barnyard Dance on her iPad.

Out For A Stroll(er)

Easter 2010

Last Sunday we headed to Mitchellville to spend Easter with Emily's family. Ava had fun socializing with everyone, and continues to amaze everyone with her unimpeachable behavior. Of course, she continues to have a strong disdain for church-organ hymns, and cries every time they are played. . . almost on cue. We understand your pain Ava, we understand. As Emily has stated before, she's more of a Radiohead girl.

Vamsi Visits

Last weekend, amidst a brief reprieve from New York to come home to visit family in Chicago, "Uncle" Vamsi made a quick jaunt to Iowa City to introduce himself to Ava. Without being to verbose, we'll just say that the two of them hit it off right away. Vamsi was enthralled by Ava's every move and sound, while Ava was more fascinated with using Vamsi's nose as a jungle-gym set. She could quite possibly just be confused, as normally when she grabs her toys on her bouncer, they play songs, and as you can guess, Vamsi's nose does not come with batteries nor interesting sounds. We were glad that the two of them got acquainted, and look forward to them seeing more of each other soon. We'll let the pictures speak for themselves . . .

Prelude to a smile