Baking Cookies with Grandma Em

I think that my mom's favorite thing to do with Ava is bake cookies.

Ava loves it of course....now that I think of it, they baked cookies

twice during the week my mom was here!!

Ava took the job VERY seriously.

As I'm sure you'll notice in the pictures, Ava is not smiling.

This is how she gets when there is a serious job to be done!! :) Notice the matching aprons? And Ava's new hair-do??

My mom makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever.

Jason ate about 10 a day for a week straight.

Thanks Mom! And thanks Ava!

Annabelle is 2!!

My sweet baby Annabelle is 2 years old!! She had a great birthday. My mom was here, which was fabulous. We had a small party of just my mom and us, which was perfect.

This is how her birthday started out.........AT 3 IN THE MORNING!!

Annabelle got a new tooth for her birthday :)

It woke her up in the middle

of the night...and she stayed up for 2 hours!

Seriously. I was not happy.

But, she was in the greatest mood ever and just wanted to play.

Thank God my mom was here.

Annabelle went back to bed, but of course

Ava was up and ready to go at 7 am.

My mom got up with Ava so I could get some

more sleep. Thanks, Mom!!

Ava read Annabelle a book for her birthday.

...then Annabelle went #2 on the potty!!!

Too bad she hasn't done it since her birthday... Ava helped make cupcakes.

The girls were soooo excited when Daddy came home.

They both love their daddy so much and promptly attack him the moment he walks in the door.

We had a birthday feast. Ava and Annabelle got to have macaroni and cheese. The rest of us had jambalya and cornbread.

For dessert, cupcakes and icecream.

The night ended with Grandma Em reading Annabelle's new book.

Happy Birthday, Dear Sweet Annabelle!!!

We love you sooooooooooo much!