Friday was a very busy day. Ava was up early and ready to go. We must have trained her well because she went down to Grandma & Grandpa's room bright and early on the following two days and woke them up instead of Daddy and me. :) Nate was out the door by 7:00 to go golfing with his friend Nate in Amana, while us girls and Reece got ready to go help decorate the reception site for Kristin & Luke's wedding. After decorating we ran home for lunch and Aunt Lisa watched Ava while I got my hair done. Grandma got off work early and after Ava woke up from her nap all of us took Great Grandma to DQ for ice cream to celebrate her 80th birthday. She has to be one of the most active and well traveled 80 year olds that I know. That woman is always on the go! Ava loved singing Happy Birthday to her multiple times while she ate her first DQ ice cream (with sprinkles of course). We then rushed home to get ready for rehearsal. It was another late night for Ava, but she did good.
Saturday was the big day, the day that Ava got to wear her "princess dress". We were lucky enough to sneak in a quick morning nap for both her and Reece before we had to be at the church for pictures. Ava was still requesting a nap by early afternoon and every time that we would get her settled and ready to sleep they would come and get us to tell us that they needed her for another picture. The poor thing was exhausted, but overall did really good.
Nate and I waited anxiously at the front of the church for her to come down the aisle. She started out so good, walking down dropping one flower petal at a time. Unfortunately, she ran out of flower petals about 1/4 of the way down the aisle and wasn't quite sure what to do after that. Reece just kind of stood there looking at her as Ava looked around wondering if she should go back and pick the petals up and start over. After a few awkward moments cousin Melissa went and got them and walked them down the aisle. Luckily Kristin didn't really care if they made it down the aisle by themselves or not. She was a great layed back bride (who looked absolutely beautiful). Ava fell asleep on the way to the reception so Daddy sat in the car with her a bit so that she could get a little rest. I thought that Ava would be tearing it up on the dance floor after dinner, but she was just too exhausted. We ended up leaving the dance around 10:00.
Ava was still up early Sunday. I'm sure that it was because she wanted to be the first to wish her Daddy a happy birthday. I can't even tell you how many times she sang Happy Birthday to him that day. He loved it every single time. :) Grandma made a yummy breakfast for us that morning and then we hit the road. We stopped at Nana's on the way home and had lunch with her and got to see Aunt Sue while we were there. Ava loved Nana's cooking and had a lot of fun riding on the golf cart with Aunt Sue. She slept probably 3/4 of the drive home from IA. She definitely had some catching up to do.
This past week went by quickly, nothing too exciting to report. We did get to have dinner with Cora, Mike, and Kristi. Ava had been looking forward to seeing Cora for quite some time (and of course we looked forward to seeing Mike & Kristi). :) It's always great to catch up with them, and watch the girls play together. Yesterday afternoon/evening Ava hung out with Mema while Boppa, Daddy, and I went to the gopher game. It was another Gopher win which makes for an enjoyable evening with my husband.
We hope that you had a fabulous weekend and hope that your week starts out well!
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