A Fun Week Makes One Really Long Post

Dustin's parents Sandy and Gary also came out to visit us on July 24th. They stayed for a whole week and we had a blast! We started out Saturday morning going to a Pioneer Day activity at City Park. We had lunch and they had free rides for the kids. Surprisingly we got Ian on most of the little kid rides.














Sandy hung out with Ava while we went on a few rides.














While riding on this car all he kept saying was "Go Fast" over and over.

Here you will notice he is pointing down, because he wanted to get off. The little girl next to him was nice enough to ride with him, since it's too small for adults.

I had to include this picture to show the bizzare weather in Pueblo. This is a hailstone Gary picked up from the grass outside our house. There is a saying here, "if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes". It is so true the weather changes So quickly here. Also the day of this storm Sandy and Gary treated me to a much needed massage and when we went to the spa there were branches and leaves all over the ground from the hailstorm, and a bunch of people's cars had been dented. It was crazy.

Tuesday we went to the Zoo, and Ian cried until Gary would take him on the Merry-Go-Round.

Ava's first trip to the zoo.

The Giraffes are Ian's favorite.

Gary and Ian fed the Giraffes some crackers.

Wednesday and Thursday we went down to the Riverwalk.

We tried to get some pictures of Ian and Ava but Ian didn't want to hold her.

They headed home on Friday, but not before we got some cute photos of them with the kids.

We painted Ava's toes for the first time.

We had such a great time this week. Thanks for coming out and for all your help with Ian and Ava!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Croft

Dustin's Grandparents came out to visit us on the 24th of July. Unfortunately I only got one picture of them. They drove out in their RV and stayed for the weekend. It was great seeing them. Ava's middle name is after Dustin's Grandma, so it was great that she could see her namesake. Thanks for driving out to see us!

Ava's Outfits

Here is a small sample of Ava's outfits. She has so many 0-3 months clothes. There will be more photos to come. Thanks to all who donated to her wardrobe.

Funny Pics of Ian

Ian is a funny little kid. Here are some examples of how he makes us laugh.
Here he is in Ava's new bathtub, he wanted to sit in it all day. Here, he begged me to put on his swimmer diaper over his shorts. If he had a cape he could be a super hero.

This was amazing! Somehow he was able to get half of his diaper off while his clothes were still snapped up. I still don't understand how he pulled this off.

4th of July

On the Fourth of July I made a flag cheesecake, it tasted awesome! It will have to become a new Fourth of July tradition.

We went to a Parade and Ava slept through the whole thing.

Here's our new sit n' stand stroller. Thanks Gary and Sandy!

The parade we went to was an all WET parade. We didn't know what this meant so we went anyway. All the people on the floats have squirt guns or hoses and the people in the crowd also have squirt guns. So it's a giant water fight parade. My Mom got the worst of it. Luckily Ava stayed dry in the stroller. Ian wouldn't let Dustin put him down. He hated getting wet. Ian's favorite float (obviously). It was a dump truck pulling a sponge bob float full of beach balls that they threw out to the crowd

Ava Marie Croft

Ava Marie Croft was born on June 29, 2009. She weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long. Originally due on the 14th of July we are happy she came early. We went to the hospital at 8:00am and she was born at 2:12pm. We are so blessed to have such a great doctor that realized that I needed to be induced. After Ava was born and he was delivering the placenta Dr. Wassinger realized that the umbilical cord was hanging on by a thread. If I hadn't been induced who knows what could have happened if the umbilical cord had come unattached. We also had another scare while at the hospital. The day that we were supposed to go home I was feeding Ava and she started to turn purple, so we called in the nurse. The nurse, Sharon, ran her in the other room and gave her some oxygen. Then they did a chest x-ray and drew some blood trying to figure out what was wrong with her. This caused us to stay in the hospital for an extra day with Ava hooked up to an oxygen monitor. The x-ray results came back and she either had some mucous left in her lungs or pneumonia. Luckily it wasn't pneumonia. So we had to wait until Wednesday afternoon to get the blood test results back and they were all negative so we finally got released to go home.

Ian was most excited to see his Dad!Grandma and Ian came over about an hour after she was born. All Ian did was say "baby" and point at her.The proud Daddy!Ian on Dustin's Wonderful cot.Ian makes the "sad face" whenever she cries. And has to run over and look at her.We got home on Wednesday July 1. We were so happy to leave the hospital.Ian gave me a great big hug when we got home. It made me so happy, because at the hospital he didn't want anything to do with me.