Darling Keira, happy Adoption Day (December 31st)! This magic day that brought us together is something to celebrate today, and forever…
Thank you to mommy Val, we love you dearly and are in your greatest debt.
Daddy and I had a special day together… just he and I. He took me to the Strasburg Railroad museum. Here I am running between the trains.
Daddy also took me to Hershey Chocolate World, and here is the sample they gave me – “Kissables”.
One of our favorite things to do with Auntie is to take a bath together and enjoy some hot chocolate. Keira left after about 30 minutes, but I (Ava) lasted 1.5 hours or so!
Mommy and Auntie watched a movie (Philadelphia) while I slept. It looks like I am faking sleep here, but I am really quite fast asleep! Mommy is amazed at how angelic I look!
My gammy is helping me to hug baby Ryder. His face usually *lights* up when he sees me, but this time he must have thought I have the girly cooties, or something. ha ha Ryder!
We took Auntie and Omi hiking… they visited for Christmas. It was such an enjoyable holiday this year…
I had the cushiest ride when I wasn’t hiking with everyone else. Mommy had a better workout because of it… Ava and Omi each had walking sticks, so I insisted on having one too. It doesn’t matter that I ended up *eating* it, it is still my walking stick.
More candy *did* end up on the gingerbread house than in our tummies, but only because Auntie was supervising. Still, we weren’t too keen on dinner that evening…
Our auntie took us swimming. Swimming is one of our most favorite activities… oh, it was a wonderful day! Our Y is building a new outdoor pool (actually 3 pools in one location) which will open in May and we drive by the construction site regularly and can check on the progress.
Our close friends Jill, Steve, Annalise, and Lorelei came to visit. We laughed as we tried to gather all the children for the photo…
