Happy 14 months, Ava!!!

Today Ava is 14 months old...happy birthday little girl!!! She continues to explore the world. She's still not saying anything but she DEFINITELY gets her point across...she is a diva and a drama queen. She either gets her way or its bottom lip out and immediate tears...can you say SpOiLeD?!? It is VERY funny to watch...

In other news, the boys have been having a great football season. They both have been playing great defense...each pulling multiple flags per game. Such a big difference from last year. They also got to carry the ball this year (since they're big seven year olds!) Brian has made a ton of touchdowns and, up until last weekend, Justin has been a linebacker. But Justin finally got the ball on Saturday and made his first touchdown! Justin was bursting with excitement...he actually came under the ropes into the stands and hugged me. Then when he got home that night he said, "Mom, aren't you so proud of me?!?" We were so happy for him...it's tough having a twin brother who has been making touchdowns all season!

Here's a sweet picture from this weekends pumpkin picking adventure...


In the middle of all this football stuff, we managed to make a few improvements on our house. We had the entire house re-stained and had all new windows installed. We really needed the windows...the house is about 22 years old and the windows were original. They were getting pretty drafty and the grids were on the outside making it REALLY difficult to keep clean (especially with little hand prints everywhere!!) We're very happy with them...it feels like a brand new house! Here's the before (blue) and after...


Jen :]