The Raft
4 years ago
Dave's finished pumpkin
The group's finished pumpkins. We are pretty amazing :)
My finished pumpkin. I was really proud of it.
The Swiss' (Christina & Nate) had us over to carve pumpkins with them on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun. This was what Dave and I did on our first date exactly 2 years ago. Who would have thought that 2 years later we would be married and have a 6 month old baby (Well it probably crossed my mind on that date but what can I say Dave is amazing and I am just happy he wanted to marry me too :)!)
This was our Halloween pumpkin carving picture. Nate and Christina had their place all decorated for Halloween so I thought it would be cool to have a little bit of the spider web through the picture for a more eerie feel... Not quite as eerie as I hoped but that's ok you get the idea. Thanks for having us over Christina and Nate!! It was a ton of fun and I think our pumpkins turned out great!!
Ava just hanging out after the White Coat ceremony. I love how she always puts her foot up on everything. She does that with her car seat too. She is so funny.
Last Friday was the White Coat ceremony for Dave. It is a ceremony where they are given their white coat as they embark on their journey of becoming a doctor. It was a wonderful ceremony and so exciting to see Dave begin this dream of becoming a doctor. I am so proud of him. He has worked so hard these last few months since school has started and has been doing so well! I love him and am so proud of my "Student Doctor David Ashby!"
Dave's dad was able to come to the ceremony too and it was so fun to have him. I know it made Dave's day as his dad has had a big influence on him becoming a doctor.
This is how Ava spent the ceremony. I strapped her to me so that I could take pictures. She did so well and even fell asleep for a little bit.
The sea of white coats. Can you find Dave?!? I'll give you a hint...He's in the front row towards the middle.Dave receiving his white coat! Congratulations Dave! We are so proud of you and love you so much!! (My voice went out as I was cheering and Ava grabbed the camera at the same time so that part is a little crazy... sorry)
Ava started clicking her tongue yesterday. She did it all day. It was so funny. It isn't very loud in this video but you can see her doing it. She is also sitting up so well. Enjoy the video (and disregard my talking in the background).
So I can now officially say that Ava sleeps through the night. She is doing this all night long and so am I!!! YAY! Her new thing is sleeping on her side or her stomach. It always makes me nervous but I can't stop her from putting herself in whatever position she wants at night. She is such a good baby.
I love Halloween! Unfortunately I don't have any decorations for it... Until last night. I made these blocks with some friends and it was so much fun. Thank you so much Kristi for inviting me and having everything so put together.
I don't know what it is about Halloween but I really do love it!! I ordered Ava's costume weeks ago and have been working on mine and Dave's :). Ava is going to be Snow White and Dave is going to be Doc (because he is going to be a doctor) and I'm going to be Sleepy (because I'm used to not sleeping - I know we are so clever)... if anyone wants to join us there are 5 more dwarfs...
During the Relief Society Broadcast last week, Ava was able to spend some quality time with Dave. She is always so excited to see him when he comes home too. Dave took her on campus to do some service there. As you can see they had a great time together.
This is right after Dave got back from school. Ava missed him so much.