Well, last blog I said I was back on track and here it is 3 months later and I'm just getting around to updating this again. Keren and I are extremely busy these days, we have both gone back to school to become teachers. We both attended Midway (via online classes) last semester and I am not lying when I say it was a tremendous amount of work. I have since found out that I can complete my masters and still teach elementary education so I have transferred to University of the Cumberlands. Keren is sticking with Midway since she thinks she will have a better chance of getting hired having gone through the undergraduate process and getting that degree.
Christmas was a blast, I think Ava sort of had a grasp on the whole concept, she was keenly aware of "Ho Ho" and really got into opening her presents on Christmas day. As always I took tons of video and pictures, they will all be uploaded soon to my Flickr account and I'll post a link here. (someday) Christmas was fairly laid back, not as much rushing around this year. We went to Keren's sister's house for Christmas Eve, that was a lot of fun and Ava had a great time. On Christmas day, my mom and dad came over to watch Ava open her presents, it was very relaxing and enjoyable. Ava's big present was a kitchen set which she still plays with all the time. She also got a Hello Kitty sleeping bag, Abby Cadabby doll, Mickey books with computer, a slot car track (guess who got her that :) a kids cordless drill and tool kit (me again) a broom and dust pan (she always steals the broom when I'm trying to sweep the garage so why not? She got a few other things but since I'm writing this a month after Christmas they escape me. She got plenty, lets put it that way.
This winter has been awesome for snow and we've taken advantage of it. Oh, she got two sleds for Christmas also so we've been sledding a couple times. The first time I took her down a huge hill and we hit a tree so that scared her a little. (we barely tapped the tree actually) Second time was a lot more snow and she had a lot of fun. Her boots were too big so they kept coming off which didn't prevent her from walking around in the snow, in her socks, with great delight. Ava is talking up a storm now, it's so much fun to hear her babble on and on. I been told a hundred times that we will regret when she starts talking because they never shut up but I absolutely love to hear her talk. It's so cute and every word seems to have a tremendous amount of meaning to it. I'm sure I'm biased though. We were coming back from our last sledding excursion and I had taken off her wet socks in the car. I was really concerned that her feet might be cold so I asked Ava how her feet were. Her response was "Happy." Being a dad is awesome.
Here's a little video of us sledding.
https://vimeo.com/83415336
