It's been 2 years, time for a new post

Soooo, Ava is 4 years old now (almost 4 and 5 months) and I figured it's about time I post an update.  I'll have to find a way to consistently write something, somehow.  I managed to not post anything in 2015 which I'm very disappointed in myself for.  I did manage to take more pictures than ever in 2015, around 20,000 so I didn't totally neglect to document my child's life.  Ava is so much fun and is developing a great personality.  She is really wild at nights, jumping all over the place and almost always in a very good mood (at night).  I think she takes after daddy in that she's more of a night owl than a morning person. 

You could say she's a bit of a tomboy regarding her interests.  Of course I get blamed for that but she really seems to gravitate towards action oriented stuff.  In 2015 she was all about the Power Rangers and had a Power Ranger themed birthday party.  Now that the new Star Wars has come out she's really into that also.  Her favorite dolls to play with are her 3 storm troopers, Kylo Ren and Darth Varder.  She loves sword fighting, riding on my shoulders and running from Shelby in the house and playing hide and seek.  As of fairly recently she's really into the show PJ Mask's on the Disney channel and also Peppa Pig.  She got a HUGE dollhouse for Christmas and plays with that quite a bit.  The winter months are very blah, so no one's out in the neighborhood and we spend a lot of time indoors, unfortunately.  Ava doesn't seem to mind though, there's always something on Netflicks to watch or games or dolls to play with.  Oh, she loves to set up a lunch or dinner set with plates, cups of water and utensils.  Another favorite of hers is drawing pictures.  We must have over 200 pictures she's drawn so far.  (I've managed to laminate about half of them)  She draws the cutest little square figures of our family and often times puts them in envelops for us.  As she gets older, Ava has seemed to get more affectionate and absolutely adores her mommy. 

School is going well, she is in Ms. Drinkard's class at Summit and goes Tuesday through Thursday.  I played the piano for the class one day last week, was a lot of fun and the kids liked Star Wars, the Peanuts song and Jerry Lee the best.  Ms. Drinkard even busted a move a few times.  I have the whole thing on video, set up a Gopro camera in the corner. (of course)  Overall she's doing well and the class does a lot of activities which she likes.  She seems social and happy which makes me very happy.

Big news also is that Keren is pregnant!  We've had some bad luck the past couple years trying for another baby but (knock on wood) this time seems to be going better.  Due to improvements in genetic testing we've found out it's going to be a boy and currently Keren is about 15 weeks along.  Due date is end of July.  Ava initially really wanted a sister but after a few minutes came around and was very happy to be having a little brother.  She kisses mommy's belly every day and says bye to baby brother when Keren leaves, it's very sweet.  She loves the names "James" for some reason and that's her choice for her brothers name.  At the moment we are considering it for a middle name, maybe. 

That's it for now, hopefully I'll stick to a more regular schedule and keep this going.  Here's a pic of Ava at school during her Valentines Day party a couple weeks ago.