Ava's Continuous Birthday

We went to Chicago for Ava's birthday and afterwards she got to celebrate with her cousin brothers and Grandma and get presents from Grandpa, Grandpa and Grammy, and Great Grandpa and Nother One Grandma. She was a very lucky girl this year and loved all her birthdays.

I love Jamie's face in this photo.

Ava calls this a "Darby." How cute is that? We recently bought a bunch of toys for Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army Angel Tree. One of the things Ava picked out was a Princess Darby with lots of accessories, but she then had second thoughts about whether or not she was willing to part with it. In the end, she made the right choice and gave the doll up. But Santa, if you're reading, please bring a Princess Darby.

P.S. Ava just reminded me that she named the Darby in the above photo Calico Woman. In case you were wondering.

Yes, she hugged every present like this after she opened it.