Yesterday was a great surprise Ava surprised Daddy at work to go and have lunch. She was a little shy at first with most everyone at the office, but she slowly started warming up towards the end of the visit. Everywhere she went she got such great prizes. The Secretary gave her a pen and paper to draw her name, the geologist gave her some sandstone with real oil inside (see the rock on the table), the engineer gave her some sand used to frac wells, and the accountant, well he gave her a bill...just kidding.
She mostly just loved sitting at Daddy's desk and slamming her hands down on the keyboard as hard as she could, she also enjoyed twirling around and around in daddy's big soft chair. It was so much fun to spend time together during lunch and we realized that we should do it more often!
Afterwards we went to Bubba Gump Shrimp just across the street for some boiled shrimp and other yummy food. Ava put the cajun spicy shrimp in her mouth and seemed to enjoy it, but after a second realized that it was too foreign for her so she refused to eat it. We will take the small victories like that whenever we can.
Last week we went down to Utah to help Laura pick out a wedding dress for her upcoming wedding. We are lucky to have Brandon around who made all of the appointments called all of the dress shops and approved of the final dress before buying. He should definitely be on the show "say yes to the dress".
Ava had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's home and loved spending all of her time outside playing and running, swinging and exploring. She especially loved throwing rocks in the river. She also loved helping Grandpa kill the weeds and playing the piano with Grandma.
Surprisingly she didn't pound the keys too hard and even made a pretty good sound come from the piano. At just 16 months she is definitely on her way to better things!
