Life According to Whitney: The Joys of being a Mommy

I must say that in the past 3 months I have found such an unbelievable joy that I had lost somewhere along the way. How is it possible that one little person can do this? It is to me like looking into the face of our Father. My cousin Kerri put it best when she said that Ava still has Heaven in her eyes. What a beautiful and telling statement. I think about how much I love my sweet girl and I am struck by the thought that God loves us one hundred times more. WOW! I love this girl with every beat of my heart and every inch of my being and my God loves me more than that. I am more than blessed and humbled by this thought. I know that there will be trials among the joy but I hope to always look back and remember those sweet smiles that Ava wakes with on her face. I have never prayed so fervently for anything as I do for my child. I pray that I can bring her up to know Christ and to always take the narrow road. It is not the easiest but oh the amazing prize that is waiting at the end. I love you my sweet angel and cannot wait to see what amazing things God has planned for you!

Ok...enough heavy talk...let me tell you what little tootsie is up to these days! She will be 3 months old this Friday. How is that possible?? We have had a few firsts in the last couple of weeks with more to come soon. We went on our first road trip to Oklahoma. It was just us girls--mommy, Ava and Aunt Erin. It was Erin's 10yr reunion at OBU so Ava and I tagged along to see some old friends. I was a little nervous to see how she would do and I must say--I have the BEST little traveler out there!! She slept the whole way there and back. She only took little cat naps here and there but was never fussy. I am so blessed that she is so happy! Tomorrow is another big first--our very first plane ride! I am hoping that she will love it as much as she does riding in the car. We are headed to Kansas City for a few days to spend some time with Hue's mom for Thanksgiving. Ava's Mimi has not seen her in person since she was a week old so she is really in for a treat!

The other big news is that she is sleeping in her big girl crib in her fabulous room! She absolutely loves it. This baby turns herself all over that crib. I guess she got a taste of that freedom and loves it because she sleeps from about 8 or 9pm until about 4:30 and then goes back to sleep until 7:30 or 8! It has been really great to be able to turn over in bed without worrying that I was going to wake her.

That is pretty much the new happenings in our lives right now so I will sign off for now with a few pics of Ava and her sweet cousins--Macie and Beckett. Stay tuned for blog updates and pics from our trip :)

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving. Enjoy this time with family as it is so short but such a time to be treasured.