Happy Birthday Ava!!!

I have to admit that the two birthdays Ava has had so far have left me quite emotional!! My baby girl has brought joy into our lives the very moment that she breathed her first breathe and cried her first cry. I will never forget the feeling I had when I first saw Miss Ava Claire or the promise I made to God to raise her in His ways or the vulnerability that I felt at having loved something so much. Two years later I feel it even more. Our little precious 8lb. 8 oz 21inch newborn has turned into a 27 pound blonde haired blue eyed little girl filled with laughter, personality, and joy. Ava laughs at everything, sings all day long, and is so confident and happy. She loves her family and her friends and worms and ladybugs and ducks and Dora and m&ms and cows and Daisy the Dog and Clyde the Dog and I could go on and on. Ava sees the best in people and has brought out the best in us. She has filled our home with so much life!!! She asks to go to "chuch" every day and can sing two whole stanzas of Amazing Grace. She can also be a spitfire as well and I won't go there, but we love every part of her. She has made Coby and I want to be better people, stronger in our faith and more reliant upon our God because we want that so much for her. We love you, precious one!!