So, we had a wonderful Easter with Matt's sister and her family. They drove to our house from Virginia and it was so so fun to have them here! I posted pictures on Facebook and I didn't really want to repost them, so you can take a look there if you're interested. But here's some pictures of us enjoying all the beautiful weather. This first one is just a little park near our house. We had Ava feed the ducks and then started getting eaten alive by mosquitoes so we booked it home.
I took her to a beach in Fairfield which is about 10-15 minutes away from us and there was this perfect little area for her to play in, there was a sandbar that blocked it from the ocean so the water was really warm and shallow. I didn't think it would be warm enough for her to play in so I didn't bring any swimming clothes, so she just got wet in the clothes she had on and she loved it. She was having so much fun that she ran over the sandbar and started running into the ocean which was a bit colder and she ran until she was about up to her knees and then stopped and looked at me and started whining, like, "Mom, why am I out here?" it was pretty funny!

This is her in the car on the way home, my nudey baby! I love how happy she is, she was cracking me up!

I tried to tell her this probably wasn't the best place to listen to but she was being a "doctor" and knew more than me, so Matt thought it was hilarious and got out the camera, I'm not sure why I'm okay posting a picture of my butt at this point in my pregnancy but oh well, the dignity is gone right, I must say, I'm pleased that my shirt is riding up a little so you can get the full effect :) haha

Another one of Matt's ideas...but here I am..large and in charge!

Here's my little dancing queen. She got all these hand-me-down dress ups from her cousins and loves to dress up and dance around the house

I went in her room after nap time one day to get her up and this is what I found. She moves everything to her bed, so she's obeying the whole, "stay in your bed" idea. But if I don't remember to shut her closet, literally every shoe she owns ends up on her bed with her.
Riding her "new" princess bike that her cousin Marissa gave her. She loves it!!
We went to the Bronx Zoo this week. It was an experience...we'll just leave it at that, a lot of driving and a lot of people and not so much awareness of personal space. I think we'll stick to the smaller zoos around us from now on, but at least we can say we went right?


She loved this little turtle statue, so she's giving her turtle hugs :)