Around the House and Mother's day

On the very last day of the warm weather tease of a month known as April, I ran the Cherry Creek Sneak. That sucker is 5 miles. It was a kind of cold day and Ava had decided to party all night before my run in the morning (she had her shots that day, poor thing). I beat my goal time, but not my secret goal time. All in all it went ok, and definitely not bad considering I'd only been able to run outside 4 times to prepare.This is a daddy who LOVES his baby girl. You see the construction pencil behind his ear? We've got a little project going on in the basement...

The old bathroom has been ripped out, new bathroom framed, and since this picture was taken the new bathroom has also been dry walled. Marc works on it in all of his "spare" time (he has about as much as I have).
On Mother's Day we had Ava's dedication. It was a nice service and mom and dad came out for it! Marc's parents and Matt were there too. We've been joking that by dedicating her we're giving her to Jesus to take raise (sort of joking, sort of serious). In this picture, I think she's asking the pastor if it will be Jesus who picks her up from daycare everyday. She rewore her Easter dress, she's not a celebrity you know. Sometimes she has to repeat an outfit.
Here we are on Mother's Day. We grilled fajitas and had a gorgeous day in the back yard.
All of the fun made this little puddin' tired so she took a nap in what I thought was the shade. I loved how she was sleeping-her little hand on her forehead like "it's all too much, life is exhausting".
She wore her new sunglasses like a good girl.
She was not in the shade for her nap and she got a little sun :(. It really wasn't that bad, not as bad as it looks in this picture. 4 months old, unbelievable. She discovered her voice this weekend and she's having a great time learning how to use it. Probably the sweetest little noises I've ever heard.