More of Miss Ava...

Helping Mommy make a blackberry cobbler. I keep eating all the berries before mom can get the crust on!

Playing on the big kid playground

Riding the carousel at the mall with PawPaw

I'm PawPaw's girl! Ava didn't want to sit at the table for Thanksgiving dinner...so my Dad went along the buffet line and fed her bites from each dish. Sigh....

Ava Marie....What a big girl!

Going to MaMaw and PawPaw's house to spend the night!

I'M ONE!!!

Helping Daddy with the turkey on Thanksgiving. What a big helper!

Rockin' the skinny jean! I'm ready for my close up!

Playing bubbles with Nanny on a beautiful November day. I LOVE BUBBLES!

More pics of our first few weeks at home

Lyla and Daddy

Sportin' my "I Love My Auntie" outfit!

Chillin' in my Boppy chair while Mom cooks dinner

Lyla and Aunt Mollie

Lyla with Nanny and her cousin Clayton

Settling in at home

These are some pictures of Lyla's first couple of weeks at home. As you can see from the picture of her and Scott....she is quite the cuddle bug. She had a petty hard time sleeping in her bassinet for the first month or so. She only slept well when she was nestled in between us in bed. So, that is what we did! She is now sleeping in the bassinet next to our bed, but wakes up to cuddle with us at about 6 am every day. It is so sweet to have her snoozing in between us!

The second picture is of her first bath, which had mixed reviews. She liked it at first, and then started screaming about half way through. She now loves bath-time, as long as I am in the tub with her. Scrub-a-dub-dub!

Playing catch-up!

Hello everyone. Well, with the best intentions, I created this blog over 2 months ago. I quickly found that 2 kiddos under the age of 18 months would be a little more busy than I had anticipated! So, I am going to attempt to post all the happenings at the Ventimiglia house over the next few days.

So, obviously, the most noteable event has been the birth of Miss Lyla Grace on November 3rd. She is such a wonderful baby, and we love her more every day. We had a great experience (once again) at St Joeseph Medical Center where Lyla was born. I cannot say enough good things about the staff there. Here are some highlights....