Summer Time in Chicago

On Saturday we went downtown to the beach. Mason Jennings was there picking up the beach and put on a concert at night. We walked along the beach and swam. The water was pretty warm but Ava still thought it was too cold to go in with me. Effie enjoyed getting some sun and going out to eat in the Hancock building. Ava was such a big flirt she would smile at every person we walked past.

Ava's best Friend

Ava loves Samson so much. Every time she sees him she smiles and laughs. When she is very upset we just show Samson to her and immediate she stops and starts trying to squirm her way to him. He is very good with her. He will lay and just let her pinch and pull at him.

We are looking for a small saddle so she can ride him around. We need to get a least a wagon or cart for him to pull her around in.

Ava First Food

On Friday July 24 Ava ate her first food! It was rice cereal and she loved it. She has been really curious in food lately and always reaching for what we are eating or drinking. She was very excited to get to eat her own food maybe a little too excited. She could not eat it fast enough. It didn’t help that she does not know how to eat. She tries to nurse from the spoon and gets frustrated when she only gets a little spoonful. She got rice cereal all over her, and even hid some for later in her chin folds.

How can you say no to that puppy dog eyes!