So I am thinking my little big guy might be teething? He is drooling, chewing on hands, blankets, my fingers, but I don't feel any teeth yet and he has been doing this for a while.
He has also been pretty fussy. I have given him icy teethers to chew... any one have any advice on what to do to help him out? Ava didn't get her first teeth till she was around 10 months so this is a whole new thing for me, if in fact he is getting teeth!
Daddy watching a little TV with Ava and Cole, life doesn't get much better than that!
Such a boy already, I wonder if that was beer in his bottle?
Ava loves playing silly with her daddy!
Bucket Heads! Love you daddy!
A 45 minute drive from our house in Vegas is this! Can you believe it!? Yep, Vegas is surrounded by mountains and up the mount is quite a bit of snow and even a little ski resort! 
A hard thing to find in Vegas is a little sled, we tried 5 stores before leaving! We settle for a small bucket, it worked as you can see.
Cole and I hung out and watched daddy and sister sled.
After the snow time we went to check out the ski "resort" area. It was small but it had some yummy hot cocoa! 
We enjoyed people watching and felt really old with all the young snowboarders around us. Might I add that I was saying a little prayer that my children don't end up like the ones that were around us! 
Miss Ava looking cute in her hat and jacket!
We had a fun day at the snow. I am sure we will go back again soon or even in the summer, sense it's always about 20' cooler than Vegas!
We all met grandma at Mimi's cafe for some lunch! Yummy!
It didn't seem Cole wanted to look at the waitress to take a picture and of course Ava does not smile for the camera!
It was a nice little birthday lunch with grandma! We are so thankful for her! Love you grandma and mom!
Today it was 65' outside and beautiful, so I thought I should take Ava to the park down the street from us. 
I lugged around Cole in his car seat carrier and followed my muchkin around the park. It sure wasn't an easy task, but very worth it.
She has always loved the swings, she will swing forever if you let her! 
I have to say Cole was very good, he enjoyed watching his sister and all the other kids. The only way I could get Ava to get off the swings without having a complete breakdown was to ask her if she wanted to go to McDonald's! It worked she was right off the swing when I said that! 
One thing about Ava is that she doesn't eat very good, but she loves chicken nuggets and fries, and at this point if that's what she will eat so be it! 
I am glad I ventured out of the house to the playground it was well worth it! Hopefully when Cole gets a little bigger it will get a little easier, right now it's a little overwhelming but I surely wouldn't trade it for anything! 
And this is Cole at McDonald's, he never knew we went, I guess the park did him in!
There is multitasking.. Grant ironing his clothes for work while giving Ava a bath..
There is cereal eating while watching some cartoons...
There is holding Cole everywhere you go, to get him to stop being fussy..
Pretty exciting evening at our house!
Last Sunday when we were in Fresno my friend Sheryl was there too from Colorado and her mom put on her baby shower. It was such a perfect little shower with no lame games, my favorite kind!
Of course I had to take Cole so everyone could meet him! I am so excited for Sheryl to have her first baby, but sad I won't be meeting him for a while!
We left Vegas Friday morning and headed to Fresno for a short weekend trip. The actual car ride there was quite eventful... Ava got car sick and so on, I was wishing we hadn't left home but it turned out to be a good weekend but a jam packed one. Next time I think we need to stay a little longer. On Saturday we went to my oldest and best friend Sara's house we have actually been friends for 22 years now! wow! Above is her little boy Trevor who is 8 months old. I bought Trevor and Cole matching outfits, they are some cute boys!
Trying to get a good picture of the 3 of them was quite difficult! Good thing they are all so good looking! 
Trevor kept on touching/hitting Cole it was pretty funny, he really loved Cole it was adorable. I had a great time hanging out with the two of them, it is always hard to visit and then have to leave I just miss my friend so much! Next time Sara, we will make sure we can hang out all weekend or for a few days! 
After our visit with Sara we went back to Grandpa and Grandma Jane's house for the Ono Christmas. Ava got even more great presents!
She also got to play with some of her cousins that were there Kalea and Kalani, they were all so cute together.
Grant got to play too!
Grandma Jane was happy too, she got to hold Cole all weekend and feed him. She was so great to us this weekend or I should say great to me! She helped me so much with the kids. On Sunday I went to my friends baby shower and she watched Ava all day! Thank you so much Grandma Jane I appreciate that VERY much!
