Little Lins!

This past weekend we went to San Pedro for Ava’s first overnight trip. The drive from Ventura down to LA can be fairly heavy at the wrong hours of the day so we left late Saturday night to avoid any congestions. We packed up the ‘Pack-N-Play’ to use there as a changing station and planned on leaving it there for future trips. We fit everything into the car including luggage, stroller and Rudy who sat in the front seat next to me while Marlene sat next to Ava in her car seat.

The drive was pretty uneventful. We got there around 10 PM and Ava was sound asleep the whole way there in her car seat. We managed to fit the Pack-N-Play and her bassinet in the room with just enough space to get us in and out of bed. She slept pretty well all night which was pretty nice. Marlene did have to wake up in the morning to feed her. We had many visitors from Marlene’s family on Sunday including a George and Mickey who met Ava for the first time.

First Joseph’s Bakery pizza. yummmm….. Maybe next year she’ll get to try it

Great aunt Mary, great uncle George and great grandpa

First overnight trip

We stayed for dinner and watched the Oscars before we left. It was nice to see Martin Scorsese win his first statue but the rest of the show was not too exciting. We left again late in the evening to avoid traffic and made it home around 11PM.

It went pretty well for her first overnight trip. In a couple of weeks we are going to David’s album release party when the grandparents will have to babysit her while we attend it in LA. It’s gonna be the first time for both of us to leave her with other people so we will see how it goes when the time comes…

So Ava has begun talking this week. Well, not real talking but sounds like coo and gaa. I took a tiny video clip of it while she on her tummy.

Tummy time!!

It was also Chinese New Year this week. So on New Year’s Eve, Dan placed a red envelope containing a dollar and a piece of candy under Ava’s pillow for good luck.

This was a exciting week. Not only did we celebrate Valentine’s Day but we also celebrated Ava turning 1 month old. Yeah! I can’t believe how quickly time has flown. We also had a 1-month luncheon for her and visited San Pedro for the first time.

Here is Ava on her 1 month birthday… wearing her bird outfit, of course…

Here is Ava with Uncle Eric for the first time…

And, here is Ava admiring her first Valentine’s Day card from Grandma and Grandpa…

Here is Great Grandpa (Dide) Slavo holding Ava for the first time. It was a great moment. If you look closely, you can see my mom holding Ava’s head while hiding behind him. hehe.

Oh, and 1 more thing… Ava had her first french fry this week (j/k)

Ahh, our first shopping trip together at last. I can’t believe it took us 3 weeks but we finally did it!

Here is Grace giving Ava a kiss on the head. So sweet.

And Mikey and Rodrigo popped by for a visit. Ava could tell they were nuts.