The way my daughter thinks.

I had to work all weekend. Yesterday I went in at noon. Here is our conversation.

Me: Bye Ava. I love you.

Ava: You go to work? I want to go with you?

Me: No, you stay home with Daddy and go shopping.

Ava: I want you to stay home with me.

Me: I have to work so Ava can have pretty things.

Ava: You buy me presents? Ok..go to work. I see my present when you come home.

Every time I called her on Saturday, all she asked about was her presents.

On Sunday I was getting ready for work and Ava came into the room and asked where her present was. Since I hadn't bought a present I told her she would get a present when I came home that afternoon--IF her room was clean.

John and Ava came by at work and Ava was determined to get me to go home with her. Since I still had work to do I couldnt leave, so she left very sad. When I came home tonight this is the conversation we had.

Ava: Momma, you tired? You work hard?

Me: Yes, I'm tired.

Ava: Momma, you not buy Ava present? (I shook my head no.) You buy Momma present? ( I shook my head no.) Momma, you buy you a present. You tired. Ok momma? I not want present. You want present.

Me: You want me to buy Momma a present?

Ava. Yes. That's ok. Nana will buy me a present anyway.

At least she wanted me to have something!

Happy Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

My mom should be so happy.

Ava is acting more and more like me it is insane. She already walks with her hands on her hips, nose in the air, and a UGHHH in her throat any time I tell her to do something. My friend Susan said it best--she is SO your daughter. Well, I can see my Mom laughing and laughing....

It is payback...

BUT--I love it!

We are back!

So we came back from Hawaii today. I will post later about the trip, but instead of answering a dozen "Are you back yet?" emails, I decided to put out a blanket response.

Thanks for needing us back so bad! :)

9 years!!

Today is nine years of marriage for John and I. The time goes by so fast. It's hard to believe that we dated for 6 years before we married..we have been together 15years. That is almost half of my lifetime. CRAZY!!

Conferance Call 101

I learned on my 2 HOUR freaking conferance call today that I will need to sign a new employee acknowledgement form stating that I will not post anything about my company on myspace or my family blog. (All employees have to sign this, not just me.) So before I sign this acknowledgement I want blog that I work with so many ’Michael Scott’ personalities I sometimes want to drill holes in my head to balance out the pain and suffering. If you don’t know who Michael Scott is, watch a few episodes of "The Office" and you will get the idea. I also learned today that if I decide to mock any idea, suggestion, or plan that my boss has, the mute button MUST be on. I don’t think he liked my comments....

The Office

New episodes start April 10th!! I am SO excited! If you haven;t seen this show you should so watch it. We all have had a Michael Scott as a boss!