More videos

Here is another video of Ava from today. She is starting to really love playing and exploring. In this video she is playing with Anniiyah's CD player while the girls are at school. She loves music adn really loves her dancing.

Dancing Queen

change is good...

I am making it a goal to write more on the blog. If for nothing else but to look back and be able to reflect. This past week held a lot of change. We now have the priviledge and responsibilty of loving 3 girls. I have felt a lot of things over the last 5 days. I am excited....I am scared...I am tired...I love each of my girls so much. At this point we know that our arrangement is not permanent, but we are going to love as much as humanly possible, teach them about Jesus as much as possible, grow with our girls as much as possible, and seek the face of Jesus while life takes on a lot of new shapes. I am sure that things will feel more normal after a couple weeks and I need to remind myself that I know plenty of people with three kids who are perfectly fine!

Last night when Caleb and I layed down in bed we started going through the day yesterday and the course of events...Here is a little rundown for all of you who are far away...
* Woke up to three very hungry kids...2 are NOT morning people and 1 thinks the morning is very funny
* ate breakfast, got dressed and began working on hair...
* after a little complaining and a lot of grease, the hair project was complete...
* 2 girls got loaded on strollers while the other sat on the toilet...for 45 minutes...
* After the toilet situation, we were going to be VERY late for the first day of school but what can you do????... (PART 1 of our day was all before 8:30 am).
* Got to school and I filled out paperwork for 1 hour! Caleb chased two little girls around the school office until finally we couldn't take it anymore...he signed what he needed to sign and took the little girls home...
* I finally left the school and walked home in the rain...this was the first time I had been alone in 4 days....
* I worked for a the rest of the day while caleb cooked, cleaned, did nap time, grocery shopped, and picked up Anniiyah from school
* We ate dinner with friends which was awesome becuase it was two more people to love on our girls (and us) and two more sets of hands to wipe noses, bottoms, and anything else that needed to be wiped:) (Love the Henleys)
* Finally we made the cookies that had been promised the night before...
* With cookies in the oven, it was time for baths...(Aunt becky assisted becuase i was holding the battery cord in the back of my computer to try and get it to turn on so I could get the files that I needed)
* After two cookies each (and one that got snuck to Ava while i was still holding the battery cord in my computer) it was finally time for a bed time book and bed...
* All girls to sleep by 8:30 and time to survey the damage from the day...
* By 10:00 the living room, dining room, and Kitchen are all up to Starr cleanliness standards (these are VERY low standards by the way) and we can sit and visit with Aunt Carrie who brought over hair products...
* 12:00 am brings about bed time becuase in 7 hours....here we go again! it was a good day...

SuperBowl Sunday

This year, we are in Florida for the Super bowl. Caleb is of course excited about the Steelers. We are wearing our gear and giving off as much "mo-jo" as possible. We have lots of wings, snacks, and enthused fans:). I am the most excited about an hour of the office that is going to come on when the Super Bowl is over.

Ava is getting really good at walking, though she only chooses to do it when she wants to. Here are some videos.

Christmas 2008

It's hard to beliee that last Christmas we were just getting used to having baby Ava around and now she is crawling around and "talking" and loving Christmas time. We have spent our time traveling from Kokomo to Columbus and soon we will be back in Kokomo. We hope to spend at least one night relaxing and celebrating our 4 year anniversary. Nana will be on Ava duty for the night and it will be her first night away from us. Here are some pictures from our break so far. For all those we have been away from...we are looking forward to seeing you some day soon! Merry Christmas!

We went to a light show in Columbus and ava was having a great time.

The Starr Family

Reunion with great friends!

Bundled up for the light show

CUte little Bunny

Family Pyramid

Trying to keep up with Ava (who was crawling away at the time)

Ava wasn't feeling the family picture

he he...

We all put on my mom's cheesy christmas sweaters and wore them on Christmas Eve night.

Ava's First Birthday

A little taste of Ava's first birthday party...15 adults...15 kids...a good time was had by all!

changes

Taking our picture in front of a beautifully decorated Christmas home!

DIane and I made Thanksgiving Wreaths!
Family Picture on Thanskgiving...or maybe the day after


Ava sitting in her perfect little rocking chair at Ann's

First Thanksgiving for both babies!

Enjoying a pre-thanksgiving snack

Wow! All the changes a year can bring. Last Thanksgiving I was pregnant and waiting for our "baby girl starr" to arrive. Now she is here and quickly approaching 1 year old! I thought about blogging some more thoughts but Ava has been sick for 5 days and I am just too tired to think of awesome things. So here are some pictures since I haven't been so good at posting lately.

New Blue House that our amazing friends and family helped us paint one weekend!

AVa loving Ikea

Ava loves time with Daddy