Mommy and Daddy's 5th Anniversary weekend in Chicago

Daddy and Mommy celebrated their 5th wedding Anniversay with Ava in Chicago last weekend.  Ava loved visiting Shedd's Aquarium and seeing all of the beautiful marine life.  Our favorite was a fish named "Grandpa" that has been in the aquarium since 1933! 
We also went to The American Girl store and found a cute little doll for miss Ava and then did some swimming at our hotel.  Even just walking around the city was great.  The weather was much cooler than St. Louis's weather has been and we took advantage of the pleasant temps and spent lots of time enjoying the sites.  Daddy was thrilled to get to eat at Gino's East and Portillos and even brought left over Pizza home on the plane.  We had a great weekend celebrating with our baby girl! 

Swimming lessons!

Ava just had her 4th week of swimming lessons and she is really enjoying herself.  Mommy is convinced she is a natural!  Ava even kicks her feet and moves her arms in a baby breaststroke fashion as she swims to go get a ball!  She is loves her time in the water and is full of smiles. Daddy is learning all of the nursury rhyme songs and is a great swimming partner.