You still wanna be Judge down there?

Is the question that was asked of my very AWESOME boss on July 12, 2010.  Yes that's right it has taken me this long to write about it (I think I mentioned it briefly in a previous post, but never followed up with it)  so sorry for lack of posting:(
Anyway, on August 18, 2010, Mr. William C. Rumer was sworn in by Governor Sonny Perdue and was officially named JUDGE William C. Rumer.  I cannot express how immensely proud that I was to sit in that room and watch such a wonderful person be bestowed such a tremendous honor!
Taking the Oath

Signing the Oath

Two of most favorite men in the wide world!!!

Many thanks to the Judge for bringing me along for the ride!  I love each and every moment of my new job!  Everyday that we enter the courtroom it is affirmed to me that the Governor made the BEST choice!  Judge Rumer was absolutely born to do this job, and I thank GOD I was born to be his assistant;)

A Whirlwind...

is what I have been in lately.  My very wonderful boss received a phone call from the Governor on Monday, July 12 at around 10:30 a.m. to say that he was to be sworn in as the newest Superior Court Judge in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit!!!!! Everything has been total chaos for me since then...in a good way of course.  So very soon Mr. Rumer will take the bench and he has asked me to come along with him and continue to be his right hand woman!  I feel very privileged that he thinks so highly of me, but this means lots of prep work in a very short time.

Anyway, along with the exciting judgeship news Ava and I had a baby shower for my sister, Robyn, to attend.

I can't believe that Candler will be here in just a few weeks!

Saturday, July 24 Ava turned 4 months old!  Can't believe it!

Here is a collage of how she has changed (top right 1 month, top left 2 months, bottom right 3 months, bottom left 4 months)...

(If you click on the collage it will get bigger and you can see the difference a lot better.)

Today we are going to visit the magnificent Hadley Scott for her 4 month panel pictures.  I just can't believe that it is already time to do them!  And next week we go see Dr. Flowers for her 4 month well check and shots.

At four months old Ava can:

-  Roll over to her tummy, but cries when she gets there because she hasn't figured out how to get back.

-  Still doesn't really like being on her tummy, but she can push herself up and look around a little bit now.

-  Tries to scoot when she is lying on her tummy.

-  Grabs her feet and almost pulls them to her mouth.

-  Babbles non-stop at all times of the day and night.

-  Wakes me in the morning babbling not crying.

-  Sleeps until seven most mornings.

-  Enjoys eating rice cereal made with Apple Juice.

-  Enjoys sitting in her high chair long after she has finished eating.

-  Recognizes mommy and daddy and greets them with a smile.

-  Plays with simple toys, but enjoys chewing on a burp cloth more.

-  Enjoys standing in her ExerSaucer.

-  Still loves Dinosaur Train and SuperWhy on PBS.

XOXO

Dinners, Cousins and Poolside FUN

What a weekend?!  

It started with dinner Friday night with the wonderful Rumer family.  I always love my time with Meghan and William, and I was so glad that Tim and Sam finally got to join in on our fun time:)  In retrospect I cannot believe that neither me nor Meghan thought about taking pictures...I MUST remember the next time William and Ava are together that they have to have a picture together!  William was too cute crawling all over the place (it was my first time getting to see him crawl), and then we got to witness him enjoying his berry cobbler (making a complete mess). Oh what we have to look forward to lol.  And of course the food and visiting with Sam and Meghan was SUPER too;)  Since we didn't take any pictures here is a picture of the Rumers (stole it from Meghan's Facebook).  Aren't they a gorgeous fam?!

New Baby Recognition at St. Paul this past Sunday

Saturday Ava and I packed up and headed to T-Town.  She was such a good baby and slept the whole way there.  Of course everyone was SOOOO excited to see her, especially Ethan.

He loves his "Aba".  

No one but Robyn has seen Ava since Ethan's birthday party at the beginning of May so they were all  amazed at how much she has grown and changed.  We just sat around the house and walked through Momma and Papa's garden.  It was a very relaxing day (other than the driving there and back home).

Sunday we went poolside at Sissy's house.  Ava had eaten right before we got there, and she slept in her travel swing (under an umbrella of course) for the first two hours.  Poor Brodie had been waiting for two whole weeks to see his "best baby", and it just killed him to see her laying in that swing and he couldn't touch her.  He kept taking his little chair and sitting beside her so that he would know the second that she woke up.  Of course she woke up hungry so he insisted on helping feed her...

Such a good little Mann

Blayd even joined in on the Ava festivities yesterday.  He normally just runs by saying "Baby", but yesterday he took a few seconds to stop and "pet" her as Brodie likes to say (because all babies like to be "pet" lol).  We L-O-V-E our time at Casa de Mann and our Nason-Paul-Dixon-Gaines-Mann family!  

After our fun day at the pool we went home for some much needed rest...

She fell asleep while sitting up bless her little heart

XOXO