Wow. It's been a long time. It's been a busy two months since I've last posted but it's been so much fun. The girls are both growing so fast and it seems like the days just fly by!
Ava is still such a sweet-spirited little thing. She loves to smile and giggle and she seems to just light up the room when she does. It's nearly impossible to catch those smiles on camera though b/c she is fascinated with cameras and she focuses on them so hard that she can't be distracted to smile. We've been able to catch a few but they never seem to capture the full effect. She's been sleeping great, which any new mom will tell you is a fabulous thing. I will confess that she is still sleeping a lot of the time in her swing next to our bed. Audrey did the same thing so I know it won't be permanent, but I know I need to really start making the effort to get her in a more traditional sleeping position :)
Ava is really starting to develop her neck strength now and has managed to roll over a few times. All in all though, she seems pretty content to sit and watch. She used to sit BACK...but now she strains and fights until she is sitting up (with some help of course...) so she can observe the world. Unlike her big sister, she doesn't seem to like chaos. A few times we've noticed that she has gotten really stressed out... she likes things calm and controlled...hard to do with Audrey around :)
Audrey is still our resident tornado. She flies all over the place knocking down everything in her path...except Ava. I'm still floored at how gentle she is with her. She'll be running at full speed and then stop, lean over and touch Ava's cheek and say "hey, beautiful girl" or "you're so cute, Ava" (I can't imagine where she gets these things!)
We had a pretty big Christmas at our house this year. In between the talks of shopping, gifts, santa, pictures and food we really tried to talk to Audrey about the real meaning of Christmas and how it's Jesus' birthday. She seemed to really understand and we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus many times. Honestly, it was a great reminder for me as well. That's certainly not to say she didn't get inundated with gifts though...my goodness. If we put up a sign, our house would probably qualify as a Toys R' Us outlet - the Dora section in particular. It looks like the Dora factory exploded over here....still amazes me that the one show that I said my child would never watch is now her "thing." Oh well...parents should never say never I suppose.
I think my favorite story from Christmas is what Audrey named her new doll. She only asked for a few things for Christmas when prompted...she wanted a farm and a bed for her doll. Well, she got both of those things of course and a new doll bed certainly has to come with a new doll... So, among many other things, my parents got her a new doll. As she opened it, we asked her what she was going to name her. She thought for a few minutes and then proudly said "Bossy!" We gently tried to lead her in other directions but it was a no go.
Audrey has most of my old books in her room, so we haven't even come close to reading them all yet. She picks 3 a night and a few weeks ago there was a book about not being bossy. We've also asked her a few times to stop being bossy since she likes to tell us (and anyone within earshot) what to do... but I guess she figured since she can't be bossy, her doll might as well be. :)
I guess I should go get a few things done while I have a few minutes. Family: I know I didn't send out Christmas cards...I just haven't figured out how these super moms get everything done. Trust me...pictures are coming soon!
Lots of love from our house to yours....
and let Audrey's birthday celebration begin!!
oh...and in case you're wondering about the title... Ryan, cringing as he spoke, uttered the words that I never expected to hear. He said "I think we're going to have to turn my 'man-room' into a playroom" ....and the walls came tumbling down. poor guy.
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