Sunday, March 3, 2013

Bye bye binky

Ava never took a paci. I tried but I was the only thing she would accept as a paci. Brynn took one every now and then but once I stopped nursing her she wanted the paci. So from then on she was glued to that paci. I'm not one to fret about timelines on pacifiers so I wasn't too worried about breaking her of it.

Selfishly breaking her of the paci and potty training her makes me sad because it solidifies the fact that my last baby isn't a baby anymore!

Last week we took the paci during the day and she only got it at bedtime. Easy and no fuss. Then we just stopped giving them to her during naps. Easy. Then we stopped giving it to her at bedtime and she never even fussed!! She is now paci free and I'm shocked at how easy it was! I will miss it though. She always looked so darn precious with that paci in her mouth.

Latest pictures of my loves

My babies have been quite busy these days. We have had lots of family time together, birthday parties, play dates etc... We are all impatiently awaiting the arrival of our new cousin Eli. He's now 1 week late!

Next week Gigi and Papi are coming in town to spend the week with the girls and watch them over spring break. We are so excited because we just booked our flights to California this summer! We will be visiting Gigi, papi, aunt Stacey and Uncle Sean and going to Disneyland. Ava is beside herself with excitement about her first trip to Disney.















Thursday, February 7, 2013

Good News

I decided it was time to sit for my SPHR (senior professional human resources) exam. I took the PHR several years ago pre-kids and passed it but have been putting this off because of babies etc. anyway I was scared because it has a very high fail rate, so I studied my hiney off and passed!!! So I am now an SPHR. Woo hoo!!! Big deal in the HR world and a huge weight off my shoulders.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Rock a baby


Family Time

Ava just said to Steve "I love my family so much, I just love spending time with my family all day"  Such a sweet sweet girl :)

Bath time!

A beautiful day for a picnic- They requested to eat their lunch outside

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Brynn the motor mouth

Brynn is talking up a storm now!  She's been putting sentences together for a couple of months now, but she has really taken off in the last couple of weeks.

Some of the things she has been saying:

  • I put her in front of a mirror and say who is that and she says "dat Ben" or "dat benny!"
  • I asked her where daddy was yesterday and she said "maybe at work"
  • when you ask where something is she'll shrug her shoulders, throw her hands up and say " I dunno"
  • Steve asked her last week if she had poopoo and she said "no silly, diarrhea"  and she was right!
  • When I ask her if her diaper is dirty she says "no poopoo, just tee tee"
  • She says "I want... whatever it is she wants at that time.  I want hog gog (hot dog), I want A-meal (oatmeal), I want Caillou etc.
  • She also says "I love you"
  • When we say Brynny lets go to bed, she says "No I pay" (play) or "no, I go Ava big big girl bed"
  • She says "wait a minute Ava!"
  • She also knows all of her colors and animal sounds
  • Anytime she's not interested or doesn't want something she says "no thank you" and goes about her business
At night she is super sweet.  She tells us "I want book" and she knows the book I love you through and through by heart.  Then when I put her in her bed and say "I love you" she says "okay mommy I love you"

all winter cozy

snuggling with dad watching Caillou


doing a project
She still rubs her belly to do the sign for please and yells "peas" while rubbing her belly.  Her hair is getting so long it's almost longer than Ava's!  She's growing so fast it's almost scary.  She is super cuddly and is pretty much happy all of the time. 
Ava as a red head

Monday, January 21, 2013

Ballet

Ava decided she wanted to go back to Ballet classes so here we are! Recital is June 15th and she'll be dancing a ballet number to Winnie the Pooh and a tap number to aristocats. Get ready family! She's working hard :)