So these last few weeks have been pretty crazy around here. Dave started up Residency and the hours have been long, VERY long! It has been a hard adjustment for all of us but we are doing our best. We are tired, a little grumpy and getting fatter by the second - Oh wait that's just me! :) I'm now 30 weeks along and will be full term in 7 weeks! I can't believe how soon this baby is coming. I am slightly freaking out but we are excited to have another special little spirit in our home.
Ava and Ella are growing up so fast and are my crazy and funny little buddies. Sometimes they say the funniest things to me so I thought I would share some of their silly quotes/ favorite sayings as of late.
Ella 2 1/2
She has become quite the talker and communicates so well. I think she had a lot of help from her sister who is constantly tutoring her in her vocabulary and Ella is Ava's biggest fan and copycat. Her favorite toy right now is a baby doll that is becoming more and more like the one on Toy Story everyday. She carries it with her everywhere and has the funniest conversations with it. She calls the baby "Babes" which we find hilarious and is most often heard saying, "I love you so much Babes!" Her favorite story is "Pinkalicious" and she especially loves to read the last page that says "Pink a Boo" she thinks it's hilarious. She won't go to bed until we sing her "The Wheels on the Bus" and "I am a Child of God." We have gotten pretty creative in our version of "Wheels on the Bus" since I don't really know all the verses so we make up our own. Ella loves coming up with her own versions too and often corrects us if we don't say it the way she thinks we should. Her latest version was "the Ava on the bus says 'I don't want to poop on the toilet!" (Ava has had a few constipation issues the last few weeks so her version was pretty accurate and pretty hilarious at the same time - Ella gets a kick out of herself and we do too). Her favorite quotes are "maybe tomorrow" (when we ask her to do something, etc.) or "not yet" and "I'm gonna do it by myself!" The other day she had a messy face after eating and I said "Ella your face is messy" to which she said, "Ava put makeup on me. I'll rub it off tomorrow." Not sure where that idea came from but she wasn't too worried about her face being messy. She loves her binky and blanket. We are working on weaning the binky and try to hide it for bedtime/naptime but she is pretty good and hunting it down. She loves her blanket too and rubs it to the white of her eye (I don't know how that is comfortable but it brings her comfort) and she loves wrapping it in between her fingers and toes. She is such a sweet little girl but can throw the best tantrum you have ever seen too. We love her so much and are so glad she is ours!
Ava 4 1/2
She loves to sing especially "I am a Child of God" and the "ABC's." She loves reading stories and always talks about wanting to go into stories. She is very tenderhearted and whenever we read the story "Llama Llama Misses Mama" she always talks about how she would be Llama's friend so he wouldn't miss his mama. She isn't one to really miss her mama. She is a wonderful friend and loves making friends where ever we go and everyone is her friend. Dave was reading her a story the other day and trying to make it a little shorter by skipping pages and lines and Ava kept stopping him and telling him what it really said. It was actually really impressive and now I know she is paying attention. She loves saying prayers and will randomly kneel down throughout the day and tell me she is going to say a prayer to thank Heavenly Father - it melts my heart. At dinner the other day Ella was crying and Ava said, "Ella I don't understand you! Use your big girl voice. Two big breaths." It is so funny to hear my words come out of her mouth :). Her favorite quote is "What?!?" She repeats it constantly and sometimes it gets a little annoying because I just want her to listen the first time instead of constantly repeating myself. She is definitely not a shy child and will talk to anyone and gives hugs to everyone too. We were at Costco and I had bought some Activia yogurt to help with her above mentioned constipation issues and as we are checking out she tells the guy, "that's my medicine yogurt it's gonna help me go a big poop on the toilet like a big girl." I almost died! She loves hugs and kisses and will come up to you and say I want these many hugs and these many kisses and she opens and closes her 10 fingers several times. Last Sunday apparently she gave quite the performance in primary. I had several people come and tell me how funny she was. I guess during sharing time Ava was asked it she wanted to be a missionary. She responded in the most feisty way, "I already told my mommy that I don't want to be a missionary!! I want to be Ava!" It is true that she has told me that before and hopefully we will be able to change her ideas of missionary work. She also currently loves telling "secrets." She loves putting her hand to our ears and whispering her version of "secrets." Some of our favorites that she tells us are: "I love cookies!" and "I love you!" We love her silly and sweet little personality. She makes life fun and constantly keeps us on our toes.
We love having little girls in our home and hearing their silly little giggles and constantly saying "I love you" to us and each other. We are so excited to add another sweet little girl to the mix and to see what her personality will bring to our home.
The Raft
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