Wow, I haven't updated in a while! We have been so busy with Thanksgiving and spending quality family time :-) We had a fabulous week off from work this week we did so many things: zoo, Children's Museum, tree decorating, baking pies, visiting friends and just being lazy at home. I'll start with an Ava update. She is just too much!! We had a great day at the zoo, but she lost it when I didn't want to carry her anymore and she screamed for (no joke) an hour straight. She finally crashed in her car seat. That is one strong willed child! She loved the CHildrens' Museum, as usual! So much fun. She loves the Rain House. She could play in that thing for hours, just running around and jumping on the foam cut outs. Ava "helped" me bake pies for Thanksgiving. She always wants to lick the batter but since I used eggs this time, she didn't understand why she couldn't have any. But she is just so intelligent. Such a fast little learner! She can put together puzzles with just a little help from me. She really works on them intensely and tries out different pieces in different places until she gets it right. She also talks to herself when she does it. So cute! She has also taken to reciting the "Gabriella Song" book to me. Yes, she has it nearly memorized and says complex sentences like: "She heard the rhythm of the tethered boats thumping against the canal walls 'bump de bump bump' and echoing down the paved allyways and between the high buildings she could her her mother's call 'Gabriella, gabriella, Amore mio come home!'"Yes, she says that whole sentence. No, I don't think she understands it, but she knows it! Today she "adopted" a baby and named it Baby Phillipe and she feeds it a "milk bobby" and gets more milk for it from the "oven". She rocks it and feeds it the bottle. She keeps telling me that I am Ava and she is mommy. Sh wants to switch places with me and wants to be like me. So cute! In her bath tonight, she threw her usual tantrum about having her hair washed but this time instead of just screaming she yelled, "I'm so mad!!!! I'm SO MAAAADDDD!!!" I could barely contain my laughter! She was so darn cute and so intent on how she felt! I felt the same way when she said, "I'm a little bit jealous" when I was holding Lucy yesterday. She put her head down on my lap and it was so cute and sad at the same time. She makes me sad when she says "I don't want you to go!" before I leave for work and even when I tuck her in. Even though I know she is fine, I hate it that I can't be with her every minute. She won't want me around like this forever.
Poor little Lucy has been sick lately. She is so congested! Poor baby! But she has been eating a lot more in the past few days. Her menu now includes sweet potatoes, peas, carrots and bananas. She will eat an entire container (or two!) per sitting. Wow! She is also sitting up much better. She isn't stable yet, but she is doing much better at sitting for a longer period of time without arching back or tipping over the side. She also loves it when I sing to her. She especially likes Bon Jovi, Livin on a Prayer. Awesome.
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