A Banner Day!

Lucy wants a hug from Ava...not likely!

My sister made me dress like this!

Mommy and Lucy

Sharing a water cup

I want a Big Girl cup!

Ava reading to Lucy

Lucy on the go with her crab crawl

Lucy loves Ava!!

Lucy hit quite a few milestones today! She can now stand like a little elevator without holding on to anything, she just kind of wobbles in mid-air looking around, and she took her first baby step! Twice!  I am so glad I was home to see it and I didn't miss it. Nonna was there too and we had such a great afternoon playing with Lucy. She was grabbing the bottle and feeding herself too. So much fun! I feel like Lucy never gets one on one time with me because Ava is always there wanting attention. I am happy to play with Ava too, of course, but I get a little sad for Lucy. Ava had such special time with me when she was Lucy's age since she was the only one, but Lucy doesn't have that experience. I guess Lucy has the wonderful experience of growing up with a sister. She just loves Ava so much and wants to be with her all the time. She chases Ava all over the house and Ava has been so much better lately about playing with Lucy. Ava crawls after her all the time and they crawl together on the floor chasing each other. Ava has also been in this "I'm a baby" phase. She wears a bib and wants to be like Lucy too. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em I guess. While I was playing with Lucy, Ava was at the park with Jeanette, she had a wonderful time, of course. Lucy is also getting her top left tooth coming in through her gums, no wonder she has been cranky at bedtime! Jeanette spotted it. Lucy also initiated a peek-a-boo game with Jeanette today where she picked up a towel and put it on her head and smiled and giggled. Sooooo cute!!
Ava is just getting smarter and smarter by the minute. Her new favorite thing to say is, "you're full of drama, Mama!" Yesterday she asked me what slugs dreamed about. Wow. She also loves playing with the computer games on PBSKids.org. She sits right next to me and plays the games. She does really well with the letter/sound games and is getting better at identifying shapes. She needs to start to work on numbers, but I don't want her to not like it. Right now learning is so fun for her. Tonight when I was tucking her in she said, "I'm a little bit sad, I want some more attention." Oh, brother!! That little girl gets buckets of attention. What a ham! She also went to the Airbands show at school last night and had an absolute blast! She was dancing and singing and at one point she said, "I want to go and dance with the kids on teh stage!" and she ran towards teh stage full speed. Jeremy had to intercept her. She kept saying, "one more song!!" She was dancing all over the place and clapping like crazy! I love it. I have to get her in a dance class ASAP. Ava has also been having a wonderful month playing with friends. She always talks about playing with Nala. She and Nala just run like crazy and dress up in princess costumes and have a marvelous time together in their own little world. Last time Nala was over, they grabbed a flashlight and called Shalyse and me into Ava's room and performed for us. It was the most adorable thing ever! Ava had a great time at Nala's party playing with Kennedy too. Finally it seems like those two are getting in sync. They ran around teh yard singing and dancing and Ava even let Kennedy hold her hands and they danced in a circle. Adorable. Ava also had fun with her friend Aron. they were playing "check-up", tag, and watering plants together in the yard in Ava's "garden" (really a bunch of weeds growing by the fence). They were just too cute together. I am so happy that Ava is becoming more social and enjoying playing with other kids. It is amazing to watch her development.
I am so lucky to have my two gorgeous girls, I hope they don't grow up too fast!