outdoor beauties

Little Miss Ava Claire is growing like a weed! She talks better than most 3-year-olds and says new words every day. She loves her "Sissy" more than just about anything! Tonight, Ellie tripped and fell, so she was sitting in the floor crying. Avie said, "My help, Sissy tying (I'll help, Sissy is crying.)" and she took her a baby to make her feel better!!

Oh, how I love this picture! So innocent. Ellie has decided that she loves dancing and without any prompting, announced that when she grows up, she wants to be a dance teacher. You go girl! Dance your little heart out!

beautiful

Doesn't Ellie just look like a little doll in this picture??

pretty girls

ellie in her tumbling costume

Avie before church one day - I was so surprised she would wear that on her head!

a humming bird at my parents' house

ellie at our family reunion

avie at the family reunion - Jeff threw her in the air and she loved it. he tried to get ellie, but she didn't think that sounded fun at all?!?

HSM2

If you know Ellie, you know she loves music and movies that are musicals. Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Doodlebops, Hannah Montana, and of course, High School Musical! That is one of her favorites. Murray has a "Playhouse in the Park" and they put on some great shows. We got to take Ellie to see HSM2 with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law and 2 of her cousins. Gabriella is her favorite in the movie and it was no different in the play. At the end, the "cast" was coming out taking their bows and Ellie kind of clapped, although everyone else was standing, but when Gabrielle came out, she jumped to her feet and clapped as hard as she could!!! Then, we got to get their autographs and she got her picture with what she calls "the real Gabriella!"

Tonsils

Well, I loaded my pictures backwards, but here are some pics of Ava the day she got her tonsils out. It took her a while to really wake up good, but then she did fine and was able to go home later that same afternoon. They said it would take care of the sleep apnea and it seems to have done the trick. She still doesn't sleep all night, but she is doing much better (only up once last night) and she doesn't stop breathing!

Avie

Our Avie is so funny! She's talking like crazy now and I had to share some of her phrases. This picture was of her eating her first ice cream cone. No, I'm not funny about what she eats. She has never liked ice cream - until this week. I don't know if having her tonsils out changed the way textures feel or what, but she loves it and asks for it now. OK, back to her phrases.

"Daddy a mess my dink."
(translation: Daddy, I made a mess with my drink."

"Daddy a poo-poo a potty!"
(translation: She was telling our company one evening that Daddy was going poo-poo in the potty!)

"Mommy, a Nick a Ambe a home?"
(translation: Mommy, are Nick and Amber at home?)

"Mommy, awnt my nummies!"
(translation: Mommy, I want my nummies *all food is nummies.)

She's also starting to pee in the potty and is wearing panties when we are home during the day.

Pretty good for just turning 20 months old, huh?