Wednesday, December 18, 2013

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

Lots going on here lately in the Waldo house. One big adjustment is that the girls now sleep in the same room and Jaina is in a big girl bed! The first night was pretty hilarious. It ended up with Ava back in her old room but for the 20 minutes that I spent on the stairs listening, I almost couldn't hold back the laughter. Jaina was kicking the wall and jumping all over the place and Ava was yelling at her. "Jaina! Lay down like a normal person! Jaina! Go to sleep right now! If you don't go to sleep I'm going to come over there and spank you! Jaina! Lay down like a lady! Just do what I say! Lay down the normal way!! Hahaha! I made a rhyming word! Jaina! Go to bed!!" All the while, Jaina is saying "NO! NO! NO!" I went in a couple of times to settle it down but it didn't work. Jaina sleeps with the door shut and Ava sleeps with it open and I think the whole thing was just too much. The next night went much better. I convinced Ava to sleep with the door shut and after about 10 minutes, they both went to bed. Jaina is doing awesome in her bed. The first night, I went in a couple of times to rescue her from falling out of bed but after an awesome tip from my sis, I put a pool noodle under the fitted sheet and it keeps her safely in bed. The one thing that I'm having a hard time with is that Jaina now wakes up with Ava at the crack of dawn.....no more quiet mornings.

All of Jaina's teeth have come through. (Well, except for the two year molars). So glad to have the whole teething thing mostly behind us.

She can say "baby" and "stop" but it sounds more like "top".

She thinks that tooting is hilarious. :)

Ava has been reading. She asks us constantly how to spell different words. I love to watch her learn...it just feels like she's growing up way too fast! 

Ava asks for regular milk in a big girl cup and then runs to get a straw "so she doesn't get her lips all wet and full of milk."

"Dad, what can I be when I grow up?"
"How about a princess?"
"No, I'm already a princess!"

"Mom, unfortunately, I just don't know why it happens that way. I mean...." 

 Ava had a spur of the moment visit with the dentist during our last trip there. We were waiting for Donald to finish up and so Ava had time to get her teeth cleaned! She was freaked out. Miss Tammy did an awesome job explaining everything to her and by the end she thought it was the coolest thing ever. Bonus? No cavities. :)

Little Mr. is growing and so am I. :) I'm just about 26 weeks and he moves constantly! I'm just about at that point where it's starting to get uncomfortable but so far so good! Dr. moved my due date to April 1st. Ha.




We went to see the strangest thing in Houston the other day. It was called Adicks Studioworks. We exited off the freeway... passed Target...made a couple of turns into a warehouse district...pulled into a big vacant lot...and there they were - huge heads of the presidents with the Beatles standing 30 feet tall right in the middle. It sure seemed pretty random but amazing at the same time...the detail was incredible!


In two days, we get to drive to Minnesota to be with my family for Christmas for the first time since I moved out west. 2005 was my last winter there. Only one other time have we been back for a holiday and that was in 2009 for Thanksgiving, right after Ava was born. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to it. And...they have snow. Lots and lots of snow. Ava is so excited to see the snow. I better quit typing and start packing! Yipeee!!!!

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