Back to Reality

We have had such a busy summer. Traveling a lot. It feels great to be back to normal. Normal with a few big changes. It seems like the girls grew up so much this summer!! Ava has become a very private person. She has to go to the bathroom by herself. Nobody is allowed in the room to help. She now dresses herself in her room with the door closed. It's great! Molly is really growing up to. She no longer says Aya for Ava. She can pronounce it the correct way. Makes me kind of sad since she has been saying this since she was 7 months old! She is talking in sentences now and can name a few colors. Pink, Purple, Orange, and Green. The biggest and most exciting change for me is no more "little girl" cups! Molly is able to drink out of a "big girl" cup now. On our last trip, I forgot to bring any of her cups so we gave her paper cup to drink out of. She did great. We are still working on not putting food into the cup or dipping our toast! Needless to say, we have only had a couple of spills! We are very close to being potty trained too. She tells me when she is going and runs to her potty. I haven't been brave enough to go without a diaper yet. She has her eyes on getting Ariel big girl pants once she goes into the potty. Check out her first ponytail. Her hair is now long enough to pull pack. I love the little nub on top of her head. She looks so grown up. :(