Tis the Season

On Thursday, Ava had her Christmas program at school. It was perfect in every way. It started at 6:30 and was over by 7. We were home by 7:30 and in bed by 8. It was only her preschool class so there were no crowds to fight!! A perfect evening in my opinion!! This year we were prepared and practice a lot! Ava even smiled and did some singing. A huge difference from last year!!

Preschool and Ballet

Today I finally got the chance to volunteer in Molly's classroom. I have been in Ava's several times this year but this is the first opportunity to visit Molly's room. I had a great time. It was fun to be with 2 and 3 year olds all morning long. Molly was a little jealous anytime I talked, played with or god forbid one of her friends sat in my lap. I have been talking this day up for a while now and I think she thought that I was going to be giving all my attention to her. I did get to spend a lot of quality one on one time with her which we BOTH needed. She has been quite the handful lately so it was the perfect time to spend that time together.







Wednesdays are a big day for Molly. Unfortunately, a long day for Mom. Since she has school and ballet, she is usually way to excited to take a nap. Since Ava doesn't nap at all anymore, it's hard to get Ava up after her "rest" time and leave Molly in bed. Needless to say, Molly is exhausted and ready for an early bedtime!! She lives to dance and here are some pictures from her ballet class. She closes her eyes most of the time while she dances! So funny! And she even pouts when someone is standing on "her" tape on the floor!! I just got a few before my camera ran out of batteries!!

Shots and Stats

Today Rachel had her 6 month well check. The doctor said that she is "perfect". But of course we didn't need the doctor to tell us that! :) She is eating solids great-actually twice as much as she should be! And the doctor told us to start giving her chicken and turkey. Guess that means more baby food making for me this weekend! Can't wait! She weighed in at 15lbs. 5 oz which is in the 40th percentile and is 26 3/4 inches long which is in the 80%!! Right now she is on the path to having a built just like her big sister Ava. Tall and skinny. She is doing great with the 3 shots she got. Believe it or not her big sisters had her laughing this afternoon!

The North Pole

So, I am about a week behind in posting these pictures but here goes. At the last minute last Sunday, we decided to head up to Pikes Peak. At the base of the mountain is this great place called the North Pole. I have been wanting to go there for years! I saw on the website that it really gets busy after Thanksgiving. It was a great decision. I was so glad we went. It was a little cold but so much fun! The girls got to see Santa and ride a ton of rides. It wasn't crowded either!!

Turkey Day 2009

Yummy Yummy Yummy!! I hope you had as wonderful of a Thanksgiving as we had! It was great times with family and great food! It was great to have Emily, Aunt Kay, Uncle Bill, and Uncle Ryan and Aunt Jaclyn with us this year!! We had all the traditional fixins. And we all stuffed ourselves until we couldn't eat no more. There was tons of food. We even made 2 turkeys just for leftovers. I love the leftovers almost as much as the real meal itself.

Girls Day Out

On Saturday, I got to spend the entire day with Ava. I signed us up for a hairstyling class. It was so much fun. And I learned a lot of new techniques and styles. Ava was such a great sport sitting for a hour while I experimented different hairstyles on her. After our little class, we went out to lunch with our friends Marie and Claire. I am so lucky to have girls to do these kind of fun things with. It was really great spending some much needed one on one time with her. She is growing up way to fast!

She's a Big Girl Now!

I decided that tonight was the night to begin feeding Rachel solid foods! I struggled with this. Do I wait until 6 months? Some things I read said to do breast milk exclusively for 6 months. Other info said to begin solids anytime between 4-6 mos. She's not sleeping through the night yet so that helped with my decision for sure! Last night, my Mom was holding her while she was eating. Every time my Mom would open her mouth to take a bite, Rachel would open her month and want a bite! That was enough for me! I figured she knows what food is and what to do with it. I can't NOT give her "real food" now! It would be like torture to eat in front of her!
I plan to make all of her baby food. Since it was a last minute thing, I was scrambling to find something to feed her. So, I mixed avocado with bananas. She has already had oatmeal cereal with bananas so I figured it was safe to add avocado to the mix. What a proud Mommy I was! She did wonderfully! But no more baby! And she even sits in a high chair now. My baby is growing up way to fast!! :(