baby snake

John and Av were outside the other night and he saw a worm and picked it up to show Av. He asked her what it was and she said, “baby snake.” Hehehehhe so cute. I guess that was a really good guess.

potty training

It has been a thorn in my side for a while. Yes, Av is almost 3 and 1/2 and should be potty trained. In her/our defense with her low muscle tone it makes it much harder on her then most kids. Everything is a muscle and if her muscles are not as strong as they should be they cannot control when and how they let lose like they should. It is just another one of the many things that will come in time. We just have to be patient and sympathetic to Av. (Yes, she knows she is too old for diapers) Another point I must add is that she is behind in her gross motor as well as speech so it only makes sense that she would be behind on this as well. The positive to all of this is that Av is a fighter. No one is more determined then she is and she has overcome everything else life has thrown at her. She will master this too. It is just going to take a little longer. I am bringing this all up because she is getting there. A sign that kids are almost ready is when they start waking up dry. Av is doing this about 50% of the time. I know this because she is still taking her diapers off. We got kind of lax on taping them and the other day she woke up wet so we started taping again. This morning when I went in there her diaper was off and yes it had been taped. Stinker. It was dry though and so was her bed. She can hold it she just can’t release it when she is thinking about it. Yes, I have tried all the tricks, potty chart, M&M’s, and bag of little treats to reward her with. It is not a matter of her not wanting to it is a matter of her being able to. Someday soon.

girly girl

Avery is still really into her “ejs.” The minute she gets home she wants to put them on. She has acquired some new ones recently and loves them. Another princess nightgown and princess shorts and top are the newest. Even though it has gotten hot and she is a pretty hot temperature wise child she still insists on wearing her footed sleepers as well. The other day we were home all day and she had 4 different sets of pj’s on during the day. Then there are her purses and shoes. Last night we went to a friend’s parent’s house for dinner and she wore her high heal plastic pink feather princess shoes and insisted on bringing her 4 favorite purses. Not sure where her love of purses comes from.

7 months

Well Cami is officially 7 months. Where has the time gone? She is getting bigger by the day. She can sit now. She still gets tired and falls over but she is getting there. I almost always still put the boppy behind her so she does not topple over and hit her head. Or get knocked over by crazy Av and Jack. She is very ready to be on the move too with Av and Jack. She just sits with me and watches them and moves and moves. She can’t wait to play with them. It is funny the stages they go through. She is back to that really fun squealing thing. She is loud. She wants to be known. It is cute at the appropriate times. Not cute at brunch or at 5:45am. Not sure what is fun to her about squealing by herself in her room in the dark but apparently it is great fun. She pivots 360 degrees on a blanket on her belly to play with her toys. She rolls from back to belly and then belly to back over and over again but going in the same direction so as of yet it is not getting her anywhere. She has gone from a baby that just wants to nurse for the rest of her life to not wanting to nurse at all. She is too distracted for it and the rest of the world is much more exciting then cuddling with momma. No matter where in the house we go or how hard I work to get us alone (with Av this is not easy) I cannot count on any feeding really working. As she starts nursing I just sit there holding my breath waiting to see if she just pulls off. A nursing session NEVER lasts more then 4 or 5 minutes other then the bedtime nurse. I am guessing she can get 3 to 4 ounces in that time (at least my pump can). It makes me sad (I know I say that all the time) but I miss my cuddle time with her. Plus I am worried about losing my milk. I hope this is just another fun stage. She eats her baby food really well now. She knows how she wants things; she does not want her morning meal until after her morning nap. If you try before she just will not eat it but if you give her the same food after her nap she eats it right up. Her favs are yellow/orange veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes and squash) but is okay with peas, green beans and spinach. For fruits she has had pears, peaches, bananas, applesauce, mangos and raspberries. I am keeping her on 2 meals a day until 8 months and no meat until 8 months. She has had cheerios, puffs and whole peas. She seemed to like them. She can pick them up but cannot get them in her mouth yet. She is now down to only eating once a night and it is a very quick feed. She is starting to get up earlier and earlier, we are going to have to work on that. She is a good napper. 2 naps a day, about 1 hour in the am and 2 hours in the pm. She has started to babble within the last week. Dadadadada, bababababb and mamamamama so cute. She is a great and easy baby.

another funny Av comment

G, PP and I were all sitting around after getting up on Sunday drinking our tea and coffee and watching Av run from one activity to another. She is very busy. She still had her diaper on that she wore overnight. All the sudden she said “oh no.” I looked down and she was pointing to a puddle on the hardwood floors. I said, “where did that water come from?” (She loves water and spills a lot accidentally and on purpose so I am pretty used to this but neither of us had any water) She said, “my butt.” G and I just lost it. I had not laughed that hard in a really long time. Apparently her diaper had hit its limit and leaked when she peed. She didn’t know how else to express this other then by saying, “my butt.” I am still laughing over this one. She must have learned “butt” at school because as people close to me know I find the word “bum” hilarious and so we refer to our backside as “bum bum” in our house.

thank goodness for G&PP

Well another great weekend has ended. G&PP came into town to watch the girls for us so we could partake in derby festivities. The Oaks on Friday was everything it was supposed to be. We had so much fun the day just flew by. Nobody won big but enough to somewhat break even. The girls as usual were so spoiled by G&PP that they didn’t miss us at all.

Oaks