Milestones!

 Ava turned 3!!

Weight: 27.56 lbs (18%)

Height: 32.24 in. (13%)

HC: 15.6 in. (46%)

Ava has a very strong personality, she is definitely a leader and LOVES being the center of attention is an understatement. Even when she was a baby she used to stare people down until they looked at her and then she gave them the biggest smile she had! She has A LOT of energy and is always the one setting the pace at our home! She wants to be able to do everything Ayden and Gavin are doing and tries her darnedest to keep up! She is a cuddle bug and definitely can calm down when she wants to! Although she can be  a beast, she is also the sweetest little girl!  She says Hi to everyone while she bats her long eyelashes, and she will play with anyone!  She always wants to show everyone who walks in the door her barbie house and she is obsessed with dancing!  She loves it!  We started her in dance this January and I swear at least once a day she says "I love dance!" she does so well at memorizing her dances she learns, she does them around the house all day, I swear the animal cracker song will never be the same! she is definitely my daughter and I see a lot of me in her, scares me a little! =) We love her and we know our family would not be the same with out her, we are grateful to have our sweet princess in our home!

 

 

Carter turned 9 months

Weight: 21.16lbs (60%)

Height: 28.94 in. (72%)

HC: 17.5 in. (26%)

Carter just seems to be growing so quickly! Writing this he is now 11 months, it is amazing how big of a difference a few months makes!! At 9 months he cut his bottom teeth and now at 11 months he has cut his top two teeth.  For the most part, he eats what we are eating and just this last month he decided he doesn't want my help at ALL! I have to hurry and put food on a fork for him while he is throwing a fit that I am even doing that and then I have to set the fork down so he can pick it up and feed himself. I have decided feeding him rice and yogurt are impossible and messy! He freaks out and wants to do it himself, but he can't, I don't know why I still keep trying! He started crawling right before 10 months and is all over the place! He started out scooting himself along our wood floor, it was funny to watch, but then caught on! We are excited for when he starts walking, he really wants to be part of the group, as it has been with all the kids!

This has been a TERRIBLE winter for us, the worst one yet! We have been sick with one thing after another for about the last 2 months; carter has had it the worst of all, poor guy!  He is a trooper and handles it well.  It has really been messing with his sleeping schedule though!!  He loves to rock out to music, he can tell us no by shaking his head, and he claps, if you say "hello" he puts whatever he is holding up to his ear, he says Uh-oh, and if something falls or he gets startled he does this cute "Oooh" noise. He is a smiley baby who definitely knows how to work the system to get what he wants!! We love him and it is so fun to watch him grow and to watch the interaction between him and his siblings develop!