What's Up!

This is going to be a random blog of what has been going on around here.

This weekend we made a trip out to the zoo. I figured that Noah would actually enjoy it this time and Ava always enjoys going.

We headed out after Noah's nap and everyone had a great time. The weather was perfect. We got to get up close to a lot of animals. There is a kids petting zoo where you can pet the goats. Because we are members at the zoo and almost always go the hour before the zoo opens, the petting zoo isn't usually open. Mike took her in this time and wasn't sure how it would go, but she LOVED it. She was petting the goats. I took Noah in as well and he was talking to them. 

I got Ava to pose in front of the fake animals.

 Here she is in the petting zoo.

In the mornings, I usually do my workouts and I get warm, so I open the front door to cool it down a bit. Noah absolutely loves to go and sit by the screen door and look out at the neighborhood. (And eat all the fallen leaf pieces that are on the floor). Ava likes to use the bar as "monkey bars!"

Ava is still not sleeping through the night. IT.IS.KILLING.ME. Last time she woke up 4 times and then started screaming at the top of her lungs at 5:22am because I took away her paci and told her to go to bed. I am not sure what to do at this point. I feel like I have a newborn. She pretty much woke up every 2-3 hours. She has never been a great sleeper, but come on. The problem is that some of the time she has to go to the bathroom and sometimes she just wakes up, sits up and calls for us. We just go in and lay her down. This morning I decided that I have to start taking things away from her. So for today, Splash, the animal that she slept with last night is gone for a day and she doesn't get to watch any TV.

Noah on the other hand is sleeping through the night fine. He has been fighting going down for his naps lately though.  I think he just needs a longer wind down before going to bed.

Noah has been doing lots of new things. He can now pull himself up to standing and get back down to the floor. He has been cruising along the furniture. He is also giving kisses. It is soooo cute. He just opens his mouth and leans down on you. He gives Ava kisses all the time. I just love it. If you ask him for one, he gives it.

He also mimics everything you do. This morning, I had one of his cars that if you roll backwards and then let it go and it goes forward. He took it, rolled it a couple of times and let it go. I am surprised at how fast he picks up on stuff. This afternoon, I was giving him some puffs and I got some puff crumbs on my leg, so I brushed it off. Right after I was done, he brushed off my leg. SO. FREAKIN' SMART. (Maybe I am biased).

Ava is also doing a lot of stuff too. She has quite the imagination and says the funniest things. She told me to calm down the other day. I had to snicker because it was so funny and it came out of nowhere. She is at that stage where she asks the same question a million bajillion times. Sometimes, I just say the wrong answer to get her to stop asking or I just don't answer. I discovered that if I am in the car, I can just turn up the music. She will also tell you to stop talking if she wants to read a book herself.