Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thumbs, Sleeping, and Potty Training

All I can say is WHOOO HOOO!!  :)  My girls are making me proud!  

Kinley can find her own thumb, which was inevitable from the start, she's been looking for it for 3 months now.  She'll still take the pacifier, but usually spits it out and finds her hand.  More importantly, I moved her from the cradle to the crib last weekend.  She's always stirred throughout the night, but as she's getting bigger/stronger the kicks/flails are getting louder, and actually waking me up (which they never did before).  So anyways, her first night in the crib she slept from 8pm to 6:30am.  And she's been sleeping through the night ever since!  YAY!  Partially thanks to the thumb, she can sooth herself when she wakes up.  


Now to Avery - she's potty trained!!!  I've been putting it off since Kinley was born because I wasn't ready to tackle it.  It's just as hard, if not harder, on the parents as it is on the child.  Well I finally felt like Avery and I were ready.  So last Tuesday I put her in big girl panties.  The first day was rough, lots of accidents, and we were both exhausted by the end of the day.  Miraculously, Wednesday went without a single accident!  To this day, she's only had a few accidents - all when someone else was watching her (I think she may be a little embarrassed about going with other people).  I'm SO happy to have potty training behind me, and I can't believe it only took one day!  :)  

I don't have any new pics of Avery, but here's a funny one from our trip to South Florida.  We were on the boat and she put her face up to the glass where all the adults were sitting.  We were all in tears we were laughing so hard, and Avery ate it up!  I don't think she realized what she looked like...


there are those teeth you never see :)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

South Florida

Boat Day:  Avery was Ms. Independent, roaming the boat as if there wasn't a huge body of water beneath her.  No one could keep up with her, so we were grateful for the life jacket!






Zoo Day:  




Play Time:



Shower:








Wednesday, March 04, 2009

These last few weeks have been busy, but FUN!  First David's Aunt Nancy came in town to see the girls.  Avery spent her entire Valentines Day with Papa, Grama, and Aunt Nancy - and had a blast!  David and I thoroughly enjoyed having the day to ourselves (with Kinley...but she pretty much ate and slept).  :)  We loved having you here Aunt Nancy, thanks for making the trip!


The next weekend we had my mom, Teresa, and Reese in town for Jamie's wedding shower.  It was our first time meeting Reese, and I just couldn't get over her!  She seemed so little, even though she's only 2 weeks younger than Kinley.  2 weeks is such a big difference at this age!  Jamie's shower was a lot of fun, I can't believe the wedding is right around the corner!  I stole Teresa's pics, and here are our girls:

Avery - clearly the 'big' sister

Reese - 7 Weeks

Kinley - 9 weeks

Her Soon-to-Be New Initials

They left Monday morning, at which time I was coming down with ANOTHER cold.  We're all better now and I'm going to be extra careful not to catch anything else since we leave on Sunday for South Florida!!!  YAY!  I haven't been there since Thanksgiving of '07, and I'm in need of a week at my parents house.  We'll really miss David who's staying in Tallahassee, but we're so glad he's letting us go.  Here are a few more random pics of the girls:

Right Before Bed


Sucking her thumb already...it runs in the family.

I know it's blurry, but I love that smile!