"LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress." Isaiah 33:2



Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Curley girlies lately...

We discovered Legos! The real ones... Not the big ones for little kids... The little ones for big kids!! This lady is a nurse about to administer an injection while wearing a wedding dress corset top, pearl necklace, purple pants and sporting a pink Mohawk. You can mix and match your people...






Sister pictures at every opportunity...






BFF Abby...



She learned the fine art of winning tickets at C.E.C.



Open house at school...



She showed us the yard stick in her class. You can move up or down according to your behavior... Up to gold gets a "good note" home to your parents. Down to red... Well... Lets not even think about it!



This is Leah's friend Preston... They arranged their future marriage during the first week of school... "It will be on the beach one day when we are grown ups."



Aunt les... Can't remember where we were going or had been... Just love this pic.



Leah's leaf collection on display in the backyard...






Sisters!!



Leah showing off her kitty cat top before school...



And her H's after school...



Sweet cheeks...



Leah played soccer this semester after school once a week... She is good at cheering!!



On the last day they had an ice cream party...



And got medals... This is our neighbor, Seth, who played soccer too. They are the same age...



Just before bedtime it was much drama to get this picture in their matching sister shirts from Giggle...



Leah loves chick-n-minis!



We are trying out gymnastics this year instead of dance. She loves dance but loudly announced in the gym that she never wanted to go back to dance again. "I don't really like to wear those tights and in gymnastics you can wear any color leotard you want! Not just black..."



Little sis climbs on and pushes anything that will stand it. This day she pushed the stool across the entire kitchen floor. It was a bumpy, rubber ride.



Our friends Justin and Maggie came for a visit with their new baby boy!



Mmmmm...



A tooth! See it there on the bottom?



Goofs...



Ava has been going through some rough times with teething. It's hard to sleep when little razor blades are cutting through your gums!



I snapped this picture one day when I picked Leah up from school. Gold! Two days in a row!!
Way to go big sister!!



She's a whiz with a word search...



And one day after school in the fall, Leah helped me make applesauce for Ava...











To me, homemade applesauce is the best thing ever. Leah didn't care for it because baby food is for baby's...





Love stockpiling baby food!!


Gig 'em!


Birthday party fun...






At the Cooper Family reunion... A cousin pic!






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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Ava's new tricks

Some of these are not new tricks, but just a look at the super fun cuteness in our home these days...
 
She's the peek-a-boo queen!

Nap time... she was sitting up with her feet out of the crib when she finally gave in and "fell" asleep.


You can see Ava's first goose egg on her forehead, on the right side of the picture...

She bonked it on a table trying to stand up and let go. She didn't get the memo that she is JUST a baby! Girl, you are 7 months old... You are NOT a toddler! She cried hard for a minute.... Then there was this...
No problemo...

Boxes are fun!


So are cribs! We dropped her crib mattress down a notch and 3 days later I found this!

So down another notch we went!




Where to next??



Smiley Curley....

Staring contest...

Gig 'em!

She is the smiliest baby ever!!!!

She can get both feet in her mouth at one time!

Friday before last was tooth-day! Her first tooth cut through on 11/15. Her favorite thing to chew on is fabric... Anything made of fabric. Like burp rags...
Or bunny love's ears...
My scarves are another favorite...


I don't think I mentioned Ava started crawling a few weeks ago... And pulling up and trying to stand and walk and climb all at the same time! 
She's a busy busy busy girl!


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