We got a chance on Sunday to celebrate avas birthday. She got a cute card and some money from grandma Shumaker, a jewelry box from daddy, and a bike from both Billy and me- it was a great birthday! I cant believe my little girl is 2 already! If she leaves the house at age 18, we've already spent 11% of our time with her....
I've been called to repentance on multiple counts- not only were billy and I asked to speak about it in sacrament meeting two weeks ago, but everyone has been ever-so-gently reminding me that " YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR BLOG." So this is me repenting and seeking forgiveness.
Unfortunately, I dont have pictures of Hawaii (my camera wasnt working), but I promise to get those up as soon as i get them!
So our summer has been wonderful. We all LOVED hawaii and the beach, but we were still ready to come home. Stephanie got engaged while we were out there so I've kept myself busy by doing home projects, going to the pool, and helping plan her wedding (so much fun!) and other than a terrible mistake i made with the invitations, everything is going okay and almost on budget.
Billy is enjoying his time off. This is his last full week he has off before he has to start with meetings. I am very nervous about being home with both of the kids all day with him at work and then at school (yep, he is finally starting his graduate work).
Ava is, well...Ava. Busy and into everything. She is becoming more independant and I get to hear "I do it!" several times a day. We really need to potty train her, i think she is ready and so is our budget (last week we bought a pack of diapers for each of them and spent $80 at one time). Along with her independance comes some perks too- she actually put herself down for her nap today which is why I can type this up right now!
Cameron is doing well. He is getting sooo big, but still short! I guess that just makes him stout. He is becoming a little less content and wants to be sitting up or held all the time. But he still smiles easily and is so much fun to hold- if i could just get him to sleep through the night!
Anyway, there is a short update. I will try to add pictures soon (ones from hawaii especially). We've got a lot of things comming up in the next few weeks- billy going back to work, avas birthday, moms comming out, stephanies wedding, education week, etc, so I will try to be better about posting. LOVE YA'LL!
Today Ava thought it would be fun to get into mommys make-up and this was the result. Kind of scary, hu? It was pretty funny. Needless to say, I will have to go buy some new make-up....
A milestone for Ava- she finally said her first full sentence this week. What was so important for her to put together a whole sentence for? Why, an otter-pop of course (it was, after all, the first thing she ever had besides breast milk- thanks steph). Now she just keeps talking and I can tell that she is trying to string more sentences together but it just sounds like this: ahhnuuu aba numm aeww" or something. I guess we need to work on pronunciation a little ;-)
