On the move!!

Yes, Olivia is moving. Not so fast and a little unsteady still, but moving. Forward, towards things she wants. Usually something her sister has. She is also pulling up to stand on anything she can find. Still waiting on teeth. Ava and Lila try to crawl, they go a few inches then decide to roll and sit up instead. They are pulling up to their knees. And clapping, anything makes them clap!! Most days involve me sitting on the floor and the girls climbing all over me. As soon as Mike gets home, he also becomes a human jungle gym!!!It is really scary that the girls are less like babies and more like toddlers now!! Just the way that they play and interact with each other, respond to us. I can't believe we are planning their first birthday!! We have started really baby proofing the tv room, lowering the crib mattresses, and even changing Olivia's car seat. She will be in a convertible rear facing seat now instead of her infant carrier!!

The girls have had a busy couple of weeks. Grandmom and Poppop Joe took them to the farm fair. Then Grammy and Poppop George took them to Paws farm. Olivia is a real animal lover! She was reaching out to touch them. Ava wasn't really interested and Lila cried at all the animals. Even the fake cow at Paws farm!! We took them to breakfast with the sharks at the aquarium. It was to kick off shark week. They had shark shaped pancakes for breakfast!!These babies love to go. It doesn't matter where, they just love to people watch. We also had a pool play date with Ava and Jessica. They are my friend Patricia's twins. We went to her pool club last week. It was fun! Definitely water babies!!

So we are having a busy summer. Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are!!!



At the park with Aunt Jenny!!

Ava's teeth are here!!

It's about time. She is sleeping better now. Her new trick is that she can go from laying on the floor to sitting up. It's funny to watch. She goes onto her side then uses one hand to push up to sitting.And waving with both hands at the same time!! Olivia has started to pull herself up on things. Usually me.She gets up onto her knees then kinda gets stuck. I guess this is when we need to start thinking about lowering her crib mattress. Still waiting on teeth. Lila nods her head "yes". With that serious look on her face, it's hysterical.

We bought the girls a little baby pool for the back yard. It is hard to take them all in the big pool.This way we can just sit with them and they splash around. So there we sat, all 5 of us in a baby pool with 2 inches of water. Funny the turns your life takes!!!




















Last week Aunt Jen and Uncle Mike went with us to the zoo. It was a fun day. Olivia loved the petting zoo. She was squealing with laughter at the goats. At least we think they were goats!!

Over the weekend, marlton had it's fireworks across the street from us. We had a small crowd of the girls' cousins to watch. The girls slept right through them. I thought they might fuss a little but they never did. when they sleep they really sleep. Now if we can just eliminate the nightly war over sleep we would be in fat city!!! I do notice that the more active they are becoming during the day, the easier they seem to be at night. I guess we just have to wear them out during the day. Here's to hoping!!!

Happy 4th of July!!

The girls' first 4th of July party went off without a hitch. They did really well with all the extra people around. They were even in bed at their normal time with very little struggle. Overall, they appear to be good social butterflies.

We got a picture of them showing their holiday spirit...