Hollyhand House

Monday, April 22, 2013

18 months...just a little late!

Ava Kate turned 18 months on April 6th. I can't believe she is already 1 1/2!  She is growing and changing so much! Here is what she is up to at 18 months!
-She weighs 23.11 ounces and is 33 inches tall.  She is a tad smaller than AR at this age. 

-She wears size 4 diaper.  She wears anything from 18month-2T in clothes and size 5 shoe. 

-She has 6 regular teeth and 2 of her molars in and 2 on their way.

-She had tubes put in last month and has did great since.
-She is a great sleeper.  Sometimes she still takes a short morning nap but her long nap is around 1 and she sleeps until around 4 and then goes to bed around 7 or 7:30.


-She doesn't sit still very often and hasn't liked T.V. until recently.  She will actually sit still and watch a show now which helps Mommy cook dinner! Her favorites are Dora, Team Umizoomi and Bubble Guppies.  She isn't a big Mickey Mouse fan right now but she loves the hotdog dance!

-She loves playing with Big Sister!  When AR is at school, she isn't very happy! 

-She loves being outside.

-She loves puzzles and books especially about animals. 
She also loves to wear dress up crowns and jewlery!
-I was a little concerned that she wasn't saying as many words as she should but in the past week, she has already added quite a few words and some phrases and is repeating more of what we say.
Some of her new words/phrases are: outside, Sister (sounds more like sissa), it ready (referring to her food), all done, paw paw, doggy, booger (got to love that one), I see you, peepye...I know there more but I can't think of them.

-She LOVES to eat!  She loves to snack even more!  The child will just finish dinner and be in the pantry trying to get something else out!  She has found a love for Krispy Kreme! She knows when we are in the drive thru to get them and whines until she gets some.
 
-She gives lots of looks.  When she sees people she doesn't know, she stares them down.  
She loves to do her fish face. 
-When she hears any music, she immediately is dancing and moving!



Sunday, April 14, 2013

Trying to catch up...weekend in Fairhope

Last weekend, we went down to Fairhope.  The Tidmore's came down on Friday to stay the weekend with us!  Our girls and their boys played really well together.  Ava Kate and Talon are close in age and Tucker is a couple years older than Anna Riley.  On Thursday night, we went to eat at a local restaurant and didn't last long.  We ended up getting the food in boxes to carry home and eat.  Ava Kate is NOT great in a restaurant right now! But the good news is, she traveled much better!  We made it the whole 4 hours with no tears!
Since Talon and AK aren't fans of eating out, we cooked on Friday night.  We picked up crawfish and then did a shrimp boil!  So good!!! We did go eat on Saturday night but the kids got to play while we ate!  
The weather was really gloomy and chilly on Friday, so Riley and I took the girls to Bass Pro Shop and then went to Kanagrooz...a place with lots of jump houses.  I even got in them and burned off a few calories! ;)  Saturday, the weather was beautiful so we enjoyed the beach that day!  


Such a mess!  
Headed to dinner!

This is the way to do it when you have small kids!





Bass Pro Shop

AK found us a boat!

AR found us a 4-wheeler!  She was very upset
when she found out we weren't really buying it!

AK's mean face!  


Daddy had fun too!  

AK is fearless!

Anna Riley got her first fishing pole!

My little laying out buddy!




A tree trunk had washed to the beach during
the storm, but it made a nice bench!



Eating at Big Daddy's!  All 4 kids were loving
some crab claws!






Monday, April 8, 2013

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came and brought lots of fun
goodies to play with this summer!






My sweet girl is growing up so fast!

It was raining so we had to take pictures inside! :(

I love how Anna Riley is looking up
at Riley! So sweet! They adore their
Daddy!!
Silly faces! 

I had to post these next few because they make me laugh!
It is so hard to get a picture sometimes!


The best we could get! AK is crying because she wants
her Daddy!

We enjoyed a wonderful service at church!


Lunch at Aunt Grace's house. AK enjoyed
the Easter cupcakes!

She loves her Pop Pop!!


Playing with the Easter goodies that afternoon!