Life as a cartoon

I was just having some fun with my photo editor and thought these turned out cute:) Wouldn't it be fun to live life as a cartoon?

One cool dude

I took Aiden grocery shopping with me today, just the two of us. To my utter disbelief, he was an absolute ANGEL, which just goes to show me that I really need to make more of an effort to get some one-on-one time with Mommy and Aiden. Anyhow, we ended up having to wait 30 MINUTES in the checkout line, but we had a fun time:) Aiden loved modeling my sunglasses for all the other shoppers (and then modeling his Thomas Train glasses for me back in the car). He's definitely one cool dude!

When good bears go bad

Most everyone knows that Aiden has a special bear-blanket named Blue Bear. Well, thanks to a dear friend (ahem, Carolyn;), Ava has a special bear-blanket too, cleverly named (by me) Pinky Bear (well, she couldn't be outdone by Blue Bear!). Ava LOVES her. Really, I'm not sure she could live without her...except the other night. We decided that Ava might be ready to have Pinky Bear in her crib with her at night. Suddenly, around 9:30pm, we hear a shrieking scream from Ava's room--it sounded like someone was killing her! Well, as it turns out, she isn't quite ready for Pinky Bear in the dark. Somehow she had dragged Pinky Bear over her face and was FREAKING OUT about it, poor girl. So, for now anyway, Pinky Bear is only allowed during daylight hours.

On a side note, I know I haven't posted many pics of Aiden lately. It isn't that I'm not TRYING to get good photos of him, I am, but the next time you see a 2 year old, try taking a pic! It's hard work to get anything that resembles a photograph! ;)

Sad Ava, Happy Ava

"Am I all alone here?"

"Haha, nope, there's my MOMMY!"

Curious George puzzle

Barnes & Noble was having a pretty good sale, so I got Aiden this cute Curious George puzzle. He really loves it and mastered it almost immediately. I got a cute little video of him playing with it!

In other Bailey news, Ava had her first night last night without being swaddled. It went ok. She was up quite a few times, but that is to be expected I suppose. Honestly, it wasn't any WORSE than she's been sleeping, so that is promising! I am still holding out hope that she'll figure out this thumb-sucking business and become an awesome sleeper. Hey, a mom can dream, right? ;)