For the love of Elmo!

Well, if's official: Ava LOVES Elmo. I knew one of my kids would probably end up liking him, and since it wasn't Aiden, it was probably going to have to be Ava, lol. She hasn't seen him on tv in months (not since we borrowed Elmo's Potty Time from my friend Susan), but we have several books featuring the furry red monster, and as soon as she sees him she starts shouting, "Elma! Elma!! ELMA!!!" She only has a few words, so this was pretty surprising to hear her burst out with it this past weekend! I took the kids to the bookstore yesterday and she immediately found a stuffed Elmo doll and refused to put him down the entire time we were there, even while reading 3 giant "ELMA!" books as well, lol. Too cute!

Misc pics

Good morning! We are all battling a pretty nasty cold, but the weather yesterday was too beautiful not to play outside. This is a slideshow of misc. pics from the week. Ava is really enjoying walking, although she is still a pretty whiny Lil' Miss a lot of the time! Aiden has been loving digging in the sand table (thanks again Liz and Dave--the kids LOVE it!), swinging on his swingset, and telling me that he wants to put his sister in the closet! (Stinker!).

More videos...

Just 2 new videos of the kids. Nothing much happens in these videos, it's mainly just the kids playing and doing their usual, lol. Ava is walking pretty much everywhere now, but still veeeery cautiously! In the second video, I love when Aiden says he wants to put Ava in the closet, lol. At our house, when the kids won't share a toy and keep fighting over it, it goes into the closet for the day. Apparently he wishes that he could just put Ava in the closet instead--I guess it would make things a lot easier for him! Enjoy:)

SNOW!!!

Something that happens once in a blue moon in GA...SNOW!! It has never snowed this much since we've lived here--pretty amazing to see. Especially since the kids and I all went down for a nap at 2pm and it was raining, and when we came downstairs at 3:40pm--it looked like this! We're not supposed to get more than an inch, but WOW!

These **were** my daffodils:( Now they are buried in snow!


The hot tub and deck


Our backyard

The view from the front door

Walking...again!

Well last night Lil' Miss finally decided to give walking another go. For about a half an hour she was walking between me and Chuck, laughing and doing great. Even stopping to stand on her own for a moment! This morning she seems to remember, but is a little more hesitant (the video is from the morning). It looks like Chuck is holding her hands, but he is just standing in front of her encouraging her to keep going! I really really really really hope she continues to do this!

**well, she just had quite a bad fall in the den, landed right on her face. That might discourage her for a while....sigh**