Ava's eyes

At church yesterday I think Ava felt the spirit because she got a little teary eyed and then she came up to me and said, "Mom, I think my eyes are bleeding."

Lana is 6 months old

I can't believe that my little girl is 6 months old. She is such a sweet cute little thing. She is only in the 3rd percentile for weight. She has always had a hard time eating and I had mentioned it to the doctors at several of her appointments that I thought she might have acid reflux. but because she doesn't spit up a lot they didn't prescribe any medicine. Yesterday at her doctor's appointment the Dr. said I think we need to get her on some medicine and see if it helps her be able to eat better. We are going to try it out see if it helps her to stop screaming while she eats. Other than that she is totally healthy and cute as can be. She loves to chew on her toes. She has two little teeth that she got at three months old. She loves eating solid foods. But she does not like to be set down, so she can't really roll over or crawl yet. She does love to chew on anything she can get her hands on. Here are some pictures I took in my basement today with the help of my little assistant Ava.

What to do

This little monkey is one of the cutest things I have ever seen. And when she's happy she is so much fun. Unfortunately  most of the time she is just really fussy and wants to be held and walked around. Today is one of those days I just don't know what to do with her. I am so exhausted. My back hurts and I just feel frazzled with having such a fussy baby that is almost 6 months old. I would think by now she would be a lot happier and lay on the floor for a few minutes and roll around but every time I lay her down she screams like she is going to die and I just feel so bad for her. Poor Ava, I never get to play with her because Lana is screaming. The house is always a mess. And I can never get enough time to get anything done. It is extremely frustrating, I just wish that I could figure out how to help his little one to not be so fussy all the time.

Play dough

Today we made play dough for the first time. The girls wanted to add glitter to make the it look pretty. We had a lot of fun.

Braces

Calvin two top front teeth were pretty crooked because they grew in after the top side teeth. He had a spacer put on in September to make some room to straighten them out. And then in November he got his first set of braces. He chose green because at school he can't wear green. It's been 8 weeks and he went in for his first adjustment and his teeth look so much better I am amazed at how fast they straightened out. He chose blue this time here is the before and after picture from the first adjustment.

Lily's date

Lily was supposed to have her date with mom and dad a couple of weeks ago but she was very sick. So we went today. She chose this colorful Panda and she named her Shiny and Bright. Then she decided to have lunch at Smashburger. We loved spending the day with our sweet Lily bug.

Sweetest Christmas present

On Christmas morning the kids woke up and came into my room and said don't come out yet we have to set something up. When we came out they were holding a big sign that said Merry Christmas mom and dad and it said caution you may have to kiss under this mistletoe. They are the sweetest kids ever.

These heating pads were a fun little winter sewing project for me and the girls.