Random pics & Sleeping update!

First, I added two pics of Ava, just to compare. The above one is Ava @ 6 months, about the same age as Mya is now. Mya is definitely becoming her own person.

I have to laugh because the above pic is Ava at almost 4 months in this adorable 6 month dress my Sister bought her and below is Mya in the dress for the first time, now at 6 months. The ROLLS on Ava's arms are just unbelievable, and those fat legs too. Such different babies!

Mya is also behind on the hair growth. She still has some of her baby brown hair, though I can see lighter blonde coming in around it.

We are working on her sitting skills, still not there, especially when she gets distracted and tumbles backwards.

Not sure why we are promoting MORE sticking out of the tongue, we get enough of it daily without prompting it.

LOVE the leg rolls!!!!

You can't read her shirt too well, but it says "Home Grown with Love".

I had to buy it, because she is my "home grown & homemade" child.

Ava needs one that says "Lab Processed with loads of money" Haha!

We got bored, so what better to do then make some cookies and let Ava do the "clean up work."

Mya is always laughing for her Sister, but makes us work hard for it, no fair!

Me & my Ava

First swing ride at the Park. It seems like forever since we've been to the park. I'm so ready for better Spring days to get here.

We are now mostly healthy, I still have a slight sore throat that won't go away, but I feel good. Jeremy decided it was time to Sleep Train (aka let baby Cry It Out). It's so tough for me, but now that we've done it, I'm kicking myself for not doing it a couple months ago. The first night there was LOTS of crying on and off, but then she slept. The second night some more on/off crying till about 11pm, then all sleep till the morning. 3rd night was a half hour of crying at 8:30pm and the rest of the night sleep till 6:30am. 4th night, NO CRYING and ALL SLEEP until 5:30am. The next day she slept till 7am. And surprisingly Ava has slept through most the crying with no problem and her sleep has improved. Before she was waking a couple times a night and coming to our bed, but all week she only did it once. Sleep is a good thing, but then I remember that I have a hard time falling and staying asleep regardless. And I'm a CRAZY dreamer. I watched two of my brothers fall to their death last night and I woke up feeling like it was real. But it's soooo nice not being awoken and having to crawl out of my warm bed 3-7 times a night. Yes, you read that right. It was getting upwards of 7 times between the two. Okay, I'm done ranting! Go Girls!!!!

Family Photos & our snow!

Woohoo, Portland got a whole inch or two. And the crazy people they are, they shut down most the schools. And when Portland Public school closes for snow...so does my work! :) Though it made for a long week at home, because tuesday of that week Ava had a fever, so I stayed home, then worked Wed. and had Thursday as a snow day. I love my girls, but I don't think I'm meant to be a stay at home Mom, I go crazy!
But we bundled up and went out to play before it melted like an hour later. Ava had a good time eating it and we built a 10 inch snowman, he was sad.

It's been over a year since we had pics done, so we had to get in before Mya gets too big

and we miss all the cute baby shots. They all turned out beautiful!

Mya did really well too, got some cute faces.

Ava can be a doll sometimes. But that ear kept poking out in all the pics,

we should have taped it back when she was a baby and we had noticed it starting to poke out more than her left one (not that we would've really done that people). Oh well.

I like this one, though we got the other one in the bigger size for the wall.

One of the best ones we've ever taken, everyone is smiling!

There's that ear again, that was Jeremy's fault, he tucked the hair behind it when I wasn't watching.

And we had to capture the baby chub!

What an angel!

The one pic I didn't order that I should have, was just like this one but we got her other arm up and she was flipping us the middle finger! But she had the cutest little smirky grin to go with it, classic!

In other news: We've been house bound for almost 2 weeks...it sucks. Ava came down with a nasty cold & cough, that she then spread to poor Mya. Mya had her 6 month check-up on the 28th and the Doctor said she may have RSV, but a slight case and no meds needed. Poor girl still sounds bad, but I think they are both on the mend. And I've been fighting it on and off, currently on and Jer has a sore throat today. We miss our friends and hope to see them all next week.

Mya @ 6 months:

16lb 12oz-67%

26 3/4 inches-85%

Head 17 inches-72%

Loves to eat solids, only get a dirty look from the peas.

Just weaned this week, now only on formula (I was having issues producing again and decided it wasn't worth the stress knowing if she wasn't getting enough or not...I'm okay with my decision)

Loves to laugh at her sisters. (Ava gets mad when Mya laughs when Ava gets hurt and she'll tell her "it's not funny Mya!")

Hates being on the tummy, quickly rolls to the back.

Sitting up with some support.

LOVES her Daddy, smiles so big when he comes home!

Still a HORRIBLE sleeper...sleep training (ie crying it out) will begin when she is healthy again

And such a blessing to our family!!!! (As is Ava!)