Ava & Mila

Choo! Choo! Our little conductor is now 163 weeks old!

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Hola. My little amiga is now 6 months old!!!!! And you’ll have to wait to see what she was doing at that exact minute at the end of the post.

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Hi. My little ladybug is now 162 weeks old.

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Hi there. My little bunny is now 25 weeks old and still loves grabbing her feet.

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Hi. I’m Ava. Can’t look up. Mama is letting me paint my fingers and toes for the first time.

Must. Con. Cen. Trate.

Almost done.

Tada!!!

Now time to paint my little piggies.

Right foot.

Left foot.

All done. What was Mama scared of this whole time? This painting stuff is EASY!!!!

Hey Dada! You want to be beautiful like us?

Okay?

Looking good, Dada. Looking good.

Hi! Our sweet Ava is now 37 months old!

And what was she doing when she turned 37 months old exactly? Napping in the car at the Shady Dell in Bisbee, Arizona.

And when she woke up, she was ready to run. But where is Deets?

No Deets this time. I think she remembered this picture from over a year ago.

So she had to make new friends. And she immediately befriended this young cat.

And the cat tried to get her to go ghost hunting in the graveyard with her.

Maybe next time silly cat.

Is that a ghost over there?

The cat eventually came back and Ava played mini-golf with her.

Ava keeps asking if we can go to Nona’s house or to the Clubhouse with Grace. So Dan busted out the map to show her how far we were. Not sure if she got it but we gave it a try.

Ava has been enjoying trying to cook with Dada and sometimes with Mama too. (Hey, I make pancakes!)

And when we went to see the old copper mine, she asked me if Chuck E. Cheese was in there. (???????)

The little dinner at the Shady Dell has ice cream sundaes just her size. Much to her delight.

And the weather is perfect for some play time. She finally got to use the moon sand she was begging to use all week.

For Valentine’s day, it was ice cream sundae time again!

I think she is a little tired of playing with us all the time.

But lucky her, a friend showed up. Hello Sophia. And they quickly became friends.

Ava got to go to Tombstone. This is her second time here. Take that Dida!

And if restaurants are too crowded, like this one in Tombstone, Ava likes to cover her ears and say that it is toooooo loud.

The girls had fun running around. Ringing bells.

And when I asked Ava what we should buy Dida, Ava told me that Dida wanted this horse. Nice try, Ava.

They also got to eat pancakes together at the little dinner.

And play on old mining carts.

And scream ‘stop’ on the street so the adults would halt every few feet. Which took us a very long time to get anywhere but we were in no rush.

All that stop and go pooped us out so it was off to the Copper Queen hotel for Happy Hour.

It’s nice to have another kid here for Ava. Even though she gets super crazy.

These two love playing “You can’t catch me!”

And they even played it on Geronimo’s Monument. Moments later, Ava fell off of this thing. Right into the bushes. It could have been really bad. But she was okay. Thank God. Ava has a bad habit of running and looking behind her at the same time.

Then it was off to New Mexico. Look! The beach! Not really. Hello White Sands National Monument.

Ava has been acting up again. And gets time-outs every once in while. Even at National Monuments.

Then it off to play in the sand.

This place was super awesome. You must go if you are ever in New Mexico.

She had a blast sledding with Dada… until her legs folded under the sled somehow. We all freaked out for a second but she was okay.

Alright. Time to get back to our road trip.

And relax. Bye!

Hello. Our little Mila is now 24 weeks old!

And still enjoys napping with Yoda. Even though she has no idea that the cat is even there.

When she is awake she is loving this exesaucer. What is not to love?

This week we are at the Shady Dell in Bisbee, Arizona. One of our favorite spots to visit.

And how is Mila enjoying our road trip so far? I would say that she loves it. As long as Mama is near by.

Mila has become a great grabber this week. Much to her sister’s dismay. Mila loves trying to pull the sippy cup out of Ava’s hands every morning and at bedtime.

We try to take a lot of walks on our road trip. Sometimes Mila sits in the stroller…

…but she still prefers this carrier. Each time she falls asleep, I wonder what she thinks when she wakes up. Because by then, we are in a new place.

Where are we now, Mama?

At an ice cream parlor? Cool. One banana split, please!

In the mornings, Mila LOVES laying next to her big sister. And her big sister loves showing Mila the ropes.

Oh Mila. You are growing up so fast!

And she even have a pair of sunglasses now. (Sorry they are so crooked!). Happy first Valentine’s Day.

Dada gets in on the baby carrier action too sometimes. Here is Mila are asleep with Dada since she refused to sleep in the bed.

Mila’s sleep pattern is wearing on us this week. She sometimes wakes up 10 times a night. We seriously can’t handle it anymore. Almost to the point that we considered going home. So tonight, on Valentine’s day, we started sleep training. The pack ‘n play came out and Mila started to cry it out.  It actually only took a half an hour of crying for her to fall asleep (Ava took an hour) on her first night. Don’t laugh at the sheet. We have to cover her since Dan and I stay up later than the girls. And she only woke up twice that night. Yeah. It’s working!! By the fifth night, she didn’t make a peep. She just passed out.

When Dan works during the day, the girls and I sometimes hide out in the bed room and have play time.

Mila loves chewing on anything she can get her hands on.

And sometimes she is lucky enough to get a story read to her by Ava.

Mila hates riding in her car seat at the moment. So it makes road tripping a little tough. But we schedule everything around her sleeping times so it all works out.

Night night.

And by the end of the week, we were off to New Mexico.

To see White Sands National Monument.

Night night. Again.