Ava & Mila

On New Years Eve day, we met up with Aunts Connie and Catherine for some fun at Downtown Disney. The girls immediately grabbed their hands and were ready to explore!

Ava has been asking to go to New Orleans again… especially because she misses beignets! Lucky for her, we noticed an Orleans restaurant that carried her favorite treat.

This is a picture of Ava chowing down on her very first beignet in New Orleans almost 2 years ago. What a mess! I love that she remembers this moment in her life still. That cross-country trip was awesome.

And this is our beignets today. Not too shabby.

Dan misses New Orleans too. So much so that he even drank a big cafe au lait! That never happens!!

This is Mila trying her first beignet. Not sure if she likes them as much as her big sister.

This is her first beignet because when we were in New Orleans, she was a sleeping baby in the carrier. Barely 6 months old.

Okay. No more reminiscing. Back to today. Look at what the girls got from the Disney store! Ava finally got a Sally the rag doll. She has been asking for one for months and none of the normal Disney stores ever have her in stock. Mila had a hard time deciding what she wanted. She finally picked Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc… because he makes her giggle.

And as we ended our day at Downtown Disney, Aunt Connie taught the girls the fine art of pin trading. Haha.

Hey guys. Do you know what time it is?

GINGERBREAD HOUSE TIME!!!!!!!!

Hey, Mama? Can you get your baby belly off of the table please? So. Embarrassing.

That’s better.

Hey, Nona Dinka. Come look at this!

All done.

Good job, ladies!!!

Up bright and early. I tried to get a picture with the flash on. But Ava can never open her eyes with the flash on. Haha. And that is Mila whenever she holds owl. His tail under her nose.

How about no flash? Ava was too excited to stay still. She wanted to see if Santa brought the right gifts!!

Yes! Mila got a Wuggle pet, just like she wanted.

And Ava finally got the princess roller skates!!

Whenever Mila opens up a gift that is clothes, she screams ‘take off, take off‘. She must try the new clothes on. Immediately!

She was in love with her new Elmo rain coat.

And the play kitchen was a huge hit.

This was Ava for the most of day. Convincing someone to take her outside so she could skate her heart out.

And after presents, it was time to eat the gingerbread house the girls worked so hard on.

We eventually got out of our pajamas and actually took a nice family picture by the tree.

And we got the cutest sister picture. All together now… AHHHHH.

Then it was time to bust out the paper hats and eat some dinner.

And last but not least, Santa came for a visit… and no one cried!!

Every time I ask Mila what we should call the baby, she always says “baby brother”. It never fails. But today, while we were snuggling on the couch together, I asked her again. And this time she answered “bear”.

So sweet.

Can’t wait to meet you, our little medo

How many ladies does it take to make cookies for Santa?

Well, if you count the photographer…

…it’s 4 generations of ladies. Hehe.

It’s Christmas Eve. The girls ware watching a show on the iPad while we get ready for guests to arrive.

Nona Dinka shows up and Mila shows her how to work the iPad. And how to sit too. Haha.

Ava is impressed with the first course. Calamari. One of her favorite things she had over the summer in Croatia at Kod Mate’s place.

And then her favorite food kept coming. Shrimp! No need to drive to Vegas to eat those little suckers today!

Let’s get this dinner started. Open your eyes, Mila!

Then came the presents.

And one last picture before pajama time.

Bedtime stories with Deets.

And putting out cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. Bye!

My sister is dancing.

Hula dancing to be exact.

Nice moves, Ava.

Can I try?

Hmmm. What am I supposed to do again?

Oh yeah. Dance!

Check out these moves!!

Man, being a copy cat is a tough job!