Six Months - Ava

My Sweet Baby Girl is six months old!  Seriously...how did that happen?!?  Ava is so much fun right now.  She is rolling all over the place, from back to front and front to back.  She is also sitting up all by herself. She loves playing in her jumper, chewing on just about everything, experimenting with her voice, going upside down with Daddy, and watching Sierra.

Ava's current stats:

Weight:  17 pounds 11 ounces
Height: 26 inches

Noah has truly mastered the cheesy smile.  Whenever he sees a camera, Bubs plasters his fake smile on and waits for the terrible ordeal to be over.

Ava simply LOVES her big brother!  Noah makes her giggle and laugh like nobody else.    

Half Birthday Number Two

Last night we celebrated Noah's second half birthday {that's a mouthful}. I picked up my favorite red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting {I just luvre them}, two half dollars {it is his second half birthday after all}, and Noah's piggy bank {I know, I know it's not a piggy} and headed over to Nana and Papa's house.

Noah just LOVED putting the coins in his piggy bank. He got two half dollars from Mama and Daddy-O and those went in the bank very quickly. Noah signed more and please after each coin clinked on the bottom of the turtle so Nana quickly pulled a half dollar out of her pocket and that made it in the bank with ease. Papa was being funny and he gave Noah foreign coins {Punts from our family travels to Ireland before they adopted the Euro}. It didn't matter to my Little Stinkpot. They were round and metal and made a great clink noise so they made it into the turtle as well.
Then we took out the half cupcake {Yumm-O}, put a candle on top and took off Noah's artificial nose in hopes he would blow the candle out. Unfortunately, he was more interested in grabbing the candle than blowing it out. I had to keep signing "hot" and tell him not to touch it.
In the end, I blew out the candle and with a bit of help from Nana, Noah put his fingers in the yummy cream cheese frosting and let me lick it off.
What a fun way to celebrate my little toddler!

Half Birthday...

It was my half birthday yesterday! Mama and Daddy planned a whole lot of fun for me. We celebrated with half of a cupcake. Daddy took my nose off and Mama sang to me. I got so excited that I was able to blow my own candle out! Then it was time to eat the cupcake...well actually Mama and Daddy ate it, but I got to taste the frosting. I also got to put a half dollar in my piggy bank. I know, I know, it's not a piggy, but Mama thought the green turtle was just too cute. I get to add more half dollars to the bank at each half birthday. Pretty soon, I'm going to be rich! All in all, it was a great way to celebrate my half birthday. I'm looking forward to doing this again in another year.