July is Birthday Month

Uncle Kermit on the left, big bro Uncle Harley (Fritz) in the middle, & Grandad on the right.
Here's the cake. . . 168 years! The names should be flip flopped to match the photo - Uncle Kermit on the left, Grandad on the right.

Yes, July is Birthday month! It begins on the 1st with Grandad Keith & Uncle Kermit's 168th birthday. (For those unaware, they're twins so we add the years together)

I like to start my celebrations on the 4th & pretend all the fireworks are for me. Then we continue on to the 10th. A good friend told me that 33 is a magic year. Okay!

Not much else as far as updates - except. . . .Em plays in her first tee-ball game tonight!

Come visit the girls on their new web site - that's where all the updates are going. Go here:

http://totspot.com

and then request an invite from us.

Going green

Have you started to make the switch? I've been doing green things for as long as I can remember. The most simple one being turning off the water while I brush my teeth. I found a great blog

Growing Green Kiddos and Organic Babies
written by a member of my mommy/baby group. Steph is up on all kinds of green stuff.

Be sure to stop in at Hometown Ace Hardware (3700 Tieton Drive, next to Joann's Fabrics) if you're in Yakima. We've started selling the ECOS line of cleaning products. I've been using the toilet cleaner, the laundry detergent & the dishwashing detergent. We also have reusable tote bags for $1 each. I love taking them shopping or just out & about.

Just to clarify, if you're reading this you're invited to the party!! Ava's birthday is February 28, but her party will be on Saturday this year. She's currently in 9 mo clothes, almost ready for the 12 month size. She's already got a zillion toys, thanks to her older sis. So really, she only needs you to attend her party!

Can you believe it? My baby is about to turn one! She is cruising around furniture, crawling crazy fast, sporting 2 teeth (bottom) and about to get 4 top teeth. She eats anything she can get her hands on, but this week is loving blueberry yogurt and also wheat club crackers. She says Momma, Dadda, and Emma - but that's about it. She can sign. . . milk, more, all done, blueberry.

Chatty Chatty

That is how we describe Ava. Chatty. Just like Momma! She sings, she babbles, she calls for Momma, Dadda, and Emma. She makes one babbling sound for banana - her fav food. Speaking of food - Ava will only self feed. No spoons, but fingerfoods. She loves anything she can pick up.

She has started dancing when she hears music. She cruises around furniture and will go from one piece to another just letting go for a split second. Emma is just the right height to hold Ava's hands & let her walk. They love to play together & neither can sleep unless they go to bed at separate times - its like a slumber party every night!

Emma has started reading lots of things & can spell quite a few things too. She's still loving preschool and all her friends. She & Omp will start swim lessons at the end of the month.

Tree Hunting

The only hunting we do around here is for a Christmas tree - we found one!!


I'm now in the "lets get the first tree we see" group of people rather than my beloved "hunt for hours to find the perfect tree" group. Emma has decided she is not a cold weather girl - that doesn't go over well for snowboarding. Maybe Dad & I will go without her. I know Brad will never go again. . .

More pics later & maybe sometime I'll figure out how to get them lined up better! We're off to the preschool concert tonight!

First Wave

Ava's first official wave was yesterday - to Daddy!! Its a big awkward arm motion, but a wave none the less!

Both girls spent the late morning with Grandma Jill, who picks Em up from preschool on Thursdays, Great-Grandma Dona and Great-Grandad Keith, and Auntie Gay. They all had a great time and everyone should be ready for a nap. Everyone except Ava, who slept the entire time!!

I've been busy sewing shopping cart covers for my Etsy shop - they've been selling like hotcakes!

www.bumblebabymommy.etsy.com

Patty Cake

Ava can officially Patty Cake! She hasn't moved much past the patty cake part but sometimes will do the pat it. She's signing More and Milk, but doesn't sign milk very often and its hard to know if she's clapping or signing more - you have to watch close for context.

She's repeating sounds and chaining them together. Brad swears she said Mama today while I was gone and that it wasn't just babbling.

She loves finger foods and is not always fond of food on a spoon - but we did feed her potato soup the other night and I couldn't feed her fast enough! She's still nursing well but is easily distracted and seems to prefer solid foods.


Not much else to report. Emma is growing like crazy and almost all of her shirts are too short, and many of her pants are getting that way too. She loves preschool, her teachers and all her friends there. She has her own sense of style & amazingly looks great no matter what she wears. We just need to work on brushing her hair! BTW-her hair was cut to shoulder length just a few weeks ago.