Happy Graduation, Dad!

Mike graduated from Mt. Vernon Nazarene University over the weekend with a Bachelors in Business Administration. We are so proud of him! Ava told him all week that he was "such a great jobber!" So, that's what we had put on his cake. Although, Ava also kept telling daddy, "Happy Birthday, " since she associates cake with birthdays. She is already telling everyone that her birthday is August 26 and she will be 3.

Sophie has perfected her clap now, it's definitely more of a "golf clap." She's also good at waving "hi" and "bye" to people now. Very cute!

Happy Mother's Day

What a great Mother's Day weekend! Sophie turned 8 months old and even cuter! She is trying to "army crawl," she makes this funny growling noise, and she can pull herself up to stand and play along her sister at her train table. Ava had a great time helping me plant flowers yesterday, finding "wormans" and giving them new homes, and wishing me a "Happy Valentines Day!" (I think she was just hoping it was Valentines Day so she could have candy)
We are truly blessed to have such beautiful girls (both inside and out)!

Butterfly Garden

Today we visited Franklin Park Conservatory to see the Butterfly Exhibit. The girls, especially Ava, had a great time. Ava's favorite butterfly was the pink one. I bet that is a surprise!

The last picture is of Sophie having fun on the floor. She has been finding creative ways to get to where she wants to go. Mike snapped this pic of her getting rolled up in her diaper changing mat.

Big Girl Bike...

Ava is officially the proud owner of her first "big girl" bike. She looks so cute with her helmet and elbow pads! She's very good at putting on the brakes, but we have to work a little more on pedaling. She was yelling through Toys R Us, "this is my beautiful, wonderful bike! I love it! It's just for me!" She especially likes ringing the bell.

Sophie is working on her upper front tooth and pulling herself to stand. She's also making some very funny noises (which I'm sure mean something in babyspeak?!

Here are some pics of the girls with their friend, Nathan.