Animal Stylings of Carys and her Favorite Things

One of the biggest things growing on Carys is her vocabulary. She is almost 20 months old and will answer our questions. One of the first ways she could communicate with us was through animal sounds. Now she can "read" several of her books because she is familiar with lots of animals and objects. She loves to read books.

She continues to love slides, often going down head first.

Her newest toy is her "dar". She loves her car, sitting in it, traveling in it, pushing it. She cannot say "C" words yet but is getting close.

She loves to play ball.

Oh boy, does she love swimming!

She also loves purses, one on each arm please.

She loves her stuffed lamb and treats him like a baby. Giving him a blanket, putting him in the bouncer or carrier when Ava is not in them.
Carys enjoys having tea parties and sitting at a kid size table. She will bring you a cup with a "fork"...we are still working on the difference between fork and spoon...she calls both fork.She has an obsession with shoes. She loves to wear mommy's and sometimes daddy's. She always feels the need to accessorize, even in her pajamas.
Carys is a good kid. She goes to bed when we ask her. She may cry a little but as long as she has her kitty and blanket, it is all good!

Ava at Two Months

Ava is getting so big and was 11 pounds 7 oz at her check up. She was about 24 inches long. According to the statistics, she has a small head, is slightly above average for weight but is long. These can always change but as of right now we have a tall child. She is fitting into 3 month clothing mainly because of her extra length. She is much more alert now and has started to smile. I definitely see her daddy when she smiles.

Along with her smiles, I have started to see the remnants of a dimple on her right cheek, very close to her mouth.

She also has very good head control and can sit up in the Bumbo chair. She has started to talk to us with a sweet coo...a sound we have missed.

She is very strong and can move her head from one side to the other while on her tummy.

She continues to be my sweetie, very easy to take care of. She is content laying on her activity mat or in her bouncy seat. She has started to sleep through the night but not consistently. We are grateful to have more full nights of sleep than not.
And of course...here is Carys at 2 months for a size comparison.

Grandpa's Little Shopper

Now that Carys is 1.5, we have to watch what we say and do as she is our little parrot. Her vocabulary has been growing and we will be talking and all of a sudden she mimics one of the words in our speech. She also copies our actions, when I vacuum, she pulls out her corn popper to help. She picks up mats to shake them and also pretends to wash the dogs. She is very observant. Her latest thing is to go shopping with Grandpa. Carys loves purses and bags, she quite often walks around our house with a bag on each arm, so one day Grandpa decided to take her to the Ship's Store to fill her bag. It has turned into "their thing" to do together. Grandpa takes her to the store, with a bag from home, and let's her make decisions on what she would like to "buy".

So many choices, but there is one thing she definitely puts into her bag, peanut butter crackers. We wonder if it is because she can actually see the treat, but Carys loves to fill her bag with this little packages. On this day she actually filled her bag with 15 packages of peanut butter crackers, one by one.

Then she found cereal containers that look like blocks, oh boy this looks like a good treat.

She had to keep going back for more, double fisting it.

OK Carys, how much fiber do you really need?

When she finishes with her selections, she puts them up on the counter, just like mommy does when we go to the store.

Two by two she puts up her packages of peanut butter crackers, leaving the candy bars in the bag.Once Phillip scans them, he hands them back to her to put them in her bag. She did take notice when she only got 2 packages of peanut crackers back...not 15.

Then Carys comes home and shows everyone what she got when she was shopping. She likes sharing. It is very cute and reminds me of when Jamie and I were little. My dad would sometimes stop at the Circle K to get a car magazine and Jamie and I would be allowed one candy each. You can see where we rank on Grandpa's scale because Carys comes home with at least 4 candies and peanut butter crackers. It's a good thing she shares!