We've had a great summer so far, attending three outdoor children's concerts, soccer classes every Saturday, Seafair, a wallaby ranch, an animal farm and several trips to the Kristoferson Farm.
Ava is doing great, smiling constantly and growing like a weed. At her two-month check-up she had gained almost 4 pounds since birth. So far this week she has slept in one five to six hour stretch each night which I am immensely grateful for! Prior to this week no one seemed to be getting any sleep in our house. Evan was getting up repeatedly each night and the only way I could get Ava to sleep at all was to sleep with her on my chest while I elevated myself on pillows. Up until two weeks ago Aaron slept in our guest room on a twin bed (or on an air mattress during the five weeks we had guests here) so he was sleeping terribly as well!
Evan turning three has brought with it new adventures for us. He has entered a phase that is both incredibly fun at times and incredibly frustrating. His personality is adorable, he says the funniest things and can be very polite and sweet when you least expect it. He recently told me I was beautiful and today he said I was the best Mom. He loves music and we are constantly singing together. I have tried desperately to get him to like some of my music so I am not listening to Caspar Babypants all the time. For some reason he likes the Bangles and now we sing 'Walk Like an Egyptian' and 'Manic Monday' all day! He has given up his nap which causes him to be extremely hyper by the late afternoon...not fun I can assure you! He also has started to 'talk back' to us which took me by surprise when it first started happening. Everyone talks about the 'terrible two's' and I was really looking forward to getting past that stage. Now we've entered an equally challenging stage at age three that I was not prepared for. Tantrums have reemerged as well as some seriously annoying whining! Preschool starts in two weeks and he is technically supposed to be potty trained so we've been aggressively making attempts to get him there in the last month. Unfortunately it is not going so well despite all of my attempts at bribery (sticker charts, M&M's, toys).
