15 Nov
Bryan managed to snag us six tickets for the KU/Husker game yesterday. Doug and Karyl came down to join us, and we took the girls as well. (For the first half, anyway.) Later in the evening, Doug got these great shots of the girls in their Husker gear.
12 Nov
I think we are approaching the terrible twos…
I long for the days when I thought that stage had to be the most challenging.
10 Nov
After treating us to a fabulous breakfast on Sunday morning, Josh and Laura took us downtown for shopping, coffee and time on the playground. It was hard to leave, but we know the next time we see them, they’ll have two brand new babies!
9 Nov
We had a short but sweet visit to Josh and Laura’s house this weekend. The trip included a few fun hours at the Iowa Children’s Museum in Coralville. I’ll post more photos from our trip later this week, but in the meantime, here’s a little slideshow.
8 Nov
Best caption in the comments section wins a call from Olivia! Her average call length is about 3.5 hours, so clear your calendar now.
1 Nov
Olivia reprised the bumblebee costume my mom made a couple of years ago. At the time, Ava was just about 18 months old, and she was terrified of the tutu. Olivia would wear it all day if you’d let her. The costume was a bit snug—we had to fasten the back with safety pins, but it worked out pretty well! Olivia spent the day saying, “bumblebee” and, of course, “more candy.”
20 Oct
Today began with dental check-ups for the girls. It took Olivia quite a long time to warm up to the idea of sitting in the exam chair, but as this particular office caters to children, no one really rushed her.
She took her time brushing the scary-looking dentures in this dragon, saying over and over, “Dragon say ROOOOAAAAAAAR.”
She finally climbed in, dragon in hand.
She soon realized she could use the giant toothbrush as a weapon to protect herself against the dentist’s rather intrusive exam. Apparently, she’s quite secretive about her gum line and tartar buildup.
I ended up having to hold her, flipping her upside down into the dentist’s lap for the exam. Since it’s hard not to show off your teeth while screaming, the dentist got a pretty good look. She said that Olivia’s two-year molars were about 70 percent in, and we could expect them to be completely in another month or two.
I asked the dentist if the ADA had perhaps changed the recommendation on pacifier usage past age two. No luck.
She did say, though, it would be a bad idea to take away a pacifier from a teething toddler, so we can wait at least a few more weeks. (And, speaking of bad ideas, I’m not sure I want to go cold turkey over the holidays, either. Maybe giving up the paci can be Liv’s New Year’s resolution.)
So while Olivia treated the office visit like a near brush with death, guess who was compliant as can be?
Hopefully next time Olivia will follow Ava’s great example.
14 Oct
Olivia keeps pretty close tabs on her big sister. Every morning, the very first thing she says is, “Where’s Ava?” We hear that question repeated any time Ava is out of her line of sight for more than a second or two.
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