Finally home!

Shawn got home Sunday night just in time to kiss Elle goodnight. Perfect timing! She really missed him a lot. He had a wonderful retreat! He said it was absolutely gorgeous down there. The college kids were very receptive to him and the highlight was that he helped convert a girl! She is now a Christian!! That was very exciting for him. He came back renewed and ready to get back in the trenches. He really has a talent for working with college people. Not much else going on here. Elle is doing wonderfully. After reading my sister-in-law Emily's blog and seeing that her daughter was night potty-trained, I was inspired to get more on the ball with that. Elle has been daytime potty-trained for a whole year, but nighttime and nap time is hard for her. So, yesterday we made a chart and she gets to put a smiley face every time she wakes up dry. Hopefully it will work. After a week or so, we are just going to go for it and put her in panties and start the process big time. Hopefully after waking up a few times all wet, she'll learn to hold it. We'll see. Elle has also declared what she wants to be when she grows up. She's never said anything before but all the sudden, she says she wants to be a mailman...guess she's taking after my grandfather:) Funny what they say...in Ava news, she's doing great. She has chilled out a little on the screaming bouts. I think her teeth are hurting because she will scream uncontrollably for a few minutes and then just a quick quit. Interesting.....she freaks out every time she sees a water bottle now. She tries to jump out of my arms and get it and if it's really close to her face and she doesn't get it, then she does get really mad! It's quite interesting. Yesterday was the first time since we feeding her rice cereal that she didn't act like we were feeding her lemon juice. She actually opened her mouth and swallowed it. We were very excited about that. For some reason it's really exciting to feed babies for the first time. You get to experience someone trying something they've never had before and it's so fun to see the expressions they give when they get a new taste. Too cute! Well, that's all for now, but I just had a few minutes to myself and thought I'd update. Hope everyone is doing well...you've all been pretty quiet lately.

Ava's firs time to swing

Elle trying to get a bird to land on her finger. "Here birdie, birdie, birdie" was what she was saying.