The many faces of Mila.

January 27th, 2012 by mama marlene

Have a happy weekend!
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A really good one.
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Love,
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Popeye.
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Roller girl.

January 26th, 2012 by mama marlene

Hi. I’m Ava but today you can call me roller girl!
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Ready. Set. Go!
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WOOOAAAHHHH!
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Mila says don’t let go of Dada. Good advice, little sister!
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But I can stand on my own. So there’s that.
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Watch out, everyone. Looks like it’s someone else’s turn :)
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New Years Eve.

January 26th, 2012 by mama marlene

On New Years Eve, the girls got to hang out with their little buddies. Barba Dan was eager to show the kids how to play his new video games.
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Mila was really into it. This pictures cracks me up!
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Michelle whipped up a fancy meal for us all. Ava picked out this dessert for the kids table. Yumm.
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The kids did their best to stay up super late but by 10pm they were wiped out and asked to go to bed. But not before playing with some poppers.
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Happy New Year!!
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We stayed up past midnight. Obviously.
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And they woke up bright and early. I guess they didn’t get the “please sleep in” memo.
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Haircut #2.

January 25th, 2012 by mama marlene

She spent a good chunk of her morning drawing the perfect picture.
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A picture of exactly how she wants her hair cut today.
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Good job, Ava.
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All ready for her second real haircut. (Mama’s haircuts don’t count!)
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Let’s do this!
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Mila was waiting patiently… while repeating “Mila no haircut” over and over again. She is not ready to give up her curls, I guess.
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All done. So cute, Ava. Just like the picture.
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And if you want to go down memory lane like me, here is her first haircut :)

Mila’s biggest fear.

January 25th, 2012 by mama marlene

Mila is our brave little girl. She is a tough one. Not scared of anything. Well, almost anything. She is scared of little babies. She doesn’t even want to look at them.
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It’s a little silly how she reacts to them. Some people seem to think it’s going to be trouble with another one on the way. But it’s just a phase. She will outgrow it soon enough. And newborns don’t move as much as these two little boy cousins :)
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New Years Eve Day.

January 24th, 2012 by mama marlene

On New Years Eve day, we met up with Aunts Connie and Catherine for some fun at Downtown Disney. The girls immediately grabbed their hands and were ready to explore!
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Ava has been asking to go to New Orleans again… especially because she misses beignets! Lucky for her, we noticed an Orleans restaurant that carried her favorite treat.
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This is a picture of Ava chowing down on her very first beignet in New Orleans almost 2 years ago. What a mess! I love that she remembers this moment in her life still. That cross-country trip was awesome.
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And this is our beignets today. Not too shabby.
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Dan misses New Orleans too. So much so that he even drank a big cafe au lait! That never happens!!
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This is Mila trying her first beignet. Not sure if she likes them as much as her big sister.
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This is her first beignet because when we were in New Orleans, she was a sleeping baby in the carrier. Barely 6 months old.
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Okay. No more reminiscing. Back to today. Look at what the girls got from the Disney store! Ava finally got a Sally the rag doll. She has been asking for one for months and none of the normal Disney stores ever have her in stock. Mila had a hard time deciding what she wanted. She finally picked Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc… because he makes her giggle.
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And as we ended our day at Downtown Disney, Aunt Connie taught the girls the fine art of pin trading. Haha.
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Gingerbread house.

January 24th, 2012 by mama marlene

Hey guys. Do you know what time it is?
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GINGERBREAD HOUSE TIME!!!!!!!!
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Hey, Mama? Can you get your baby belly off of the table please? So. Embarrassing.
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That’s better.
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Hey, Nona Dinka. Come look at this!
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All done.
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Good job, ladies!!!
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