Ava June

Oh baby! You had another busy month. You walked around the May Fair, helped open presents at Jessie's baby shower, and charmed the restaurant at Uncle Joe's birthday dinner. You got to feed the catfish in Ada at Meme and Pawpaw's house. We went to the Barber Reunion in Hot Springs and you voluntarily signed "thank you" to Aunt Rose when she gave you a lamb puppet. (We named the lamb after Aunt Rose and the fairy doll after Grampa Richard.)

Your favorite toys lately are baby dolls. You especially love the large, life-like dolls and you carry them around the house for hours. You cover them with blankets, pat their backs, and make us change their diapers. You still have lots of fun with the little yellow bus and have recently discovered Soren's Barbie stash. (You think they are all little babies.)

You have been practicing potty training and enjoy sitting for brief moments on your little potty. You generously give kisses now, scrunching up your lips, kissing, and then making a big "MUH" sound afterward. (Most of these kisses are for your babies, but sometimes we all get lucky.)

New words: Di-do (thank you), La-lu (love you), Dit (drink), Oh (cheerio), Mao (mouse), Oh no, See-you (Soren), Sigh (outside, inside, slide), Bup (book, diaper, poop), Tuck (Truck), wet, walk, Please (pits), Melmo! (Elmo!), eh-Ree (Henry), and Soren is teaching you how to growl like a tiger

New signs: turtle (now also used for lizard), dog, school, train, hurt

You are still running everywhere and climbing furniture like a monkey. You keep us very busy and sometimes when your Dad and I are done at the end of the day, we look at each other and just laugh. It has been a very exciting 18 months and we can't wait for the rest.

Love,
Mama, Daddy, and See-you

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Dear Junie,

April was a busy month! The 1st weekend was the Medieval Fair, which you wandered around in your stroller. The 3rd weekend Ganny and Gonny came to visit you and spent the whole time spoiling you and giving in to your every whim. The 4th weekend was the Norman Music Festival. The music was a little too loud, so we walked around a bit and ended up having dinner at the Vista.

We have been really enjoying the weather, playing outside a lot, and indulging your new obsession with airplanes and remote controlled flying saucers. You also love going out in the backyard with Soren and playing with Roy, her turtle from Arkansas. If she looks away for even a second while he's playing in the grass, you snatch him up and run as fast as your little legs will go.

Your vocabulary really exploded this month. We have been trying to keep a running list, but can't seem to keep up. Some of these you use all the time.

New words: MINE!, nana, baba, foo (food), snacks, eye, no (nose), duh (done and gum), my Daddy, off & on & up (all sound like 'UPF'), bob-o (bottle and bubble), paci, box, basset (basket), boppy (potty)

New signs: airplane, butterfly, SOREN!, turtle, cat

Love you, Muffin!

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Ava June,
You are learning so much we can't keep up! You have so many new words and skills! Here is a run-down...

New words: yeah, neh (no), bye-bye, hi, puh-puh (purple), sigh (slide), Mmm (what a cow says)

New signs: bird, cat, fish, candy, airplane

You can bark like a dog and possibly meow.

You got a new castle for climbing and now think you're supergirl and can climb anything you see! You scale the ladder on the swingset and once Soren turned her head for 2 seconds and then caught you at the top of the bunkbed grinning like a cat. You love to flip upside down and land on your feet.

Everyone is still fighting over who gets to get you out of bed in the mornings and who gets to take you out of the car. You are perpetually cheerful. You are happy and laugh a lot, and you should wear more yellow. We talk every night about you and your amazingness and what a sweet girl you are. We are so lucky!

XOXO

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