Milestones

Avery milestones:

Teeth: two bottom center right. She is working on some more so she is a little fussy.

Rolls all around the floor. She scoots a little, her arms are not strong enough to crawl yet, but she tries.
Real belly laugh. This is a sound that we all cannot get enough of. We are constantly trying to trigger the genuine baby laugh.

Callie milestones and quotes:

Spells and writes "Callie" and "EVE" (from the movie Wall E).

Reads some words and short sentences.

Practicing to be the flower girl in Sarah's wedding.

Knows about 6 states.

Loves to look at bugs, and kill them if she can. It is a little brutal.

She is one skill away from moving up to level 2 in swimming.

Quotes:

"she talks and cries like a mom." (describing a character in a movie) Cameron asked "why does mom cry a lot?" I'm not sure what she is talking about because I don't cry a lot.

"We need Daddy." ( when we were leaving on an errand without him) Melts Cameron's heart.

"Avery doesn't like my movie." (when she was crying during Callie's movie)

"Grandma and Papa are where Mowgli went, right?"

"The capitan is round, haw?" (describing the captain in Wall E)

"When daddy's a little girl he can be a flower girl like me."

"Daddy will kill the spider." (confidence in her hero dad who was faced with removing a 9" diameter tarantula in our back yard of our new home.) He did not kill it or trap it, he just scared it away. Yikes I hope I don't run into him on my own.

"It is in my testines." (describing to us how her food goes into her intestines.)

"There is a skeleton in my body."

"Mom you can go to the store to get mundy so we can go to Hontana, where Braden is." Then later upon finding 15 cents, "Oh, mom here is some mundy, now we can go to Hontana." ("Hontana" is Montana where cousin Braden lives.)

Mystery solved.

"Eagerchopper" was the name she had suddenly given to all of her T-Rex toys. This had been going on for months and we did not know where the name came from. The other day I was watching a preview of "The Land Before Time" and they were introducing characters. The little T-Rex is introduced as the eager "Chomper."

Addie's milestones:

Had the surgery, and immediately felt relief. After having been temporarily handicapped for 2 months, I am so grateful for my health. The day of surgery I was ready to go: I could play with my kids, go to the zoo, the store, and have a general good disposition. Oh, the relief. I can not describe how living with pain can effect all the little abilities you have in life. I hope I never take my health for granted. It is certainly a blessing I am so grateful to have.

We are moving again. This should be the last move while we are here in Tucson. The house is really nice. Four bedrooms, granite counter tops, lots of light, good neighborhood. Oh, and cheaper rent. Yeah, we are so excited. I am about halfway done with my part of the move. All the little stuff. The furniture will be moved Saturday courtesy of the ward, uncle Aaron, and Cameron's burly muscles.

Cameron's milestones:

Survived my handicappedness.

Almost finished with his internship with Judge Roll.

Almost finished with Couch fellowship.