Avery.. where has the time gone.... Your Dad is still gone in training for his work. We are surviving!!! HA- We are doing really well actually, just have a few crazy nights a week. The Big kids have learned to scatter when mom blows her top. You just laugh! You are saying da da da, and look to Daddy's picture every time we ask you "Where's Daddy" So then we go and kiss the pictures. The pictures all have slobber smudges on them. If I tell you I love you Ava- You immediately give me lots of kisses and still you hug me every time I get you up from nap. You are very affectionate... probably b/c we have showered you with nothing buy affection since the day you were born. When I rock you at night I tell you "take that stinky binki out so mama can give you kisses" then you grab the bink and pluck it out so I can kiss, then you plot it back in. Sometimes you put it in my mouth! In these pictures you love to play near mom so you are always in the kitchen. I give you all the Tupperware and other non toy items to play with. You love them best! You also like to play with my drapes. I have to pin them up for fear you'll putt them down on top of you! You have learned to stand at the patio window and pound, you love to splash on command in the tub. We still use the dish pan in the sink, but have occasionally go to the big tub. As you pull up on everything you have taken some spills and even smacked your lip, but all is well. You never like being far from mom. You always play near me.. or cry out for mom to find you!