23 Months! (Almost)

I know I am a few days early, but we have a busy week, so I thought I would be proactive and post this a few days earlier... It's incomprehensible to think that the girls are going to be 2 in a month... I seriously can't even think about it... About this time 2 years ago I was just about to have my first hospital stint for contractions and was about to go on bed rest. It wasn't even in our minds that we would have the girls in early November. But let's not get nostalgic now, we have another month before we do that...

Here's what the girls are up too...

Aven: Aven continues to be our little diva. She's so much like her brother that I just laugh about it. They look alike, they act the same and she's got the same feisty personality as he does. It should be interesting when she gets older... Here are a few other things (something new I'm trying out :-))

• Nicknames: Avie, Ave
• Favorite thing to do: Whatever she wants... But she really likes to play with babies, tiaras and jewelry. She also gives the biggest hugs and loves to give them. Another favorite is to walk around with a bucket on her head - all. the. time.
• Favorite food: Pretty much anything that we eat, but not a big fruit eater. I'd say her favorite food is waffles.
• Favorite toy: Babies
• Favorite TV show: Yo Gabba Gabba
• Morning or Night: Both - she sleeps the least and if anyone still wakes up from time to time, it's her. We just got a video monitor for their room and our suspicions were correct, she's usually the last to sleep both at night and nap and the first up (just like Declan always was).
• Things she likes to say: She likes to say "more" (often)

Bria: Bria has an adaptable personality, sometimes she's the most needy and sometimes she's the biggest sweetie that just does her own thing. She's a balance between her two sisters. She's a snuggler, a lover, but also wants to make sure she's heard, seen and paid attention too.

• Nicknames: Bri, Bri Bri, B-B, B
• Favorite thing to do: To climb, jump and dance
• Favorite food: Pretty much anything and everything (except bananas), she's our best eater.
• Favorite toy: Play kitchen and food and the riding toys
• Favorite TV show: Yo Gabba Gabba (although she's always been the least interested in TV)
• Morning or Night: Night, definitely not a morning kid... Much like her big brother and Dad, we almost always have to wake her in the morning and she's generally crabby in the morning. Is definitely our best sleeper - first to sleep and last to get up.
• Things she likes to say: Bye-Bye, More and Catch (and she's got this cute little jibber-jabber that's hard to explain - I'll try to get it on video some day)

Stevie: Stevie is still our little angel... She's more of a loner than the other two, I think because she's comfortable in her own skin and doesn't need the constant attention. That or she gets enough attention from Declan since she continues to be his favorite. She's still the littlest by far but is growing at her own pace.

• Nicknames: Sweet Pea (that's what Andy calls her a lot)
• Favorite thing to do: Read books, sit in her pink car and she likes to observe / inspect things... She's very analytical.
• Favorite food: Bananas (she loves them, but her sisters won't touch them)
• Favorite toy: Most of Declan's toys (i.e. cars, etc), books and music toys
• Favorite TV show: Yo Gabba Gabba
• Morning or Night: Morning (mostly) - she will trade off with Aven on who wakes up first. 
• Things she likes to say: Not really talking words yet, mostly jibber jabber with her sissys, she uses her hands a lot. Like she will be talking talking talking and motioning with her hands like we know what's she's saying.

Since it was nice out today I took the opportunity of snapping some pictures. I had the brilliant idea (so I thought) to put them on some rocks thinking they would stay put and be too scared to get down. Well, it didn't really work as I had liked. I seriously need a software that I can just cut out pictures and put them all together to get them all looking at me and smiling... Story of our lives I suppose.

L to R: Aven, Bria and Stevie (all in their colors for future photos :-))

Ha ha - love this one... Not sure what Aven is doing, Bria think's it's hilarious and Stevie isn't so sure about this whole rock thing...

And here comes big brother...

Dec holding Aven's hand (which I'm sure she hates), Bria planning her escape route and Stevie pointing to somewhere she wants to go (which is not on the rock)

I love this one... I just see both Aven and Declan looking at each other in the look of disgust/shock/"whatever" - two peas in a pod... If they only knew...

And then Bria starts to push, Stevie finding something funny...

This is the best I could get - hey, no smiles, but 2 out of 3 looking - I'll take it!

Aven and our "pet" Tommy Tom

Oh Declan...