The Scifres Family: May has come and gone……

Is it really June???? Where did May go??? My big girl is almost done with her first year of preschool and is becoming more and more grown up every minute! My little girl is 9 months old, has 4 teeth, crawls all over the place, and talks up a storm! I wish I could freeze time. I love the ages of my children right now (minus the threenager tantrums and still a few sleepless nights with the Harps).

Here is what we've been up to……

Mother's Day at the beach.

Harper's lunch consisted of mainly sand a little bit of chicken and noodles. This kid puts EVERYTHING in her mouth, edible or not. At the park she is constantly putting sticks, rocks, grass, dirt, and whatever else she can find in her mouth. If you turn your head for a second she will have something in there you have to fish out.

These two are definitely beach girls. They love the sand and Ava is finally starting to like the water

They are starting to play together and it is the most adorable thing I have ever seen.

Food lover right here! She eats anything and everything. Watching her eat still amazes me. I have no clue how she consumes the amount she does??

Big enough for the grocery cart. Usually big sis gets this spot, so she loves sitting in the cart when big sis isn't with us.

Bath time! Another big milestone from this month….she is strong enough to sit solo in the bath.

Ava's first trip to the dentist was a success. She loved it!

The TV, toys, balloons, and princess crown she got definitely helped to make the first dentist experience a positive one.

Mimi and Papa came to visit for 9 days and we LOVED having them here! We were all sad when they left. Harper now enjoys the playground. She loves the swings, slide, and crawling on the play structure in our neighborhood. It is just the right size for her.

My mom, the girls, and I went to San Diego for a few days while Papa was down there for work. We had so much fun! We found a cool indoor creative play place for the kids to explore while we waited for Papa to get off work. Once Ava spotted the castle and princess dress she was one happy kiddo!

Harper had fun too! Now that she can move she is a much happier baby!

We went to the San Diego Zoo on day 2 and both girls (and adults) had a blast. It really is the best zoo I have ever been to. Ava enjoyed seeing this hippo up close and personal.

Mimi and Harper….riding up high across the park

This kid is not afraid of heights at all!

A baby giraffe was born about 20 hours before we got there. It was cool to see the momma and her baby interact. 150 pounds at birth! Yikes, that is a big baby!

Happy Birthday Daddy! We made it back from San Diego just in time to celebrate Steve's birthday!

The week my parents were visiting I had to work a few more days than usual getting things ready for my new job next year. Life is hard for Harper when I am not there. She is definitely a momma's girl and just overall does better when I am around. A big reason for that is because she still won't take a bottle so she goes all day without milk when I work. She eats plenty of food and drinks water so I am not concerned she is starving, but she does miss her milk when I am gone and that throws her off a bit. Luckily she has 4 grandparents who love her dearly and will deal with a crabby baby for 8 hours while momma is at work! We have tried everything to get her to take a bottle, she will do it when she is desperate, but its pretty rare.

Harper and Papa. He knew how to tame the wild beast. He has always been the baby whisperer. :)

These two <3

Mimi and Ava. Every day since my parents have left Ava has a part of the day where she gets sad and tells me that she misses Mimi and Papa. She asks me all the time if we can move to Chicago. Sometimes I catch her when she is playing with her dolls and she pretends she lives in Chicago with the snow and Bailey. We are headed there at the end of the month and she is convinced she will see snow. Doesn't quite get the whole "seasons" thing yet.

We had a photo shoot with both sets of grandparents down by the beach. Our photographer was amazing and the weather was beautiful. What a fun day playing with the kids and having someone capture these lovely memories for us. I can't wait to see the pictures!! This was taken by Pete with his camera phone. You can tell he has talent, no equipment and he still took a fantastic photo!

Harper getting into things she shouldn't be and Ava telling her to stop….pretty much the every day around here!

Look at the mischievous face. We are in trouble with this one.

Baby gates need to go up soon. Not only is she crawling everywhere but she is trying to climb stairs! Slow down baby girl, slow down!

Yep, she is an Evans…..first taste of ice cream and she loved it!

And this one would eat ice cream for every meal if I let her.

A trip to the farm for Strawberry picking. Although by the time we finished with the rides, animal show, seeing all the animals, and riding a pony we were too tired to pick strawberries and decided to buy them from the farm stand and head home! Next time we will have to pick first and party last.