Ava flew into town for a visit the weekend before Thanksgiving. She came over on Friday for 4 hours and then Saturday she came back in the morning and we had her for her 1st overnight visit until Sunday. It is crazy to look back and think about how long we have waited for her to be able to spend the night at our house! Cirdan had a crib set up for her when she was a baby, expecting to see her all the time...but that day never came. Its been a long 4 years but we are so thankful for her to now be in our lives. On Friday the girls played most of the time. They liked playing dress up and dancing around the living room. Kaiya and Ava get along really well and you can tell that Ava really loves having an older and younger sister. She is always wanting Ella to sit on her lap or help Ella find her binkie or blanket or toy.
I asked Ava what she wanted to do on Saturday and she said that she wanted to go to the mall. I think she was remembering the last time she was here and her and the girls got matching dresses. We decided that it might be a good idea to get the girls pictures with Santa...this way Ava could be in the picture. On Saturday Kaiya wore a knit dress and Ava wanted one like it so I called Kaiya's dad (cause he was the one who bought it) and we headed to Target hoping they had some left. We finally found the perfect outfit that was comfortable to Ava (picky dresser) and got one for Ella to match. We also got the girls matching pajamas for their 1st sleepover. Then we went to the Supermall for what would be one of my favorite Santa pictures.
We shopped around a bit and went on the carousel at the mall.
Ella and Kaiya enjoyed sitting in the back of the car. They colored and wrote letters to Santa.
When we got home the girls played Wii, we made some homemade chocolate chip cookies and watched the movie UP. We were thinking (hoping) that it would make the girls sleepy but they were still awake and ready to play. We tucked Ava and Kaiya in Kaiya's bed and Ava wanted Kaiya to read her some books. I think Kaiya read her at least 20 books. It was getting pretty late so we turned off their light and soon enough they were fast asleep.
The next morning we got Cirdan out of bed to come and make us some delicious pancakes. Kaiya and Ava wanted to play Wii. The girls got ready for the day and I took them to get their nails painted at the salon and we bought a hot chocolate at Starbucks. Before the guy gave me my drink Ava had already drank all hers! She must like hot chocolate! We came home and Stacey came over to take some pictures of all of us. Kaiya had taped a couple papers on her door...her and Ava started Ava's Fashion Designer Store. Cirdan and I would both take turns and go buy something at their store. One took care of the cash register and the other walked us around the store showing us all the clothes and accessories that were for sale.
Cirdan and Kaiya took Ava to her mom. It was good because by the end of the weekend the girls were really tired. Kaiya isn't used to a kid tattling on her every move so her feelings were starting to get hurt. Ava was supposed to be back right after Christmas but tickets weren't bought far enough in advance and the price got way expensive. Cirdan agreed to have her instead come visit us again in February. We will miss her but know she will be back in a few months!
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