waiting for butterflies to land on them...
Any advice would be appreciated....When do you rip these obnoxious pieces of plastic out of your child's mouth and throw them in the garbage. I have such mixed emotions when it comes to this issue. I still have my childhood blanket and Noa still sleeps with hers every night and I would never even consider taking a blanket away. However, this plastic pipe somehow seems different. It is used for comfort and in no way has hindered her speech but the sight of it in her mouth embarrasses me. Avery is only allowed to have her binky in her bedroom but it obviously sneaks out occasionally. Even she feels like she is too old for a pacifier. Will she outgrow it and when??? 
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Once a week for the past 8 weeks Avery and her class have been doing gymnastics at a place called, "GymCo". This was great exercise and a great break from being snowed inside during the long winter!
Too cold to go outside means taking the skates and rollerblades into the basement.
I found this video of Kobe and Noa when they were both young. We sure do miss our brown and white moo cow.
Dear Uncle Ernie and Aunt Bertha, 
Noa and I got dressed up, went out to dinner, and then went to the Father-Daughter Dance at the YMCA with her best friend Emily and Emily's dad, David.
With less than 15 days until opening day of the MLB season I bet you'll never guess which team our house is rooting for?
