The V's are Blogging!

Hello everyone!  In light of the anticipated arrival of Baby V #2 next Tuesday, I am going to try blogging to keep everyone posted.  I loved creating Ava's website for the first year, and thought a blog might be a better choice to help everyone keep tabs on the growing Ventimiglia family.  

As for us, Scott and I have kept very busy over the last few months.  As most of you know, we sold our old home in Red Bridge to make room for the new baby.  We loved our old house, but needed more room for our growing family.  We didn't think the new baby would appreciate a room in the basment....which was about the only place for her!  So, we headed out east....Lee's Summit that is.  We love our new home, and are happy to say that after being here for 2 months, it is FINALLY starting to feel like home.  We LOVE being closer to our parents and friends as well.  Ava did as well as can be expected with the move.  I think it shook her up a little more than we anticipated.  She is a very routine oriented, structured kiddo, and all the changes were a little hard on her.  The new house and new daycare really threw her for a loop. I am happy to report that she seems to love the new house, and the new school!  Which is a relief since the first month and a half were pretty touch and go.    

Speaking of Ava, my what a busy lady she is these days!  She is walking, talking and really developing a personality of her own.  She is talking up a storm, saying everything from Cosmo (the neighbor's dog) to Uh-Oh.  She is doing well with sign language, and knows the signs for more, milk, dog, juice, book, pig, eat and drink.  She is leaning all her animal noises and where her nose, tummy and ears are!  She is very into animals of any sort right now....toy animals, stuffed animals, real animals, dogs, cats...anything she can get her little hands on!     Her other favorite things are reading her nursery rhyme books and anything involving being outside.  She actually bangs on the back patio door to go outside to play.  This has caused a temper tantrum or two on rainy days when we can't get outside to play.  

The above pictures are from our visit to Johnson's Farm & Pumpkin Patch last month.  No shocker here, but she had a blast checking out all the animals on the farm!  

I will try to post some additional pics of what we have been up to the last couple of months.  

Thanks for checking out the blog!