Today is a historic day.. Ava fell asleep on the couch at 6:15. I was able to get jams on her and transfer her to bed and she actually stayed asleep! Annalise is sleeping too, so here it is 8:52pm and I have some time to write!
We definitely hit the baby jackpot with Annalise. She is laid back, happy, super cuddly and very sweet. Today she gave me tons of smiles just because I was making my hair move! How cute is that? All of the literature on infant sleep says to put your baby in her crib when she is sleepy but awake so that she learns to put herself to sleep. I always laughed and said yeah right. Well believe it or not Annalise actually does that! In fact she seems to long for her bed and gets upset if we try to put her to sleep in our arms.
Annalise cuddling with mommy
nuggling with Ava
Ava’s newest obsession is ants and butterflies. She is very science minded and inquisitive just like her daddy. She learns everything she can about something and 2 months later moves onto something else. In April and May it was volcanoes and now she likes butterflies but LOVES ants. She is the queen of a colony. She names the ants in her colony and assigns them jobs. construction workers, nurses, doctors, scouts, etc. She needs lots of doctors because she injures or kills every one she picks up (poor ants). Today we were blowing giant bubbles and decided to drop ants onto the bubbles to see if they would float away. Surprisingly the weight of the ant would send the bubble straight down to the ground. It was a fun experiment. I told Scott about it. It gave him the idea to make ant hot air balloons. He’s going to do that with Ava this weekend. She’s going to love it!
Ava saving her ant colony from the rain.
Scott caught a butterfly!
Ava releases the butterfly!
What a great picture of our two little angels! Actually all the pictures are so cute! Ava is such a little scientist and so darn creative! I don’t know how she comes up with all her games! Thanks so much for taking the time to post this for all of us! I know your free time is few and far between!
Love you all,
Nana N
Hi FredWith or without PSE&G spnoiorsng the luncheon those lines will be built. They will be built with or without approvals from the BPU as well. PSE&G has skipped the local municipal process because, rightly so, it is useless. How many elected officials would take an objective look at the real issues knowing many voters are upset. The idea of conducting informational meetings in all towns affected is fine. It is also always good form to listen to concerns and address issues presented. Again, to think that any town would publicly endorse this project is pure nonsense. Now while the BPU is being represented as the approval entity the reality is they to could very easily by bypassed and over ruled by the federal agencies. So this brings me to the nagging question in Montville Township as I sit as a township Committee member. Why don’t towns focus on the safety concerns and clear cutting issues? Even PSE&G has stated they are willing to take EMF measurements to bench line EMF on the existing 230KV line. Of course my 2 cent opinion is our BPU should mandate these measurements for all towns and force PSE&G to document the test equipment and methods used as well as taking those measurements in the summer months when usage is at its highest. The reality is that the possibility does exist the EMF levels could be lower with the new transmission line because some of the EMF would cancel out since two transmission lines will be operating on the same towers.Art Daughtry