Fun week with Grandpa!

Chris's dad has been here the past few days, and we've really been enjoying spending time with him. I think he may need a vacation after leaving here, because Claire is wearing him out wanting to play all of the time!

Yesterday, we went to Opry Mills for the afternoon. I needed to get the girls some things before the weekend. I wish I would've thought to bring my camera! While we've passed by the stingray reef there many times, we've never been inside. Chris decided he wanted to take Claire in so they could feed the stingrays. I was of course apprehensive, but Claire was thankfully scared and didn't want any part of it. Chris fed them, and was startled many times himself when they jumped out of the water to get the food! I guess the bonus for Claire was that paying to get in to the stingray reef also got her unlimited rides on the carousel!

Last night, Ava had her first rice cereal. We had hoped to start after her four month doctor appointment, but she felt under the weather for several days and we didn't want to introduce anything new while her appetite was still off. As you can see from the pictures, she was not really a fan. Claire enjoyed trying to help, but Ava just didn't know what to do with that spoon and ended up spitting everything right back out! We tried again tonight with no real progress to report, but I'm sure she'll warm up to it eventually!