Milk and Cookies Anyone?

These two are milk and cookies that you will want to just gobble up!  I know we are a little biased but they were pretty cute in their milk and cookies Halloween costumes.  Our Halloween was spent with some friends' house doing a neighborhood give-away for our church.  It was fun being with friends and was pretty decent weather for the end of October. 

(P.S. Someone should have been videotaping me trying to get Ava and Reese to stand together on the front porch for a picture.  Zack had to teach night class so it was quite the challenge as you can tell from the pics!)

That afternoon we also had our last vent clinic appointment at Children's Mercy.  Since Ava left the NICU at Children's Mercy with a ventilator and trach, her acting pediatrician was the vent clinic with a few different doctors who specialize in circumstances like Ava's.  Now that Ava has no ventilator requirements or trach, we are moving on to our regular pediatrician who Reese sees.  It's a bitter sweet "break up."  Definitely a sign that things are going wonderfully with Ava but hard to part with the doctors and nurses who have seen Ava (and momma and dada) regularly for the last year and a half.  They have been so wonderful, supportive, and knowledgeable through all of this and we can't be more thankful for their team.  It was reassuring to hear that there have been families of kiddos who haven't been to the vent clinic in over a year who still call in to ask questions or get advice!

Other than that the girls have been busy "clipping coupons" for momma, bundling up in their snowsuits for walks in the colder weather (size - 12 months...thankfully they still fit!), and raiding the pantry.  I turn my back for two minutes while putting away groceries and Ava already has a mouthful of crackers!  Then she tries to make a run for it when I say we need to put them away.  At least she is willing to share with her sister!