{10} Thankful

{10} Ava-isms

I want to remember the way Ava talks forever! I love it!

Favorite phrases:

"Oh boy!"

"____ funny!" (as in "Claire bear funny!")

"I love it!"

"I wear mama's shoes"

"Get the mail!" (she loves to get the mail with Erik when he gets home)

Cute words:

yaygub - ladybug

chapsip - chapstick

bandaba - banana

kini - zucchini

sesea seet - sesame street

an-dra - Andrea

Other memorable -isms:

- loves wearing my shoes around the house - all day long

- still loves spending lots of time in her crib. She takes a 3-ish hour nap a day and will happily stay in her crib another hour if I let her

- loves all things girlie - bracelets, purses, doing mama's hair, looking pretty, putting lotion on, getting "piggies" in her hair, etc

- is almost completely potty trained! (diapers still on at night, but hardly ever wet!)

- LOVES helping me cook (stirring, dumping things in the bowl, etc)

- is getting much better at playing by herself. Loves looking at books, playing with her dollhouse and bouncing on her ball

- has memorized several books now

- sings OFTEN. knows a lot more songs that we realize and sometimes makes up her own words (ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, I am a Child of God, I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home)

- still sucks her thumb religiously when in bed, but also still listens when I tell her she can't suck it during the day :)

- weighs 33 lbs which means she's only gained like 2 lbs since she was 18 months! She is thinning out...a little bit :)

- wears size 2T-4T clothes (2T shirts, 4T pj's and dresses), and size 9.5 shoe (holy moly!)

- loves playing with Kate and will often help distract her for me when she is tired or grumpy

- loves going on "adventures" in the car. LOVES going to stores with mom

- talks about different friends all the time - old and new, particularly after we leave there presence. In typical Ava fashion, she is shy when she plays, and then talks incessantly about that friend when we leave

- still refuses to eat most vegetables (much to my dismay...she was such a good eater until like 20 months...any ideas?)

- favorite foods are circle crackers (Trader Joe's multigrain crackers), fruit leather, cheese cheese and more cheese, avocado, mac and cheese, veggie straws, any fruit ("clementimes" are a current fav), toast, eggs

- can reliably identify pink, purple, white and black. sometimes green, red, yellow

- knows hearts, stars, circles, triangles. sometimes squares and diamonds

Is still the love of our lives!