Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Ava's 24th Month

  1. Ava never stops talking.
  2. Until she's out in public.
  3. Ava just recently stopped shunning her mother.
  4. Ava is a tattletale. So much so that she tattles on herself. "Aya-Vah...get down from table."
  5. Ava is short. The Internet predicts she will reach 5'1" at age 18. Gymnastics classes anyone?
  6. Ava is slight of frame but gradually gaining weight. At 21.6 lbs (with clothes), this month she made it onto the growth chart.
  7. Ava thinks cupcakes are "Yucky." At her birthday party, she requested an orange instead.
  8. Ava loves to paint.
  9. Ava knows her alphabet but refuses to go past S.
  10. Ava says, "8, 4,7 GO!" before she throws a ball.
  11. Ava is a poor counter.
  12. Ava is very particular about what she wears and could easily go through her entire closet every morning if we let her.
  13. Ava uses Brody as a couch.
  14. Ava is a music snob. In the car, if she doesn't like a song she repeats "New song. New song." If we don't change to her favorite song, she just sings it over what we're listening to.
  15. Ava tucks her classmates in for nap.
  16. Ava sets the table for dinner and busses her plate after meals.
  17. Ava calls all types of juice "apple juice." She just doesn't get it.
  18. Ava always congratulates herself with a heartfelt "good job" after she eats her no-thank-you helpings.
  19. Ava still hates jackets. Maybe more than anything.
  20. Ava's favorite food is bacon.
  21. Ava now asks "did we get it" after we take a picture.
  22. Each night, Ava says goodnight to our neighbors' cats.
  23. Ava helps in the kitchen while we cook dinner.
  24. We have taken more than 6,000 pictures of Ava. Be happy we don't make you sit through more.