Some things I want to remember:
-She loves reading books all day and will bring one to me and get in my lap to "read" it when I ask her to.
-She will "moo" and "cheep" with us at the cow and chick in one book.
-She is sitting and playing with her toys now. Her favorites are books, the jack-in-the-box, the ball popper and sillytown.
-She loves taking baths still. She will lay on her tummy and play with all her toys and will stay in it as long as I let her.
-She loves to go outside and will go to the back door and say "ow" when she wants to go out.
-She is the happiest baby to put to bed! I ask her if she wants to go night-night and she will either start walking down the hall or come to me to pick her up and take her. (She isn't so easy at other places.)
-She loves to eat. The other day she came and got me (She had her hand out and I knew she wanted me to go with her.) and took me to the pantry door. She started patting it and when I opened it she pointed and said "that". She wanted her Nilla wafers.
-She claps and says "yay" when you give her what she wants.
-She is constantly pointing at different things and saying "that!" I just tell her what things are and either give it to her or tell her she can't have it.
-She says "no" now when she doesn't like what you are doing and still listens really well when we tell her no.
-If she needs help with something she says "Ma, Mama" over and over until I come help her. I love it and think it's so funny.
-She still gives the sweetest kisses, but now we have to watch out or she'll bite down and it really hurts!
Everyday she is doing something new! She is growing and learning constantly, and I can tell now that she is really understanding what we are saying to her. We just can't get enough of her! I love you, Ava!
I never posted her 1 year pictures, so here are some of them:
Ava may be the most difficult baby take pictures of, and they turned out so good. She will not sit still or smile, and she wants to be held most of the time! Maybe she'll be ready to really smile for her next pictures. I say that everytime, though.
kissing the baby
This was an accident. I think she was checking the lighting, but it turned out so sweet!
