Ava {21 months}

Words she knows as of today (PINK ones are new words this month):

yellow, bee (what she calls all flying bugs), there she is/there is!, okay, choo choo, bug (she says bub), bless you (ba-choo), Bubba (what she calls Gavin), three, excuse me (she says skuze you), mine, bus, you okay? (when she or someone else gets hurt), hurt,  Jesus, uncle, airplane, egg, tractor, what's that (waz dat), two, car, orange, blue, purple, bird, bus, Misty (the horse), Oma (what she calls Becky), knee, amen, byebye, octopus, fishies, keys, sit, achoo, look, hat, kick, stick, Auntie, puppy, elbow, banana (nana), walk, eyes, hot, yeah, play (pay), swing (wee), cup, buckle up (buka uh), bubble gum (bubba guh), apple juice, happy birthday (appie day), cupcake, goodnight (nye nye), oh cute (ohhh toote), moon, bow, ouch, cookie, all done, water, happy, moo, baa, thank you, truck, duck/quack (same thing right now) car, balloon (boon), cake, please (meese), flower (wow-wee), belly (buh-bee), clicker, cup, oh no, ball, bubble, up, apple, cool, Elmo, baby, no, grandpa (says poppy), grandma (says mama), ow/owie, milk (muk), paci (she actually calls it mammy), cracker, shoes, dada, mama, hi, more, uh oh, wow, cheese, book

Just a few fun things about Ava:

• Songs she loves: 5 Little Monkeys, Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, Daddy Comes Home, Baby Bumble Bee, Bubble Gum, Mr. Alligator, Wheels on the Bus, If You're Happy & You Know It, Ring Around the Rosy
• Foods she loves: Milk, bananas, popsicles, cheese, all fruit (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, apples), apple sauce, pretzels, peanut butter
• She loves to "talk" on the phone. She picks up our ipods or iphones and puts it to her ear and says "Hewo?" And then has long, one-sided conversations with whoever she thinks is on the other end. Every time I ask her who is on the phone, she replies proudly, "Poppy!" (Which is what she calls her grandpas). Whenever I pick up my phone to make a call, she asks "Poppy?" thinking I am calling her grandpa. 
• She is very outgoing and social and loves to play with her friends. She asks for her friends on an hourly basis, if not more. She asks for Teddy, Lexi, Avery, and Anna. 
• She is ridiculously fearless, which I love, but it also scares me sometimes. She is fiercely independent and never cares to look back to see if I am around. She will ride any ride, play with any animal, go anywhere, play with anyone. Fearless I tell you.
• She loves the garbage truck - whenever it comes on Fridays she runs to the door shouting "Tuck, tuck, tuck!" Then she says "yum yum yum" each time as it "eats" the garbage, waves bye bye as it drives away and even blows it kisses. She also loves to point out every single tiny speck in the sky as an "Aye-pane!" and any and every truck or bus that we drive by.
• She has learned to turn on the camera on my phone and when she does, she walks around the house saying "CHeeeeeeese!" taking lots and lots of pictures as she goes.
• She is getting her top right 2-year old molar. So she is chewing on everything - especially her pacifiers. This, in turn, causes her pacifiers to get holes, which means they lose their "suck" - if you know what I mean. When she pops one of these chewed-upon pacifiers into her mouth, she immediately shouts, "Ucky!" and throws it on the ground.  
• She knows and recognizes the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G and O. 
• She is starting to "count," but she only says two, two, two, two. If I say one, she holds up one finger and then says "two." And THEN she says "three...go!" (one, two, three....go!).
• She says "Tah-Dah!" when she does something she is proud of, like a summersault or riding a ride. When she is feeling especially proud, she even goes up to random strangers, holds her arms over her head and proclaims, "Tah Dah!" 
• She LOVES to dance and "twirl" with her arms over her head like a ballerina. 

Ava singing the ABCs  (kinda haha)

Listen to her say "There she is!" at the end.

Saying yellow about her yellow straw.

Dizzy :)

There is so much more I could say about our sweet girl, but these are just some fun highlights. 

We love you SO much Ava Sophia. 

You are the light of my life, I love you more than you know. 

Love, 

Momma :)