what?????

oh my gosh!!! total craziness around this house today! ava has been such a little cutie and just silly as ever. after her nap she was doing her standing up, bending over, putting her head on the ground looking between her legs...and then out of nowhere she did a forward roll. we clapped and said "yay", but i figured it was just one of those strange things that might happen....but then out of nowhere, she did two more! i have a little tumbler! it's so funny...i have no idea where she has seen this...i definitly did not teach her! anyway, had to share her newly discovered talent...hopefully i can catch this on video, it's pretty cute!

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of all the toys in this kids world....

of all the toys in this kid's world...the bouncing, the spinning, the musical, the interactive with the t.v....

the rolling, the singing, the whinnnying...

this is what she prefers to ride....she is such a nut!!!

our constant source of toddler entertainment! we have been doing good, passing around a cold...i had it first, then bo, and now, of course, ava has it. i was hoping it would skip her, but we were not so lucky. she is in pretty good spirits, though. i actually think she's almost worked her way through it, thank goodness! she had her 18 month appointment last week and, she is still, officially "perfect"! and we didn't have the crying on the scale, crying on when the doctor looked in her eyes, looked in her ears, listened to her breathing, or just looked at her...so that was a plus! we did have some tears when nurse annie gave her one vaccine...i was just glad it was only one...not five like at past visits. ava was actually very playful with the doctor. after the doctor shined the light in ava's eyes, she would let her blow on the tool to turn off the light...ava loved this game, so they played it after the eyes AND each ear! she aslo was very talkative...we were in a room with fish border around the wall and ava said "fishy" and then she was the picture of the doctor's puppy and said "puppy" and then panted like a dog. and then she spoke some avish "alsmojshhsnoyhslhmehehed..daddy" avish usually ends with "daddy" or "elmo" or "mommy" or "good girl" it's pretty cute! so anyway, the doctor seemed to enjoy her little show and it was a good visit! can't believe i am the mom of a 19 month old!

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how cute is this kid????

oh my gosh! poppy came by to visit for a bit today and he pulled out his camera to share some pics with me...well of course little missy ava just had to get her picture taken! anyway, i just think she is way toooooo adorable! ava has really turned into quite the toddler...i think the terrible two's have hit us a bit early here...but oh, this little face just makes up for all her toddler antics! don't you just want to give her a squeeze????!!!

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happy new year!!!

happy new year everyone! we had a great last day of 2008 out at lake granbury with some friends. ava had such a great time playing outside with jacob and jonathan...she loves them! we went to eat at babe's, hadn't been there forever, it was just as good as i remembered! got home about 10:30 and actually fell asleep before midnight....oops! oh well, it was a great end to 2008!

ava trying to give jonathan kisses...yeah, he's not so into that!

ava and jonathan riding in the john deer!

bring on 2009!!

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