Happy 18 months Ava!

Funny "cheese" face with crazy hair (always) and feeding herself yogurt



Technically, Ava isn't 18 months old until Tuesday, but since I have a few minutes I thought I would do this post now. It's hard to believe my baby is already 1.5! She is growing up so fast, she's such a little girl already and not a baby any more. She still adores her binky and her Pinky Bear (I have a feeling breaking her of her binky might be tougher than it was with Aiden!), but she is talking so much and is very independent.

She loves to follow directions and especially likes to throw things away (she always claps for herself too), use the broom to "sweep" the floor, put her clothes in the hamper, and pick up crumbs off the floor and bring them to me saying, "Dank you! Dank you!" She's talking so much these days, even combining 2 and 3 words together. I doubt if I'll get a complete list, but here is what Ava is saying at 18 months:
Mommy, Daddy, Aiden (she also calls herself Aiden, apparently their names are too similar, lol)
Hi, bye, hello, see ya (for see ya later)
Car, wee-ooh wee-ooh (for fire truck), ai-bo (for airplane) buh (for bus)
Ball, choo choo (for train), baby, juice, num num (for any type of yummy food)
Thank you, all done, all gone, no, yay, wow, yee-haw (when she is riding on my back), giddy-up, wook (for look)
There she is, there it goes, I want this, I want juice, balloon
Duck, cow, neigh (for horse), meow (for cat), roar (for tiger and lion)
Booh (for book), go...

I'm sure I'm forgetting some of them! She surprised me the other day when Chuck left for work and she ran to the window saying, "Bye Daddy, go car, bye, see ya! All gone." So cute!

Happy 18 months Ava! You are a silly and adorable girl and we love you so much!