Life with a (almost) 2 Year Old

Sorry that my posting has been so erratic lately. I have been super busy with school starting last week, finishing up the wedding pictures I did, and getting ready for Ava's 2nd birthday. I have barely even picked up my camera in the last week or so. But rest assured that in the near future, a flood of pictures will be coming of the birthday girl. It is also just been so hot that we are completely zapped of energy. We actually went to Wal-Mart tonight and I don't think Ava has left the house since last week. It is just too hot to go outside for any period of time.

So, as Ava nears her 2nd birthday, I thought I would post some little tidbits about her and what she is up to.

• Today I asked Ava what she was going to wear and she said, "Clothes."


• Every night Ava and Bradley spend some time playing on the bed. Ava loves jumping all around and wallering (is that a real word?) in the covers.


• Ava cannot go to sleep without a glass on water in bed with her. I don't think she ever drinks it, but she takes comfort knowing it is there, sitting in the corner of the bed.


• Ava loves sitting on the potty for brief, brief periods of time.


• Anne just started a new discipline regimen that involves Ava sitting in the corner. Now anytime I say anything to Ava to correct her she says, "Corner, Mommy?"


• Ava loves saying she is scared of stuff. Dark and monsters, which she also calls dragons.


• Loves putting on other people's clothes.


• Is so obsessed with our cat Paisley and carting her around the house.


• Favorite foods - green beans dipped in mashed potatoes, pizza, and Nemo/Backyardigans/Princess fruit chews.


• In the morning when I go into her room, usually she will say one of two things: "Where's Daddy?" or "Gonna get down."

This is just a sampling of what Ava is doing. One thing is for sure though, she is growing up way too fast. I just cannot grasp that she is almost 2 years old...

Learning Shapes

We have all been working and practicing shapes with Ava for a long time. She has just recently started to be consistent with a lot more than just square and circle. Aunt Bethany bought her a shape sorter several months ago, and lately, that little thing has been getting a workout. Ava has also discovered that Mommy and Daddy can draw shapes on paper and she loves commanding which shape to draw. It is so cute to hear her say, "How bout circle." So I draw it. Although at the moment there is no drawing going on because Ava is 'grounded' from all writing utensils/crayons due to her desperate need to draw on herself and furniture. But before she was grounded her are some pictures of her playing with Daddy and drawing shapes. So far, she knows these shapes:

• Circle


• Square


• Triangle


• Oval (sometimes called egg or bracelet)


• Star


• Heart


• Agonagon (this could be a pentagon, hexagon, or octagon) Here she is drawing an "agonagon."
  Here she told Daddy to draw an "agonagon."
  As you can see, hers didn't turn out perfect the first time!