Happy Birthday Ava-

Happy First Birthday. It's crazy to think how it's already been a whole year since you joined our family. Here's some facts about you at 1 year old:
- You have 8 teeth & 4 molars.
- You love your big brother Owen- when you haven't seen him for a while you get so excited to see him again. You also like to tease him & copy him.
- At your 1 year checkup you weighed 18 pounds (7%) Measured 28.25 inches (23%).
- You love to look at & turn pages in books

- You love to eat any bite sized pieces of food you can pick up with your little fingers.
- You just started making a few animal sounds- your first was the bear and a few others are kitty, elephant & lion (sounds just like a bear).
- You were pretty stubborn about learning to sign "more" but now you can sign it like a pro and use it whenever you want something. Also just started turning your hand for Owen & the sign for dog.
- You love to empty out cupboards and occasionally like to put things away.
- You a sensitive girl- you often cry when someone else is crying and you usually cry if someone is wrestling or playing to rough in front of you.
- You love to stand up next to things and walk around if you have something to hold onto. Also you can stand all by yourself for a little bit until you realize you are standing and fall down.

-Can say Ma-ma-ma, da-da, and although your mouth is closed when you say it, when ever you see or hear a dog you make the same closed mouth noise over & over and you are sure about what your saying.

You are a real sweetheart. It's so fun to be with you and learn about you. We love you.


Ava really seemed excited for her birthday. She loved having people come over to our house. She is a lucky girl to have so many people that love her.

She was pretty good at opening her presents and was so excited to play with them. She just couldn't play fast enough with them. While she was playing with one toy she saw Owen grab her other new toy and she threw a little fit about it.

Ava snitched a cupcake off the table while I wasn't looking. It was good I guess because then I didn't have to worry about whether she would like the cupcakes or not :).

From her earlier taste-testing, she dug right into her cupcake and smashed it real good.