All About Ava

Ava is now 14 months!
Actually, now that I think about it, she is going to be 15 months pretty soon! Yikes!
Anyways. She has perfected her walk into toddler running!
If you have ready any of my previous blogs, you know our life has been quite a circus for the past month or so.
Ava has taken the change in stride. I can tell that everything has effected her. Some of major things that have changed in her life:
She no longer goes over to Beck's house. Which is really sad. She doesn't play with Ms T. Ms T and Mr Z very often anymore. But she still loves them and misses them terribly!
We stay at home A LOT more.
Except for work, going to my parents or the store, we don't go out.
I cook!
Like I said Ava has taken the change with stride. She has adjusted pretty well. She seems pretty happy for the most part. Phil and I are able to spend so much more time with her.
Everynight we have a sort of routine. Ava plays, or explores while I get dinner ready. We eat dinner together. We all play together for a few minutes. This week our game was "fetch". Yes...we played "fetch" with Ava. She almost has the idea of grabbing the ball when it comes to her, but it is basically a game of fetch the ball.

After our game. Ava and I sit down at her new little table and we are working on two skills. Sitting in chair (not standing) and not eating crayons and actually coloring with them.
So far..her success rate is about 40%. Next week we will aim for 60%. And we only work on this small task for about 10 minutes. Which is actually pretty good for a 1 year old.

After we get done coloring then we play a game of hide-and-seek/chase. Ava loves this game.
Once in a while I will sit on the floor and she thought of a fun game of sitting on mommy's lap. She will leave, then come back to sit on my lap some more. I actually like this, because this is one of the only times she is cuddly!!
Ava has been a little more cuddly lately.
Our lives have changed. A lot. And everyday we learn something new. Its almost kind of like dating all over again.
I can't explain it. Its hard to incorporate everything. Phil's condition. Making sure he eats every 2 hours. Ava is pretty easy to care for, just have to watch her so she doesn't eat things off the floor or climb on the tables.
Ava is totally amazing! I hope she continues to be amazing.