Second week of 2011

It was a busy week last week! It was my first full week (of the year)back at work. Our students are crazy, I've come to that conclusion.
On Monday I was invited to be a sub at a bunco group. It was a blast! My friend Roni from work was totally amazing! She and her two kids watched Ava until bunco was over. Ava had fun playing with Celeste and Julian.
Thursday Ava popped her first canine tooth. Saturday she got her second one. Sunday something came through on the top but she refuses to open her mouth to let me see.
Friday my mom ended back up in ER. By the early evening she was checked into the hospital into a room.


Saturday we had family pictures. JLM Creative Photography took our family picture at UNR. Ava was a little crabby but I think it went ok. I can't wait to see the fabulous pictures she took!
Sunday we had excellent weather! It got up to about 67 degrees!! I took Ava to the park. I let her run around. We walked a little bit. We came across some guys playing flag football.


Either Ava likes football or she likes guys. She watched them for a good 10 minutes then wanted to walk onto the field to get a closer look! We then walked back to the play area.
First thing Ava did was walk up the slide. Yes, walk up the slide. Then all by herself she figured out how to go down the slide. She did really well playing on all the play equipment for not playing at the park very often!






We came home I gave Ava a bath (the park is really dirty!!) and attempted to put her down for a nap. She didn't nap. Then Ava and I went to visit my mom in the hospital.

Today Ava and I woke up early and we went to Walmart. We got everything on the list, and we got through our shopping trip in a half hour. At about 9:45 Nancy, my parents cleaning lady came over to our house. My dad was at the hospital with my mom. So I had Nancy organize our bedroom. Our bedroom looks like a model room!!! I'm so excited!
After Nancy was done, Ava and I went to Costco to order Jackie's baby shower cake.
This afternoon Ava and I went on a walk around the block. It was nice. It was a little cooler this afternoon but it was still much nicer than it has been.
Ava says so many words now!!
She says so many things I can't even remember them all. She always tries to say what we say. Some of the words she says now are:
Cool
Awesome
MeMe (for Grandma)
Este (for Ce lest)
Nacks (snacks)
Cheese
Cookie
WaWa (for Water and bath)
Shoes
Jacket

I asked Ava if she wanted to go on a walk and she walked right over to the front door and knocked on it like she wanted to go outside.
She's so smart!!! We are so lucky to have such a great daughter!