Last blog of 2011- an Ava update

For those of you that follow me on Facebook you might have noticed what a rough week we've had.
Christmas night Ava began her off set schedule of not sleeping. Coughing, skin rashes, and nights on end of watching Disney and DreamWorks DVD"s. What a week.
Ava had this week off school due to winter break.
I had so many plans. We were going to go out and take pictures, go for a small hike, go to Sacramento and go to the zoo and do some fun things, go to the Discovery Museum etc. Instead we spent a mass majority of our time on the couch. Like bad parents, watching TV. Every other day or so she would get a couple of hours of energy running around the house doing her usual cute things.
The times she felt terrible she would sit. She wouldn't eat, drink or even speak to us. Other times she was just outright cranky. But for a vast majority she was a good girl. She was a real trooper. Sitting around not complaining.

Now that the weekend is here. Today is the last day in 2011. We spent most of the day at home. Except for a delivery of Christmas presents to the other Wozniak's, we stayed home, away from the crazies.
Ava felt a little better. Still wiped out. Still a little more white than normal, not up to her standard of eating and pedisure intake. But she was sure a ham this afternoon after she got a good nap in this morning.

Tomorrow is Sunday. The beginning of the new year. Welcome 2012.
Ava will surely be feeling much better. And hopefully we can spend the last two days of her vacation doing something fun other than sitting on the couch watching more brainless TV.

Ava sure says some funny stuff.
While my resolution is not really to make any resolutions for 2012 other than take it one day at a time.
I do hope to take more pictures, continue with my blogs and updates for the little miss, continue adding to her school book of progress reports and hopefully we can do more fun things this year.

I'm looking forward to 2012! I'm looking forward to watching Ava grow, continue to amaze us with her amazing vocabulary and spit back what she has learned from all of us. We love Ava more than anything. And she truly has been the light in the tunnel for 2011. We've had such a rough year. Ava has really helped heal our hearts, mend our souls and gave us a reason to truck on and want to make a better life not just for ourselves but to look out for her better interest. She is amazing. We are so lucky and so blessed. Words can't describe the love that we feel for our little Ava (even when she makes us want to pull our hair out and scream at the top of our lungs). We love her with all of our hearts.

2012 will be a great year. Phil, Ava and I will venture into 2012 and make this journey, whatever it may be, a good one.
Take one day at a time. Thats our motto this year.