What a month

It has been almost a month since I've updated on Ava.
I don't even know where to begin!

I guess I'll start out with the new phrases Ava says.
Ava says all kinds of funny things. She has become quite her own!
One of my favorites is that she thinks bigger birds (Seagulls, Geese etc) are Turkey's.
Ava says "Hi Turkey!!!" or she will say "Turkey" and start screaming (giddy scream).
Her favorite movie is "Donkey" aka Shrek.
Her favorite is Shrek II. She asks "Baby crying?" when Shrek and Fiona arrive in Far Far Away.
My most favorite is she will cup her hand near her ear and says "Hear it?" "A doggy, hear it?" "Water, hear it?"

She has also gotten into a pattern of two year old behavior. Copying what others say to her.
If I ask her a question (I am not her favorite person right now) she will say "Stop it. Be quiet" or
"Don't touch! Its mine". "Don't say that. I don't like it".

She communicates very very very well.

Two days before Thanksgiving I get a frantic call from Ava's school saying a kid pushed her and she hurt her foot. Thinking maybe she just landed on it wrong we waited it out overnight. When she still said "Ouchy" in the morning and wouldn't walk on it I took her to ER. They did x-rays and while they didn't actually find anything (her bones are super small and still forming) they declared it fractured. Since this was the day before Thanksgiving we had to wait until Monday to get a cast.
By Thursday (Thanksgiving) we declared Ava needed a bath took off the temporary cast and she refused to put it back on. By Friday she was limping around. Monday's doctors appointment went well. She didn't need a cast.

Last week we went on a mini, much needed vacation. We headed to San Diego early for my Mom's memorial/dedication.
While nothing went according to plan. We had a ton of time bonding as a family. We got along better than we have in months. We bonded. We needed the trip and didn't even know it.
Unfortunately we didn't get to do near the amount of stuff we wanted to! We wanted to visit people, go places, see things. But between Ava's off schedule and Phil (actually doing pretty good for the most part) we ended up spending a lot of time at the condo we rented for a week. Fine by me. We walked 2 blocks down to the beach. We went to the beach almost everyday. Didn't get in the water but we got to look at it. Ava and Phil fell in the water fully clothed, the first day in San Diego. Traveling for us with a toddler might not happen again, at least for a while.

The memorial came and went. The school did a fantastic job with the dedication. My mom's old library was turned into a reading center. Her picture and a plaque were hung on the wall. She would be so proud and honored.

She was a fantastic woman and a super mom. I hope I'm half the mom she was! She was amazing. She lived, loved and breathed books and she did almost anything for me! She was a great mom. The school did a fantastic job capturing my mom's personality in that room that used to be her office. They did a great job.

Our last night in San Diego Ava fell off the king size bed (how does a toddler not even 3 feet tall) fall off a king size bed?! So I didn't sleep after that. She kicked me out of bed several times (with me pushing her back over to the middle). Phil was smart and didn't even attempt to share with the two of us. Smart of him because I didn't sleep a wink after the little missy took a dive for the carpet.


We got up at 3:45 and left by 4:15am. We returned our rental car, and got first class service with a ride in our rental car to the air port. I totally recommend Hertz to anyone who travels! Their fairs are reasonable and they did an amazing job with our drop off.

We got to the airport right at 5am. Perfect timing. We got through the line fast. The TSA check in was kind of crazy with all of our bags, the car seat, the stroller and birth certificates and boarding passes etc. UGH. But we got there with about an hour to spare. Ava did pretty good waiting. We got on the flight. Ava got a little nervous with the take off and landing but did ok for the most part on the flight. Straight shot. Only an hour and 10 minute flight. not too bad.

We kept Ava home yesterday. She slept a little over three hours. I think it will take some time to get her schedule back in place. Her schedule was so crazy during our trip. She didn't eat much and didn't drink the pedisure like she does at home.
She still didn't eat much, even at home.