The Wedding Post 1

I'm going to break our weekend down into bitty parts.
I get a bit overwhelmed writing a whole lot at one time, especially late at night, right before bed.
Tonight I'm choosing to write about my cousin's wedding Julie to her wonderful husband Jon. Jon has two beautiful kids. A girl named Hana and a boy named Calvin. They are pretty amazing kids.
The wedding was beautiful. Everything about it was perfect. The flowers, the table note cards, the food, the lighting, the music, dancing, dessert, photo booth and even the kids had a blast!

The wedding was amazing. It was beautiful. My Uncle did the ceremony. Both parties looked amazing.
I had total anxiety the whole time. Bringing a 2 year old to a wedding?! I kept thinking to myself, what was I thinking?
Good thing my dad stepped in. he took her out for a bit of the ceremony. Then she ran the courtyard when the ceremony was finished. My Aunt (I think that is her relation) Regina and I spent a good amount of time running after the little toddler. My dad tried to keep up with all of our moments but I think he sought after Pam and Megan who weren't running around. :)
The wedding was so beautiful. It couldn't have been any better. I feel so blessed that I was allowed to bring Ava.

We were all let into the space where we ate dinner and danced. We found our name tags, our tables then the wedding parties came in, they had their first dances, couple, then mother/father and husband/daughter and son. It was cute and done really well.
Then the tables got food. Ava decided to run everywhere! She literally did not stop running all night. I have no idea where she got all this energy from. No nap!

After dinner, she started the party. She danced all night. She dances with Emily's cousin's kids. She dance with Aunt Claire and Uncle Jamie and the girls. She danced with Calvin the robot and she even tried to get the security guard to come and dance with her! LOL

The wedding was a blast! We had so much fun. Ava had a great time.
I was a little anxious about how Ava would do. And I was worried about her running all over, but I'm thankful for people being understanding and helping me keep extra eyes on her when my high heels just didn't do the trick! I'm really thankful. I had a great time meeting everyone. I had a blast watching Ava dance. And most of all, I'm happy we got to spend time with our family. I miss them so much. I'm really glad we had a good time.

March 2012

Ava finally weighs over 23 lbs on our home scale!!!
While this makes me both happy and sad at the same time, it makes me realize how fast the past two and a half years have gone. Our little girl is growing up.
She had an ok this past week at school. There is a new teacher in her class so there were a few adjustment issues.
Also, still no potty at home.
We had some issues with Phil's health last week so maybe Ava was acting out because of that. I'm not sure.

Ava's favorite food this week was pizza.
I ordered Pizza from the new Blind Onion pizza on Friday, she ate three slices! THREE!
She ate half of a cupcake on Saturday and about 1/4 of a bagel with cream cheese.

I need to get back on the cooking streak again, but after last weeks episode with Phil's health, I kind of took a mental break from almost every aspect of my life. Last week took a lot of out me.

My favorite quote of the week "Mommy, I have a baby in my tummy. The baby's kicking."
Ava's teacher is pregnant so she gets to feel the baby kick.

Favorite moments- just before putting Ava to bed. She is such a ham. She loves to pretend. She will break out the blankets and pretend to be on magic carpet. Or she will dance or do yoga. She loves pretending to take care of her baby.
Tonight she wanted to throw monk monk (her favorite blanket) and monkey (a small tiny blanket with an elephant head. Yes, I don't understand why the elephant is a monkey....) in the air at the same time. Then go and fetch them and do it all over again.

Friends she talked about most this week: Addison, Ava K., and Ari.

This past week was kind of a blur in our house so I apologize to Ava (since this blog is mostly for her sake) for not remembering more.

A new week

Ava did great with the potty this week, at school anyways.

Ava's favorite things this week:
Still loves tutu's. So much so that she will rummage through the dirty laundry to wear tutu's.

Her favorite books are still:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
and The Little People's Christmas pop up book

Favorite foods:
Pizza

My favorite Ava quote of the week was:
"Look Mom! I found nuggets!" (she found gum under the table at a restaurant)

Ava still counts from 1-20
Can sing her A B C's

Best attitude situation this week:
We went out to a pizza place, and we had almost 0 issues! Best outting yet!

Greatest Accomplishment this week:
Learned to put a shirt on all by herself! YAY!

Decided that she is too cool to listen to Mom and Dad. So we bought 1-2-3 Magic!

End of the week update

Five steps forward, three steps back!
We made such great progress this week with potty training. Monday-Wednesday Ava went potty ALL day at school, and even after school at home. At night time, we reverted to diapers because I knew she would not wake to go potty. She did great Monday-Thursday at school. Then Thursday night she had an accident, followed by another accident, then it was time for bed.
Friday we tried again with underwear at school, success at school! Then threw a major temper tantrum leaving school, we had to go back in to use the potty. She then refused to go to the bathroom when asked for over an hour, she went to time out and had an accident.
Today- Saturday I probably did the wrong thing, but I stuck her in a pull up. Potty should not be a fight. I didn't want to risk an accident (especially on our couch, again!) if she threw a fit.
She does so good at school, at least with potty. I'm not sure what the deal is at home. And she refuses to sit on a big person potty, at all.

Hopefully soon we can get back on track.
Potty trained kids, are officially awesome! I hope she can avoid the attitude and get back with the program.
Her attitude, is up and down. Not sure if we did something wrong, or if she's teething again (she's been chewing on her fingers and drooling a whole bunch).

Today we had a fun outing with "Cereal" aka Cheryl and Addison.
Ava and Addison had such a fun time, and us grown up girls did too!

Tonight Ava and her daddy are going on a date. Daddy is getting pizza for Ava! So happy for the two of them venturing out to do something fun.

Fun facts about Ava:
Potty use: 70% of the time
Favorite thing to do at home: play tea- she brings Phil and I tea or coffee.
New favorite past time: Dumping everything out, scattering it around the house, and refusing to pick it up.
Bed time: 8pm we head up stairs, every other day or every two days she takes a bath (she has really bad dry skin), brush teeth, get dressed, play for a few minutes, and then read a book or two or three, turn on music and say goodnight.
Wake up time: Between 6:30am-7am
Nap time: School: 2 hours, give or take. Home: 2-3 hours
Favorite food: Pizza, macaroni and cheese, fruit snacks, strawberries
Favorite drink: Milk (aka Ensure).
Favorite book: Still likes Christmas books a whole lot.
Special talent: Ava can name all of the kids in her class, and the two classes below her, she remembers the directors names too.
Favorite saying: Holy Moly

Quick Thursday Update

This is just a quick update.
Ava is doing AMAZING with potty training! My biggest fear as a parent, is officially going smooth. :)
We are almost 8 days into potty training, with a minor set back of one accident last Thursday and Saturday was a fail on my part because we went out of town and I just put a pull up on her. No public potties for Ava just yet.
But Ava is doing amazing! She goes to school everyday in underwear, and returns everyday in the same outfit and same underwear. Good job little girl!

Also this week is great! While we've had some attitude issues, it isn't nearly as bad this week as it was last week.
Ava is talking a WHOLE lot! She says the most random things. She also sings A LOT!

Ava is obsessed with tutu's, and hello kitty. She would wear a tutu everyday if I let her. And she was super excited to see that I went out and got her more hello kitty underwear (pretty much, the only underwear she will wear).

Her favorite book are Christmas books this week.
One is a Christmas Little people pop-up/flip book.
The other book is "Ho Ho Ho Tucker".
She also still really likes "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"

Favorite movie this week: Toy Story
Favorite song: Bringing home a baby bumble bee
Favorite food: Strawberries, chocolate and marshmellows

Today we got out some hand-me down shoes (washed of course!) that looked like shoes that another little girl in Ava's class wears. So Ava nick named these shoes the Murphy shoes because of course they are pink converse shoes just like Murphy wears.

This week Phil and I have had a lot of fun playing with Ava when she gets home from school. Ava will lay next to Phil on the couch and play peek-a-boo with the covers or have tickle wars, yes, Ava tickles us too!

We have so much fun! We are truly blessed.