The Life of a Toddler

Ava is now 16 months and enjoying her status as a toddler. She is very active and keeps us on our toes. :-) She loves climbing on anything and everything, especially little Ava-size chairs and our couches. We've had a few tumbles as she also likes standing up and walking on our couches - eek! She also enjoys raiding our cupboards, playing with the toilet paper, stealing food from the fridge, snooping in my purse to find mints, gum or lipstick, and getting into her sister's things. One look at her mischievious grin and we usually end up laughing at her antics.

She has also become quite the little bookie, much to my delight. We love books, as does Hannah, so it's so fun to see Ava getting into books too. We just love it when Ava brings us a book, turns around and plops down in one of our laps. Her favorites are Ping Ping Panda & Kipper Koala which have flaps that you lift, Time for Bed and Goodnight Moon. Goodnight Moon is getting worn out she loves reading it so much - I think I know it by heart. :-) She even loves crawling into Hannah's lap to look at books. Ava has so much trust in Hannah that she just plops down without making sure she's landing in her lap. That cracks up Hannah and is fun to watch.

I put together a little slide show of Ava pictures from the past few months - they give a good glimpse of what our little peanut has been up to. We just love her to pieces and can't believe she's only been with our family for 8 months.