Ava at 2 years old

So much has changed in just a year! It’s unbelievable! At 2 years old Ava is repeating EVERYTHING we say. I love listening to her talk- such a sweet little voice! She is pretty independent and wants to do everything and figure everything out by herself. She loves books, puzzles, “colors” (coloring crayons/markers) and dolls, dolls, dolls. Her imagination has really started to grow and she loves to pretend play with her dolls. It’s so cute and sweet. It’s times like those when I watch her being a little mommy to them that I am so thankful I had a girl! She also loves Barbie dolls and dress up! She is a princess of all sorts.

Ava does NOT like anything to be messy. She is so quick to point out any kind of mess, whether it’s something I dropped on floor at home or construction that we pass while driving down the road. She is particular about things, it will be interesting to see if that changes as she gets older.

She will tell you all kinds of animal sounds and she knows the alphabet A-G, one of her favorite things for me to do is write letters and let her guess what I wrote. She does really well at it. She also knows how to count 1-10 and knows her common shapes. She loves to dance and has recently really started to love singing.

Ava loves to swim- absolutely loves it. She could easily spend 2 hours in the pool swimming an jumping the entire time and never want to get out. We usually have to make her get out- the child must be a fish!

She is right at 36” tall and weighs right at 30 pounds. We haven’t started potty training, but I know it’s getting close because of the clues she is leaving me, but I haven’t really tried to pursue it just yet.

Along with her Miss Independent attitude also comes to rebellious side that doesn’t like to listen to what Mommy and Daddy say. I’ve been told she is the perfect angel when she is off without us, but it’s a different story when she is off with us. We have had a battle of wills a few times, I just wonder if she will ever learn that I’m always going to win?! Ha!

Ava has definitely changed our lives in the 2 short years she has been here- it’s definitely more tiring and more of a challenge, but we love it and are so blessed to be her Mommy and Daddy.