Okay of course I am a biased mommy but my child does cuter and cuter things every day and I couldn’t be more filled with joy and pride! Each day I thank God for my little miracle and blessing. J Her latest thing is that she calls her daddy “Steve” and me “Mom” from time to time. We are like um excuse me but it’s mommy and daddy to you missy! Usually when Steve doesn’t respond to her calling “dada” she’ll then try yelling “teeve!” to get his attention. She must get this from being at school but she now hugs us big or points us in the chest and says “Eeya Mommy” and “Eeya dada” as if she’s now realizing that we belong to her and she belongs to us. She gets really happy when she does it which just melts my heart. At bedtime when we say her evening prayer and I say “Amen” she closes by saying “Amen Eeya”
We’ve started noticing that she likes things just so and not a tad bit off. If something is out of place she will start yelling “uh oh mommy, uh oh!” I thought oh great I’ve got an OCD child, but read in a toddler update that it’s normal for toddler’s her age. The sheet has to be just right when she’s in our bed or when she’s putting the pets to “night night”. After her bath in the evening, she picks up all of her bath toys and puts them away, then picks up the wash cloth and lays it out to dry and when she’s all done she says “yay eeya!” In the mornings when she gets in bed with me, I have to be laying on my back or she’ll shove me over and say “see side, see side” (this side) and then cuddle up as close as she can get. She will also arrange or stack things in just the right order and perfectly aligned. It’s very funny to watch her.
On the weekends when we bring her in bed with us in the morning she gets so excited when she see’s that Steve is still in the bed and says “Dada night night bed” and after she wakes up she rolls over and makes him wake up. When Steve is home there is no cuddling in bed for a little while, she tells him “up up dada, beeka, Magna wok” So he has to get up and take all the babies for a walk. He loves this time with her and loves how happy she is to see that he is there in the morning when she wakes up.
We have been taking advantage of the apartment pool and taking her swimming, so of course it’s her new favorite thing and every day she begs “Eeya Fwim” or “Eeya Fwing” so if she isn’t begging to go swimming, she’s begging to go swing at the park.
We get a little embarrassed when we walk the dogs and Ava decides to announce to anyone who will listen “Beeka Big doo doo!” We’ve been trying to teach her a less embarrassing term like “poopie” or something and it seems to be catching on. Even still it cracks us up when she says it! haha.
Things Ava loves at 21 months:
Swimming
Swinging
Sliding at the park
Stairs!
Walking the dogs
Blackberries
Bananas- still
Beans
French Toast
Feeding the chickens at Mimi’s
The wagon at Mimi’s
Elmo- still
Barney “Button”
Super Why “B- Why”
Her Belly Button “bupin”
Feeding the dogs
Holding the pets “eeya hold, eeya hold”
Cowboy boots
Wearing mine or Steve’s shoes
Dancing
Being outside at all times
Napping in our bed
All animals
Taking her clothes off
Saying No
The numbers 2 and 4
Baby Dolls
Coloring “Art”
Getting the mail “me mail”
Saying Please “peas”
Real Babies – she’s met Daniel and Graham and now loves babies!
Things Ava doesn’t like at 21 months:
Carrots
Broccoli
Corn tortillas
Spreads or sauces
Napping in her crib
Being told No
Sitting in a high chair
