
It has been a crazy 4 weeks. I have been bombarded with work the past 4 weeks, and as a result I haven't posted as often as I would like...
However, in other news, Ava turned 14 Months old today. I haven't posted on Ava's advancements or stories lately, but that is definitely not due to lack of events. Nearly every day I am reminded of how blessed I am(**warning, this is going to be a long post**). Ava is definitely growing, and it is so entertaining to watch. Since she was little, I would come home and wrestle with her on the bed, blowing on her belly and knocking her over when she tries to sit up. She absolutely loves it. She has gotten to the point now when I come home, she runs to the door, and when I grab her to take her to the bedroom she screams and squirms with delight. We wrestle for about 5 or 10 minutes, and if I put her on the floor too soon from the bed, she will stand by the bed and hold her hands up for me to throw her back on the bed and wrestle some more. Truthfully, though, she is a mommy's girl for the rest of the night. She absolutely adores Amy, and Amy is such a good mother. I'm just fine with being the taxi service (bike peddler), the wrestling buddy, and the guy that chases her around the house playing hide and seek.
Ava is starting to get into drawers and cabinets, as well as the bathroom toilet. I definately have to remember to put down the lid on the toilet, because if I don't Ava will be in it. Back to the cabinets, Ava is particularly fond of the bathroom cabinet. There is nothing extremely dangerous she can get into. so we don't mind it so much if she plays with the boxes, and stuff...Won't go any further... Tonight I snapped this photo of her in caught in the act...

She is also waving and blowing kisses to the trashmen now. Evidently yesterday, the trash men were picking up our trash while Amy was watching the Today Show with Ava, and Ava looked out the window. She waved at the trash men and they waved back. While the man was jumping back on the truck she blew them a kiss. She is also hugging and kissing her high chair which she loves to push around the house.
Ava is can point to her ears, eyes, mouth, and nose when asked. She loves to point at our eyes, nose, mouth, and ears as we tell her what she is pointing at. She loves to say ball, momma, da da, and there. This morning Amy was watching TLC's "John and Kate plus Eight" show (wishing she had 8 children to keep track of) and someone on the television said "Where's Mommy?". Ava pointed to Amy and said "There!"
And Finally, a little bit more strange, Ava has been ramming her head into things. Not like she's going full force to knock her self out, but she gets all excited and dances around and then walks up to the mirror and slams her forehead into the mirror. She also likes to head butt the oven... I know... Ava absolutely loves dancing. She gets so excited when music with a beat comes on, and starts dancing. I can tell you first hand, She definitely has better moves than both her grandfathers. Hopefully, I'll have a dancing video up later tonight...