Happy Birthday!

I can't believe two whole years have come and passed... she is growing up so fast. Today (technically yesterday) we spent the morning shopping and then had lunch at home. We gave Ava our gift after lunch (Power Wheel mini-quad) and she loved it. Her cousin Sophia (Sha-sha) has one and so does her friend Jakob so she was a total pro at it. During her nap Jim and I got the house ready for company. Aunt Judi gave Ava her first big girl haircut while guests were arriving. Made such a difference! She absolutely loves the attention of people looking and singing to her. She lived up to the attention and read her cards very loudly. She genuinely loved every gift- from clothes to boots to a wagon to Elmo. It was a lot of fun to watch her actually tear into the presents. Christmas is going to be so neat this year.

Ava is still quite a ham and is talking in short phrases. Every once in a while she will talk in complete sentences and most of the time I am so shocked that I don't even remember what she is talking about. She has quite the memory too... she's been talking about the "buckle boo boo" with Gamma ever since it happened two weeks ago. She just reminded me this morning that the wall hurt her and that was many weeks ago. Astonishing how a two year old brain works! Party number two is tonight, more on that later...