Two and a Half

Today Ava is two and half!  Wow, time really does fly by.  Friends, family and even random strangers will tell you when your baby is born to "enjoy every second because they grow up too fast."  There's no doubt that we have enjoyed every single day with our girl but after spending the week with new niece Presley, we realize how quickly she has grown.  It seems like yesterday we were holding our tiny newborn.  That same sweet baby is now singing along to songs on the radio and waving goodbye to us on Sunday mornings as she walks into Sunday School. 

While we did experience the terrible twos for a few months, we are enjoying much fewer meltdowns now that she can communicate well with us.  Her favorite things to do right now include coloring and playing with her princess dolls.  But her very favorite thing is building "tall towers" with her duplo legos.  She sits and plays legos for hours sometimes.  .

My favorite thing about this age is being able to have conversations with her.  She understands so much and her insight at two and a half amazes me.  I never know what she's going to say and at least once a day she has me laughing out loud.  I know that one day soon hearing her say things like "that's a good idea!" to something I've suggested will be the norm.  But right now hearing phrases like that for the first time makes me stop and smile and reminds me to "enjoy every second because she will continue to grow up much too fast."

We took Ava to see her first movie on Saturday.  She was so amazed at the size of the movie screen.  Her eyes were huge!  We had a difficult time getting her to look at us for a few photos because she was so engrossed in the silver screen!  We saw Yogi Bear and she watched so faithfully until the last 20 minutes when she started crawling across seats and playing in the aisle.  An hour of Yogi was enough I guess.  She mostly talks about the popcorn when she tells people about seeing the movie.  It was a really fun afternoon.