Our sweet Ava is FOUR years old today! I cannot believe we have a four year old. The years just keep flying by and our baby girl continues to grow into a little lady. She is funny, sweet and sassy and she keeps us on our toes all day, every day. I could write a book about Ava's entertaining personality but I'll try to sum it up in this post in hopes of always remembering this precious age.
She has definitely entered the world of make believe! All day long she loves "pretendin" as she calls it. For the last month she has requested that I call her "Princess Ava" and she calls me "Lady Mommy." I think she gets this from a couple of books we read but it always cracks me up. She is all about manners and loves to point out when Daddy & I forget to say please or thank you.
She always wants to know what's going on. It does us no good to spell words like "pool" or "ice cream" when we are trying to decide on something to do because she wear us down by asking "what are you talking about?" or "what did you spell?" over and over! It's easier to just reason with her. She wants a valid answer for everything.
She is such a Type A personality. She needs everything in it's right place and when I'm tucking her in bed at night she always needs to know where we are going and what we are doing the next day . She loves to be on the go!
She treasures her friendships and loves to spend time with her friends. She will randomly stop me and say "Hey, we haven't seen _____ in a while. You need to call his or her Mommy this week!" And if she gets a new toy or outfit she gets so excited about showing it to her sweet friends. I pray that she will always be surrounded by loving, Christian friends that encourage and look after her. And I pray that she will always be the same kind of friend.
She loves to dance and she loves to paint. I love to watch her dance around the house and our fridge is covered in her paintings. She is such a girly girl. She wants her toenails painted and jewelry around her neck at all times.
I'm so proud of the big sister that she is to Keegan. She plays with him, loves on him and defends him.
Oh sweet Ava, words can't say how thankful we are for you and what you brought to our lives four years ago. You are full of passion and full of love. You can be so sassy and so emotional but I love, love, love our days together.
You are so excited to start pre-school but I am fighting tears at the thought of days without you! I don't want to get groceries without you because I love that you call out things we may need and tell me that "watermelon is four dollars today" and you "saw cookies are on aisle six." And I don't want to go to story time without you because I know I will see so many little Avas around me making the motions to your favorite songs. But you have grown! And it is such a joy to watch you become the little person that you are. We are proud of you, thankful for you and totally in love with you!
Happy Fourth Birthday Ava Noelle!
