Seriously need to get on the blogging ball! I am such a slacker in the blogging department...it's not like I am busy or anything! Lol! Right now Ava is doing some major teething, which means that she is also sleeping a lot more than usual. About 16 hours a day if I let her. So that leaves me some time to clean (yeah, right) and pull off some extracurricular activities. Like yesterday, I rearranged the entire living room and cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms. Ava and I also went to the library and we picked up another "Baby Bunny Book Bag".
Right now I am listening to our newest electronic addition to the house, a Blu-ray player that has Pandora on it. I've been listening to the "Adele" station all afternoon...which is AWESOME! Ava loves music too:) Right now she is attempting to walk, so we take a few steps here and there together. Then we'll have a seat and try to clap to the music. Every now and then we'll have a musical morning and we'll both play around on the piano. So far I've taught myself to play "Twinkle, Twinkle"/"ABC song", "B-I-N-G-O", "Doe a Dear" and "Happy Birthday" on the piano. Just think in a few years, I might be able to actually play real music, lol! She loves our musical mornings. And if I were to think about her short life experience, I would say that mornings are probably filled with some of her happiest times.
But all in all, a typical day (as if this exists)in the life of Ava: She gets breakfast (oatmeal and fruits) and plays with the dogs while I drink coffee and eat. Then we practice our sign language, take some practice steps, play with toys, stomp out a few songs on the piano or on a bucket, and play ball...all in the span of two hours before she starts getting cranky for her nap. Then we eat lunch, check the mail, sit in the sun (for 5 minutes), get dressed for the day and run errands. She usually gets a good nap or two in while we are driving around. Once we get home, it's time to play or eat dinner (rice and veggies or whatever mama and dada are eating), then bathtime, jammies, stories, and off to bed by 8 (usually). Again, her days are variable, as they should be, but there is some sort of outline of a general schedule within the day to day.
She has been such an easy-going baby lately. For about a month there she was a screaming, fighting, little bug that wouldn't go to sleep and would just cry and cry for no reason. But now she's calmed a bit. She's had about three teeth break through in the past two weeks and so she has been sleeping a ton and eating very little...not that it's great for her, but it's a nice vaca for Mom, if you know what I mean! Last Monday she even had a tiny bit of a fever, 102.5, and did nothing but sleep all day. But when she was awake she was super happy and agreeable so I just figure she is having some teething issues, which is giving me lots of spare time...I love it!
I am already thinking about what to do for her first birthday:) I am so excited to celebrate her birthday, even though I know she will never remember it, I want it to be special! So far, I am thinking that we'll do a Pumpkin theme, maybe a Charlie Brown Pumpkin theme, I don't know? That will be the easiest for the time of year, ya know. I am picturing a pumpking cake, pumpkin pies, pumpkin cupcakes, a pumpkin pinata, Roger's chili...I don't know, but I can't wait to put it all together:)
It will most likely be in Fort Wayne since Roger's grandparent's are coming into town around that time. Maybe...just maybe, we'll get away with having two Birthday parties?? A Ft. Wayne one and an Indianapolis one on her ACTUAL birthday, which will be on a Sunday.
Alright, time to go get my babay! She's up from her nap!
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