UUUUMMMM....

I just haven't found time to talk about anything right now. So much is going on but there's no energy left at the end of the day to even want to type and rethink the day. Teeth, LOTS of poppy diapers, her first diaper rash (my record is over), less sleep, changing personality, super cute talking, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, and mama some more if she wants to show me something and I'm not quite paying attention, big hugs, lots of kisses, obsession with wanting to play in dada's truck, a fit at least once a day, "mmmmooooo", able to match animals up on puzzles and put them in their place (you know I make her wear a GENIUS shirt...because she is!), the independent bug has kicked in (don't even try to help her down the slide), on and on and on I could go. Ava makes me smile MOST of the day, Dejan and I have turned a corner as parents, we just seem to jive and I like that.

We are off to a Dave Matthew's concert tomorrow night! A night away for the first time in almost 17 months, I can't wait! I know Ava will be having fun with Tata Rosy and cousin Nick...she loves video games so the two of them probably wont even need Rosy.

Thanks to her Arizona Aunties and Uncles for all the great clothes they sent Ava earlier this summer. This is my favorite on her and she sure enjoyed posing.

What is poor Dejan going to do...I want to change everything in my house! You see, I should not be allowed to stay home for more than a year, after that I hate EVERYTHING in my house.  I want new wall colors, new carpet, new dining room furniture, fix the basement, take out the 70's trim in the kitchen, put in a bathroom on the main floor; can you imagine we have lived here for 6 years, with me having one surgery, one pregnancy, one c-section, and 16 months going up and down to change diapers...now who's coming to do all the work for me? :-)

Well, let's talk about Ava to get my mind off that!

I am amused at how much she loves her shoes. She already has a favorite pair which we have to put on every morning, and every morning they make her fall down because she's not good at walking in them and of course she cries. She sat right down on her new potty, made a fart noise and had me take off her diaper..not bad for her first time. I am really excited about how she does almost everything I tell her to do (hahahaha), we think she may like our neighbor Chris more than she likes us, she already eats in a booster seat, and she is SO close to telling Dejan and I to get out of her way she's going over to see Chris ("keeeee") and Sara ("ssiii"); as for right now, she gives her demanding point and walks right over to his house!

Tattel Tail

I love when Ava tells on herself...she was hanging out in our closet this morning while I was drying my hair, I checked on her once, she was fine, a moment later she came running out of the closet with a big grin flailing her diaper around and pointing at herself and her diaper; apparently she figured out how to remove her diaper...okay I laughed and was almost done drying my hair, so I let her be naked...WELL, she came back with a very serious look, grabbed my hand (to know Ava is to know her grab is more of a demanding hand gesture to come with her RIGHT NOW), doing her uuuhhh uuuhhh sound, pointed in the closet, and pulled me forward all the way in to point out where she had PEED on the floor!

up close and personal with the animals

she was happy to be back at the zoo...


she of course tried eating the cracker before
giving it to the giraffe, but the giraffe gave her
a sloppy gooey lick anyway,


and the goats made her giggle!

Just because I LOVE this picture

At the Hamburg Inn...where all the politicians go during an election year, but where Ava enjoyed her best pancake experience yet! Harris, Nick, Dejan, Ava, and myself had THE best breakfast here and it almost made me wish I had three kids....hahahahahahahah, only if the other two are Harris and Nick and only if they come out 11 and 8....they are WAY less work at that age. :-)

Super Awesome!

How cool is it when your nephew tells you... "well cecca, I think you are super awesome!" That probably made my year! Thanks Nick! I have to say I am so glad I decided to keep Harris and Nick up WAY past there bed time talking...I know one of these days they aren't going to want to do that with me. We talked about crazy things and I learned Harris likes to take benadryl, "because it kind of makes me feel like a zombie but yet still makes we want to do things and not go to bed", and Nick would like to live in an underwater world because "being able to breath under water would be so cool!"

Also, I would like to note I had THE FUNNIEST conversation with four year old Anna (ny niece)a few days ago. It was the first time she had actually talked on the phone and I was so glad it was with me. We talked playtime, cartoons, who was coming over to who's house, and that Ava "can go ahead and play with her doll's stoller even though it was her's". Okay, thanks Anna!