Ava is 2!

The theme for Ava's birthday this year was Yo Gabba Gabba! She absolutely LOVES that show, and Aiden was adamant that it be our theme. We had a pool party and Grammy and Grandpa's house.

Ava blowing out her candles on her actual birthday. She just about burnt her lips!

Grow Bear Picture

At two years old, Ava is a little spit fire. She has more personality than we sometimes know what to do with!

Some of the things Ava loves are:

Wrestling with and being chased by Aiden - this always causes uncontrollable laughter.

Play doh. She will play with it for some pretty long stretches of time and is obsessed with sniffing it. She has been learning her colors while playing with it. My favorite word of hers right now is "turk-a-boise" (turquoise).

Stuffed animals. She can never have too many. Her favorite has grown to be "Kitty", the stuffed cat the Easter Bunny gave her. She can't go to sleep without him.

Singing and dancing. Any time she hears a beat, Ava immediately starts dancing. She also loves Mother Goose Club, which is a YouTube channel that has characters that sing all sorts of nursery rhymes. She has all of them memorized!

Chewing gum.

"Chapitch" (chapstick). Although she seems to think it goes all over her entire face, not just her lips.

Ava smells everything before she eats it. If she doesn't like the way it smells, she will push it away and say, "Don't yike it."

Frozen. She LOVES "Elsa-Anna and Oyaf". She's also pretty fond of the snow monster.

She loves to cook play food. In fact, this was the first thing she ever pretended.

She also really likes to play dinosaurs with Aiden and has learned plenty of dino sounds from him.

Ava loves to climb into my lap and say, "tickle me" or "Big X", which is a tickling game Grammy used to play with me when I was little.

Ava's favorite phrase is "No, my do it!" Although it takes great patience for me to let her try to do EVERYTHING by herself, I love how independent she is.

Jumping. She loves to jump off of curbs, the couch, the stool, really anything she can climb onto. She is fearless.

Some of her favorite phrases are, "Mama, yook dis!" "Watch dis!" and "T'mon!"

Ava hums while she is chewing her food.

She doesn't dole out hugs and kisses all the time, but when she does, she says, "Yove you...so much." It melts my heart.