Little Lins!

Hello there blog readers! Ava is now 124 weeks old!!

Ava’s week started off pretty well. There was a dinner play date with the usual crew… and these two got to play with Dora’s house and all of her furniture.

On Saturday, we watched a silly episode of Yo Gabba Gabba, where they explained how to use your inside voice versus your outside voice. Dan and Ava had a blast dancing and taking turns whispering and yelling…

… and they did a little flying too.

On Sunday, we headed down to the Harbor for some boat watching…

… and discovered a carousal. We were the only ones there since we got there right when it opened. Ava got to chose any animal she wanted. Her first choice was the bunny rabbit.

And for her second spin on the merry-go-round, her choice was the piggy.

This merry-go-round also had tiny donkeys and horses that sat on the ground and did not move up or down like the rest. It was a nice option to have in case the ride went too fast and crazy for her liking. But luckily for Ava, Mama and Dada finally smartened up and had her choose animals on the inside of the ride… the ones that go the slowest. Took us long enough to figure that one out, huh?

Back at home, it was time for Ava’s first nap at home on her big girl bed. That didn’t go so smoothly. There was lots of crying and whining… and that eventually caused Ava to start wheezing pretty badly. It turns out she was sick. So we spent the rest of the day (and the following two) at home. Poor kid.

We tried to keep her entertained by having her put away the peaches Dan picked from our tree.

And gave Ava her first stamp set. A prize for going #2 in the big toilet.

And lots of reading time too. Here she is with her new moose t-shirt from Teta Mary’s trip to Alaska and with her new moose book courtesy of her godmother.

Thanks Nicole. And the freshly picked blackberries and pluots were amazing too!!

On Monday, her cold was here in full force. The wheezing disappeared but her croupy cough did not. As soon as she gets any type of respiratory infection, it always constricts her airway to the point of  ‘should we take her to the ER or not?‘. I slept in Ava’s room for a couple nights just to make sure it wasn’t getting worse. The cold air and humidifier really helped her breathing problem. Which is a good thing. But transitioning Ava to her new big girl bed during a sickness is really bad timing. It’s killing me. I was so proud of myself for sleep training Ava at 4-5 months. It was the best thing ever. But now I am back to square one. But my total time in the room with her is slowly decreasing. It started off at an hour and now it’s down to 20 minutes or so. I start off by sitting in the rocker. Then move to the carpet. Then move to the hallway. And then finally onto the couch, while keeping her door open. Oh boy. But last night, my total time in there was just 10 minutes or so. So, I guess I should stop my whining now. She is almost there. Almost.

On top of her cough, she also had a fever…

… and a sore throat…

… and a runny nose. More tissues please.

Running around the house only makes her breathing problem worse. So I forced her to draw and watch TV all day. Can you say Dora marathon?

I tried to cheer her up by trying on her new swimsuit, but that didn’t go so well.

But don’t worry. She found a new way to entertain herself without our help. Ava figured out that her baseball bat is very handy for turning on and off all of the lights in the house.

On Tuesday, after eating some magical pluots…

… Ava started to return to old self again.

She turned the corner. She was back to smiling and insisting that she wears a dress. Finally all better. And just in time too for…

…our 8th and final swim class at the Y. The teacher told us that Ava is going really well with her kicks and paddling (especially when Dada pretends to be a shark that she needs to swim away from quickly)… but she needs to learn to keep her mouth closed. Agreed.

Then on Wednesday, it was back to school for Ava and back to the office for me. I bet Dada and his co-worker Yoda were more than happy to have their quiet work environment back. Here is Ava at pick up time. As soon as she saw me, she started to rub my belly and say ‘Dragi baby‘. Oh, and she insists that the baby is a girl now. Have I already mentioned that? I can’t remember. At first, it was a boy and now it is girl. She’s convinced. But only time will tell.

Ava is still not into neighborhood walks anymore unless it involves her bike.

But she only rides it half way around the block due to a little incline on the other side (the ghost side). She still enjoys picking flowers…

… and finding sticks. Word wise, her new thing is to label things as the ‘biggest‘ or the ‘smallest‘. This is the biggest stick of the day. She also likes to say who is a girl and who is a boy. When we ask if Yoda is a boy or a girl, she says ‘No. Yoda is a cat‘. Silly us. She also says a couple other words a little differently now. Ava says the word ‘got’ with a British accent now. And instead of saying ‘pajamas‘, she likes to say ‘poo-jamas‘. Hehe.

Ava has taken a liking to these four stuffed animals. A no-name monkey in a dress, a bear called ‘Medo’, Fifi, and her new cat ‘Whiskers’.

And she likes to take them all on a ‘boat’ ride through the living room.

Ava is also getting pretty good at imitating her Dada watching the Lakers. Silly girl. Glad you are feeling all better. Have a great weekend everyone. Bye!

This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am by mama marlene and is filed under Baby #2, illness, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.