Doctor Visit and a "Pop-Pop"

Ava woke up on Monday morning with a cough. She acted totally fine but during her nap she coughed the entire time! Then on Monday night she was still coughing so on Tuesday morning I called the doctor. They told me to bring her in and so we dropped everything and headed over to Ava's favorite place in the world! Now at her 2 year check up she screamed from the time the nurse walked in to the time Dr. Buck walked out...but yesterday she didn't make a peep! He said her ears looked fine, throat was fine, and she just had a little cold. (THANK YOU, JESUS!) He gave her some cough medicine and told us to have a great Disney trip! (Of course I mentioned we were going to Disney next week and I needed a well child for that trip...) As soon as he was out the door Ava looked at me and said "pop-pop?" She has been taught well! She knew she did an awesome job and was ready for her well-deserved reward!
Here is Ava with her ringpop while we waited for her medicines at the drug store! She almost looks like she's whining in this picture but I think she was saying "chheeeeese" really hard!! :)

Ava Praising Jesus!

Romantic Valentine's Day...

Romantic is not a word I would use for Valentine's Day this year. I teased David last night and told him I was going to blog about how un-romantic our day was and he didn't think I would do it...think again, Dave! :) I take full responsibilty for signing myself up to work all weekend so we didn't see each other much. Seeing as how I plan ahead I had already bought David's cards and gift way in advance! I woke up on Valentine's Day just in time to see Ava and David before they went over to my Nana's for lunch. We gave Ava her gift, a Belle shirt and lollipops and I gave David his cards and a bag full of new socks (we agreed that his ski trip would be his real gift.) David gave me a card and said that he forgot to get me a card from Ava. I opened the card and it was a funny card that he forgot to even sign his name to! (You know you've been together a long time when you buy each other a funny Valentine's card and not a sappy, sweet one!) He also said that he ordered the flip flops I had picked out and put in my online shopping cart myself..how sweet! :) Then on Valentine's night I headed to work for the last of my 3 night stent in the ER. What a night that was!! I mean don't people want to stay home and cuddle with their sweeties on Valentine's?? I guess the majority of Wilson would rather sit in the ER waiting room for hours on end because they have a sore throat and a cough that they have had for 2 weeks??!! Anyway, I did wake up this morning to find a sweet card in the kitchen that David and Ava had signed so that made me smile! David said he would make up for the crappy day when we are in Disney World...which is 14 days away!!!! I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day filled with love and chocolates!! :)

Cabin Fever!

Winter is here and it is becoming more and more challenging to find things to occupy Ava during the day. Last week we actually had some warm days and went outside to play bubbles...Ava's favorite! I gave in one day last week and pulled out a playdoh toy that Santa brought. I gave Ava firm instructions that playdoh is to play with not to put in our mouths. She repeated it over and over but eventually snuck a piece in her mouth. I can't really blame her though because her playdoh icecream maker really looks like the real deal. She spit it out and then told David when he got home that playdoh doesn't go in our "mooouth!" Live and learn, uh?

We made cupcakes last week to celebrate....umm probably nothing, just wanted to eat cupcakes!

Ava loves "helping" me in the kitchen. I have to watch her very closely because on several occasions she will go missing and I find her in the bathroom with a tupperware bowl pouring water from the bathtub all over the floor! I cannot wait to be able to take her to the pool this summer. She won't need pool toys, just a few tupperware bowls and she will go to town dumping water on her head!

She is also really getting in to playing dress up. She has a Disney princess chest that has dresses, jewelry, and shoes.

I just keep reminding myself as I look outside at the slushy, cold, yucky rain that 4 weeks from today we will be in Disney World! I will have my little princess's hand in one hand and a Mickey Mouse rice krispy treat in the other! Let the countdown begin!

Snow Days!

Ava and David had a great time playing in the snow this weekend! I had a great time watching them from the window! We all enjoyed a weekend of staying in our pajamas and eating, eating, and more eating...

Happy Birthday, Caroline!!

Today is my favorite niece's birthday! Since we couldn't be there to celebrate with her I decided to share my favorite Caroline memory! Back in September we took a week long trip to Disney with my entire family. Caroline and I somehow got separated from the rest of the gang one afternoon and as we were walking around she spotted a wishing fountain. She asked for a penny and I searched for one to give her. Then I told her that she had to turn around, close her eyes, make a wish, and throw her penny into the fountain. She took this very seriously and closed her eyes for a minute and then in the loudest voice shouted, "I wish I could fly!" She threw her penny in the water and just smiled so big! As we were walking back, holding hands trying to find everyone else she looked up at me and said very seriously, "Susie, how do you know so much?" She honestly thought that I knew the secret wishing secret! I love her!! Happy Birthday, sweet Caroline Grace!!

Booooon!!!!!!!!

We went to the party store on Saturday to get lots of balloons for Ava's party. Since her party wasn't until Sunday afternoon the lady told us we needed to put some substance (we can't remember what she called it.."keep it up" "keep it high" something to that effect. And yes, David has made lots of inappropriate jokes about that) in the balloons so they would still float at the party. It has been 4 days since we bought the balloons and they are still going strong! :)

Ava managed to let one of the balloons go in the living room which has a really high ceiling. I had cut the strings to give the kids at the party balloons to take home. So really high ceiling + really short string = an unreachable balloon!

Today while I was trying to get Ava down for her nap she was really concerned about her balloon! I told her that Daddy would have to get it when he got home and even with her eyes closed and drifting off to sleep she was still saying "boooon, dada, booooon, dada"!

Here's the attempt to rescue the balloon....

David finally managed to reach it using salad tongs but not 5 minutes later Ava let it go again and it drifted to the ceiling out of reach. I think we will just wait for the "keep it up" to stop working this time!