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Into the Second Year
Still catching up on sleep two days after
her big birthday
party.
Outside a few hours later, and looking more grown up every day.
She looks a little worried. Can it be because she knew that day care was
to start in a few days?
Petting a little brown lamb at the Randolph Fair.
Her favorite game at Grammy and Opa's...Taking
paper napkins out of their basket. Note the concentration.
Oh yeah, Ava took her first steps on August
26th, 12 days past the one year mark! We haven't gotten any
good pictures yet, as she only lasts for a few steps before
hitting the ground. Here, she is a few days before the
event, standing with the Activity Walker that Uncle Mark and
family gave her for her birthday.
Visiting again with Great Grandma Stella on the
last day of August.
Investigating the ceiling fan in Great Grandma's
kitchen, with Grampa John.
Talking to Grammy on the phone. Ava's lost
her shyness about talking on the phone and will say "Hi!" most of
the time. Give us a call and find out!
Looking out the doorway at Aunt Leslie's house
on Labor Day.
Ava's audience for whatever she was doing later
that day.
She was very interested in the new kittens at
Aunt Leslie's,
and they treated (endured?) her quite well.
Ahoy! Kitty spotted a twelve o'clock!
In her stroller at the KSU Family Appreciation
Day.
On the same day, a view through the window at
the top of the stroller canopy.
Later that day, listening to music on the
computer with Daddy.
Not long after coming home from day care, she's
on her way back with both of us for an Open House.
At the Open House we got to see a number of
things that Ava does during her days there....She has a whole
other life there that we didn't know much about!
On the front porch with Daddy, waiting for Mommy
to get home from work.
During another visit, Opa gets on the floor to
play with his guest, but she's off too soon to investigate
something else. She's a full-fledged toddler now, getting
herself to another room in a matter of seconds.
But he caught up with her later on.
Time to get a bigger house!
And time to get her first haircut?
Yes! Cousin Bunny gave Ava her first
haircut at 13½ months, getting rid of
that stringy hair in the back. Thanks, Bunny!
In the picture
behind Ava, note that Grampa John is holding something in his left
arm. What is it? It's so small, you can't tell from
this far away....Is it a newspaper? Perhaps a cat? No,
wait, he's allergic to cats. So what is it?
It's a three week old Ava, with very skinny
legs!
Before and after pictures.
Fall is here!
She has rather long and involved phone
conversations using her toy phone, with lots of emphatic words and hand
gesturing, as you can see here.
Entertaining Mrs. Cooper (Uncle Chip's Mom)
during a trip to Berea.
Relaxing on the floor of Grammy and Opa's
apartment the same afternoon.
The next day, playing piano at Aunt Leslie's with cousins
Morgan and Megan.
Playing solo for Uncle Mark.
Nice form, playing steadily with the left hand
and ragging it with the right, just like Scott Joplin. Aunt Leslie makes sure
the maestra won't fall off the stool.
A blue fairy was spotted in Aunt Leslie's
neighborhood at Halloween.
But only for a moment....It vanished into the
night.
...only to be spotted again the next morning
outside Daddy's office...
...and in the halls of the School of Art...
Watching the Browns lose on TV while eating out
on A Sunday afternoon.
Making a silly face...something she can do on
command if you say "Woo Woo.."
On to the Next Three Months
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