Ava and I went to Florida last month for a girl's only vacation to celebrate my fabulous grandmother's 80th birthday. The flight there and back was extremely challenging but aside from that Ava did amazing adjusting to being away from home, being around people she did not know, completely out of her routine and in a different time zone. Ava got to experience several firsts - first time in a pool, first time at the beach, first time in the ocean (although it was just her toes, the water was really cold!). It was amazing how in just a matter of a week how many new things she did by the time we returned home. Poor Aaron felt like he really missed out on a lot by not seeing her for a week! She started actually crawling on her knees (versus the army crawl she had been doing), she completely gave up her pacifier (which she had been quite attached to previously), she started waiving, and she learned to say 'Nana'.
The entire week was fantastic. The weather was perfect and I had such a great time spending quality one-on-one time with Ava, hanging out with my Mom, my Nana and my Aunt Linda. At the end of the week we had a party for my Nana and more than a dozen people came in for all around the country to celebrate her big 80th birthday. She is an amazing woman and I am so glad that we got the chance to honor her.
1 comment:
the pictures are great. I looked happy which I was but I look like a laughing fool. love N
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