Well, this picture is proof that I don't have a little baby anymore. She is growing up so fast! Monday she weighed 21 lbs. 4.5 oz. We went to Walmart that day and I had her in the sling the whole hour or so that we were there and so many people tried to talk to her. She really attracts a lot of attention (unwanted by her!). She gets so nervous when people talk to her. She looks at me to see if it's ok. People want to talk to her a lot because she looks mad or upset most of the time. It's really that she's thinking really hard.
Today I realized that Ava knows what the sign for milk means. She would only sign it when she was hungry but still only when I asked her to. Kind of nice to know she can kind-of communicate with me like that. We are still working on eat, drink, diaper, more, dog, cat, mommy, and daddy.
I had to teach Ava how to drink from a sippy cup while she was sick. She used to just teethe on them but transitioning from a bottle to a sippy in just a few days has helped her figure out how it works. It's nice my mom got us these pink ones. Also, she got us a bunch of BumGenius cloth diapers. Very chic! I have been using 6 and washing them pretty quickly and now we have 12 more en-route. I am so excited to have some more and start using them full-time, all the time.
So, I'm also feeling a little nostalgic. Mike and I just looked back at the pictures posted on here listening to the song that I put up, Evanescence: "Anywhere." It felt good but also made me a little sad thinking about not being able to adopt Abigail. I know everything happens for a reason, but that has been really hard to get over. I want Ava to have a sibling. I have had one for as long as I can remember. Dave and I have always been close. I don't want Ava to miss out on that special relationship. I'm letting my body and Ava decide when we are ready to have another baby but both Mike and I are ready for whoever is coming next. I hate that other people think we don't know what we are doing when we say we want more kids already. It was really hard to share that we were thinking of adopting because I was scared we'd get no support. And we didn't really get much, which sort of proves my fears.
Anyway, enough of that. It's a bit depressing. Ava seems like she would benefit from having a sibling, and it feels right to everyone so we'll see what happens and when. I finally feel like enough of an adult to stand up for my feelings about it.
So here we all are sitting at the dinner table, finally. This is our first family meal at the table. It's our goal to eat dinner here at least 4 times a week. Now that Ava seems to be liking finger foods and we have a table! we can work on having quality family time at the dinner table. It's important.
My mom had a good idea, to eventually get these posts made into a book. Maybe that will keep me writing more often. What a fun idea!
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