Ava and I got back from our trip to AZ yesterday. We were hanging out with my friend Stacy and her baby Brynlee the Thursday before Memorial day. I mentioned that I had wanted to go down to AZ but decided not to go even though Dan was going to the Indy 500 for 5 days. She talked me into going and I immediately packed up our stuff and left the next morning!
We did the whole drive in 1 day even though I was sure I couldn't make it. Thankfully Ava is an angel in her car seat and doesn't give me any trouble. My mom was so excited to see us! I was so happy to be there as well! Almost immediately after we got out of the car Ava started up and walking! She had at this point gone 6 or 7 steps and that was just the day before. (her first steps were almost 6 weeks before however). She was standing at my moms back door, she turned around and just started walking. She's been walking pretty much non stop ever since.
Everyone told me not to wish for her to walk. I don't know if any of those people had ever had a 14 1/2 month old that weighed 27 pounds that they were bending over to pick up off the floor and carry everywhere???? Its painful on the back, let me tell you that much. Anyway, Love love love that she is walking now. So nice. I did have the moment of "time won't ever go back" which it never does anyway, but still. My baby is very much a toddler now.
We spent a ton of time out at the pool or somehow in water. It was great and Ava loved it! That girl was made for water! She showed off lots of cute tricks while we were there. Her little hand phone answer when the phone would ring. My mom still doesn't believe me that I don't talk on the phone very much. I hardly ever talk on the phone actually. I have no idea where Ava picked that up.
We ended up spending about 10 days down in AZ. We decided to head back home to Utah yesterday. That drive really is a killer. I get really tired when I drive so we end up stopping a lot and I end up drinking lots of soda. I was almost certain we were going to stop in Vegas and stay the night but Dan talked me into at least getting to St George. Once I was there I felt like I was "basically" in Orem and finished the last 4 hours.
Happy to be home and don't plan on going back to AZ till at least the end of the summer. I'm going to enjoy staying put for a bit. I'm also currently undertaking the huge task of reorganizing our house. I was able to accomplish great things in our living room today, as well as our dining room and Ava's room (thanks to my mother in law for coming over)! We now have more room which is always a bonus. I've spent the last 5+ hours working on my office and it doesn't look like its changed much... which is very sad, I did however get rid of a ton of stuff in our storage closet and pack it back full of fun things :)
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