Soothing Phone

Laura's new job requires quite a bit of talking on the phone. Ava's noticed this. Laura is not at home as much either, and sometimes Ava thinks of her throughout the day, saying "Mama."

Today, Laura, Ava and I went to go sign a lease at an apartment in Vancouver, Wa. We had lunch with Laura before she had to sciddaddle off to work, and Ava and I drove home. Before going inside to take a nap, Ava spots her Dollar Store cell phone toy. She knabs it before I get her out of the car. She continues to hang on to it on into nap time. It was a little more difficult today, getting her down, but this phone did the trick, as you can see in the picture above (sorry, it was taken by my crappy cell phone).

Nigh Nigh, Ava.


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To note, she woke up after a 2 hour nap and immediately began to play with the phone. It's been 15 minutes of her and phone through the monitor.

Saturday at Cannon Beach

We certainly enjoyed ourselves. Ava went nuts. She had extra fun raiding other peoples' areas; particularily one young family who had pitched a small, colorful child's tent.

She enjoyed watching other children who actually sit and lie down next to their caretakers. She would go over to them and then lie down in the sand and then do the mock sleeping noises; you know, "[inhale], shoooooooooo. [inhale], shoooooooooo."

Ava, as you'll see in the videos, enjoyed digging and running in the shallows. Laura and I enjoyed our tiny dancer's exhibitions, yet are also very very tired from our fun day at the beach.

Ms. Independence Day 2008

Little Miss Ava Grace decided to try some new foods on July 4th. You'll find some cute clips and shots of Ava trying out both her first ice cream cone and cornonthecob:

And this is what we ate. Deeeee-lish! more pics below: