Tuesday, December 18, 2007

One Of My Favorite Subjects

I wrote this over a month ago, but since I've lately been suffering from near-fatal blogstipation, I figgered I'd publish something.

Avee pretty much fascinates me. She has for most of her life. As a newborn, she was colicky, so basically the first 5 months of her life are a blur for me. But as soon as she started sitting up and maneuvering herself, I have simply stood back and watched her go.

When she was 6 months old she started being able to pull herself up to the standing position. Within hours of discovering this ability, she was climbing.

At 6 and a half months we were staying at my mom's house and Avee, plunked in a booster seat that was attached to the table, figured out that by pulling on the table cloth, she could get all of the stuff I had put out of her reach, to come back. She only pulled on the cloth when she saw something on the table she wanted.

When she was 9 months old we moved to Texas. On the drive to there, I totalled our Jetta. We prolonged the inevitable a few weeks and then finally went to buy a new car.

At the dealership, I was sitting in the waiting area with Avee. At 10 months she was quite agile and almost walking. She was also very tiny. She didn't break 20 pounds until she was a year and a half.

I was looking at a form and she was standing at a chair next to me. Or so I thought. Suddenly I hear a man say, "Uh, ma'am, uhhhhhhh....your baby...." I looked up. Avee had pulled herself up the "trunk" of one of those decorative potted trees and was swinging from a limb. She was having the time of her life, but every other person in the waiting area was panicking. That is one scene of her life I wish I could have caught on film.

I started blogging on her first birthday so I've gotten to capture a lot over the last year and a half.

Yesterday, it just seemed like everywhere I turned, she was doing something that made me laugh or I felt like I had to capture on film to cherish forever.


J and I were working upstairs and J laid Danyo down in Avee's bed. When Avee discovered baby Danyo in her bed she was delighted. A little baby just her size... She covered him in her blanket and gave him her binkie.



After sweetly cuddling with Danyo, she moved on to jump on Bo's bed. That would be the very action that caused her to get a bright pink cast.

In my native tongue, we call this SLOW LEARNER.

A week ago I reorganized the kitchen. I put a new stand in there for storage and decided to put out a basket with "healthy" snacks that they kids could get to whenever they wanted. (ie, I decided I was tired of feeding my children regularly.) While the kids were sleeping, I filled the basket with rasin boxes and little bags of pretzels and granola bars and never said a word to either of them about it. Within an hour of being awake the next day, Avee had discovered the basket and all the treasures inside. During the day I kept finding the basket in random places throughout the house, as it had become her new best friend. Saturday she put in a movie to watch, and invited her best friend...

And lastly, her outfit: My sister knows what kids like and always gives the best gifts to my kids. When she came down to Texas to help me pack up for the move, she came bearing gifts. One of them was a darling little "princess" tutu for Avee. S was pretty excited to share the joy with Avee, but Avee took one look at it and ran back outside to throw dirt clods at our door. I heard S say, "hmm, I guess she hasn't discovered princesses yet."

Saturday she discovered them. She insisted on wearing the tutu the second she got up, then threw a huge fit when I tried to dress her in appropriate clothes for Bo's basketball game. We compromised and she wore it over her jeans and shirt. So, there you have it S, she's discovered princesses.

A more recent addition:
Yesterday I took Avee to the grocery store and she insisted on wearing a headband. No big deal, right?

She also insisted on putting it on herself.

15 comments:

Sister Pottymouth said...

Ooooo--first to comment!

Avee makes me snort. (You too, for that matter.) Ya'll are hilarious. My 4-year-old kept asking me why I was laughing. (He loved the video of Avee tucking in Danyo. "Why is she dooo-eeen' dat, Mom?")

S said...

Princess? Wot was I thinking she is the queen remember!!! love the pictures. RED has me giggling through out the day, but I think it is just me.

Deena said...

Who's that standing there next to the stove? You tell him that I care about your blog!

Super Happy Girl said...

You tell J that glittersmama, NCS, Julie and for sure S care about your blog. HMFP!

SO CUTE!! Oh her cute little voice when she says "baby", awwwwwww, so adorable :D

Rebecca said...

love her.. love her.. the baby, the pink cast.. all of it!!

Millie said...

Cute :) What did you ever do to deserve her, A?

Mamarazzi said...

that little kiddo of yours is pretty much the cutest little redhead i have ever seen. i love hearing about her adventures in "Avee Land".

a said...

That is pure Awesomeness!! I miss you guys!!!

Deena said...

I just watched the video. So freaking adorable.

Anonymous said...

What a great story... her standing on the bike really was the first time I was scared about Amir getting any older.. wow

she is so cute wait until she wants to wear the princess tutu and cowboy boots:)

S said...

TO: whom it may concern: TMM call me.
Cutest redhead? IN IOWA!
Wots this J business. You do not blog enough for me! Too cute, too clever, too funny! Feed me more:)

Erica said...

Aww, she's the most adorable-ist gal I evoh did see!

Anonymous said...

I really love that photograph of the older girls looking down at Avee. I love how commanding her presence is, even to the most self-centered creatures on the planet (tween girls) and I love that Avee has no idea that she is any *smaller* than they are.

Now we just have to worry about Avee turning into a tween girl.

Carrot Jello said...

Aww, she's so cute!

Erica said...

Blogstapation -- Haaaaaaahahaa