Little Miss Social Butterfly

This past week Ava has really come out of her shell. Not that she was in a shell, but her personality is just starting to really show. A personality trait that both Josh and I have noticed is Ava is quite the social butterfly. Ava is constantly babbling to anyone who will listen. (I am excited to say she has now added “Mama” to her list of words) Ava especially gets excited whenever she sees another baby. This past week we had two little girls come to our house at separate times. They ranged in age from 18 months to 2 years. Ava was not intimated at all by the older kids. She would follow the kids around and watch everything they did. Anytime she wanted to talk to the other babies she would scream...literally! Ava hasn’t quite mastered using her quiet voice yet, but she sure knows how to use her loud voice. Anytime Ava would speak one of the little girls would run to her mom for protection, while the other one pointed and told Ava “No”. (We later found out that this is what they say to their grandma’s dog when it barks)

A few posts ago I mentioned how Ava and a little boy in Young Womens were best buds. Well here is a little update. I think Ava is quite smitten with the little cutie. During Young Womens on Sunday, Ava was never more than a few inches away from the little boy. During the whole lesson she would go to where he was, give him a hug and kiss him on the face, shoulder, back (whatever was closest). He didn’t seem to mind. But Josh has already had a talk with her about not dating until she is 16 years old.