Ava is 2

For the second year in a row, Ava was sick on her birthday.  This year, she caught some kind of flu and didn't want to do anything but sit on dad's lap.  When she isn't sick, she is one big ball of pure charm and energy.  She is fearless when it comes to doing things first and doesn't accept the limitations of her own body size (i.e. she wants to sit on a big person's chair even though she can't see over the plate) or her 3rd sibling status (i.e. she thinks everything Elise and Sean owns should be given to her first until she's ready to give it up).  Ava reminds us of a chihuahua who acts like she's a bulldog.

Already the tallest and biggest of the three, here are her stats:

Height: 33.75" (44 percentile - wowie! for our family)
Weight: 22.9 lbs. (6 percentile - tall AND slender)

This how Ava looked at her birthday party. Couldn't muster the energy to blow out her own candles (if you have ever seen her around candles, you'd know this is NOT her usual)