Relaxing Memorial Day Weekend

Daddy knew how Ava loves to look out the window, but they are so high. So the only thing he thought to do was to build a path to the window, where she now loves to spend all of her time. And as you can see the toy bins that she climbs she has little to no interest in because the window and the climbing are her main focus. (You can see in the previous video, Daddy "baby-proofed" the area below the structure with a giant bean bag that is stuffed with all of her stuffed animals and pillows....so you know, the area is up to safety codes, I'm sure.)

She is also fascinated by birds, so when we go to the park, we feed them our old bread or crackers, and though Ava had no interest in eating them when we were at home, she all of sudden wants to eat the crumbs as I toss them on the ground. Toddlers, aren't they just adorable? I should have video'd this part, but it happened so fast, she was literally pecking her nose to the ground like the birds were doing.

It was a foggy weekend, so we decided to head to the Academy of Sciences, but by the time we stepped off the train, she was already fast asleep and stayed asleep in that carrier for the entire trip and through lunch.

Okay, last but not least, I heard some where that it takes 30 days to create/break a habit. So, here we are nearly 30 days straight of sleeping in the crib all through the night all by herself. As you can see, she is surrounded by her favorite things; the cow -- which makes her "mooooo," the Daddy Kisses book (Thank you Lainey) -- which is the last book we read every night, and her Sleep Sheep (Thank you Tuoc) -- which calms her, no matter her mood (even though she used to fight it, she has grown to love it).