Ava is ALMOST A YEAR OLD--WOW!
It is so hard to believe that our Ava will be one year old in less than a month! And What a year it has been! We have run the gammut of emotions let me tell you....utter despair to the rejoicing on the grandest of scales. I am working on this year's Christmas letter and it has been hard to shorten it enough in order to fit into a standard envelope. There is so much to tell and SO MUCH to be thankful for! Ava is growing and learning more and more every day. And we have definitely learned how to appreciate the smallest of details...a little sideways grin...a little hand reaching out for your face...even when she pulled out her trach it was something to praise ya know? Because it shows us that she has an opinion and her opinion is she doesn't like the trach and ventilator and, God willing, we will be able to call up the supply company one day and tell them to come pick up their stuff because we don't need it! She is SUCH a little fighter--MAN is she ever! Her little fighting spirit keeps me in check many days. You know the days when you feel the need to complain about the rude person at your phone company, or the fact that you got laid off and you have had to cut a few things out of your life for the time being? Ava just keeps me in check when I start having the 'Poor Me's.' She just inspires me!
It is so hard to believe that our Ava will be one year old in less than a month! And What a year it has been! We have run the gammut of emotions let me tell you....utter despair to the rejoicing on the grandest of scales. I am working on this year's Christmas letter and it has been hard to shorten it enough in order to fit into a standard envelope. There is so much to tell and SO MUCH to be thankful for! Ava is growing and learning more and more every day. And we have definitely learned how to appreciate the smallest of details...a little sideways grin...a little hand reaching out for your face...even when she pulled out her trach it was something to praise ya know? Because it shows us that she has an opinion and her opinion is she doesn't like the trach and ventilator and, God willing, we will be able to call up the supply company one day and tell them to come pick up their stuff because we don't need it! She is SUCH a little fighter--MAN is she ever! Her little fighting spirit keeps me in check many days. You know the days when you feel the need to complain about the rude person at your phone company, or the fact that you got laid off and you have had to cut a few things out of your life for the time being? Ava just keeps me in check when I start having the 'Poor Me's.' She just inspires me!
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