Where has the time gone?

I haven't blogged for a while because I lost my camera and was also away from home for three weeks. And also I'm lazy.

Ava is now 15 months old. I need to record what she is up to these days. But before I do that, here are pictures that we had to reenact a month after Halloween due to my missing camera. Ava ended up being a rat this Halloween. I thought it was a mouse costume when I bought it, but it is clearly a rat costume. While other moms were dressing their dear little daughters as ladybugs, fairies and other lovely creatures, Ava was a rat. Oh well. She was a darn cute rat.

This is the face she makes when we tell her to "smile"

Where's my candy?

Ava doesn't talk much, but here are the words she will say, even if she might not know what it means for sure: "Uh oh", "No", "Hi", "Bye bye", "Ball", "Coco" (parent's dog), "bad", "Papa" (Grandpa Smock),"dada" and "Maaa" (It should be Ah Ma, Taiwanese for Grandma), "go", "bubble" and "mama"

Animal sounds: meow, moo, bzzzz, some weird elephant sound we taught her, sort of a dog sound, Baa, and a roar that she uses for lions, tigers, dinosaurs, and other scary looking animals

Sign language: Ava started watching "Signing Time" videos a long time ago but really didn't pick up on signing until after age 1. She knows the signs for water, baby, milk, shoes, eat, flower, fish, book, bath, more, bird and the best of all, Jesus.

Fave foods: Trader Joe's Roasted Vegetable Pizza (it's dairy-free and totally yummy. The whole family fights over it!), Snapea Crisps, Gerber's snacks, grapes, pears and apples. One time she tried to pry open David's mouth when he was eating chocolate. No chocolate for you, Ava!

Cute antics: trying on people's shoes. Big or small, she likes them all. When she wakes up, she likes to give me a kiss on the lips if she's in a good mood. This is when she is lying next to me after a night of sleeping over in mom and dad's bed...which is every night. When she hugs people, she pats their back.

Oh yeah...and she's walking! And very proud of herself too. She kept showing off during Thanksgiving. Her Papa (Grandpa Smock) was very encouraging, so Ava put on quite a show!