Poll/ More Things Ava Says

So we find out whether we are having a boy or a girl on Thursday December 2nd at 9:30am -- I can't wait!  We are taking Ava with us and I know she will be excited to know whether she is having a brother or a sister...she tells me and other people all the time that she will be a big sister and that "My mommy has a baby in her tummy."


For fun, I thought I would take a poll on the blog to see what everyone else thinks we might be having this time.  I, for one, feel like it will be a girl but we'll see.  So please cast your vote on the sidebar if you have an opinion.


I am feeling good now and finally showing a little bump (which of course turns into a big bump at night--gotta love that)!  I feel the baby moving quite a bit (for the last few weeks) but only started to feel the baby kicking from the outside this weekend.  I told Ava the baby was kicking and let her place her hand on my belly.  When she finally felt it, she looked at me with a big smile and said, "The baby popped!"  I thought that was funny so I sent her to tell Darren and of course, he was wondering what that meant until I told him.
Which leads me to another edition of "Things Ava Says."


1. “Daddy, I’m really sorry I put snot on your forehead.”


2. “I’m going to inspect Smokey (with a magnifying glass, looks into eye and says), "He has the foot-it itis.” Then puts thermometer by his head and says “That’s very interesting. He’s up to 49.”


3.Ava: “There’s a baby in your tummy?”
Me: “Yes.”
Ava: “What’s it’s name?”
Me: “We don’t know if it is a boy or a girl yet so we don’t have a name yet. What would you like the name to be if it’s a girl?
Ava thinks for a moment, “Hearty (like her unicorn).”
Me: “Uh, that’s a great name but I think we might go with something more traditional. What would you like to name the baby if it's a boy?”
Ava: “Lucky.” (This is the name of Darren's uncle's bull that we saw while in Yoakum for a wedding.  The girl definitely has ideas.)


4. Ava: “I’m going to be a big sister.”
Me: “Yes you are. You’ll be a great big sister.”
Ava: “Can I have a sister and a brother and a hamster?”
Me: “I’m pretty sure there is only one baby in my tummy and we won’t know what it is for a little bit longer.  And there is definitely not a hamster in my tummy!”
Ava: “Ok. I want a sister.” 
Sidenote here: Even though she has repeatedly told me that she wants a sister, Ava tells her friends (which I then hear from their moms) that she is having a baby brother.  So I think she will be happy either way.  And she is obsessed with hamsters! 


5. Ava has a great imagination.  Lately (and by lately, I mean every day) we hear stories about her daughter.  That's right her daughter.  It seems like her daughter always is doing something Ava did and most of the time tops Ava.  Example of that: We tell Ava she can have 1 popsicle and then she tells us her daughter gets 5 popsicles.  All time favorite "daughter" story goes like this (this was one of the first) 
Ava:“I have a daughter. She’s going to be 10 on her next birthday.”
Darren “Is that even possible?”
A: “Oh it’s possible.”
PS. She now talks about either her daughter or Jasmine (not the princess from Aladdin, some make believe friend Jasmine.  And she suspiciously is about the same as Ava only she gets more...just like a certain "daughter" I know)

6. Bedtime has become a struggle...we have difficulty getting her to lie down even when she is exhausted and it ends in quite a few tantrums.  The other day was like this and finally we got her to calm down and get in bed (after her saying mean things to me -- when Ava starts being negative, you know she is tired!).
Ava: "I’m sorry for being mean.....(as I think she is apologizing to me she then says) God. I love you Jesus. You are my best friends. Amen.”  Apparently it was not an apology but rather a prayer and apology to God.