The Veldmans: More party hats & PT

Ava had a very busy weekend. Saturday morning Grandma Veldman came over and the three of us went to the mall. Oh how Ava loves shopping with Grandma. She comes home with a lot more loot than when she goes shopping with Mommy. She got a new dress, sweater, and adorable hat for her three month pictures that we'll have taken in a couple of weeks. Ava also got a Gopher hat to wear to the games this fall. We'll be honest, the hat is really more for Grandpa, Uncles Wes, and Daddy. Thank you very much Grandma!!! The time flew by at the mall as we picked out dishes for the new cabin, and did a little shopping for ourselves. Ava was once again very good as she strolled through the mall.

Saturday evening we went to Jackson's b-day party. It was at Jackson's Grandma and Grandpa's since he lives in Iowa. We were so glad that we got to attend and didn't even have to leave the metro to do so. We think that they should have his party up here every year! It was so nice to see Nathan and Meredith and catch up with them, as well as visit with the rest of his family. It's hard to believe that Jackson is a year old already (or will be very soon)! Thank you so much to the Voight's for including us in the celebration!

Sunday was Mother's Day. Ava and Daddy got me a very nice card, as well as a gift certificate for me to go and get a very much needed pedicure! We went to church that morning and then out for lunch at Biaggi's. Ava also was sweet enough to give me lots of smiles and was very talkative in church. I just Love when she "talks" to us. She is just so darn cute! We went home, fed her, changed our clothes, and then went to Uncle Wes' house. It was pretty nice outside so everybody was doing some work outside at his house. Ava and I supervised and then went for a walk. Ava was worried that she would miss out on something so decided to stay up almost all day except for a few little cat naps throughout the day. She was EXHAUSTED and getting a little cranky by the end of the day. I fed her and put her down around 10:00 last night. She slept for NINE hours before I woke her up at 7:15 this morning. She was definitely ready to eat at that point and made sure that everybody on the block knew it. She is still very tired today and has been taking long naps. Now, how do we get her to take naps during the day and still sleep nine hours at night?!?

We had our PT (physical therapy) evaluation today. We went to Gillette's in Maple Grove. What a nice facility and great physical therapists. Our physical therpist was very good at explaining to me what they were doing and looking for, and then explaining the results to me. Ava does have slight case of torticollis. This causes her to lean a bit to the left, as well as have a bit of a flat head on the right. They gave us stretches to do at home three times a day and then we will go back for physical therapy at the clinic just once every other week. They think doing this for 4 months will most likely correct the problem. They said at this point a cranio cap would most likely just be cosmetic because her flat head is so minor. Hopefully the therapy will help and we won't have to worry about it getting any worse.