Our little Ava loves to live life on the edge. She typically has one speed and that's 100 mph! In six months time we spent a night in the ER getting gravel removed and chin stitches caused by a fall after running in a parking lot and most recently we spent time with an orthopedic pediatric specialist for our first broken limb (broken humerus to be exact). Both injuries happened to occur a week before planned vacations. So from now on I'll be crossing my fingers the week leading up to any planned trips. Although I shouldn't be surprised because her father is notorious for situations like this. Its not a normal week around here if he doesn't come home from the shop or barn and say to me "Hey you'll never believe what I did today.." I then proceed to look for what part of his body is duct taped. Oh yes, I said duct tape.
As for Ava I'm learning with time to embrace all of these wild and spirited characteristics and traits that she possesses. I know that one day they will all be of great value to her (if we can just make it through these adolescent years without any more casts or heart-attacks for mom!) I've also learned that she is an incredibly resilient child and doesn't let much keep her down or slow her down. She takes everything in stride and lives by the new motto of "go hard or go home."
After all of the excitement we still decided to go on our planned trip to the beach. Although it was difficult for her to fully enjoy herself and understand her limitations she did extremely well!
We stayed at the Seashore Campground and Rv Park in one of their cozy two bedroom cottages! On the first day Ava really wanted to play in the sand so to distract her a bit we decided to visit Cape May's FREE zoo. That's right, FREE! It was beautiful and the animals looked well taken care of, we will definitely go back!
The next day we braved the sandy lake area at the resort and the pool. I was able to find a waterproof cast cover on sort notice and it did the trick, and we loaded up on vet wrap from the farm. Ava was able to splash and play all morning in the pool and dig in the sand with Pop Pop & Mimi! Charlotte experienced the pool for the first time and LOVED it.
On our last night we hit up our favorite restaurant, the Lobster House for yummy seafood and then strolled downtown to grab some orangeades, fresh fudge to take home and ice cream to celebrate National Ice Cream day!
It was the perfect ending to a long weekend away.
-Tiffany
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