Happy 10 months baby girl!! I'll save the "time flies," "they aren't little long enough," "I seriously can't believe she's almost 1 year old," talk--but know that I really am astounded at how fast time goes with a baby in the house!! Weeks just fly by ... soon it will be Christmas again ...
Ava's personality is shining so brightly!! She's a peach. An ornery little peach!
Some milestones for this month ...
* First for the most exciting -- Ava's tear duct is OPEN!! YAY!! No worries about that anymore!! No more wiping of the goopy eye and no more red & irritated skin!! We thank the Lord that her eye is all better now! It really is a relief! That had us a little stressed :)
* The other day at the store we were picking up cat food and Ava saw the kitty on the front of the bag and said "keey!" Amazing how she picks this stuff up at places other than home. It's also funny that while we were visiting Ava's cousin for her birthday party she saw their very little dog (ok, very little compared to Portia) and said "keey!" Well, Muffin's little like a cat I guess--a little confused, but she's picking this stuff up! :)
* Ava pulls herself up on ev-er-y-thing! She's still very wobbly kneed so if she lets go she immediately falls down, but she's starting to pull herself up for longer periods everyday. I don't know ... will she be walking by 1 year??
* She looves finger foods and feeding herself!! She likes Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Bites (strawberry to be exact :), whole wheat toast with applesauce, Baby Mum-Mums (kind of like rice cakes-only these melt in her mouth), pieces of fruit cut up (peaches, bananas, strawberries). We've been trying a sippy cup with her too--it's going okay--but she would much rather have her bottle! I've started adding herbs & spices to her babyfood now too. She loves cinnamon & nutmeg sweet potatoes & apples, cinnamon acorn squash, ginger carrots, and cinnamon butternut squash. She's had a huge variety of foods now -- as well as those already mentioned she's had brussel sprouts, broccoli, rice, peas, green beans, sugar snap peas, zucchini, avocado, mango, peaches, cantaloupe, watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, plums, pears, pluots, variety of yogurts aaand that's about it ... I think. For breakfast she has oatmeal cereal with yogurt and a 6 ounce bottle. Lunch is usually a vegetable like sweet poatoes with applesauce and 4 ounces of juice (1/2 water 1/2 juice). She has a snack in the late afternoon which is usually a 7 ounce bottle and 1/2 container of yogurt or some puffs. Dinner is usually a vegetable like peas & carrots with a fruit, maybe a banana. Before bed, she gets another 8 ounce bottle after her bath. When she goes down for the night she is out like a light!!
* She's a momma's girl all the way! :) Loooves to be held and carried around and watch everything I'm doing--this is where a side sling would really come in handy! For the next child I will definitely have one!! I love holding her and toting her around with me--stinks that she won't want held forever--ha!
* She loves to crawl all over us when we play with her on the floor. She totally disregards the fact that anything is laying in her path, she crawls right on top and over it, and sometimes face plants. She crawls on Portia - who is slowly starting to accept the fact that unless she wants to keep getting her hefty 130 lbs up and move everytime Ava comes over to her, she might as well get used to it! Ava obviously has no sense of what gentle means--and the cat has been trying to teach her--unsuccessfully. She has be mauled by kitty a couple times...thankfully kitty has no claws ... but her teeth are kind of sharp.
* Ava gives high fives now, too! So cute! She gets so proud when we all cheer for her after giving us a five.
* Toys are sooo not cool to this girl. Anything that isn't a toy is pretty cool and receives all of her attention. If she sees something she wants to get into and there is a toy in her path she will pick the toy up, chuck it across the room, and keep heading in the direction of, oooh lets say, my plant stand. Lil booger.
* Naps--Ava still takes about 2-3 naps a day. Just lay her down in her crib with the tag of her blanket and she falls asleep--usually without objection. She is in bed by 8pm still. However, I don't think she has slept past 4 or 5am for the past month. I'm not sure what's up with that, but we don't fight her--we get up, give her 2 ounces, and everyone falls back to sleep happily--all in about 6 minutes. So, who knows ... I'm going to blame teething ... like I do for every cranky day or night she ever has. :)
* That's about where life stands for Ava at 10 months! She is tons of fun and we're loving being her mommy & daddy more everyday!!
Ava's personality is shining so brightly!! She's a peach. An ornery little peach!
Some milestones for this month ...
* First for the most exciting -- Ava's tear duct is OPEN!! YAY!! No worries about that anymore!! No more wiping of the goopy eye and no more red & irritated skin!! We thank the Lord that her eye is all better now! It really is a relief! That had us a little stressed :)
* The other day at the store we were picking up cat food and Ava saw the kitty on the front of the bag and said "keey!" Amazing how she picks this stuff up at places other than home. It's also funny that while we were visiting Ava's cousin for her birthday party she saw their very little dog (ok, very little compared to Portia) and said "keey!" Well, Muffin's little like a cat I guess--a little confused, but she's picking this stuff up! :)
* Ava pulls herself up on ev-er-y-thing! She's still very wobbly kneed so if she lets go she immediately falls down, but she's starting to pull herself up for longer periods everyday. I don't know ... will she be walking by 1 year??
* She looves finger foods and feeding herself!! She likes Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Bites (strawberry to be exact :), whole wheat toast with applesauce, Baby Mum-Mums (kind of like rice cakes-only these melt in her mouth), pieces of fruit cut up (peaches, bananas, strawberries). We've been trying a sippy cup with her too--it's going okay--but she would much rather have her bottle! I've started adding herbs & spices to her babyfood now too. She loves cinnamon & nutmeg sweet potatoes & apples, cinnamon acorn squash, ginger carrots, and cinnamon butternut squash. She's had a huge variety of foods now -- as well as those already mentioned she's had brussel sprouts, broccoli, rice, peas, green beans, sugar snap peas, zucchini, avocado, mango, peaches, cantaloupe, watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, plums, pears, pluots, variety of yogurts aaand that's about it ... I think. For breakfast she has oatmeal cereal with yogurt and a 6 ounce bottle. Lunch is usually a vegetable like sweet poatoes with applesauce and 4 ounces of juice (1/2 water 1/2 juice). She has a snack in the late afternoon which is usually a 7 ounce bottle and 1/2 container of yogurt or some puffs. Dinner is usually a vegetable like peas & carrots with a fruit, maybe a banana. Before bed, she gets another 8 ounce bottle after her bath. When she goes down for the night she is out like a light!!
* She's a momma's girl all the way! :) Loooves to be held and carried around and watch everything I'm doing--this is where a side sling would really come in handy! For the next child I will definitely have one!! I love holding her and toting her around with me--stinks that she won't want held forever--ha!
* She loves to crawl all over us when we play with her on the floor. She totally disregards the fact that anything is laying in her path, she crawls right on top and over it, and sometimes face plants. She crawls on Portia - who is slowly starting to accept the fact that unless she wants to keep getting her hefty 130 lbs up and move everytime Ava comes over to her, she might as well get used to it! Ava obviously has no sense of what gentle means--and the cat has been trying to teach her--unsuccessfully. She has be mauled by kitty a couple times...thankfully kitty has no claws ... but her teeth are kind of sharp.
* Ava gives high fives now, too! So cute! She gets so proud when we all cheer for her after giving us a five.
* Toys are sooo not cool to this girl. Anything that isn't a toy is pretty cool and receives all of her attention. If she sees something she wants to get into and there is a toy in her path she will pick the toy up, chuck it across the room, and keep heading in the direction of, oooh lets say, my plant stand. Lil booger.
* Naps--Ava still takes about 2-3 naps a day. Just lay her down in her crib with the tag of her blanket and she falls asleep--usually without objection. She is in bed by 8pm still. However, I don't think she has slept past 4 or 5am for the past month. I'm not sure what's up with that, but we don't fight her--we get up, give her 2 ounces, and everyone falls back to sleep happily--all in about 6 minutes. So, who knows ... I'm going to blame teething ... like I do for every cranky day or night she ever has. :)
* That's about where life stands for Ava at 10 months! She is tons of fun and we're loving being her mommy & daddy more everyday!!
Standing up in her crib to say good morning to mommy this morning.
10 month milestone pic ... its funny to look back at her younger pictures and see how she has changed the way she holds her hands and her legs. Also to see how her rolls have developed :)
Mom said I had to get a shoot of how wide she opens her mouth when she eats--it is pretty funny--this girl loves to eat!!! We have no problem aiming food into that big ol' mouth!!
Munching on some peaches in her walker at mom's -- we were canning peaches that day. They were nice and sweet and warm! Ava gobbled them up!
Playing outside one nice day last week. She cracks me up with the expressions she makes!!! She is just one rolly polly giggle bug!!!
Ava's Indian Chief pose :)
This girl is precious.
Her hair can look so golden in some pictures--she's trying to snatch the camera from me!
