Avery's 7th, 8th & 9th Months

Who knew having a baby was so time consuming! And add working into the mix, and I barely have any time to do anything, let alone write a blog! I am SO FAR behind, so I'm going to lump the last three months into one blog post! I'm going to keep it brief and use pictures to show her last 3 months! So, here it goes!

1st Easter

Avery's Baptism April 28, 2013



Avery's Baptism April 28, 2013

Crawling: She started crawling in April. Here's a video (I'm not sure if the link will work)  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10101279086746997&set=vb.29604118&type=3&theater

Teeth: She started getting her teeth in at 6 months old. As of 9 months, she has 8 teeth! And she sure knows how to use them!!!

Here she is at 8 months showing off her bottom teeth!

My First Mother's Day: We spent mother's day at my sister's house. It was a nice day!

Mommy and Avery!

Daycare: Avery started daycare in May. It's taken a little bit of adjustment, but she's finally getting used to it! She was having a hard time napping. I think she just enjoyed watching everything that was going on, that she didn't want to nap and miss anything!!

Avery's 1sst day at daycare!

First Time in a swimming pool, Memorial Day weekend: Avery loved the water!!!

1st time in the pool!

Family swim time!

She is so stylish!

Sleeping 12-13 hours at night! I don't have any photos for this, but I had to share because from about3 months to 8 months old, she would NOT sleep!! She was consistently waking up 1 or 2 times every night!! But now she sleeps from at least 8pm to 8am! YAY!!!

Just a few things she enjoys:
Her brother! Her face lights up when she sees Keeghan!!
Playing peek-a-boo
Music, including Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and NKOTB!!! :-)
Food, even pickles!!
Her orange monkey! LOVES that thing!

She loves her brother!

She loves pickles, just like mommy!

Did I mention she loves her orange monkey?!?!

And one more photo: Avery months 5, 6, 7 and 8!

Avery's 6th month

I can't believe Avery is already half a year old! Time is flying by too quickly and she is growing up way too fast! I am cherishing every moment with her and reminding myself to not take anything for granted! She will never be this small again, so I'm trying to capture every moment with her! Before we know it, she'll be 16 years old asking for the car keys because she has a date with the senior quarterback... Oh jeez, I just had a mini panic attack! Let's just focus on the moment right now, and right now she's an innocent, adorable six month old! :-)

This month was full of joy and sadness.

She's gotten really good at eating! I pureed some squash and carrots and she just LOVES them! I'd like to think it's because mommy made them with love, but I think she just really loves the flavor. Once I realized that she was a bit "stopped up" (if you know what I'm talking about), we tried to feed her prunes to get things flowing again... Well, she did NOT like prunes! So instead we tried pears. She loves pears and the fiber in them is enough to keep her "regular," which is good for mommy because having to give her a suppository was NOT a fun event... I won't go into detail, but let's just says it was MESSY!  Back to the food. So far she's had: rice cereal, squash, carrots, prunes, pears, peas, bananas, and sweet potatoes (I don't think I've missed any...) and so far she only hates prunes and is a little iffy about peas. But she'll eat peas if I mix it with something else, like carrots or sweet potatoes. 

We don't like prunes!

Not a big fan of peas, but she's a trooper and ate them for mommy!

Oh yeah. We like carrots!

She also celebrated her first Valentine's Day! We spent the evening at home, relaxing!

Neal and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on February 28th, the same day we lost our dog, Ike. Ike was such a wonderful dog! Since Avery's birth, he was a bit jealous of her, and he didn't really want anything to do with her! But the last few weeks of his life, he started getting interested in her, and Avery was starting to get interested in him, as well. She liked watching him and feeling his fur. I'm so sad that she will not remember him, only what we show her in pictures and stories we tell about him. We miss Ike so much!

 

 

Ike and Avery

One of our last family walks with Ike.

One month to six month comparison

Avery's 6 month photos: