Saturday, March 29, 2008

Avas FIRST Birthday Party!!

Well, I will have to add another blog to this because I am tired. I just wanted to try and remember and capture as much of this night as I COULD! It was a crazy crazy event with many kids running around. Mainly cousins and a few friends like Liam, Luke, Max and new friend Alice!

Ava was so busy that she did not eat too much. She had some ham, pigs-n-blanket, mashed potatoes and some mac-n-cheese. And I mean had as maybe a few bites. Today we also started cutting her formula with half whole milk. I know her real first birthday isn't until Tuesday, but why not start now. REAL milk is GOOD with cake.

There were helium balloons and normal balloons. There were wagons and cars. Ava is going to have clothing for everyday of the summer and read herself silly. Ok we all know Ill be reading silly, but Ava will be listening silly!

It was a great time (i think) and it was so nice to share the day with family and friends! Ava is a lucky lucky girl to have such great ones!

Ava is sitting in a new rocker that was taken out of her great grandmothers attic. It was given to her grandmother my her grandmother! SO does that make it her great great grandmother? She loved it. Crawled right up into it and started rocking. We are waiting for some more pictures from family to post a link too.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Easter Morning


A few videos to capture Ava and her easter basket on easter morning. The afternoon was spent with family. Partaking in easter egg hunts with her cousins and playing with all of the new toys! not to mention Trott, her favorite dog! hes good about taking the ear pulling and rolling around on. It was all so exciting she snoozed the whole way home.

The speaker button

This video is sort of old, but worthy of posting. When Ava discovered the speaker button on the phone, she was almost out of control excited. She over it now, the excitable part. Now she just turn it on and puts it down somewhere else ringing and calling the operator.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Bottle Feeding Solo


The other day i took the bottle out f the fridge and handed it to Ava, just so she could carry it. I must have taken the top off because to my surprise there she was walking across the room taking large gulps and swigs from it. With a satisfying 'ahhhhh!!' after each sip. I tried it that night before bed, same thing.....the next morning, same thing! WOW! When i wen to pick her up a few days later I told the girls at daycare that she was holding her own bottle, isn't that GREAT! There seemed to be a pause and then a follow up with, we know. She does that here all the time. We set her up on the boppy and hand her her bottle. Wow. Ava has been a trickster at home this WHOLE TIME! In any event, its good news. A few more weeks and she will be on to MILK!

Shes also really diggin her sesame street car that dad got her quite some time ago. She tries to rock it....and is now realizing that is not as successful as using her legs to move forwards and backwards. She is ALSO very busy on it...so i cant really get a good picture of her sitting still.

Monday, March 17, 2008

St Pattys Day!!


And I believe the Irish eyes are smiling....I think?

It's been awhile since we last updated the blog, but its been a busy household lately. I've had some variation of the flu combined with strep throat. Ava's got her 4th ear infection and i THINK is getting more teeth...molars maybe? now Rich is sick with what I had!!!

I thought I had a lot to write about on Ava but the only thing that comes to mind is her first REAL word(besides mama and dada). A word that she repeats and says when she sees it. Can you believe its "Dog"! So funny. Shes get VERY excited when she sees one from the car or her stroller and BIG smiles all around.

She also is loving the phone and pressing all the buttons, esp the speaker button. However, she seems to understand the concept of on and off, esp when we ask her to shut it off. In fact I think she knows a lot more than I giver her credit for. I asked her what was outside the other day and she walked all the way across the room and looked out the glass door. She didn't say anything, she just watched the cars go by and kids walk home from school. Around 6.30 when Rich gets home or pulls up in the driveway i say "dada's home!" and she runs over to the door to look for him.

In any event a quick update. Steve got Ava this st patty 'headband' yesterday when he came over for a visit. He ALSO brought her a big shiny blue ball that she ADORES. In any event, thought you all would get a kick out of her st pattys 'headband'.