Boston

Avery took her third flight last month out to Boston to see her godmother Laura. She did an amazing on the flight and just had a little trouble with the descent and some ear pain. In Boston we played with Emmitt, went shopping on Newbury street and played with second cousin Rachal. It was so good to see Auntie Lou and spend some time in Boston since her and Jon are moving to Jersey soon!

Halloween 2012

This year Isla was a princess (after weeks of wanting to be a llama!!) and Avery was of course a lobster! I promise that I will not make her wear a hand me down costume every year! Actually it is a good thing I didn't buy her a brand new costume this year because she went to bed at 4:30 on Halloween!! She was so tired and I just couldn't bear to keep her up for something she wouldn't even remember. So we put her to bed and took Isla out for a little trick or treating. It all went well until we went up to a house that had some monsters jumping out from behind tombstones! I think we made it to 7 houses total. Plenty enough for me! She also had fun handing out candy to people and set up post in the hallway with the front door open.

Crawling

At 7 months and 3 weeks Avery Ruth started crawling. It began with her arms moving forward and her butt hopping along but now she is full steam ahead. The temporary gates are up but the permanent ones need to be ordered! She is also doing some sort of move that looks like downward dog (yoga pose) where she puts her butt up in the air! So cute! She pulls up onto the couch or a stair onto her haunches but not all the way up to her feet yet. She is now mobile!!

7 months

Time continues to fly and Avery is 7 months old now! The biggest change is that she is moving around now and is able to roll/wiggle her way across the room. She will also get up on her hands and knees and do a little wiggling dance....just a week or two away from crawling I'm sure. I think she'll probably be quicker to move than Isla since she has to keep up with her big sister. Isla loves to take Avery's hands and dance with her (or drag her across the room.) Isla is Avery's favorite person to watch. Her face lights up when Isla walks in the room. Constant entertainment with her singing and dancing.
Avery is eating more too! Three meals a day of baby food and rice cereal. She is also able to grab food off of her high chair tray and put it in her mouth. She loves rice cakes and baby puffs. She still loves bananas too. She was spitting food at us for awhile which was quite entertaining but she is doing that less now.
Avery goes to sleep between 5-6pm! She was only getting up once a night but she has been sick this week with a cold and so is up every 3-4 hours. I did lower her crib yesterday because she was getting on her hands and knees in the crib and will probably pull up on the side very soon!

Time flies!

My BIG, growing girls!!!

6 months

First of all...Isla has another imaginary friend. This one is Ricey....another interesting name. Ricey is a girl and is not around as much as Lettler. She also used the word "otherwise" today. I think she is a very smart girl. She started "pre-school" this week. It's still the Montessori school we were at before I think they just raise the bar a bit. They are working on Phonics. She also has Spanish and exercise class. One day she came home and had yoga class that day. She was doing down dog and all sorts of poses! Seriously...I don't think I had that in pre-school!
Avery is cute as ever. Not a champion sleeper during the day but she is doing a great job at night. Still goes to bed at 6pm and sleeps usually until 3-4 am. Then up again at 6:30. Not too bad. She's loving eating. She eats solids a couple of times a day now. Prunes, pears, sweet potatoes, rice cereal...she likes it all pretty much. She is still squealing when she's excited. Her new thing is grabbing everything in sight. Watch out for necklaces and eyeglasses. My hair is a favorite. Our favorite nickname for her at the moment is Aves.

Eating Toes

If her toes are bare they will be in her mouth! 

5 months

5 month highlights:

- Almost sleeping through the night (asleep at 6pm up at 4am)

- Belly laughs

- Putting toes in mouth

-Rolling both ways

-Watching sister's every move

- Isla's highlight of the month is her new imaginary friend, Lettler. Don't ask. He is usually a little boy, sometimes a baby girl and sometimes takes the shape of Winnie the Pooh. Yesterday after a time out she told me that Lettler was sorry. 

Avery eating!

Avery loves to eat solids! Her first meal was rice cereal mixed with breast milk and bananas! Her eyes got all big as I fed it to her. Yummy! Since then she's had prunes, pears, sweet potatoes and peas. She didn't love the peas but when Allee mixed them with bananas she loved them! Who knew peas and bananas together could be so good! She is still drinking the majority of her calories but we give her one solid food "meal"a day.

4 months!

4 months old and growing every day! Avery pretty much has a routine now. She wakes up around 7am and goes back down for a nap around 9. Then up to eat and play. Lots of laughing and trying to roll. She also loves to grab her feet and put her hands in her mouth! She "talks" to herself and anyone who will listen! Nap again at noon and 3. Then around 5:30-6 I nurse her and put her down to bed. She usually cries on and off for a couple hours but then she'll sleep until 3 or 4 am. Then she eats quick and back to sleep until 7! Then starts all over again. My good baby Avery!