7 Months Old

I know I say this all the time, but how did this happen?? Time is seriously flying by. She's getting so big SO fast. She has started eating the stage 3 food because she started chewing.  Stage 3 food has so much more fun options to eat. For lunch today she had Pasta Primavera. It actually has pieces of macaroni in it. She also drinks water along with dinner every night. For snacks I'll give her Gerber Puffs or blueberries cut in half. She is so good at picking up food and putting it in her mouth. She has had chunks of avocado and carrots to practice eating. She's doing great!! Oh and as of 4 days ago, a tooth has popped through! Its her bottom right tooth. When she smiles super big you can even sometimes see it. That tooth didn't just come through with no problems. Because of this new tooth, Ava has stopped sleeping...It's like clockwork. We put her in bed by 8, and at 11:02pm she wakes up. We put her back to sleep and she continues to wake up every hour after that. It sucks. What happened to my GREAT sleeper?? How do I get her back?? Last night we went to the store to buy her some teething tablets. Tonight we will see if they work. Don't worry they are safe, Pete ate some and he's fine LOL. Now Ava is in size 4 diapers. She's getting so big! I felt like the size 3 diapers were cutting off the circulation of her chunky thighs. Baby girl is still crawling everywhere!! She literally is all over the place, she can't sit still. She gets that from her father. She pulls up on everything too. Now she even takes little steps here and there to move around after she pulled up. Because she's starting to take steps, we will need to go get her some walking shoes!! I couldn't be prouder. I'm not sure if it's because of the teeth, but she has been super clingy with me and Pete. When one of us walks out of the room, she's either crawling right behind us or crying for us to come back. It's cute! We will all be heading home on Wednesday and I couldn't be more excited. I can't wait for Ava to visit with her family! Oh and we will finally be bringing Benji back down here with us!! I missed him so much! Now for some pictures of my little love...

Big girl

I wanted a picture with Dolly next to her

But Ava wanted to hold her

Using the #7 was Pete's idea. It turned out cute

My favorite one

So looking at these pictures you would really thing that she sat still for me. In reality she was all over the place. Let's take a look at how most of the pictures came out..

About to crawl for the outlets

I'm guessing she was trying to get out the door here lol

Trying to throw herself off the couch

Looking at Daddy's drink

Going for the remote

I'm pretty sure she wanted Pete to rescue her at this point.

Oh Ava you keep us so busy, but I wouldn't change a thing about you. 

Happy Birthday Marine!!

Today is the Marine Corps 237th Birthday!!! To mark this big day I'm going to put up pictures of my favorite Marine!! Introducing CPL CIPOT lol.

This is the man you want to protect you when zombies start to roam the earth! 

Now for some less scary pictures of Peter...

See this is Pete being a great daddy

Ava climbing up on her daddy

Ava trying to get his candy

Now we wouldn't be us if nothing weird happen. Something is always going on in this house.  Pete got bit by this mysterious bug and well it really messed him up. He was complaining about how it hurt super bad and when I looked at it, it looked horrible. Of course I freaked out so he went to the Navel hospital. They said it wasn't infected (which is great) and they gave him some meds and sent him home. In the picture you can see where he got bit (the neck) and you can see the swelling around his upper back. He's been super drowsy but it looks much better!!! Happy Birthday Marine lol.

Updates from her 6 month appointment

Ava is such a ham. She loves all attention being on her. While we were in the waiting room all these kids wanted to play with her and talk to her. I didn't have a problem with this because we weren't in the sick clinic. However I didn't let her get on the ground and crawl around with them lol. She was super upset about that. Of course this is the slowest office ever so we waited for about 45 mins in the waiting room. Then we got moved to the actual examination room. I got her undressed and then had to move her to another room. This is where we got her weight. She is 20lbs!! I could've sworn she was heavier because after carrying her around all day, my back hurts so bad. Then they told me to go back to the examination room where we waited for another 45 mins. It is so trying to entertain a baby for that long. She was getting restless. When the doctor finally came in, Ava was so happy.... Until the Dr tried to get her height. She does not like being held down. I felt horrible. She is now 29in. Apparently Ava is evening out so she probably wont have any more growth spurts for awhile. That sounds great to me!! Maybe her clothes will fit her a little longer now! The Dr was so impressed with how Ava was acting. She kept comparing her to a 9 month old and she confirmed that her tooth is close to cutting through. 

But she told us because Ava has been growing properly we should start her on gerber's stage 3 food, which has chunks in it, and start her on table food. I was way too excited about this. Just in time for Thanksgiving, lucky girl. Her favorite thing to eat right now are the Gerber Puffs. She LOVES them. She makes the cutest faces while chewing!! Oh and this little girl is on the move at all times. Her new favorite spot to hang out is under the dining room table. She is starting to crawl so fast too. It's getting hard to catch her. Here are some new pictures of our little girl..

 

At the Dr's on top of her blanket because she destroyed the plastic that covers the table

Eating her Puffs and Yogurt melts

Her in her buzz lightyear pajamas that Pete picked out

Drinking water in her sippy cup watching football!

Where did my baby go??

Ava is getting so big so fast. She crawls all around the house, and pulls up on everything. It almost makes me sad. She's still my baby, but it's like she is trying to be independent already. She doesn't want to be held back, she wants to keep moving around and doing things her way. If I try to help her pull up on the couch, she throws a fit. She has such a little attitude. I used to go to the mall and see a kid get upset that they didn't get something and fall out. Straight up fall on the floor and kick and scream. Yea..that kid is Ava. This only started happening after I felt the first tooth through her gums so hopefully it's just related to teething. If not...I hope she knows this is a habit that mommy is going to break. Oh and if you take anything away from her, she screams so loud. Not like a cry, but she sounds like she's being murdered. She also screams like that if me or Pete walk away from her. The girl loves attention. She's my little diva.. Don't worry though, when she's not running the house she is the sweetest baby ever. She's either smiling or crawling on you to give you hugs. The girl loves to cuddle!! Here is a look back at my baby...

I wish that leopard bow still fit

Her first time wearing a hair clip

She was about 3 days here

My little sweetie

Ava's First Halloween!!!

I used to LOVE Halloween. One of my favorite holidays. My favorite part was the costumes. I was never really a big candy fan. Now with a baby it's so much more fun. I had the best time dressing her up! In the morning when we woke up, me and her cuddled on the couch and watched a bunch of Halloween themed movies. Im sure she really didn't get it, but she enjoyed getting to watch so many movies. Until she decided she wanted to keep crawling under the tv. When the trick or treaters came she was there to greet them all. Some people even stopped by wearing scary masks, and she didn't scream. It was a great day. I'm sure next year will be even better when we will be the ones going from house to house. Oh and we ran out of candy in 15 minutes....I've never seen so many kids in one place at the same time. Funny thing is, Pete actually thought there would be extra candy to bring to work the next day..HA!

Me failing to get her to smile

Trying to jump off the couch, no big deal.

I did get this pose..model in the making

But for the model contract she can't make this face LOL

Now for her Halloween costume..a PURRRR-FECT little kitty!!!!

I love the paws

Her eyes are still blue!!

On the prowl

A bonus picture from this morning. It's cold down here!!