Should I even be allowed to say, "It's hard to believe..." anymore??
Miss Avery is turning into quite the active little girl. One day I said, "Where did this come from? It's like she grew up over night!"
She gets herself on to all four and scoots backwards. She hasn't figured out going forward yet, but she has figured out how to get around! She can go from her stomach to sitting, and from sitting to on her stomach. And lots of rolling. Between all of those movements, she gets from point A to B one way or another! She wants to crawl so desperately bad, but she just isn't quite there yet. Rudy is not going to know what hit him when Avery is more mobile. She is so interested in whatever Rudy is doing and typically wants whatever he has. He is going to have to learn some hard and quick lessons about being nice and sharing pretty soon!
"Oh Rudy, what's that?"
"Sissy See"
And then she gets the stiff arm -- "Sissy See" has turned into "No Sissy" and "Sissy No" pretty quickly
Which really hurts Avery's feelings...
She forgave him later :)
She is working on pulling herself up. She gets her arms and upper body up, but can't seem to get her feet under her just right.
She claps proudly, dances to music, plays peek a boo, and is just so happy.
She wants to be right in the mix of everything going on. She doesn't like to be left alone and often objects whenever Rudy or I leave the room. She has developed quite an attachment to her Mama. She babbles "Mama Mama Mmmama" very often. She doesn't like for me to leave the room she's in and if I am visible, she usually wants me to be the one holding her or feeding her. She plays and interacts well with everyone, but when she needs something, she wants her mom... no doubt. Rudy is hit or miss on handling this. He can be pretty attached to me some days, but he also is obsessed with his dad. But when it is just the 3 of us, some moments are better than others. It varies whether he minds if I tend to Avery or hold Avery instead of him. But he is definitely better than before! Progress!
Avery now has three teeth! The third one popped up out of nowhere sometime a couple weeks ago. We haven't had to give her Tylenol, Orajel, special teething toys.. nothing.. it's so opposite from when Rudy was cutting teeth!
Her bald spot has filled in. But as the back has grown, so has the front... which has led me to adorable pigtails :) If I don't pull it back, she gets frustrated with her hair in her face.
Avery is doing well with baby food. She really isn't a fan of green vegetables still, but I am mixing them in with things she does like and she doesn't seem to mind (or notice?). She is slowing down a bit on her formula intake, but not consistently - meaning she may only finish half a bottle a 9:30 one day, but finish it all the next... and vary throughout the day which ones she finishes and which ones she doesn't and each day is different. She loves her finger foods. Loves. But she makes a me a nervous wreck. She still chokes on things every once in awhile, and a few times it gets pretty scary. I have to hit her back until she throws up whatever gets caught. I'm sure in reality it's 2-3 seconds, but it feels like an eternity as I wait for whatever to come up. Practice makes perfect, but I am praying she gets better with it asap because snacktime can be scary right now. And I'd love to give her bites of what we have, or let her try different textures, etc because she seems so interested... but I just can't yet. Around 10 months, Rudy ditched baby food entirely. I have to keep reminding myself that that was on the early end of "normal" and Avery can eat baby food until 1 or so, so we are just taking it slow on the finger foods for now.
The girl is quiet, which also makes her sneaky! She plays so contently, that its easy to miss her playing with something she shouldn't. Like the night I was making her bed and turned around to see she dumped the water out of the humidifier. Or when she grabs the Desitin while I'm changing Rudy, the remotes when we are playing ball, a dirty pair of shoes when we are making dinner.. We are used to a baby that demands attention 24/7 and is loud unless he's doing something he shouldn't... so Avery throws us off a bit! Lucky for me, Rudy is usually quick to say, "No Sissy!" to alert me :)
As of 8 months, Avery still has her baby blues and according to what "they" say... those blue eyes are here to stay!!
And as of last night, Avery started saying "Dada" and it absolutely melted our hearts. It was so soft and sweet... so different than her babble sounds we have grown used to. John is in trouble. He's never going to be able to tell that sweet girl "no" when she says "Dada" like that!
Rudy likes to watch videos on our phones, and I'll leave you with one of his favorites...
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