9 Months Old

This past week Ava turned 9 months. She has changed so much this past month and is not my little baby anymore. Ava has started crawling and is now into everything. She started crawling one day and has been on the fast track ever since. She loves to crawl after Luca, his toys, and recently his water bowl. Now that she is mobile we have started playing the "NO" game. I say "no" and Ava thinks its funny to do whatever I'm telling her not to do...it is cute now, but hopefully soon she will understand what "no" means.

This past week Ava has also started pulling herself up on different things around the house. I often find her pulling herself up in her crib after a nap or trying to climb up the sliding glass door. Ava's favorite thing to pull up on are the laundry baskets. She also loves to pull the laundry out and make a mess...I hope this will turn into a love of folding laundry in a couple years.

Ava continues to be a good eater and likes everything we've given her. She eats 3 meals a day and has some snacks inbetween. Ava usually has (homemade) pureed food, but we are started to give her more table food. I think she would rather eat whatever we are eating and stares at us while we eat. When we go out to eat we make sure we bring something for her so she doesn't throw a fit if we can't feed her off of our plates. Last week she ate some tomato soup and fish from Elephant Bar and loved it.

We don't have a weight and height yet but we are going to the doctor next week and will post that info then. According to Wii Fit she weighs 20.5 lbs, so it will probably be a little more by the time we visit the doctor. Ava is now wearing a size 4 diaper which starts at 22lbs. Her clothing size varies. She wears some 9 months stuff, but she does fit into a few 12 months things too. Ava is a big girl with short appendages, long torso, and tiny feet. We are loving her baby chub now because we know with all of her moving around it will slowly start going away...so sad!