11 Months

Ava is now 11 months old and is definitely not a baby anymore. She is starting to loose her baby chub and is turning into a lean, mean, toddler machine. Ava is still a quick crawler and has two speeds...fast and turbo. She has started to furniture walk a little, but I think she gets around by crawling so well she doesn't see the need to walk. I know when she is ready it won't take long because she is a determined little girl. I have already had dreams about her running around the house within a few minutes of learning to walk.

Ava is doing a good job of weaning herself from formula. We are slowly increasing her solids and she is adjusting by not wanted as much formula. She also tried whole milk this week and took to it fine. Ava really is easy going, so I hope weaning her from the bottle will go just as smooth.

Ava is learning new things all the time. We recently posted about her fishy kisses and she is babbling a lot. She talks to herself all the time and sometimes will even sing along with music. Ava likes to clap and say "yeah". This past week she also started signing milk and will clap or point when she wants more food. It is exciting to see these changes and also a little sad to see my baby girl disappear into a toddler.

Ava is the joy of our lives. We loved her from the moment we saw her and that love grows everyday. She makes us smile, laugh, and we are grateful for the gift of being her parents everyday.

Say bye, bye to cute baby chub. Ava keeps getting longer and leaner.

Ava singing and shaking her snot sucker maracas.
I love all of Ava's cute bedhead! This day she had bug antennas.

Ava loves to play with laundry baskets and laundry...clean, dirty, it doesn't matter.

Did I mention Ava loves to play with laundry??