Avery: 9 Months Old..

It just doesn't seem possible that we are only 3 months away from Avery's first birthday!  Time is flying by and our little peanut is growing up too quickly!

Avery is still a happy little girl; however the past few weeks have been a little rough on her. We anticipate that she is teething as she isn't her happy self, very drooly, runny nose and pretty fussy and clingly.  We're hoping these teeth pop through soon so we can get our happy girl back.

Avery is pretty ticklish and produces the sweetest giggle when we tickle her tummy, neck or above her knees.  She still flaps her arms when excited and loves to bounce up and down in our arms now.  She gets particularly excited when big sis loves on her.  She often flaps her arms and hits Kens as she is getting hugs.  Kensley is so sweet with her and often just laughs as she is clobbered by Avery.

Avery is definitely starting to develop a more curious and inquisitive look as she checks out new things or tries a new food.  She is going after everything these days.  She is still not crawling yet, but manages to get to unexpected things.  She is scooting backwards, pivoting in circles and rolling everywhere.  She lunges forward from sitting to all fours (crawling position) and can then get back to sitting.  The other morning Jeremy went in to get Avery up and she was sitting up in the corner just smiling like she figured out something pretty neat.  Avery also loves to stand up and can stand hanging onto the ottoman and next to some of her toys.  She loves to pull herself up by holding our hands.

In the past week, Avery has learned to clap.  She seems to know what it means as we'll say "clap your hands" and do it ourselves and she mimics after us.  She has also been saying "da da da da".  I've been working with her on "mama", but no luck yet!

Avery seems to finally be a little more consistent with night time sleep.  She is still waking up in the early morning 4 - 5 a.m.  Jeremy will go in to give her ibuprofen (she's teething) or pat her back to get her back to sleep.  I usually feed her then around 6:30 a.m. when she wakes up for the day.  She is still typically takes two naps a day; however lately she has had a weird short nap in the late afternoon.

Aves is still our little peanut.  She is finishing up the last of her size 2 diapers, then will move into size 3's.  She's still wearing 9 month and 6 - 12 month clothes.  We have her well check appointment on Thursday so we are anxious to see what she weighs.

Avery still loves to eat.  She is loving her baby yogurt and prefers fruits over veggies: bananas, applesauce and pears.  I usually have to mix a fruit with her veggies to get her to eat them.  She loves to feed herself puffs, cheerios and Gerber cheese puffs.  This past week we introduced cheese and so far she seems to like it.

  

Our photo shoot this month was pretty short and definitely the most difficult yet.  Avery was all over the place and I was constantly watching her to make sure she didn't nose dive off the chair.