Oh, forgot to mention....

Ava has TWO teeth! How I forgot to update this on our blog is beyond me.

It {the teething process} has been ongoing for about 3 weeks now. The sympoms included very choppy sleep, especially naps. Some days she would even skip naps and her night wakings were every 2-3 hours there for a good week or so. She was not majorly drooling or anything, but everything was going into her mouth, which is normal--teething or not.

In retrospect, I now know why she was up so much and wish I would have known those little bottom teeth were about to come through. I posted about her possibly teething, what? like 2 months ago. So it just seemed that everyday they could or could not be coming. Poor little girl, had I only known. Oh, well. Hindsight is 20/20, I guess.

Anyway, the first tooth broke through on Wednesday Sept. 19th and the second was on Friday Sept. 21st (both happen to be birthdays of her grandparents: Gigi and Poppy). By today, they both have completely come through the gum. She has been such a trooper. She was a tiny bit extra cranky on Saturday, but has really been acting normal. She might have her daddy's tolerance for pain.

I can't believe my little baby has TEETH!! What a big girl! Here is the best picture I could get. Look very closely and it is the two bottom teeth you can see.

After uploading this, there is no way for you to see them. After I crop this pic, or get a better one, whichever comes first, I will post about it. Sorry!

The Baby Food Diaries

Dear Diary,

My mom has been working so hard in the kitchen making delicious, wholesome, and nutritious fruits and vegetables for me as an introduction to food, only modified, due to its pureed form. I have been so appreciative of her dedication that I am quick to gobble up everything she has made so far: sweet potatoes, yellow squash, butternut squash, acorn squash, and zucchini.

Mommy thought she would do me a favor this morning and give me a fruit to try. Why she decided to mess with my fondness of vegetables is beyond me, but needless to say, she did. So, as always I was geared up to eat (did I mention that I'm always so quick to gobble up the food?) and try this new fruit called pears. Only this time when the food went into my mouth, I was a bit shocked. This did not taste like those other goodies, rather is was a bit harsh w/ a subtle tartness.

I contemplated if this was something I would like:

Then, the after-taste hit me:

YUCK! NO MORE, MOMMY!

As you can see, the whole pear experience was really quite torturous. I can only hope that tomorrow's meal will be back to normal. I will keep you posted.

Oh, and mom? Try not to do me any more favors!!

She's Crawling!!

What? Yep, that's right....our baby girl is officially a crawler!! We were playing with her on the floor on Saturday morning and something peaked her interest and she decided to go get it, right in front of our eyes. The coolest thing about these major milestones (i.e. rolling over, crawling) is that both Ryan and I have got to see her do them for the first time. So exciting! Here is the link.....

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i146/mnallen79/?action=view&current=Shescrawlingvideo.flv

Ava's Way of Saying I Love You....

This was cracking me up (and her too!)

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i146/mnallen79/?action=view&current=iloveyouvideo.flv

Get me outta this crib!

Ava decided that an afternoon nap was not going to cut it! I only went in there to check on her and found her standing there talking to herself. I love the part in this video where she gets real still because she hears the song that we rock to before she goes to sleep. I just keep it on repeat during her naps and it was still on and she totally knew it.

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i146/mnallen79/?action=view&current=getmeouttaherevideo.flv

No one is gonna keep HER down!

Ava has decided to start pulling up on everything!! When I go into her room to pick her up from a nap or for the day, she is just standing there waiting for me. If you click on the picture, there is a video of her standing in her tent, with a little whoop-si-daisy!!

She hasn't got crawling down yet, but she sure does love to stand! Does that mean she is going to be a walker first? Who knows??

My Lil Sweet Potato!

What do you think? Did she like her first solids experience? Well, the proof is in the puddin'......errr, sweet potatoes, that is. Ava loved eating sweet potatoes. We will continue these for 3-5 days to make sure there are no allergies and then move on to squash. It is so fun to experience this with her. So far, we don't have a picky eater. No surprises there.

Boomer Sooner!

We are ready for football season! Here's to hoping the Sooners are ready to show us what they've got!