Ava Elizabeth 

 5 months

 on May 5, 2013

 

Time flies!  Ava is getting so big.  This has been a month of many new discoveries.  Ava is very alert and giggles a lot!  She is a very happy baby and so laid back.  She will placate herself for an hour and sometimes more on the floor playing with her toys.  She loves her toys and she loves to grab at anything and everything.  Her babydoll, elephant, balls, stacking rings, jingling elephant and butterfly and her linking rings are her favorites right now.  She has several more toys waiting to be introduced to her.  I am sure she will find those to be great fun too!

 

 

Ava is eating rice cereal and prunes, pears, apples and applesauce and squash so far. The girl loves to eat.  We are getting the hang of eating from a spoon now.  She gets excited when I put her in the BUMBO because she instantly thinks its feeding time. She eats her prunes the messiest!

Ava is holding her own bottle now.  At first I was excited because I kind of have my hands back, but then that was soon replaced with some sadness because it also means she is growing up.  It is still cute, though. 

Ava is also rolling from both back to belly and belly to back. 

She will often roll herself around whatever room she is in.  I have quickly come to realize I am not ready for her to be mobile. 

 

We have also discovered our feet.  I have been waiting on her to notice those.  It is so cute to watch her pull and suck on those toesies! They provide instant entertainment for her and us!

 

 

The month of April we were priviledged to be able to go to a memorial service for a dear young man who passed away a year ago from cancer.  If Ava was a boy, we were going to name her after him.  While we were there, we finally met Wendy.  She is a therapy dog that daddy has told us a lot about.  He knows her from working at Levine's Children's Hospital.  Wendy spent a lot of time with Josh while he was sick.  We got to love on her and thank her for being a dog who brings such joy those precious children in the hospital. 

Some of my favorite things about Ava this month are:

~cuddling before naps and bedtime

~smiling when she sees me and getting excited when I am about to pick her up

~her sweet smile at daddy when he gets home from work

~playing with her toesies

~her giggles when her mommy is being silly

~the way she talks herself to sleep

~getting her mind set on grabbing whatever she sees

~watching her bounce in her exersaucer

~when she makes excited noises when I feed her and smacks on her food