Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Trick or Treat!
Averie celebrated her first Halloween today, since she was born just four days after it last year. Of course, she couldn't say trick-or-treat but she did look adorable in her ladybug costume.
Unfortunately, due to her 1-year molars coming in, she wasn't much of a happy ladybug! However, she did enjoy reaching into all the bowls at the Trunk or Treat in our ward and grabbing fistfuls of candy.
In other news -- and because I can't wait until her 1-year post to share the news - we have a walker! Averie has taken up to six steps in a row without falling, although sometimes she still needs a little coaxing to let go of whatever she was hanging onto. I hear that running is in our future :-\. Just kidding. We're very excited to have a toddler!
Exactly one week til her birthday party!
Unfortunately, due to her 1-year molars coming in, she wasn't much of a happy ladybug! However, she did enjoy reaching into all the bowls at the Trunk or Treat in our ward and grabbing fistfuls of candy.
In other news -- and because I can't wait until her 1-year post to share the news - we have a walker! Averie has taken up to six steps in a row without falling, although sometimes she still needs a little coaxing to let go of whatever she was hanging onto. I hear that running is in our future :-\. Just kidding. We're very excited to have a toddler!
Exactly one week til her birthday party!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Words
I've been a slacker and not posting so just for my records, thought I'd update with a bit of Averie news.
After a long hiatus from the time she uttered the first "mama", Averie is now regularly saying "mama" and "dada"! She's also said "hi" a few times. Her newest word is "ni-ni", although sometimes it sounds like "nah-nah." We think she's going for "night-night", which is what we say to her at nap and bedtime, since she usually says it when she is ready to go down. Averie has started hissing at us, too. LOL! She likes to make the "sssssss" sound under her breath and then smile like she's being naughty when we look over at her. Mischievous little thing :P.
Two weeks til her 1-year birthday bash!
And, finally, on an unrelated-to-baby note, Chris found out that he is one of the final two candidates for an awesome beyond all awesome job. We're hoping for good news soon.
After a long hiatus from the time she uttered the first "mama", Averie is now regularly saying "mama" and "dada"! She's also said "hi" a few times. Her newest word is "ni-ni", although sometimes it sounds like "nah-nah." We think she's going for "night-night", which is what we say to her at nap and bedtime, since she usually says it when she is ready to go down. Averie has started hissing at us, too. LOL! She likes to make the "sssssss" sound under her breath and then smile like she's being naughty when we look over at her. Mischievous little thing :P.
Two weeks til her 1-year birthday bash!
And, finally, on an unrelated-to-baby note, Chris found out that he is one of the final two candidates for an awesome beyond all awesome job. We're hoping for good news soon.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
11 Months!
I can't believe how quickly time has passed. Averie is 11 months old today!
Not much has changed on the movement front. Averie is getting SO close to walking. She'll be holding onto the furniture, and reeeeach out like she's going to take a step, but she hasn't yet. She has stood by herself on several occasions for several seconds each time, so we're getting there! Averie is a super fast little crawler though, and loves to be chased.
She did finally start talking. She is saying "mama" regularly and has said "dada" a few times. I don't know if it counts as a word, but if it does, her favorite word is "oh." Eeeeeverything is "oh." It's very cute :).
We are working on transitioning her to more solid table food, but it's slow going. We have started making some of our own "baby food" by coarsely chopping and grinding our own meals in our food processor, because even the jars of stage 3 foods tend to be too runny for her liking.
Averie is still wearing size 3 diapers and we estimate she will be for at least a couple more months (when our size 3 stash runs out; we'll see if we have to buy more or if we can move on to the size 4 stockpile). She is wearing all 12 month clothes because she needs the length. All her 9 month tops were turning into belly shirts, although they fit width-wise. Her weight hasn't caught up with her length so we're constantly hiking up her pants!
Averie's first birthday party is next month! Planning is in full force :).
Not much has changed on the movement front. Averie is getting SO close to walking. She'll be holding onto the furniture, and reeeeach out like she's going to take a step, but she hasn't yet. She has stood by herself on several occasions for several seconds each time, so we're getting there! Averie is a super fast little crawler though, and loves to be chased.
She did finally start talking. She is saying "mama" regularly and has said "dada" a few times. I don't know if it counts as a word, but if it does, her favorite word is "oh." Eeeeeverything is "oh." It's very cute :).
We are working on transitioning her to more solid table food, but it's slow going. We have started making some of our own "baby food" by coarsely chopping and grinding our own meals in our food processor, because even the jars of stage 3 foods tend to be too runny for her liking.
Averie is still wearing size 3 diapers and we estimate she will be for at least a couple more months (when our size 3 stash runs out; we'll see if we have to buy more or if we can move on to the size 4 stockpile). She is wearing all 12 month clothes because she needs the length. All her 9 month tops were turning into belly shirts, although they fit width-wise. Her weight hasn't caught up with her length so we're constantly hiking up her pants!
Averie's first birthday party is next month! Planning is in full force :).
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