7 Months

It is getting increasingly hard to get her to sit still for these pictures. She ended up wrestling with the stuffed animals during this particular photo shoot! Which leads me into what Avery was up to this month. She is not crawling yet, but she is definitely mobile! She does the army crawl and scoots towards things. She is able to turn herself around 360 degrees when she is on her tummy. We have more that once left her somewhere, ran into another room to get something, and come back with her a couple feet away from where we left her, clutching to the legs of a plant stand or wires to our phone chargers! Time to baby proof the house and stop leaving her unattended! FUN!! Imagine when she is actually crawling! In addition to her increased mobility, she continues to enjoy babbling (consonants d, g mostly) and has taken a liking to growling and high pitched sqeeks. She is still working on her bottom teeth, they are giving her much more trouble these days. I am ready for them to break through and maybe give her some relief! Soon, I hope! She is eating oatmeal cereal like a champ and has tried prunes, sweet peas, and yellow squash. She loves the prunes but the peas and squash took a little time. Next veggie is sweet potatoes. I have enjoyed making my own baby food and consider my first attempts a success!

Another big experience we've had this month is Avery attending daycare. She has gone a few days for a few hours and seems to love it. She is happy when I leave her and I even showed up to find her sleeping in her little crib a few times (so sweet). They say she is good and likes to "talk" to the other babies. We are easing her into a full day, she will start that in Aug when I go back to work :(

Avery got to spend some time with my BFF, Amy, and her husband Bayron. They got to practice for their own little bundle they are expecting in Feb. But they really dont need the practice, they are naturals!

Thats about it for now. The months keep flying by....

Highlights

Mobility!!! Army crawling/scooting/rolling

Eating veggies

Teething!!

Visit with Amy and Bayron

Visit with The Steagals

4th of July (Mommy and Daddy got to go out!)

Beach trips (unsuccessful!)

Another ear infection

Happy 4th of July

We cooked out and played with our friends on the 4th. Avery hated the kiddie pool as much as she hated the ocean. She was terrified. Im not sure why she is so afraid, she loves a bath. We hope she overcomes this. I never thought my child would be a scaredy cat!

We celebrated with Erin and her family on Sunday. Avery was quite amused with the watermelon.

Avery preferred to lay out on the towel rather than get in the pool.

Our family photo before Daddy and I went out to celebrate...

We had a great holiday weekend with all our friends. It was great weather and good times.

Happy 4th of July~

Life's a Beach-Part 2

Avery getting her toes in the sand with Erin

Avery is very apprehensive of the water. She gets very nervous and clings to me tightly.

But she sure looks cute in her bathing suit and cover up!

Life's A Beach

We took Avery to the beach for the 2nd time(the 1st time she was too little to know what was going on). She enjoyed the wind blowing in her hair and watching Daddy fish.

I tried to put her feet in the water and she didnt like that much! We will keep trying, though.

I see you....

Its like she knows......

Now, where'd that baby go?

Avery always finds the good spots during Hide and Go Seek

MD appt

Avery's 6 month check up went well. She handles the shots so much better now. I dont even think she gets any kind of mild fever anymore, either. We never check, but she doesnt act like it. I think Mommy takes it worse than Avery!
She weighed in at 16 lb 2 1/2 oz and she was 27 1/2 inches long. She is in 50th % now for weight, 75th for head, and 97th for length! I swore that after this most recent growth spurt she was going to weigh at least 50 lbs, but I guess I was wrong.
We are happy and thankful for our healthy baby girl!