- She has changed SO much, its hard for me to remember her as a tiny newborn.
- Her "mommy anxiety" increased exponentially at the beginning of the month. the moment I would start to walk away, or even turn away she would melt down!!
- she thinks she in invincible, when she pulls up she lets go thinking she can stand on her own, but she's not quite there yet!
- We celebrated her first 4th of July! she didn't make it to the fireworks though, maybe next year
- At her 9 month doctor appt (July 28th) she weighed 20.6lbs (80th percentile) and was 28.3 inches tall (76th percentile)!!!! Her doctor said she was looking great and right on track! I asked about her crawling, since she is still crawling with her belly on the floor, she said as long as she was mobile she was great!
- New foods this month were; raspberries, peaches, bread, pumpkin, puffs, strawberries, cinnamon, brown rice, turkey, tomato, chicken and teething biscuits. So far she doesn't seem to dislike anything, she eats it ALL!
- Avery is getting her first 2 teeth! I first felt one on July 4th (about a week later I saw there were 2)! This has made her a little cranky, I think she was in pain just before they pushed through the gums. I also think this is why she had mommy anxiety!
- She LOVES to wave at everything, people, pictures, target, even the TV. At the beginning of the month she started doing the "miss america" wave, now she does the open-close hand wave!
- She loves to look at all of the pictures on the wall, she gets very excited and always waves.
- I thought Ave might skip crawling but she proved me wrong, just after the 4th of July she started army crawling on her belly!!!
- Avery has been doing great sleeping through the night, she's been "sleeping in" till 8:30am some mornings! her bedtime is 8pm! (fortunately, her teething hasn't affected her nighttime sleep!)
- At the beginning of this month we dropped Avery's evening catnap. for the most part she is up from 4pm until bedtime, unless she's had a busy day or a short afternoon nap.
- We celebrated Daddy's new job at DELTA Air Lines! he will most likely start class on September 20... Avery and I may even go visit for a few days. We are so proud of him!
- Avery is ticklish on the bottoms of her feet! she loves when I tickle them in the bathtub!
- Avery finally said MAMA! she was 8.5 months old!
- She has started playing with her ears, i think its because she has been teething. Although I think she scratches them in her sleep because I have found little scabs in her ears ;(
- she's wearing mostly 12 month clothes, especially shorts! her chubby little legs won't fit into anything smaller! she's still in size 3 diapers!
- on July 24, Avery decided she was ready to drink from a sippy cup. She acted like she'd been doing it all along! She used to just chew on it and not actually drink! She's a turkey!
- she would rather walk around holding someone hands than do anything else!!! she gets mad sometimes when you try to sit her down...
- If she isn't too distracted Avery will lean in and give me a kiss when I ask her for one. She just started doing this about a week and a half ago and its the cutest thing ever! :D
Click HERE for our favorite pics of Avery from this last month!
(yes, there are 144 pics, but that is trimmed from over 500 that I took in July!) I have a hard time cutting them down!
finally someone who takes more pics than me! haha!
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