Saturday, November 20, 2010
10 Seconds of Ava
She's pretty expressive. But she doesn't even come close to her cousin Jaxon. I think he's got everyone beat.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
A Mini-Update
Here's a little bit about Ava. She still does her funny spider monkey scoot-crawl. She can take a few steps on her own, but is in too much of a hurry to really try to figure out walking. If she holds onto one or both of my hands/fingers, she runs. She has no patience to learn the balance to walk on her own, so she speed crawls, or holds on to me (often just 1 hand) and runs. Even with my help she sometimes gets wobbly because she's in such a hurry.
She also loves to talk. She sometimes babbles for what seem like hours. Not a lot of real words mixed in there, but a few. She is in a book phase again. She looooves books. And stairs. Up and down, up and down.
She has a persistent yeast infection in her diaper region that we can't seem to permanently eradicate. The Dr. said that if it came back again soon after the last round of treatment, to bring her back and they would have to try a stronger oral medication that "has some side effects". You can imagine how I feel about that, but alas, I will have to take her in again tomorrow for the stronger medication.
She generally sleeps about 11 hours at night, and when she wakes Ryan gives her a bottle and she will sleep another hour or so. If we are attentive parents and stay on schedule, she will take a 1-2 hour nap in the morning and another one in the afternoon. If she misses her morning nap, she does NOT take a longer afternoon nap. In fact, it may be shorter.
She has become quite social and loves people. Learning to wave "hi" and "bye" seems to have really opened her up that way. I'm sure being in nursery for 2 months helped some too.
She also loves to talk. She sometimes babbles for what seem like hours. Not a lot of real words mixed in there, but a few. She is in a book phase again. She looooves books. And stairs. Up and down, up and down.
She has a persistent yeast infection in her diaper region that we can't seem to permanently eradicate. The Dr. said that if it came back again soon after the last round of treatment, to bring her back and they would have to try a stronger oral medication that "has some side effects". You can imagine how I feel about that, but alas, I will have to take her in again tomorrow for the stronger medication.
She generally sleeps about 11 hours at night, and when she wakes Ryan gives her a bottle and she will sleep another hour or so. If we are attentive parents and stay on schedule, she will take a 1-2 hour nap in the morning and another one in the afternoon. If she misses her morning nap, she does NOT take a longer afternoon nap. In fact, it may be shorter.
She has become quite social and loves people. Learning to wave "hi" and "bye" seems to have really opened her up that way. I'm sure being in nursery for 2 months helped some too.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Baby Girl Loves Straws and Cars
Ava love love loves drinking from straws. And she loves water. 
She also loves her singing red car, lent to us by a cousin. Hours of entertainment. Here she is pushing the radio button.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunglasses on a Baby
Seems like everyone always has to have a picture of their baby wearing oversized sunglasses. Yes, it's redundant, but somehow when it's your own baby it's just cute all over again. So here is my token photo of baby in sunglasses. 
Friday, October 15, 2010
Prudent Advice
I'm loving this sweet advice from mother to daughter, found on Babble. Head on over to check out the whole list. These are a few of my favorites.
2
Root for other people.
We all tend to envy other people's successes. It's not intentional; somewhere in our DNA it seems to be programmed that for every success for someone else, there is one less success for us. For every book published, there is one less book we will publish; for every baby had, there is one less baby for us to have. Of course, that is illogical. Fight off those thoughts; there is an unlimited amount of potential for everyone in this universe. Championing others is kind, and even more, it's a display of optimism that will seep into you and color your view of this life.
5
Live alone for a period of time.
I love living with you and your father; I also cherish the years I spent living alone. You shouldn't go from being someone's daughter to someone's wife to someone's mother without first being someone yourself. Living alone will allow you to discover who you are when no one is watching, what you need to get through a day, and ultimately that you are a capable, independent woman.
8
Be where you are.
Try not to think about where you need to go next or wherever you just came from. This is more difficult than it sounds, but work at it. It’s important for your head to be present in the place where your body is.
9
Unless you're playing a game, there’s no point in keeping score.
Running a tally of who gets what in life will only frustrate you and annoy everyone else. It serves no purpose; the way life’s benefits and hindrances are doled out will never make any sense.
13
Create a sense of family wherever you are.
Find people to love and love them unconditionally.
16
Everyone is a hypocrite.
Hypocrisy is not the blanket failure it’s made out to be; we all act in ways that conflict with the image we want to reflect or the values we want to embody. Try not to pigeonhole people with expectations; be forgiving of this inconsistency, both in yourself and in others.
23
The measure of your goodness is not the amount of love you receive.
It is the quality of the love you give to others. It takes a long time to learn this lesson, maybe more time than most of us have.
Excerpted from Prudent Advice, Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)
2
Root for other people.
We all tend to envy other people's successes. It's not intentional; somewhere in our DNA it seems to be programmed that for every success for someone else, there is one less success for us. For every book published, there is one less book we will publish; for every baby had, there is one less baby for us to have. Of course, that is illogical. Fight off those thoughts; there is an unlimited amount of potential for everyone in this universe. Championing others is kind, and even more, it's a display of optimism that will seep into you and color your view of this life.
5
Live alone for a period of time.
I love living with you and your father; I also cherish the years I spent living alone. You shouldn't go from being someone's daughter to someone's wife to someone's mother without first being someone yourself. Living alone will allow you to discover who you are when no one is watching, what you need to get through a day, and ultimately that you are a capable, independent woman.
8
Be where you are.
Try not to think about where you need to go next or wherever you just came from. This is more difficult than it sounds, but work at it. It’s important for your head to be present in the place where your body is.
9
Unless you're playing a game, there’s no point in keeping score.
Running a tally of who gets what in life will only frustrate you and annoy everyone else. It serves no purpose; the way life’s benefits and hindrances are doled out will never make any sense.
13
Create a sense of family wherever you are.
Find people to love and love them unconditionally.
16
Everyone is a hypocrite.
Hypocrisy is not the blanket failure it’s made out to be; we all act in ways that conflict with the image we want to reflect or the values we want to embody. Try not to pigeonhole people with expectations; be forgiving of this inconsistency, both in yourself and in others.
23
The measure of your goodness is not the amount of love you receive.
It is the quality of the love you give to others. It takes a long time to learn this lesson, maybe more time than most of us have.
Excerpted from Prudent Advice, Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)
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