Baby Scoop: 10 MONTHS!!
(Can you believe it??)
Ava loves to groove to any kind of music playing...her singing books, commercial songs, daddy's guitar, her activity table, mama singing...you get the picture. :)
She's eating solids like crazy and definitely prefers finger foods over the spoon-fed variety. Today she ate half a banana, a package of dried apples, a handful of Cheerios, some of mama's turkey sandwich, some melon, and a half a jar of baby food. She also insisted on drinking out of mama's (glass) cup which had apple-raspberry juice. She wants to be just like us!
Ava is walking on her own, with mama or dada tailing closely behind in case of any hard pending crashes. She also learned how to climb up the stairs. She thinks it is hilarious!
We are working on signing still. So far she signs "all done" and "tree" pretty consistently, and knows what "milk" and "more" means but doesn't really sign them yet. She walks around the house signing milk, which is pretty funny, so she may think milk means "want." Who knows, but it's fun to watch her learn how to communicate. I can just hear the neurons connecting! (sorry...mama-geek coming out!)
Ava goes to playgroups almost every week when we can, and lately we've been attending "Babies and Books" at the library. Ava LOVES children and knows she's in the presence of another child just by hearing their voice. To sum her up, she's definitely busy, and mama's hoping all this chasing her around will help her lose the last few preggo-pounds and tone up a bit! :)
Oh, and check out Ava's 9 month pics taken by our friend and pro Boone Rodriguez, whose photography co., Gabriel|Boone Photography, has our vote for Presidency! They are awesome!
