Milestones:  She is really fast at crawling now and pulling up on everything. She is also babbling all the time and laughs and smiles easier. Two more teeth came in on the bottom.

Sleeping/ Eating: She sleeps pretty well most of the time. She is still teething so there are nights where she wakes up once or twice. She is now eating all the food at her daycare. They feed them such healthy things throughout the day. I read her menu and want to come over for lunch! Avery still loves her bottles though so she is still having 4-5 of those a day.

Clothing: She can still fit some 9 month clothes, but mostly we have moved on to 12 month or 18 month. PJs are the hardest we keep growing out of those.

Avery’s Favorites:  We got her a little table toy to practice standing on. The toy has all these buttons and things to play with and she likes the little plastic rattle phone that came with it the best. I swear she is at the age where she likes random objects better then baby toys.

Things I want to remember: 

She is just so much fun and easy going. We have busy lives and she is happy most of the time and doesn’t get too thrown off. Her little personality is starting to show through and we think she is going to be a determined, strong willed girl. Once she has her mind set on something she just goes for it and doesn’t care what obstacle she has to go through to reach what she wants. There were some firsts this month: going in the pool, swings at the park, and a wedding. Experiencing new things through your child’s eyes brings back the excitement and wonder in life.

What we have been up to: 

Avery took her second flight down to CA for our cousin Lillian and Will’s wedding. I wasn’t as nervous this time for our first flight, but thought she might get annoyed when she couldn’t move around. She did really well and we had nothing to worry about.  In California we spent time with family and her cousin Cora who is only 6 weeks younger. Their age gap keeps getting less and less whenever we see them. I also spent a day with my wonderful friends of over 10 years and met Andrea’s new baby girl Zoey.  Tyler had his first Father’s day with Avery and we celebrated with his family.

Milestones:  She is doing a scoot crawl and really proud of herself. She does these crazy planks and holds herself up working on her core. She is also a pretty stable sitter now.

Sleeping/ Eating: Sleep is still on and off with teething. She also wakes up and starts to practice her crawling. She is trying a ton of new foods at home and at daycare. Avery loves food, she enjoys trying to get it in her mouth and is happily occupied by some Cheerios.

Clothing: All 9 month clothes and growing out of pants quickly.

Avery’s Favorites:  She loves Cheerios and Mum Mums.

Things I want to remember: 

This month was a relief after a very hard month. Last month she was sick a lot and really wanted to crawl and couldn’t. This led to one cranky sad baby. I felt so bad for her when she kept getting sick. Once she started to be able to move around it was like she was a new girl.

What we have been up to: 

Molly and cousin Karis came for a visit, we love getting the girls together even though they don’t have much interest yet. They did hold hands and that was really cute. We got to see her cousin Silas who is crawling and pulling up a lot more than Avery and she was watching him intently trying to figure out what he was doing. I had my first Mother’s Day and Avery was such a doll that day, just smiled and was so sweet. I will always be thankful that I am Avery’s mom.  It is the hardest thing I have ever done and by far the most rewarding. Obviously she is my first and I have nothing to compare to, but I think she is such an easy going sweet girl.

Milestones:  Weight 17 pounds 6.8 ounces 78%, Height 27.75 inches 98% , Head 46 cm 99%. She really wants to crawl and is really frustrated that she can’t.

Sleeping/ Eating: Sleep is pretty bad she is consistently waking up at 3 or 4 am due to teething and wanting to crawl. She has baby food and pouches now.

Clothing: She can still fit in some 6 month, but in some 9 month too.

Avery’s Favorites:  She loved looking at the mirror at her 6  month appointment. She was so happy there and had no idea that she was going to get shots. She also likes her play mat area where she tries to scoot around.

Things I want to remember: 

She is growing and changing so much. You always want them to reach the next milestone, but then you miss them as a cuddly baby.

What we have been up to: 

My mom came for a few days to help with Avery. Tyler was traveling for work and I had a crazy work week. It ended up working out really nice timing so there wasn’t a huge gap for her seeing Avery. She still had a few colds here and there and we had to go home from daycare. I feel so bad for her and just wished she would stop getting sick. She loved Easter and had so much fun dressing up and getting attention from everyone. We are still able to go out to dinner with her since she doesn’t mind sleeping in her carseat. We know this is almost the end of this phase!

Milestones:  She got her second bottom tooth and was trying to sit up towards the end of the month.

Sleeping/ Eating: She was sick off and on and teething so she would wake up at 4 am and we would bring her into our room.

Clothing: She in 6 month and 6-12 month clothes.

Avery’s Favorites:  We made a new play mat area and she loves spinning around and rolling here and there. She loves her feet this month and I can hear her in the back seat kicking and grabbing them.

Things I want to remember: 

She was sick off and on, but she still stayed so happy.

What we have been up to: 

We went on a walk with Auntie Megan one day after work and she loved being in the stroller. One weekend we went to Nana Sue’s house and spent the night since Tyler was out of town. I loved being able to sleep and being taken care of and Avery loved being with her Nana. She had to go home sick a lot so Tyler and I traded off with our work schedules. She is definitely a daddy’s little girl was excited to be home just with him.