Friday, December 12, 2008

All over the place

Avery has turned into such a mobile, curious little girl. She loves exploring every inch of the apartment either by crawling around, or by pulling herself up into a standing position (although she's not as good about sitting back down).

Avery's getting so big, that for the last 2 weeks I have been bathing her in an inflatable tub in the real bathtub, instead of in a bath chair in the kitchen sink. She was skeptical at first, but has really begun enjoying having so much room to splash around.

She's also got two top teeth coming in, making a total of four cute little teeth. For a couple days this week, she had tons of fun sticking her tongue out at us while we did the same back to her. It was fun for us also to see how she is getting better at mimicking our actions.

Here's a pic of the little sweetie getting into some markers.



Usually when she's crawling around, Avery is talking loudly and making all kinds of silly sounds.







Her new habit is to spend a good amount of every meal taking one piece of food at a time and dropping it on the floor. It drives us crazy, but Monty loves it, and has enjoyed a good amount of turkey meatballs, avocado, and baked chicken lately.


AJ has also been using a much more precise grip to turn pages in her books. She loves pulling her books off of the shelves. She is particularly fond of turning & tearing the pages of paperback books.




The other terrific thing this week has been Avery's reaction to the intro to Jack's Big Music Show. She really dances along to it, feet kicking out, arms flapping up and down like a bird. It's so funny. We'll try to get a video up soon.


Finally, a couple great pics of Cheryl & Avery.




1 comment:

Lisa Griebling said...

Avery,

You are such an active little lady! Can't wait to get in on the fun with you next week!!

xo,
Aunt Lisa