October Randomness

So as of the last Monday in October, Ava was about three ounces shy of 18 pounds, which puts her in the 75th percentile for weight. A lady at one of the stores we were shopping at said "Girrrl, what you been eatin'?" Ha,ha. "All breastmilk," I replied. She's still not keen on fruits or rice cereal but our pediatrician said that's just fine and informed us that her son who's one month older than Ava was pretty much the same way until one day they just couldn't feed him fast enough. Ava's also 27 inches long now, which puts her in the 90th percentile for height! Wonder who she gets that from??? Because of her size, a lot of folks are surprised when I tell them she's just 6 months old. Well, she's very healthy and sleeping well and we couldn't be more blessed.

Developmentally Ava's been doing lots of exciting activities lately. She's sitting up longer and longer unaided. She rolls over but then gets stuck on her tummy which makes her VERY upset, especially at night when she's trying to go to bed so we have to go in and "save" her a lot right now. I'll be glad when she gets the full roll mastered just for that reason but then we'll be all the closer to crawling?! She can stop on a dime in her Johnny Jump-Up and swing around to see who's talking in one room or watch the cat dart from room to room. It's making her legs so strong! Her fine motor skills with her hands just keep getting better and better and one of her favorite toys lately is her taggie blanket from her Aunt Randi. It was funny I peeked at her in her crib and saw her playing with the tag on her little soft monkey doll's bum rather than the monkey itself and that's when I knew she was ready for her taggie blanket.



Here's Ava's friend Miles who came to visit with his Mom Krystal. Jeremy was rather pleased she doesn't have a big interest in boys yet. Miles is so friendly though and he was excited to meet her while she was more interested in sticking his hand in her mouth and chewing on it with her teeth! That's right- we've got two teeth now!
Just a couple other random pics- the biggest slug you've ever seen as compared to a nickel. All together now- eewww!!! All the rain we've been having must be like gatorade to them because we've seen quite a few of these giganto nasties lately.

And here's Pica scoping out Ava's new Britax carseat. She sat in it for hours when it was first brought in. "Aahh, finally the throne I deserve!" She was a bit disappointed when she found out it wasn't in fact hers.