6 Months

I am a little late with this post, but Ava is now 6 months old. I can't believe she is 6 months already. She is definitely growing up too fast. She is getting so big! At her check-up, she was 14 lbs. and 26 in. long.

Ava is developing such a little personality, and she is definitely a Daddy's girl already. Her little laugh is so adorable. She is learning new sounds each day and talks non-stop! One big accomplishment is that she learned to sit up this week. We are a little late on that one, but she was very proud of herself. She is getting better and better at it each day.

We had her 6 month pictures taken today. They took so many cute ones that we had a hard time choosing. I wish we could have ordered them all, but we are running out of room! Before we know it, we'll be taking her in for her 9 month pictures.

Anyway, here are a few of the new pictures. Yes, I know her bow is really big, but we thought it was cute! :)

We're Moving!

It's official. We're moving. It has all happened so fast that I still can't believe it. In five days we sold our house and put a contract on a new one! If everything works out the way it should, we will be moving over Labor Day weekend.

The new house is great. It is everything I wish I had in this house. I really think you need to live in one house before you REALLY know what you want. It is a new house that will be completed at the end of August. They had already started the house, but it was like they were building it just for me all along. I can't wait to move in. I think Ava really likes it too. :)

The best part is that we will be closer to family. My sister will only be 20 minutes away. It will be nice for our children to grow up together. Kurt has lots of family in the area too, and his parents will be about 45 minutes away. Or I think they will be 45 minutes away. I really have no idea, and I am completely guessing about that. If you can't tell, I am going to be very lost in our new city. I told Kurt that I am going to have to program our home address into the GPS just so i can get home. I have NO sense of direction!!!

I never say where we live on here, so I am not going to say where we are moving. If you would like to know where we are moving, feel free to email me.

I have SOOO much to do in the next month. Labor Day seems so far away, but I know it will fly by. I can't believe I have to pack this entire house! I don't even want to think about it....

Mommy Brain

I started going crazy and losing my memory during pregnancy. I thought it would end there. Unfortunately, Ava is almost 6 months old and it is only getting worse.

Kurt had a softball game tonight, so by the time we got home at 9:15pm, we had to feed Ava her cereal and vegetables, hang up the laundry, and nurse Ava to sleep. The load of laundry that was in the washer was a load we do not dry. I do put it in the dryer on low heat for a few minutes to get rid of the wrinkles before I hang it up.

Well, I put the clothes in the dryer before I went upstairs to nurse Ava. After Ava was tucked away in bed I realized the clothes were still in the dryer (a good 30 minutes later) and I ran downstairs. I found Kurt hanging up the nearly dry clothes, so I just turned around and walked back upstairs. The next time I came down Kurt informed me that he had found a bottle of Dreft stain remover in the dryer. He said it was making so much noise that he thought our dryer was going out.

Yes, somehow I managed to put the whole spray bottle in the dryer with the rest of our clothes. I have no idea why I would have done this. I wasn't washing Ava's clothes. I hadn't even used the stain remover today. It wasn't in the washer with the other clothes. Apparently, I just decided to add it to the load of clothes before I started the dryer.

I had gotten used to doing things like putting the milk in the pantry and the cereal in the refrigerator, but this is an all time low. Does it ever get any better???

4th of July

Wow...I feel like it has been a really long time since I have written on here. I really think I need a second blog. There are a lot of things I would like to post about, but this is really Ava's blog.

Anyway, Ava has been up to a lot since I posted last. She is rolling over now. I have it on video, so I'll try to post it soon. She doesn't like to perform, so I am not sure people really believe us that she is rolling over. She is also trying very hard to sit up. She just doesn't have the balance yet. She would be completely happy if she could have me hold her in the sitting position all day. She is getting very tired of her bouncy seat or anything else that reclines. She wants to sit straight up like a big girl.

Oh...you are not going to believe this!!! Ava is sleeping in her own room now! It only took 5 1/2 months, but she has been in there for a week now. Daddy did bring her back into our room one night, but was overly tired and very fussy that day. I have to admit that it was much easier to let her sleep in our room that night.

I didn't post for a while, but Ava was sick for two weeks after we got back from our cruise. She had bronchitits and then strep throat. She is finally feeling better after a round of antibiotics. She was very needy for those two weeks and really didn't even want me to put her down. She is finally playing again, sleeping 11-12 hours a night again, and acting like her old self.

Also, Ava has started eating solids. It is so cute! She loves her rice cereal and attacks the spoon. Of course, she gets it all over her face. She has also tried peas and squash. We just started squash last night, but she really seems to prefer the peas. Maybe she just needs more time.

I can't believe our little girl is getting so big! She will be six months next week. That doesn't seem possible! I just want her to stay little forever.

Here are some new pictures!

Ava with Aunt Jennifer and Caleb

It was impossible to get both Ava and Caleb to look at the camera at the same time.

Ava with Gigi and Pops (Kurt's parents)

Ava with Gigi and Boompa (Kurt's grandpa)

I just thought this was a sweet picture.

Ava in her 4th of July outfit

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of our cruise. I have more to write and a video to post, but Ava is ready to go play. I'll try to post more later today.