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I sleep more soundly and peacefully now than I ever have in my life. Maybe my brain understands that a nights sleep now does not guarantee a full 8 hours so it limits the chatter and allows my body to shut down for the night. It's wonderful...and maybe I am still enjoying the comforts of the bed after being so UNCOMFORTABLE while I was pregnant. What ever it is, it's fabulous.

Ava, you "ate" peaches today. Yay! You make your mama so proud. You reach for the spoon to put in your mouth and usually wind up gagging yourself. But you keep right on gumming that baby food. Once you get the hang of this eating thing I will start making our own baby food.

You wake up every morning between 5:30 and 6:00 to let out some serious gas. It's so funny. You don't cry or anything, you just toot. And then you are up for the morning or at least 2 hours. Then it's nap time again.

You LOVE your baths. You get this very serious look on your face when you splash the water and then you smile so big. It is so adorable.

That's all for today. I try to keep track of all your changes and milestones so that when you are older you will be able to look back at all these entries and maybe know yourself a little bit better.

You are so loved Ava. So dearly loved. I can't wait to hear what your laugh sounds like....we all are wondering.

It's Sunday

It's Sunday, February 27th. Tomorrow you will be 5 months old Ava.
Woa.
It's crazy. Crazy. Where does the time go and how can I get it all back? Seriously. I wanna go back to the day we brought you home. When I was tired, scared and in pain but so incredibly happy and proud to have you.
Oh Ava...it's so wonderful to have you in my life.
Let's see, you are a hungry girl. You eat every two hours (give or take a few) and you eat a minimum of 5 ounces.

You still aren't much of a regular napper but you are pretty regular about bedtime.
You are getting pretty animated and are starting to chat more. You still don't make noise when you "laugh". It's really cute.

I try to get most of my things done after you go to sleep at night, with the exception of dishes. It's too loud and I don't want to take the chance of waking you up.
Tonight, however, I watched the Academy Awards. Ann Hathaway and somebody Franco were down right awful. Uugh. She was, well, annoying. There is no other way to put it and he was a snoozer. That was 3 hours of my life that I can't get back. 180 minutes of wasted time. Oh well.

Okay. I'm tired. I'm going to bed. I'll just post some pictures of you to capture what's been going on with you these days.






P.S. I love you

Hi Ava....

Hello sweet baby.

How are you?

Getting bigger, you say? I know. You can wear some 6 month clothes and certainly cannot fit into NB anymore.

What's that...you're hungry? I know that too. Today you ate 6.5 ounces at one feeding. Although, you still don't like the solid food yet. You gag, crinkle your nose and push the food right out. We tried Oatmeal and applesauce yesterday but that didn't seem to tickle your fancy either. We'll keep trying.

OH...sweet pea, I know. I know you love to be outside. It's your most favorite place to be. You could be screaming your head off but the minute I step outside....all is right in the world. You open up those eyes, quite your crying and take in all that nature has to offer. Your Grandpa Bill says your daddy was the same way....Guess you take after him in more ways than one. When ever Grandma babysits she plops you in the stroller and away you to go. YOu love it and it's good exercise for Grandma.

What else is new? Your practicing your rolling over? Oh, I know.....You almost steamrolled right off the bed today. Almost gave your mama a heart attack. You prop your head up when on your belly and you finally realized that your elbows are a big help when on your belly. You want to sit up SOOOO bad. It looks like you are constantly doing crunches. It's totally adorable.

Oh Ava, I love you too. Your daddy loves you too. He loves how your whole face smiles when you look at him. You are such an amazing gift to us. I cherish and treasure EVERY SINGLE second with you.

Zip it Ma....

Sometimes I should just keep my big mouth shut.

Stop jinxing myself. Just when I thought I had it made with Ava and her night time schedule she goes and changes it on me.
Kids.
Now she has started waking up at 10pm again for a late night snack only this time around she is M.A.D. And I mean mad. It is exhau....sting.
I don't get it. I guess I'm not meant to "get it".
It's what everyone says.."just when you think you have it figured out, they go and change it on ya."
Great.

Now my neighbor, my certifiable crazy neighbor, is having a "moment" outside. I swear, if he wakes her up I will have a fit myself. Then we'll all be screaming.

It's February!

I can't EVEN believe how fast time goes by now.
Hazel,sweet little baby Hazel is now 1. She is ONE. Wha? Really? Already? My goodness. She blows kisses, waves goodbye and hello, eats avocado, steak and mashed potato's. Formula is no longer needed. She takes baths in the big girl "real" tub. She knows sign language and has taken her first unassisted steps. (granted it was only about 3 or 4 but hey! she did them all on her own!!!) She has teeth!!! Teeth for crying out loud! She takes actual bites of food. Her two top teeth are huge and so stinking adorable. She is the cutest and happiest baby I have ever seen. (aside from mine of course)

And speaking of you Ava, you are changing and growing every second! I love it so much. You still scream for half of the time when ever Grandma watches you. I feel AWFUL for Grandma cause I know how exhausting it is when you are screeching and can't be soothed. Grandma says it's because you miss your mommy and daddy since you stop crying instantly whenever Daddy comes to pick you up. :) You just miss us huh? I can live with that just maybe some days you could give Grandma a break.

We try the rice cereal pretty much everyday but you still aren't too interested in it. It just sort of sits on your lips and you give me this look like "ummm...could you please get this stuff off my lips"

I set up your jumperoo...you last about 10 minutes TOPS. It's super cute though. Your feet don't come close to touching the floor. hee hee.

You are not much of a napper. You will take about 3 30 minute naps a day. This sometimes makes it hard for your mamma to get anything done. But that is ok...I like spending time with you WAY better than doing laundry and dishes. You do however, sleep straight through the night. Going to bed at about 8pm and sleeping till about 6:30. This makes your mom and dad SUPER happy.

You like lots of action and activity going on. The busier the better for you. Outside is still the most interesting and entertaining place for you.

You are putting EVERYTHING in your mouth. Including your new favorite thing...your hands.

You grab onto your feet all the time now and can roll over like a champ. You tend to favor your right side when rolling over.

You like to watch Mikey Mouse Club House but you are only good for about 30 minutes then after that the T.V. just isn't that exciting to you anymore. Which I guess that is a good thing. (but I have to admit that sometimes I wish you would be content to watch it for a little longer than you do)

I totally adore you Ava.


I mean, come on, how could you not adore this face. This adorable little face. With your hazel/blue eyes and little button nose that crinkles up when you smile.

.....sigh....
You make my heart swell Ava!

So....What else is new?

I have come to terms with the fact that I am one of those moms. You know the kind, the ones whose topics of conversations consist of her new baby and only her new baby.
Yep. That's me.


Ava is my world. She is so amazing to me and I love her so much it hurts. My heart actually aches when I look at her cute little face as she sleeps. A-mazing.


But as much as I am involved with her and the joy that I feel when I am with her I have to remember that there are other things going on in the world. There are other people in my life who deserve my attention as well. Time doesn't stop...it actually goes by faster than I ever thought possible. It seems that I wake up, blink once and find myself wondering what we are going to do for dinner because somehow the ENTIRE day has gone by and I haven't even thought about dinner. Today I actually planned ahead. I was at the store at 3pm with a specific meal planned. I felt pretty dang good about that.

So....what else is new?

Hazel, sweet adorable Hazel is now One. I CANNOT believe an entire year has gone by already. HOLY MACARONI! She weighs 17 lbs....she is now in the 3rd% for weight. She such a shrimpy. It's so adorable. We all went out to dinner at Outback for her birthday. I think I sat down for a total of 25 minutes. Ava was having one of her "don't even THINK about sitting down" moments. uugh. It was a hectic whirlwind of a dinner. It was fun but crazy. Hazel doesn't want to sit still and neither does Ava.

Oh yea.
I now have bangs. Not too sure how I feel about that decision.

Anyway...back to Ava.
She went to the doctor the other day. She is 25 inches tall and weighs 12.13 lbs. I think 8 lbs of that 12 are in her legs and the other is in her cute little double chin. You wouldn't think she was only in the 25th percentile for weight.


Thank you Ava for coming into my life.