8 Months

her first sippy cup

Ava is 8 months old today!! She is growing so fast. I added our monthly pictures but I am not sure how much longer I can keep that up....Ava wants to grab the paper. She can officially crawl and might I add a new found discovery that she can get into everything. I no longer can walk out of the room to return to have her in the same place :) She has 2 teeth! She loves to play any game you can make up. Seriously this kid wants to play all the time. She thinks when I am talking on the phone I am talking to her and she just laughs. She thinks everyone coming near her is playing "get her". She will squirm in your arms to get away from them. We can thank Nana and Paw paw for that one. :) She still loves her cereal and vegetable baby food. She doesn't like fruits. I introduced the sippy cup yesterday. She doesn't quite understand to suck the spout instead of chomp it. She loves playing with it though.

I am super excited this week because Thursday we leave for Gatlinburg. This is a much needed getaway. We are meeting Adams family there. I plan on shopping at the Tanger outlets....my therapy. LOL So be prepared to be bombarded with pictures next week.

Into Everything

Ava has discovered that she can move....and move fast. I spent pretty much all day Tuesday saying "No Ava, don't pull that speaker cord", or "No Ava, daddy's shoes are nasty, don't eat them". I was exhausted by the end of the day. So I decided it was time to make some changes in the house. I know a lot of people say don't move things just teach them not to touch them. Well thats fine and dandy if it works for your kid but mine it doesn't :) I think she understands "NO" to an extent. Me and Adam realized this last night while I was feeding her. She was in her highchair and it was near a cabinet. She started leaning over and pulling the knob. I told her a firm no and moved her hand. We probably repeated this 20 times....no joke. I even spat her hand (that was hard and I hated every minute of it) but she just got her feelings hurt. Once she stopped crying she immediately reached for the cabinet again. Adam said I think she is too young to understand or remember. But I guess the only way they learn is for us to be consistent.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated....LOL

BTW...I had my yard sale last weekend. I did ok. I made $67 plus $15 from stuff dad took to the pawn shop. Its a little extra spending money for our vacation next week to Gatlinburg.

Stupid Time Change

I HATE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ava wakes up at 6 ready to go! I am so tired and it seems like the day is never ending. By 6pm I feel like its 10 and time for bed.

Ava has another tooth coming in and she is whiny. She can get up on all fours but she hasn't figured out how to move her arms and legs together. She scoots and rolls all over the living room though. Adam is off this week so we are spending a lot of quality time together. We are going to the park in a bit.

I am planning a yard sale this Saturday at moms. I am in a cleaning out mood. I just want to get rid of so much. What I don't sale is going to charity. I don't plan on bringing it back home.

Avas 1st Halloween

Alot of the kids from church

Bro. Shirley (our pastor)

Nana and AVa

My grandmother with Ava

My grandpa with Ava

Daddy and Ava

Ava was a Bumble Bee for her first Halloween! We started our Halloween adventures with pictures then we went to my grandparents house. They wanted to see her and I wanted to take her to be with them for a while. I am so thankful they are still living to see Ava grow up. We then went to our pastors (Bro. Shirley) house. We took some pics and had some laughs. We made one more stop and Ava was tired and ready to call it a night. I really wanted to go to a bonfire at a friend's house but Ava calls the shots at our house :) We grabbed some dinner and stayed in the rest of the night. She was so tired she went to bed at 6:45!!!

She surprised me too and wasn't scared at all the costumes. She didn't eat any of her candy either.....me and Adam will take care of it for her.

Weekend in ATL

Ok, I am typing this post on Sunday night while riding in the backseat on the way home from Atlanta. I figure I better use all my extra time because after a trip I have laundry and just added stuff to keep me crazy busy. We went to ATL Friday night. I have to say the trip there went great. We waited till it was later and we figured Ava would sleep. She did great! She slept some but played quietly some too. We had a great visit with Adams side of the family. Saturday we went to Aunt Aprils for Shelby's Birthday party. Us girls took a quick trip to the "Sock Shoppe". A place they have been telling me about. I racked up on cheap socks, tights, etc. Saturday night was the singing. It went good. Sunday we went to church then went back to Nana's for dinner. I did manage to sneak in some Tanger Outlet shopping today too :) You would be amazed how much I can accomplish in a short amount of time. I was on a mission to find Ava some warm hats and mittens for our Gatlinburg trip in November. His family probably thinks I am some crazed shopaholic but what they don't understand is we live in Scottsvegas....the town of no shopping :)

We have to drive at least 45 minutes to go to any decent store....especially for kids.

Our trip home wasn't as quiet. Ava screamed bloody murder for the first hour. We even pulled over thinking she might just need a break. NO she was just pitching a fit :) We endured it though and she fell asleep.

Pumpkin Patch and First Tooth

Wednesday we visited the pumpkin patch. Martha and Kyndall went with us. We had such a great time. Ava was mesmerized by the other kids and all the activity going on around her. She sat in her stroller a lot just watching. She loved the baby swing and hay ride. She was terrified of the corn bin. :) We waited till it was empty and sat her in it for a quick photo op but she was so scared of it. It was a long day. We were all exhausted. We grabbed some McDonalds on our way home.

It was such a pretty day. It was nice and sunny. When we got home I realized me and Ava were both sunburned!!!!! I felt like the worse mom in the world to let her get sunburned. I thought I had kept her covered up but I guess not. Bless her heart she is going to have her mothers complexion. Even after all those prayers I prayed for her to have skin like her father.

Oh and she has her first tooth. Its just coming through the gum. I wanted to get a picture but I will have to wait till it comes in more.

7 Months Old

my fav pic.....she looks like a mummy:)

Snooping in my magazines

watching some tube with dad

Hiding from Mommy

Today my princess is 7 months old!!! Where does the time go?

I am posting pictures of her today in one of her Halloween outfits and some other pics from recently.

She can't get on all fours and crawl but she sure can get around these days.

BTW...Kensley is doing so much better. The prayers are working!!!!!