hi!

Well clearly I suck at the whole one a day thing about Avery.

Avery is growing up so fast! Today he got his first haircut. It was kind of traumatic. He cried a lot :(

Also Avery has been doing some super cute things. He likes to dance now :)
He also MOOs at like every animal. And he can also buck like a chicken hehe

He's also getting really good at climbing up stairs and going down slides on his butt

It's been too long

Clearly I am failing at this whole sentence a day thing....

Avery has started to learn how toy cars work. Before he just like threw them around and played with them. Now we crawls around the room pushing them using the wheels. It's super cute to watch :)

Also yesterday after spending all weekend doing stairs head first he has finally started going backwards down steep stairs! Yay!

Still not walking yet, but definitely starting to stand for longer periods of time.

Farm

Today Avery and I went to the farm with some friends. It's so cute how he interacts with things now. He got super excited about the cows. The cows were licking his fingers haha. He also really liked the ducks.

I can't believe he's one!

Avery turned one on May 2nd. It's a happy and sad time. I'm glad he's getting older, but that just means he's further away from being a baby. He's turning into a really cute curious guy though :)

Funny Eater

Yesterday instead of picking food up with his hands like Avery usually does, he decided to use his mouth instead. Meaning the food was on the tray and he just kept putting his mouth down to the tray and eating it right off the tray. Kind of like a dog! haha it was amusing!

Also usually when we go outside we put a pacifier in Avery's mouth to stop him from eating grass, sticks, dirt, etc. But yesterday I kept putting the pacifier in his mouth, then he would spit it out and grab a stick to chew on! He kept doing it over and over again! It was funny, but who knows how much dirt he ate!

Talking

Avery loves being outside. These days when I take him on a walk I usually put him in the baby bjorn and walk around the block. He loves it. Sometime the whole way he will just babble. He likes to make noises then use his fingers to move his lips and make "blah blah blah" sounds.

One line a day

Okay so clearly I am avoiding this blog. Just been super busy.

Here's the plan. After hearing one of my fellow moms speak I'm going to try and at least right one line a day about mom life, or Avery, or something like that.

For now I have a few lines.

Avery now goes through the dog door.... this is causing many problems. But it is super cute. Usually after he goes through it he just starts laughing. He loves being outside.

Avery also likes to take the vents off of the grates in the house. The other day he almost dropped a pacifier down one!

I can't believe my baby is almost one year old. It's been exciting and hard. It's definitely gotten easier the older he gets, but also in some ways harder. No longer can I sit on the couch and have my baby snuggle with me.

9 Months!

Well Avery is 9 months. I can't believe how big he's gotten. Time really does fly.

He still doesn't really crawl. He's really good at scooting. He uses his arms to pull himself forward, kind of like an army crawl. It's cute. He's also getting good at transferring himself from object to object standing up. He goes from his play block, to the coffee table, to the activity table. Problem is now he occasionally falls, which is sad because of course he cries.

We've also been going through some other hard times. Around 8.5-9 months he was constantly whining. I think he just really wanted to crawl and he couldn't. So he would just whine alll daaayyyy long. He whined when I was holding him, he whined when playing, he whined when eating! SO MUCH WHINING! Luckily it has started to slow down and I'm getting my sanity back.

Also Avery now refuses to get pureed food. He only wants to eat food that he can pick up himself. If you try to feed him pureed food he grabs the spoon and flips out. So we have resorted to cutting foods up into tiny pieces that he can eat. So cheese, strawberries, grapes. and bananas. He's also a huge fan of Annie's Mac & Cheese haha.

Other than these couple issues things are still going well. Avery has two full teeth on the bottom now and he's getting 2 on the top. He's 22 pounds now. My big boy :).

8 Months & First Snow!

Avery is 8 months! Goodness gracious he's getting old. Stop growing!!!

Anyway actually I'm really happy he's getting older. The baby phase is super cute, but I feel like it get's easier and easier the older he gets. Now he has his own little personality.

Avery also isn't crawling yet. I think his tummy is too big. He tries to get up on all fours and then just plops onto his belly. He just keeps going backwards! He rolls and turns to try and get where he wants to haha.

By the way pushing a shopping cart in the snow... much harder than it looks haha.