8 Months old

 Ava is 8 months old! I can't believe how much she has grown. Just yesterday i was talking about how des was holding her and she looked so small in his arms! comparied to now she is so big! She is growing so much everyday it seems!

Ava you are getting so big:
*You are Crawling EVERYWHERE! you love to crawl all over the house and just about anywhere we were if i would let you. But target is not a good place to crawl around. so you just hang out in the cart and play with the things i put in it.
*You are pulling up on everything you can no matter how sturdy it is! you have pulled a chair over and almost got hurt. so now we have to barricade you in the living room with all your toys because even if i am playing with you, you are just too fast to get into something.
*You say Mama all the time. You look at me and say it. When you wake up in the morning you don't cry anymore you just say mama and i come get you! i LOVE it!!! You also say BaBa still and talk a lot. You can almost say Puppy. You make the "PU" sound a lot and most of the time you get to "PUP" you are so smart when the dog comes to you you start saying it.
*You are wearing 9-12 month clothing. and growing out of nine month very fast!

*You have tried lots of food and loves them all
   peas
  carrots
  squash
  sweet potatoes
  zucchini
  green beans
* Your next foods you are going to be trying are corn and broccoli. after those we will bring in avacado and the other one is yet to be determined. 
 *You love to drink out of a sippy cup. You love having milk in the sippy cup because you can do it yourself.
*You eat 4 table spoons of cereal in the morning, two table spoons of cereal for lunch with two veggies. we mix them up every day. for dinner you eat three table spoons of cereal and two veggies. sometimes you don't finish them all. And for a nighttime snack you have 5 ounce bottle.
This month you are going to try a bunch of new foods! We have many more veggies to get through!
*You are a wonderful sleeper and always have been. Even in the hospital we were worried because you were sleeping six hours. We did not expect that. We are very blessed with great sleep and snuggles with you!  But this month you are starting to sleep about 10-12 hours at night. That is awesome! you are so happy when you wake up in the morning!
*You love to play with daddy in the morning. You go straight to him in the morning for play time! you look over to make sure i am still there but then return to playing with daddy! He loves it and looks forward to you waking up in the morning for his playtime with you! 
 * You just started trying to walk. You are up to about ten steps without falling. We are so proud of you! You are going to be walking before we know it!
*You love to get into everything. especially our cubby hole in our entertainment center, hide behind mommies curtains. and banging on the computer is probably your most favorite thing to do.

You are a wonderful baby and we could not be more blessed by you! You are so special to us! You are so beautiful and outgoing and playful! So sweet and loving! We love you so much!