Daddy's Girl

Well, we have a daddy's girl on our hands. I have attached a video of what happens everyday when daddy is around and has to get back to work or maybe just go to the bathroom from a long drive home. Once Ava sees him, she wants him to hold her and then not put her down. it is kinda cute. I guess she sees me all day and when she sees daddy, that's who she wants! This also happens when she sees a door open and she starts too book it to that room and we get there faster and close it. she gets soooo mad, especially if she is heading towards her bedroom and wants to get bunny!

we are currently working with her on learning to hold her bottle and to get her to drink from a sippy cup. I spend each weekend trying something new. I know, I know, we are late to start on this, but no time better than the present. In one week, she went from me feeding her every bottle, literally. Her hands would do something funny when i would try to get her to hold the bottle. Now she can hold the bottle for all but the one after her morning nap. This is where i give her the sippy cup. she doesn't really drink out of it, but i give her some puffs and her sippy cup and put her in her highchair. she will take a drink or two and then i put it in the fridge for her to have with lunch. she will still only drink a little. Today, i am going to try 2 times with the sippy cup. One this morning as soon as she gets up. Again, if she doesn't take it, she can have it with breakfast. i worry that she will get dehydrated if she doesn't drink enough. we also do water in the sippy. My last resort will be juice if she isn't giving us wet diapers. We will see how it goes. I was reading in my baby book that she should be drinking from a cup. that is when i realized i am far behind. She does like to drink from a cup. Daddy will hold it and drink from it and she gets a huge smile on her face and wants to do what daddy did, so he will hold it for her and she will drink it. She likes to pretent to choke on it so she can cough and get a laugh out of us.

this is her at lunch drinking from her sippy and eating her pasta. She LOVES her gerber pasta. I have to admit, i get lazy and give that to her from lunch and dinner sometimes, but am branching out. usually it is mike that thinks she can't eat something becuase it is too big or too stringy ( the stems of asparagas, sp?) but she pretty much eats everything. She loves pizza, grilled cheese, green beans, peas, carrots, apples, pears, peaches, beets ( that was a shocker for me), asparagus, mashed potatoes, muffins, bananas, waffles,yougurt, ice cream, cheese and the list goes on. If we are eating it, she eats it.

this is her in her crib reading her book and hanging with bunny. This is what we do for quiet time. she loves hanging out in her crib. she will just lay there and sing to herself and put her feet up on the bars and just roll around. too cute!

Well, that is it for now, i got to go and get her up soon. i know, never wake a sleeping baby, but we have mommy and ava day and i like to keep her on her schedule so i can get caught up on tivo!!