12 Month Report

Just wanted to give an update of Ava's 12 month appointment:

28 3/4" tall (50th percentile...cool! maybe she's got Daddy's height after all)
18 lbs. 5 oz. (10th percentile....hmmm, where did this come from? she looks healthy)

Anyway, Ava got the all clear and appears healthy! Yippee!...of course I already knew that. And this week has been non-stop firsts for the big girl:

1) We lowered the crib mattress to the lowest setting, after lots of standing on her own and getting to a stand from almost any position.

2) She is now pretty bored with "baby food" so she eats from the table with us, after LOTS of ripping and cutting the food from Mommy. I think I liked the baby food stage, this healthy dinner of real food is tricky, a lot more planning. Turns out Ava likes fish, how bizarre for a little person. Liked cheese, now hates it...what's up with that??

3) And now she is only offered breast milk when she wants it. Yeah right!...Who am I kidding, I still give it to her on our regular routine, about 4 times a day. Looks like Mommy's will have to wean herself on giving up this special ritual...I'd like to have my body back, but now I realize how much I'm going to miss this time together.

Unfortunately the only thing we have yet to do is turn the car seat around to face forward. Bummer!...I was SO excited to do this for Ava, but she hasn't reached 20 lbs. yet, so we have to wait. Hopefully she'll be gaining weight with the new meals though! Well that's the update, going swimming later, pictures to follow soon!