New tricks

 Avery has all sorts of new tricks these days. Her latest one is pulling up and trying her best to cruise around the furniture. Luckily we are moving in a couple of weeks, so we will be replacing this hard coffee table with something a little softer and more learning-to-walk friendly.


Another awesome milestone she is working on is hugs and kisses. Right now she will just grab my head and shove her face into my collarbone.  If I ask for a kiss and pucker up my lips she will lean her face into mine. She doesn't quite "get" the whole using her lips thing so she just presses her open mouth wherever it lands on my face. This makes for a nice wet cheek, nose, chin, etc. Either way, it is the most amazing feeling. I can't believe the amount of love I have for this girl.

You may be seated

Since Avery is getting bigger she was getting too heavy for the infant carrier, so we got her new seats. In Justin's car we have the Britax Boulevard CS 70 and in my car we will have the Britax Marathon (in Cow-moo-flage!)

 Here she is sitting in the seat before I installed it.

On the way to Ikea. 

 Cute "Cow-moo-flage" print!

The new seats are more vertical than the infant seat, so that will take some getting used to, but she seemed to be able to fall asleep and sleep pretty well in it. My little girl is growing up!

Baby BBQ

Yesterday we barbequed outside and Avery got to play in our yard. She is such a doll. I loved watching her enjoy the fresh, albeit pretty cool, air and watching Lola run around.

 

She was not a fan of the cold grass on her hands.

She did, however, enjoy the breeze blowing her hair all over the place.

35 Weeks!

MONTH: 9
WEEK: 35
WEIGHT: 19+ lbs
LENGTH: 27.5+ inches
HEAD: covered in tons of hair which may or may not be turning strawberry blonde -- thanks, Dad. 
MILESTONES: She is getting so great at pulling up. She will be cruising pretty soon. I am so not ready.
OBLIGATORY ADORABLE PICTURE: Avery is ready for baseball season as you can see in this photo with her giving the signal for a fastball.
EATING: We have had to regress with A's eating repertoire because of some digestion issues, but after a meal of prunes with gigi she is back to being regular and we will be reintroducing all the fun foods she is used to very slowly to make sure there isn't another reaction.
SLEEPING: We have not been having great sleep lately. She has become a very light sleeper and as of last night has started sleeping the first half of the night in her crib. This seems to have worked pretty well for her because she is not woken up by our tossing, but it is very sad for me to go to sleep with her in another room. I've even resorted to sleeping with one of her blankets as a place-holder. 
VISITS/OUTINGS: Sunday we had our great bike ride and dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Nunley, Aunt Stacy and Uncle Trevor. This Saturday we are going to try and visit a friend of mine. 
FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Avery loves to try and see if she can get to the carbon monoxide monitor faster than we can. It's become sort of a game. It's like she knows she is not supposed to play with it, but tries anyways.

MOMMY FEELS: Pretty tired. I was getting used to the sleeping through the night snuggled up with my babe all night. I guess it was too good to last though. 
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO: Moving into a new, bigger place with air conditioning and carpet. C'mon April 21st!!!