Ava at 8 Months

Our sweet little Ava is changing from an infant to a cruiser. I remember when Carys changed from a "swaddler" to a "cruiser" in diapers, it was so bittersweet and now it has come to pass with Ava. Ava has a whole new world to discover and has a big sister to lead the way. Ava is very curious, crawling everywhere to be a part of the action. She is pulling up to stand up.

Ava has learned how to back herself up from her belly to a sitting position and has very good balance. She has such good balance, she now takes baths with Carys. It is very cute to see both girls playing with all of the toys in the tub. We have a lesson in sharing every hour.

There is no doubt Ava looks like her daddy and has the prettiest blue eyes. They are a light blue with dark blue outline. Carys has medium blue eyes. It is neat to see how different our girls our. Here is Carys at the same age.

Ava was teething for a couple weeks, leaving us with little sleep but to our relief, the teeth broke! She now has 8 teeth, the 2 bottom ones from before were joined with the 2 top inscisors, one middle top, then the second middle top and all of a sudden two more on the bottom! Carys only had 2 teeth at this age. Lots of teeth for our hungry little Ava who has also started eating 2nd foods.

Ava can now hold her own bottle. We are loving her independence.

Carys at the same age.

We are also putting Ava in her bed at night for her to cry herself to sleep. She is learning to self soothe, which we hope will help in the future with easy bedtimes. She is doing great...and as Mrs Patty says "She is so good."

Here is the progression of our Ava over the past month becoming a cruiser.

Sitting up.

No one can stop me now.