Steve Humor

Today we were talking about how we need to wear Ava out during the day so that she'll take good naps. Steve said "what else can we do, put her on a treadmill?" Then he said "tomorrow I'll tie her walker to the back of my truck and drive up and down the street"

I was laughing so hard I was in tears. Not exactly what I meant, but love his humor.

Those of you thinking you need to call CPS, put the phone down...he was JUST KIDDING!

Walk n Snort

28-29 weeks

Girls hunt too!

Last week I spoke too soon. Ava's sleeping went to hell in a hand basket this past week (wonder where this term comes from?). Suddenly my sweet little girl who was putting herself to sleep at night was now popping right up and refusing to nap during the day. I spent all weekend trying to get that little bug down for her naps and bedtime. I would finally get her down but after a LOT of work. So this week it was back to rocking her, setting her down in her crib and walking away. It didn't take too long for her to get back on track at night. Grandmother has been working with her during the day to get her back on schedule. She's doing really well in the mornings and really poopy in the afternoons. She may be starting to cut another tooth, but I think part of it could also be that she's so mobile now!

She figured out how to sit up in her crib and she'll sit up on her knees with her hand on the rails and look out for us. The last few nights she's fallen asleep sitting up with her head on the bumper and one hand hanging out of the crib. Tonight she fell asleep with her hiney in the air and her head resting on her little stuffed lamb. It was so cute I had to take a picture.

Sunday she started crawling!! Yep she is officially a mobile child and we have learned very quickly that we need to baby proof this place PRONTO. She is so curious and wants to explore everything. She's constantly bonking her little noggin on something.

Something she started yesterday that has us all cracking up is that when she gets excited she wrinkles up her nose and snorts. It is the cutest thing! We have been trying to get it on video so we can post it.

Little Amish girl

I have a problem!

My love of shoes has gone to new levels.

This is just absurd.

There should a self help group for people like me.

27 Weeks- What a week!

What a week this has been in the Hendrickson household! Little miss Ava slept through the night for the first time in her crib. I put her down to bed without a fuss completely expecting her to wake up around 2 or 3 for a feeding. At 4:30 I woke up and had a minor freak out because she wasn't in the bed! She slept until 6 a.m. that morning. When Steve got up he brought her to bed with me and I got to cuddle with her for a few minutes before getting ready for work. After that she's slept through every night and yesterday she slept until 7 a.m. in her crib without a single fuss. Anyway so because that all happened I was an emotional wreck at work M-W missing my baby. Thursday I was so happy to be home with her! We had such a great day and the weather was beautiful. I had a dental appointment so Auntie Lisa met us at the Dentist office and took Ava on a stroller ride while I was at the dentist. She even bought her a new pair of shoes. :) Later that day Kelley & Amelia came by to play and take Ava's 6 month pictures. Ava was in her walker when they got here and as soon as she saw Amelia she was practically running over to her. I'm surprised she didn't knock Amelia down with her walker. She was smiling and reaching out to touch Amelia's face. It was so precious.

Friday Steve took his car in for inspection and had to buy a new battery. Saturday I took my car in for the inspection, oil change and tire rotation. I ended up having to get one of the tires repaired because there was a nail in it. Sara met Ava and I for breakfast beforehand and decided to hang out with us for the day. So we dropped my car off at firestone and then headed off to starbucks with Ava. During all of this Steve met the plumber at our house. We noticed water building up in driveway last weekend and got the plumber out to check it out. Well it turns out we had a busted pipe leaking under the slab and we were losing 10 gallons a minute! Of course he didn't have the equipment to do the job so we had to wait until Monday (with no water) to get a plumber out here to fix it. Now there is a nice hole in the wall in Ava's room where the leaking pipe was :( On top of all of that our laptop completely crashed and we have to get a new hard drive for it. The good news is...the plumbing is fixed, our cars are good to go and we still have a working computer!

In Ava news she is sitting up very well and on Sunday she tried to crawl! She was up on her hands and knees and put one knee forward and sat there for a minute or two. Then she got frustrated and got back on her belly to do the army scoot. I'm now bathing her in the big tub in her little tub seat and she loves being in the water and playing with her water toys. Her favorite thing is sucking on her washcloth. She gets so excited when she blows raspberries that if you get too close she spits all of over your face. I've started working with her on sign language and right now we are signing eat, more and milk. She is very attentive when I do the signs and will stop what she's doing to watch. Grandmother learned them too and is signing with Ava during the day. I can't wait until one day she surprises us and does one of them!

She was playing ON the blanket when I sat her down

So week 2 into sleeping in her crib at night and she's gotten so good! Now when I lay her down if she's not ready to go right to sleep she'll play in her crib for a few minutes and then roll over on her tummy and go to sleep on her own. I'm so proud of my little doodle! I am just so surprised at how quickly she learned to soothe herself.

Giggles

Happy Birthday Daddy! 26 weeks

Friday was Steve's 34th Birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy!

This has been quite an exciting week for our little doodle. She is transitioning to her own crib at night instead of co-sleeping with mommy and daddy. The first night was really rough on me but not as bad on Ava. She did have a look of terror on her face as she cried in her crib, but that only lasted about 30 minutes and off to sleep she was. I cried when I went into our room to get in bed and my little doodle wasn't getting in the bed with me. We decided to transition her slowly and put her down in her crib for the evening and then bring her back with us when she wakes up for her next feeding. Each night has gotten better and better with no tears at all the last two nights and she's done an excellent job of waking up and putting herself back to sleep. Each night she sleeps a little longer by herself. I'm really happy with her progress. One thing we've noticed that she does is that she pulls her entire body up to the bumper and cuddles with it. She'll even have her arm over the top of it like she does with me when we sleep. It's so sweet and so sad for me at the same time. She just wants something soft to cuddle with.

Look at my 2 teeth!

She's also sitting up on her own. I had been sitting her up on her rug anytime we would play in her room so she could learn to balance herself and this week, voila she was doing it all by herself!

In my sweet duds from Aunt Sara

She's scooting across the floor, not quite crawling yet, but she'll scoot and thing raise her hiney in the air like she wants to crawl. I say it's just a matter of days and she'll be crawling.

She's also figured out how to get her walker to zoom all over the place and is zooming all over the house with it. She had been doing it for grandmother for a couple of days and one evening Steve called me at work and said "she's walking in her walker!" I made him video it for me so I could see it for myself. The biggest fear of a working mom, Not being there for her firsts :( I was very sad about that. I know it's not the same as actually walking, but you know what I mean.

Yesterday Steve was working out in the garage and we took Ava out in her walker. She was up and down the driveway and all over the garage. She even scooted up to Steve and pulled on his pant leg. It was too cute!

I've got several fun video's to post but I'm having issues with the website that hosts our videos. Hopefully it'll be up and going again soon.

Peas are poop!