8 & 9 Months!

(Here I am nearly 4 years later and found this draft... not finishing it or altering it- just posting it as is...)

The 13 Month Old Ava Joy...

Wellllllll, obviously I am a bit overdue on catching up with this blog. I actually had the following post started:

I cannot belive that my baby is now as many months old as I was pregnant with her. She is such a little lady now! We have been busy, busy and Ava Joy most definitley keeps us on our toes! She has two teeth now and a couple others that look like they're going to pop through at any point. She is standing, all the time for long periods of time. She takes a step or two every now and then. I know it is only a matter of time before she is walking everywhere. She LOVES her(our) Noah Cat. I am now referred to just as "Ma" most of the time and Daddy is "Dada". She also says no, hi, and baby. She loves to wave- at everybody and everything.

And fast forward 4 months and here we are. 13 months. 13 and half to be more precise. We have been busy to say the least- with FCAT, school ending, and then sweet, sweeeeeet summertime. Oh and did I mention a first birthday??? I'm going to do my best to catch up on major highlights from the past couple months. Here goes nothing.

Walking!
Ava Joy started taking steps around 8 months, but the day she turned 10 months she was legit walking. She's a petite little thing so it looked funny to see such a tiny little girl walking so well.

Teeth!
We currently have 5 teeth (3 on top, 2 on bottom) and 3 more fighting to pop through. These teeth are excellent for eating all of Ava Joy's favorite foods: grapes, watermelon, pork, taco soup, and chick fil a!

Sleeping!
The day after Ava Joy turned one she spent the first night in her own room. Crib and all. We have the video monitor to watch her. She did great, I cried, and Jordan even wanted to go get her! Currently she sleeps usually until anywhere from 3-4 and then spends the rest of the night sleeping in our bed.

Party time!
Yep- my Baby Girl is a one year old. We had an all out blast on her first birthday. She was surrounded by love with so many of our closest friends and family. I believe we counted right around 55 people! She was a bit overwhelmed when everybody sang Happy Birthday, so much so that she didn't want to eat her cake right away. She quickly figured out it was good stuff though!

Nursing! (I feel like maybe this could be an entirely separate post...)