Grandma's come to visit!
Ava's obviously enjoying her time with Grandma
She just can't stop smiling and this picture is for those of you who don't think she looks like me at all.....those eyes are soooooooo small and asian when she giggles, huh?? 
I think she likes it 
I don't know what made her so cheery, but cute, huh? 
She's ready to eat...
or so we thought...
it just takes her a while to get used to having moosh spooned in her mouth 
but she's sorta, mostly getting the hang of itOn a side note, we've noticed that she's constantly putting those two little hands together like that, so I figure this means that she's either on her way to being a great prayer OR that she's coming up with all the different ways to take over the world......
but, I guess, most likely it's just one of the baby's developmental stages
I am amazed at how much her fine motor skills have improved the past couple of weeks by using this contraption
and at the amount of time she entertains herself without needing our attention
and how much those barnyard animal sounds still crack her up, even though she's heard them over & over a gooogillion times
She's learned to reach out for Mommy
How could I NOT pick her up after that?
We are slowly STILL working on transitioning her into her bed_______________________________________________________________
This is her FIRST (legit) ROLL from back to front
We noticed a pattern, she only has the energy to do it when we set her down and she gets so frustrated because she didn't want us to set her down, then she builds up that momentum of aggravation and annoyance with us -- and then she'll go rolling like it's nothing_______________________________________________________________
A beautiful day for a stroll by the beach
It actually can get pretty windy, so we had to bundle her up
"oh dear" face
and of course a little before bedtime play -- a nice end to a super-relaxing LONG weekend
This is Ava's first solid meal...please enjoy the exciting, action-packed clip
She started out with some stretching
then we sat her back up
so she could begin her forward roll
she took a break on the way 
but now she's on all fours, she's full of quarter and half rolls....she's got the tummy to back roll down and now she's working on the back to tummy roll
taking a bath for her big doctor's appointment
we had the best night's sleep 
I was trying to get her dressed for the appointment, but she's finally started to grow out of some of her clothes! 
This is a post-visit shot
This was her second set of 4 shots! On her first set of vaccinations, she didn't cry until the 3rd shot, but this time around she was just so much more aware of what was going on around her, so she cried from the first shot until we left the office. But she had a great visit, she's now 12lbs. 8 oz., which puts her at the 25th percentile (that's up from 10th, last month), but for height and head growth, she's 50th percentile!! We are so terribly pleased with her progress.
Though they say some babies get grumpy after shots, we had her laughing & giggling pretty quickly after the appointment
She spent the rest of the evening napping, grubbing, and watching tv with daddy
look at her sitting up all by herself (sorta, mostly) -- she's like a real person
She's enjoying the view...
... I think she's trying to figure out how she's sitting up so well...
then she slowly starts to slouch
now she's getting a little fussy having to use all those back & neck muscles
Her first real rattle
trying to get a grip
she got a hold of it
now she's distracted by the flashes of the camera, she's not concentrating on rattling
back to concentrating
getting closer
She's rattling!!!
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