Yum, Yum Squash!

We've had a great week feeding rice cereal to Avery every morning. She loves eating it, especially since mommy's making it thicker now and it has some substance. Avery's learning how to take the spoon in her mouth and swallow- different from nursing or a bottle! It's fun to see her develop all of these important milestones. We've been advised to introduce one new food each week, to watch for allergies, so today we added squash (veggies before fruit!) after the rice cereal. I was waiting for Avery to have a weird face or reaction, but our little eater just loved it! She kept leaning toward the bowl and opening her mouth wide. yeah! check out this video I took of daddy feeding avery her first veggies...

Adventures with Rice Cereal!

With Avery turning 6 months old, the doctor has encouraged us to start trying solid food with her. The first stage is the rice cereal for 5 days and then introducing green veggies (yum, right?) and then fruits. It's an exciting time, but also a whole new learning curve for Guy and I. Trying to figure out the best foods for her is my next adventure and I'm even looking into making some baby food for her (in all my spare time :-)) They say it's pretty simple so I'm up for the challenge. Thanks to my sister for giving me a great baby cookbook to get me started! I'm sure I'll be blogging soon about how that turns out. So we started with rice cereal this past weekend and Avery seems to like it alot- yeah! It's pretty milky to start so we'll make it thicker as we go. Our girl seems up for any new adventure, which is great! Check out this video guy took as I fed her this morning. She's also sitting in her new BeBe Pod chair which helps her learn to sit up. Let the messes begin...

I'm Six Months Old!!

We simply can't believe Avery has turned 6 months old! The time is flying by with her. Last Tuesday, November 3rd, we got to celebrate Avery's half year mark by heading to the pediatrician for the 6 month check-up. Avery does well at her appointments- she's growing like a weed (26 inches) and doubled her birth weight (14.3 lbs). She seems amazingly strong (loves standing with some help) and her legs NEVER stop moving- it's quite incredible! We got some cute shots this week- she's smiling and laughing more regularly now. She's got a fun personality!

Belly Laughs with Nana Patsy

When Guy's parents visited us last weekend, one of the highlights was how Nana Patsy made Avery laugh. She would play games with her, make great faces and say all kinds of fun things. Avery loved it and got to practice her newest development- the belly laugh. It makes us crack up just to hear her do it. We got a short video clip of Nana telling Avery "We're going to call Auntie Melanie!" She got Avery going pretty good. At the same time, we think Avery's started teething so she's always holding onto a cold gummy toy from the fridge. Have fun watching this clip...