The Scifres Family: October 2012

9 months old.....

3 more months until my baby is one????? Time is flying by way to quickly! Ava is not scheduled for a checkup this month, but she did make an impromptu visit to the doctor last Friday because of a nasty cold/cough. We wanted to make sure it was nothing serious before we left for our trip to Chicago.
Luckily, all was well and she just had a minor cold. I was happy I got to weigh her and discover she now weighs 17 1/2 pounds! Growing like a weed!!

Here is what she is up to in her 9th month.....

- Sleeping 11-12 hours a night! (THANK GOD!)
- Crawling
- Rolling, scooting
- Talking up a storm (da da, ba ba, ta ta, and a lot of alien talk) She also says "hi" and "yea" (at least that is what it sounds like she is saying)
- Loving music (Gangnam Style is her favorite song right now). She stops what she is doing and starts dancing as soon as she hears music.
- Crying when mom leaves the room (even if it is just for a second). I know this is normal for her age, but it is NOT fun and makes it very hard to leave!
- Learning sign language. More, eat, milk, and all done are the ones we are working on for now. She responds with excitement when I do the more signal, so I think she may be starting to grasp what it means.

Here are some pictures from our 9 month photo shoot.

Can't get her to sit still!

Trying to get her to lay next to Sophie

Distracted by something....

It just amazes me to look at this picture of her next to the Sophie doll. This was after 1 week in the NICU and below here she is next to the same doll at 9 months old.

Still can't get a smile, but she is enjoying eating her doll. For such a smiley girl it is impossible to get her to smile in a picture!

We've got a crawler......

And again.............

Ava visits grammy and papa in the windy city....

Ava and I went to Chicago this past weekend for my good friend's baby shower as well as a visit to grammy and papa's new house. The weekend started off a little rocky with a very rough travel day, but quickly turned around once we finally arrived.

So here is the short version of our lovely travel day.....

We boarded the plane on time and all was going smoothly. I had timed it perfectly so that Ava would be ready to nurse and take a nap around the time of take off, but that all went down hill quickly. What was originally a 30 minute delay for minor maintenance turned into a 3 1/2 hour delay while we sat on the runway in a very hot and crowded plane. Luckily, Ava did so well! Many of the passengers commented on her excellent behavior and thought that she did better than some of the adults on the plane. After almost having to cancel the entire trip because the flight wasn't going to be taking off we finally left la at 8:15 pm (4:40 was the original departure) and arrived in Chicago at 2 am. But none of that even mattered after we got to grammy and papa's house and enjoyed a wonderful weekend together.

Ava had a lot of "firsts" this trip:
- First time seeing fall!
- First tornado (warning only)
- First time having to bundle up to go outside
- First time taking a bath in a regular bath tub
- First time meeting Bailey (cute picture of that below)

AND the biggest first of all happened right after we returned home from our Chicago weekend. AVA STARTED CRAWLING!!!!!!! It was like she knew she couldn't do it until she got home to her daddy. Within minutes of Steve and Ava playing on the floor when we returned she was crawling all over the place.