Avery had her first swimming lesson today. She seemed a natural in the water. I put together a little video of her adventure. I'm switching from YouTube to Vimeo since it has better resolution.
Swimming from Megan Smith on Vimeo.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Squirmy
Things are chugging along here at Casa de Trio. Avery is getting faster everyday with her crawling. She'll spot a target across the room and get to it in no time flat. Since she has started crawling, she is not satisfied to simply sit on one's lap - she is officially into full-on squirmy baby mode. She pushes away your arms and squirms and wiggles until she gets somewhere other than a stationary position. It's both exciting and exhausting.
Avery and I have a new morning routine now. We sit and eat breakfast - me Grape Nuts, her trying to eat some solids (success at this is sporatic at best). Then we get her loaded up into the Beco so we can walk the dogs. The other morning, she was sitting by D in the living room while I fetched the Beco. I came back into sight and she saw the Beco. She started kicking happily and then crawled furiously towards me. She loves to ride in the Beco, and I love that she loves a dog walk so much.
Chase is fast becoming Avery's favorite game. If she thinks that I am chasing her, she starts giggling and crawling away like mad. Often, she thinks Eddie is chasing her, though I'm pretty sure he just happens to be walking behind her.
She's starting to attempt to pull herself up onto a table or ottoman - and gets frustrated when she can't figure out how to put all the motions together. It's the same frustration I saw right before she figured out crawling. She's quite close, so I think that next step will soon be here. She is doing downward dog a lot and is crawling more on her knees, though the belly crawl remains her main mode of locomotion.
I find it hilarious because she also chooses the path of MOST resistance. If she wants something, instead of crawling around my legs, she goes up and over them. Often she'll do this even when around my legs would be easier. She likes to crawl over me, or any other object in her way.
I leave you with another composite video, aka The Best of Avery, Vol. 2.
Avery and I have a new morning routine now. We sit and eat breakfast - me Grape Nuts, her trying to eat some solids (success at this is sporatic at best). Then we get her loaded up into the Beco so we can walk the dogs. The other morning, she was sitting by D in the living room while I fetched the Beco. I came back into sight and she saw the Beco. She started kicking happily and then crawled furiously towards me. She loves to ride in the Beco, and I love that she loves a dog walk so much.
Chase is fast becoming Avery's favorite game. If she thinks that I am chasing her, she starts giggling and crawling away like mad. Often, she thinks Eddie is chasing her, though I'm pretty sure he just happens to be walking behind her.
She's starting to attempt to pull herself up onto a table or ottoman - and gets frustrated when she can't figure out how to put all the motions together. It's the same frustration I saw right before she figured out crawling. She's quite close, so I think that next step will soon be here. She is doing downward dog a lot and is crawling more on her knees, though the belly crawl remains her main mode of locomotion.
I find it hilarious because she also chooses the path of MOST resistance. If she wants something, instead of crawling around my legs, she goes up and over them. Often she'll do this even when around my legs would be easier. She likes to crawl over me, or any other object in her way.
I leave you with another composite video, aka The Best of Avery, Vol. 2.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Pictures
We had a photography session with Avery in July. The photographer has posted some of the pictures on her blog. Three gorgeous pictures of Avery alone and one with her and my mom.
I absolutely love the first one. I have been in search of the quintessential Avery shot. The one that looks like the smiley, happy baby we know. Each time we've attempted it, she's not had a good time during the session. However, the third time was a charm!
D and I head into her studio in a week or so to look at all the pictures, but I'm just happy with these three if it turns out they were the only good ones!
I absolutely love the first one. I have been in search of the quintessential Avery shot. The one that looks like the smiley, happy baby we know. Each time we've attempted it, she's not had a good time during the session. However, the third time was a charm!
D and I head into her studio in a week or so to look at all the pictures, but I'm just happy with these three if it turns out they were the only good ones!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Crawling, Eating, and All Sorts of Noises
What a fast 20 days it's been since the last post. Avery's crawling is coming along nicely. She still does the military-style belly crawl, but has gotten much faster. Also, she doesn't use her face so much. From the moment she realized she could crawl, she wanted down. No holding, thank you very much. She is strong and she is squirmy. She wants to go go go! When I lift her out of her crib, she immediately dives towards the floor. The moment she hits the floor she is off. Most of the time, I don't think she has a target in mind - she just wants to go!
The other huge news is that she is eating solids! It started only yesterday, but since then, we've had three total eating sessions. In each, she literally leans towards the spoon with her mouth open. I am not exaggerating when I say she would simply not open her mouth before this. Then yesterday, poof! She decided she wanted food. She has eaten yogurt and pears in the past two days. We'll stick with those for a few days and then move onto other flavors. I'm so excited.
I finally put together a composite video of her various antics for the past month or so. I tried to keep it short and just put in the cute stuff, but since I find everything she does cute, it's hard to edit. It's a total of 3:35 with about 10 segments in it.
The other huge news is that she is eating solids! It started only yesterday, but since then, we've had three total eating sessions. In each, she literally leans towards the spoon with her mouth open. I am not exaggerating when I say she would simply not open her mouth before this. Then yesterday, poof! She decided she wanted food. She has eaten yogurt and pears in the past two days. We'll stick with those for a few days and then move onto other flavors. I'm so excited.
I finally put together a composite video of her various antics for the past month or so. I tried to keep it short and just put in the cute stuff, but since I find everything she does cute, it's hard to edit. It's a total of 3:35 with about 10 segments in it.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Crawl!
It isn't pretty. It isn't stylish. It isn't graceful. But it's definitely crawling. We present Avery's latest video: She Crawls!
Scoot
D scooted Avery on the hardwood floors this morning. Following this, Avery started to scoot herself. I took a video and was going to edit it down to just be the scooting, but I figure that some of you grandparents out there might like the longer version, so I left it as is. Disclaimer: yes, she's wearing pants that are too short and a bib. The bib is because it's almost like a security blanket it for her. She's just much happier in a bib, so there you go. The pants are too short because they were the first ones I grabbed in my morning haze. You can also see in the video how she likes to look at the dogs. Turtle never allows her to get close enough to touch her (smart dog!) Eddie will let Avery touch him, but we quickly separate them because Avery will grab hair and yank. Not so nice for the pups to deal with that.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Roll Bar
Avery is currently sitting on the floor of my office just reaching up in the air trying to reach ... well, I'm not sure what. I think she wants to pull herself up, but since there's nothing around, she's just reaching into the air and talking. I just handed her a paper bag to play with and she's thrilled with that development. It makes a lot of noise and Avery loves to make a lot of noise.
She is becoming mobile in every way but official crawling. Through her lay-to-sit skill, combined with her rolling, she seems to appear in completely different places from where I set her down. She will also make dives for various treasures placed in front of her and attempt to crawl, inching forward ever so slightly with a flurry of movements that look like crawling, but which lack the structure to actually result in a crawl. As has been true for several weeks now, she rarely falls backwards when sitting. I thought that head control was one of the greatest milestones, but I am now amending that thought to replace head control with sitting unassisted.
Avery and I have done a couple of walks over the past few days. I tend to do all the walking and her all the riding, but it's a fair trade for the happy grins she greets us with each morning. All of this leads me to this question: does anyone else's baby ride like this in the stroller? She seems to have found a new use for the car seat attachment bar. She just props here feet up there and says, "Wheeeeee!" I call it her roll bar.
She is becoming mobile in every way but official crawling. Through her lay-to-sit skill, combined with her rolling, she seems to appear in completely different places from where I set her down. She will also make dives for various treasures placed in front of her and attempt to crawl, inching forward ever so slightly with a flurry of movements that look like crawling, but which lack the structure to actually result in a crawl. As has been true for several weeks now, she rarely falls backwards when sitting. I thought that head control was one of the greatest milestones, but I am now amending that thought to replace head control with sitting unassisted.
Avery and I have done a couple of walks over the past few days. I tend to do all the walking and her all the riding, but it's a fair trade for the happy grins she greets us with each morning. All of this leads me to this question: does anyone else's baby ride like this in the stroller? She seems to have found a new use for the car seat attachment bar. She just props here feet up there and says, "Wheeeeee!" I call it her roll bar.
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