10 Months Old!

Aviela is 10 months old.  Not a lot has changed in the last month with her.  She has two teeth, loves to crawl, loves to jump in her jumper and loves to pet Stella.  The one change I have seen this month is her attachment to me.  She doesn't like when I leave the room and she frequently crawls up to me and hangs on my legs until I pick her up.  She is more content to sit on my lap than she has ever been.

Some of that might be due to the fact that this last month has also brought two colds.  This most recent one with a nice little cough.  One thing I have learned about Avi is that when she is sick or not feeling well she might wake up around 2am crying hysterically.  I take her out of her room and let her lay with me for a minute and she calms down almost immediately and starts talking.  I have had to resort to giving her a pacifier randomly during her sick spells at night to help calm her down.  But then I take her back to her room and lay her down and generally she does pretty well.

Avi is still quite the pleasant child and even though she has cried a little more this month than usual (separation and sickness) she almost always makes me laugh.  For instance yesterday I went to open her car door and when I did she yelled AHHH at me, like I scared her, then she started laughing.  She LOVES when someone sings to her and I even have Zuri sing to her when they are in the car together or when I am doing something else and this usually makes Avi start to smile and laugh.

Zuri and Avi have a love/hate relationship.  Zuri loves her sometimes and then gets really mad when Avi wants any of her toys or books.  But then at bedtime Zuri wants to have Avi read with us and she loves to get Avi up in the morning and help pick out clothes.  I'm sure this relationship will go on with it's ups and downs for a long time to come.

I don't have a lot of extra pictures because she won't sit still to take any!

Size:
9-12 month clothing
unsure on height and weight

Avi likes:
Singing
Jumping
Crawling
Momma
Stella
Toys
Books
Eating small items from the floor
Applesauce banana pouches
Fruit
Cereal


Dislikes:
Being tired
Mom leaving the room
Zuri taking her toys away
Being sick
Having her nose wiped

Always trying to drink the bottle upside down!