Aviela is 9 Months Old!

Avi has turned 9 months old with a bang!  On Thursday night she woke up a few times crying and I couldn't figure out why.   Then it dawned on me, teeth!  Avi got her first tooth!  Her second one is very close behind and I am waiting for it to come through any minute.

Her second milestone is that Avi learned to crawl!  She was able to crawl a step or two for a few days and for three days now she has been off and moving quite well.  There go the easy days of plopping her down and letting her play by herself.

Zuri is happy because she thinks it is fun to have Avi crawling around, but sad because she does NOT want to share her toys.

Luckily Avi does have some toys.

Avi continues to be a pretty happy baby.  I think crawling has made her even more happy because now she can get to whatever she wants.  Which of course is something she should not be going for.

Eating is going a bit better.  She doesn't love to be fed with a spoon and will eat food sometimes and other times she wants down to crawl.  But she has been doing a lot better with her bottles.  But she is loving drinking from a cup.

Size:
Weight: 17lbs 8oz
Height: No idea
Clothing size: 9-12 months for length not for weight!


Likes:
Berries
Drinking from a cup
Things that light up
Taking things from Zuri
Crawling around
Standing --assisted


Dislikes:
Zuri taking things from her
Falling and hitting her head
Being picked up and put back in a different place from where she crawled

Avi is 8 MONTHS OLD!

Aviela is such a happy kid.  Do I start all of her posts this way?  She really is happy almost all of the time.

Avi still does not crawl.  She has learned to do a few things while seated.  She can now turn around so she can pick which direction she is seated.  And last night, while watching tv with Zuri, she leaned and scooted about 4 feet to get to the books in Zuri's room.  She definitely has interest in crawling because she definitely wants to get her hands on everything!  It might be quite difficult when she does crawl!

We spend a lot of time in this position...one leg back and on one knee reaching for toys that Zuri has strewn around the room.

Avi's eating has gotten a little bit better.  She generally likes to eat food like cheese, cereal, crackers, blueberries and even some veggies.  Depending on the day her bottles are sometimes easier to give her too.  She is definitely growing and putting on some weight, noted by her chubby face.  But she is still a lean machine.

We saw a picture of me when I was a kid and we definitely look alike, even down to the lack of hair at that age (Sorry Avi!).  The only difference is that I have blue eyes and she has brown.  I need to get that picture and post a comparison.

Avi stats:
Height:  28 inches tall ~ 84%
Weight: 16 lbs and 5oz ~ 29%

Since her 6 month doctors appointment she has grown 1.5 inches and almost 2 lbs.  And went up on the percentiles from about 80% on height to 84% and 20% on weight to 29%.  So, it looks like she is growing well.  She won't have another doctors appointment until her 1 year check (Oh my goodness one year!!!), so I won't know her size again for 4 months.

She currently wears:
Size 9 month clothing
Size 3 shoes
Size 3 diapers


Likes:
Getting her hands on everything
Sister tickling her
Sister copying what she is saying
Walks
Stella
Bath
Being thrown in the air
Toys in general
Singing to her

Dislikes:
Falling down and not being able to get back up
Not being able to get things she wants
Not being able to crawl


Zuri and Avi definitely have fun together right now.  Zuri will always ask for Avi to sit by her, or tell me that Avi wants to read books with her.  Zuri will even sit there and read Avi books.  She likes to give Avi hugs but she also likes to "bonk" Avi on the head for no reason.  Luckily, Avi is pretty forgiving right now.  Zuri loves bath time with Avi and likes to hide behind Avi and yell "THE CROCODILE IS COMING!!!!"  I keep telling her she should protect her sister from the crocodile, but so far she is quick to feed her to the croc.  

But Zuri also likes to give her "huggies!"

Zuri's 1st Haircut!

Zuri got her haircut right before her 3rd Birthday.  Her hair was getting very long, it was nearing her low back when it was wet.

We just got the ends trimmed as her hair was super long and layered a bit to help give it more curl.  She did a great job!

Zuri is 3!!!!!

Zurianna turned the big THREE!  After Christmas I told her that her birthday was next.  So, she would keep saying "Christmas is over, what is next??  MY BIRTHDAY!"  Followed by her saying that she wanted a PARTY where she could wear a birthday hat and balloons and blow out candles like this and she would pretend to blow them out. Zuri told me that she wanted a superhero birthday and that she wanted a superhero cake.  She would tell me that she is going to be 3 (while holding up a different amount of fingers).  It is definitely interesting how she had her own visions of what she wanted for her birthday.  So, of course we tried to do some or most of what she asked.

She wore the Superhero dress I bought her for Christmas for her birthday.  Pedro picked up balloons and birthday hats on his way home from work.  She was very excited.

Our morning started with going out to breakfast.  She wore her birthday hat to the restaurant.

  Then  she got to choose her breakfast and then when they brought it out they had a candle on it so we sang to her and she blew it out!  She was so excited!

She had told me that she wanted Anna for her birthday because Avi gave her Elsa for Christmas.  So, Avi gave her a present at the restaurant and it was ANNA!  She screamed and yelled!  I gave her a card that sang "Let it go" and she was even more excited.

After breakfast we headed downtown to the stock show parade.  We got to see some of her favorite animals--horses and cows.  She was very happy.

After the stock show parade we went home for a short nap.  After nap time I surprised her with a horse barn and a horse!  She was so excited especially after seeing the horses earlier in the day.  Then we went to Chuck E Cheese, where she played the night away with Grey and Ashby.  Nana and papa came too.

She is happy here...not a great picture!

And another round of happy birthday and blowing out candles....

On Saturday (two days later) we had another family party where Kurt and Dena's family came, Kory and Karen's, Nana and Papa and Linzy and Chyler.  We went to Torres because Zuri asked for mexican food (she said she wanted chips or mexican every time I asked her).  She had more fun there and some fun gifts.  Along with another singing of happy birthday and more candles.

She then proceeded to wipe off the whip cream and eat it...!

She had a great birthday!

Zuri's 3 year stats!

Height: 40 inches tall 97% (They say she will be somewhere between 5'8 and 5'11).
Weight: 36lbs 90%  (Think she has weighed this or more for months)


She was such a good girl at her doctors appointment!  No crying and she fully cooperated, although there were no shots involved!