Avi 13 Months Old!

About two weeks late posting about Avi turning 13 months!  But she has had some big changes from 12 to 13 months.

At 13 months Avi decided to start wanting to walk more.  She still would not pull herself up (which happened about a week after her 13 month birthday).  She likes to hold hands and walk.   The walker is still a bit questionable, but some of that is because Zuri likes to push the walker and it makes her fall.  However, she still prefers to walk on her knees!

Avi also got another tooth so she has 4 teeth at 13 months.  With two more that came in this last week to make 6 teeth.  She has been a little more needy and fussy than general, but nothing too terrible.

Eating has been going well.  I was excited thinking she gained some weight but when I weighed her at home she weighed 18.7lbs.  So the food has gone straight to her legs, as in growing them long and lanky as seen in this picture.

Avi is very thin and long.  She has started to outgrow some of her 12 month pants but since it is short season, being so skinny, 12 months fit well on her waist.

We went to Puerto Rico this last month, which will be a whole other post. But was a great traveler and was very friendly and happy.  She was a bit clingy, but I will blame that on the tooth.

Avi learned a fun thing in the car one day, yelling her version of "wee" as we go down a big hill.  Zuri loves to do it and now Avi.  She will put her hands up and yell it.

She loves singing the days of the week song and a few of the days are very clear.  She doesn't have any other words really.  Sometimes I catch glimpses of words, but you wouldn't know them out of context.  And a few times she has said bye or hi.

She now loves to wave bye and hi and give kisses both real kisses and blow kisses.

Avi has had a fun time at the pool this last month!!!

Aviela 13 months
Height: Getting taller
Weight: 18.7lbs
Clothing size: 12 months, pants could be 12-18 months
Teeth: 4
Words: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...yes I am serious


Likes:
Eggs
Pancakes
FRUIT--but doesn't love blueberries anymore
Sausage-breakfast and andouille
BLANKET
BLANKET--favorite thing ever
Drinking from a sippy cup with water
Throwing food on the floor
Saying "wee" as we go down hills!
Jumpy castle



Dislikes:
Wanting what she cannot have
Not knowing how to get down after standing
Not having her blanket when she is upset


Sisters playing!

Loving her blanket!

She loves trying to put on shoes!

Aviela turns 1 year old!

Avi is a year old!  Time has flown by!

We celebrated her birthday at our house.  We had family and a few friends come and celebrate.  I got her a cupcake for her birthday cake and she seemed to love it for a few minutes.  And then she got frustrated because it was all over her hands.

She is so sweet and Zuri is counting down the moments where they can chase each other around.  Avi likes to chase Zuri now, but she loves to run on her knees!  Which inevitably leads to a face plant at some point.

She laughs a lot and her new favorite thing is to open her mouth wide when she gets excited!


Avi loves to read books with me and loves to take my hand and make me tickle her on a page in the book where the bee "buzzes".  She also likes the hopping bunnies.  We read the same book all the time because she loves it so much.


Avi is a bit defiant and thinks it is funny when we tell her no.  She will shake her head and laugh.  Not really the response you hope for!  She gets in trouble while trying to steal food from Zuri, for instance she tried to take an apple that Zuri was eating straight from Zuri's mouth.  As you can imagine this didn't go over well.  Avi actually ended up with the apple and Zuri sharing which might have been a first.  She also loves to pull Zuri's or my hair.  She does it in the tub all the time and Zuri screams and then Avi laughs.  Then during meal times Avi will throw food on the floor.  I will tell her no and she will laugh and shake her head and do it again.


Avi loves to dance to music.  She loves toys that make music and she will push the buttons over and over and dance to the music.


Now if we could just learn to stand and talk!  Avi doesn't really have any words yet and I am starting to work on the walking!

Avi 1 year stats:
Weight: 18lbs 9oz (30%)
Height: 30.25 inches (85%)
Head: 44cm (25%)


Clothing: Size 12 month
Shoes size: 3.5/4


Likes:
Dancing
Music
Walking on knees
Going through cupboards
Crawling up and giving me kisses
Giving Zuri kisses
Screaming with Zuri
Smiling
BLANKET!
Sophie the giraffe
Train that rolls and makes music
The walker toy that makes music--but we don't walk!
Fruit!!!
Andouille sausage
Mac and Cheese


Dislikes:
Cleaning her newly pierced ears
Eating most of the time
Getting something taken away that she is playing with
Dogs jumping on her

Comparison Photos 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Months!

Aviela is 11 Months Old!

I feel like I start every Avi post with what a happy baby she is and this one is no different.  She is really just a happy kid.  She does have more of a feisty personality now when she wants something or if you take something away from her that she wants, but she recovers really quickly.

We have all had a lot of colds lately and she is no different.  She has had one, off and on, for weeks now.  Hopefully, her immunity is getting strong.

She still has two teeth, but a third one (top left) should be coming through any minute.  Waiting for some more hair to come in too!  What hair she does have is definitely curly!

Avi now knows how to clap and blow kisses.  Which is a lot of fun.  We haven't spent a lot of time trying to teach her these things then one day I decided we would and of course she didn't do it when I asked.  Then with both things, Pedro asked her to do it and she miraculously did them!  Pretty funny!  She also gives kisses.  She will lay her head on me with her mouth open and say "mmmmm" and pull her head back quickly and do it over and over.

She eats pretty much any food that we have or that I think she might like.  She doesn't love cheese like her sister does, but she does LOVE FRUIT.  Pretty sure she would eat just fruit if I let her.  She likes to eat pancakes, waffles and eggs for breakfast, little biscuits with ground meat for lunch, and frozen veggies.  Dinner time we struggle as she is not as hungry.  She loves to drink from her sippy cup and still drinks from a bottle but is starting to only drink a few ounces before she is done with that.  I wouldn't be concerned but I feel like she has not gained a lot of weight, which seems to be our issue on and off with her.  With her sicknesses and just dislike for eating we struggle in this area.  I assume this will be a life long problem, like her cousin Ashby.  But as long as they are acting fine and growing I guess we will just have to figure it out.

Avi crawls very fast now and uses her "walker" items to walk on her knees.  She seems interested in standing but really never takes an opportunity to do it, so maybe she isn't!  She seems really far from walking since she doesn't even like to walk while holding hands or anything else.

Avi loves Zuri and gets really excited to see her when she is waiting for her after school.  Zuri loves Avi but definitely will find things a lot more fun when Avi can walk and chase after her!

Avi Stats:
Height: No idea!
Weight: Guessing about 18lbs
Clothing size:  12 months

Likes:
Blanket!!!!!!
Chewing on the blanket
Sophie giraffe
Crocodile that you bang on and it makes noise
Crawling around
Play Table
Stuffed Animals
Playing with her sister
Bouncing up and down in jumper, on knees, in your lap everywhere
Bath time
Dogs toys and bowl

Dislikes:
Sister taking things from her or hitting her
Dogs jumping on her
Sitting still! Hence all the fuzzy pictures.
Mom handing her off to people--but she recovers very quickly
Cheese? Possibly

Zurianna

Zurianna, Zurianna...what to say about my 3 year old.  That she is a "threenager" most definitely.  That she LOVES to be on the go and do something all the time?  Most definitely.  She is definitely in the phase of "let me do it myself" only to be quickly followed by frustration or excitement that she has actually done something.

I let her pick out her clothes with some guidance, start the bath water, help add bubbles, choose tv shows and snacks and even meals for school.  She will not go for whatever I pick so it's best to just guide the process as  best I can.

We are currently enrolled in our second session of swim lessons and she loves them.  She was a little scared to do some of the stuff to start but then she "practiced" jumping into the water and "practiced" putting her face in the water.  I love that she did these on her own.  When she is scared of things I make her watch videos of the things so that she see's that it is fine and nothing to be scared of.  We watched a lot of videos of kids jumping into the pool and so now she asks to see more.  But she has made a great improvement this last month, mostly due to her wanting to do things, not so much because of our class which is only marginal.

"Avi" bought her some swim goggles and today she even brought those to show and tell.

We have had some issues with naps, as in she doesn't take them at all.  And other issues where she falls asleep right before her "bunny" alarm goes off (bunny alarm shows a sleeping bunny and an awake bunny, so now she knows when she can get up..love this!) and then I have to wake her so she doesn't sleep until bed time.  Which always leads to a cranky kid, unless it means she can "go somewhere".


Zuri loves our new puppies and still asks about Stella.  She loves to play outside and run around and play with the "neighborhood".  She is definitely high energy.

She loves Avi but then shoves her or hits her, probably will be that way forever, but hopefully not!

She had a lot of fun Easter egg hunting!

Some fun pictures of Zuri!