Rice Cereal

Well I can't say that it was Avery's first taste of rice cereal today. We've been thickening her bottles with rice cereal for well over a month now to help with the spitting-up. BUT... she did eat it for the first time today from a spoon! It was quite messy. Avery acted like she hadn't tasted rice cereal before by the looks on her face. The pediatrician said to wait closer to 6 months to try other foods out, so we're going to stick with rice cereal for now. About half-way through the meal Avery was figuring things out and she would open her mouth wider when I brought the spoon close. She only made a gagging face a few times :-)

What's that in your mouth?

It looked like Avery was chewing gum in this video. I thought it was funny!

Working on new skillz

Last weekend it was Homecoming up at William & Mary. We headed up to spend the weekend in Williamsburg at my parent's house. My sister and her fam came to visit, too. It was a blast! One of the main objectives for the visit was to get a photo of the two kiddies for my mom's christmas card. What a hoot! Avery B had on her striped xmas outfit and Henry had on a red "Ho Ho Ho" shirt. Let's just say Avery was a steady rock, but Henry had a new face in each photo! I don't think Henry knew what to do sitting next to his cousin... especially when Avery started leaning on him with her left arm. So cute! Here's a few shots from the scene.



Avery loves her auntie!

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Avery is getting much better at holding objects. Lately anything in her hands goes straight into her mouth.
This girl LOVES to stand. She's so happy when we hold her up. She locks her knees and stands straight up. She might pass right by sitting and go for walking. (just kidding!) I've been trying to help her sit on the floor lately, but it's hard because she straightens herself out and lunges backwards!

Here's a rare happy moment sitting in her bumbo seat:
This video was from last night when Avery was sitting up in Brent's lap.

No way!

Avery rolled over today from her tummy to her back! I wasn't quick enough to capture it on video, but I will try again later! Hopefully I can post it soon.

In other news, Avery went the whole night without eating! I guess she technically "slept through the night," but it did involve me up every hour or so to soothe her back to sleep with her pacifier. This is something I've always done, and at least once or twice during the night she couldn't be soothed back to sleep from crying and would need to eat. Not last night! Hopefully this is just the beginning and in time she will get better at soothing herself back to sleep.. or not waking at all!

Yesterday we went in for her 4-month doctor appointment... I'm guessing the shots did her well!

Avery's new thing is to sit in her bouncer seat with her feet up in the air!