Ava is such a curious little monkey. It's so hard to keep her in one place these days. At this very moment she is across the room trying to pull the curtains down from the window.
She's so funny sometimes, even though she's incredibly time consuming. I feel like I'm always chasing her around trying to keep her from pulling the TV over, or tearing leaves off of the plants, or racing for the backdoor to see what's outside. She knows the neighbour's cat might have come to visit and I think she goes to see if it's there. We just got a baby gate to put on the stairs so she can't get up them anymore. Kind of sad because I know she likes to climb the stairs but I really don't want her doing it when I'm not standing behind her.
20 minutes ago I gave her some 'nappy free' time and she decided to poop all over the living room floor. That was fun.
She just tried to take the power cable out from my laptop so I said 'No.' and she shouted 'No!' right back to me. How am I supposed to teach her what 'no' means?
She's now trying to hit the keyboard so I think I should put my laptop away.
24/05/2010
15/05/2010
Learning more new things
Yikes! It's been far too long since I last updated here. Ava has learned so many new things over the last few weeks that I really should be writing about them as they happen.
She has turned into a little parrot and copies so many things we say and do. Here is a list of sounds/words she says when we say them to her:
- Eee!
- Dee!
- Bee!
- Eeyo-Eeyo-Eeyo (in response to E-I-E-I-O from Old McDonald)
- Hi Hi!
- Bebe (for Baby)
- Dog (but most of the time it's without the 'g')
- No! (it sounds more like 'Doh!' though)
It's very hard not to laugh when you say 'No!' and she turns around and says it back to you. She also coughs when we cough, waves when we say 'Wave bye-bye!' and whistles when we start whistling.
She absolutely loves babies, cats and dogs. When we were leaving Portugal last week, there was an 18 month old little boy running around the departure lounge and when Ava spotted him she went crazy. She squeaked and shrieked and bounced and waved until his mum brought him over to say hello. It was really cute, everyone in the lounge was watching and smiling at their little encounter.
On the weekend we went to visit some friends who have a golden retriever and Ava just loved him. She even copied his panting! So now when she sees another dog (even a picture) she starts to pant.
Also on the weekend we stayed at Graham's sister's place and she has two cats. Whenever Ava spotted one of them she would chase after it as fast as she could on her tummy. If one of us was holding her hands while she was standing, she would practically run after the poor cat! I didn't even know she could move like that. Her walking has always been so unstable, she's like a little drunk person hobbling around.
Anyway my 20 minutes of peace is up, she's just woken up from her nap and is crying in her room. I've never known anyone who gets so upset about waking up!
She has turned into a little parrot and copies so many things we say and do. Here is a list of sounds/words she says when we say them to her:
- Eee!
- Dee!
- Bee!
- Eeyo-Eeyo-Eeyo (in response to E-I-E-I-O from Old McDonald)
- Hi Hi!
- Bebe (for Baby)
- Dog (but most of the time it's without the 'g')
- No! (it sounds more like 'Doh!' though)
It's very hard not to laugh when you say 'No!' and she turns around and says it back to you. She also coughs when we cough, waves when we say 'Wave bye-bye!' and whistles when we start whistling.
She absolutely loves babies, cats and dogs. When we were leaving Portugal last week, there was an 18 month old little boy running around the departure lounge and when Ava spotted him she went crazy. She squeaked and shrieked and bounced and waved until his mum brought him over to say hello. It was really cute, everyone in the lounge was watching and smiling at their little encounter.
On the weekend we went to visit some friends who have a golden retriever and Ava just loved him. She even copied his panting! So now when she sees another dog (even a picture) she starts to pant.
Also on the weekend we stayed at Graham's sister's place and she has two cats. Whenever Ava spotted one of them she would chase after it as fast as she could on her tummy. If one of us was holding her hands while she was standing, she would practically run after the poor cat! I didn't even know she could move like that. Her walking has always been so unstable, she's like a little drunk person hobbling around.
Anyway my 20 minutes of peace is up, she's just woken up from her nap and is crying in her room. I've never known anyone who gets so upset about waking up!
07/05/2010
10 Month Photo!
My little Ava bug at 10 months old. It's getting harder and harder to keep her still for these monthly pictures. This was the best one we could get.
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