Colin's Triathlons June 2010

May 2010

The fam at graduation

Aunt Mandy and Ava

Moving Colin out of his house after graduation

She likes her new present

A gift from my Uncle Wayne and Aunt Barb for Ava

Getting ready to go to the farmer's market with mom, on a chilly day

Ava meeting her great-grandma for the first time

"This is my sparkly clubbin' outfit"

Post-bath mohawk

April 2010

Hangin' with my Aunt Darcy

Sleepy Girl

Trying to eat my bib

Eating some sweet potatoes

Snuggling my Uncle Aaron

Easter 2010

Ava eating rice cereal for the first time

February/March 2010

Valentine's Day

Hangin' out in my bumbo

Sleeping with my lovie

When I was sick and had to use albuterol nebulizer

This is what happens when my dad dresses me

February 9, 2010

She wasn't really that upset...it was more of a transitional face after the flash went off...it was funny none the less.

Ava is starting to smile and coo a lot more these days. Here's a video of her today.

Super Bowl Sunday

Ava was really disappointed to learn that not only did the Bears not win the Super Bowl, they weren't in fact playing.

January 2010

Ava Update

Ava went to the doctor last week and is now up to 12 pounds 7.5 ounces. She's still growing like a weed and we're excited about that. She hasn't had any breathing spells since New Year's Eve and since then was started on a second medication for reflux, Prevacid, along with her Zantac to control it better. We no longer go to the eye doctor every month as she has been cleared until August for her retinopathy issues. We're also hopefully done seeing the kidney doctor for awhile. She saw him last week and he wanted to do an echocardiogram (which we had done today) before he stopped her amlodipine (blood pressure medication). We're hoping we're done with that as it will be one less medicine to give her everyday and taking her blood pressure in the evenings has become more difficult as she's gotten older. The ENT doc also didn't want to see her again til this summer which is nice since all these "specialists" cost us $45 a pop each time we go. Medicaid (which she was on in the hospital because she was low birth weight and up til February 1st) picked up the copays up til now.

Ava is smiling up a storm these days, although it's hard to tell from some of the pictures because she usually blinks or stops smiling when I try to take pictures. She's also starting to make more noises and cooing on her own and in response to us. Last week she started noticing when we would leave the room and start to fuss a little, as if she were saying, "why did you leave me in here by myself?? Where'd you go mom?" She's beginning to grab at objects and bat at toys on her playmat more. She's also found her hands and puts them in her mouth every chance she gets. It's amazing to see how far she has come and everyday and week seems to bring a new milestone for her.