Teeth, and Words, and Crawling...Oh My!

My little Miss Avery has 7 teeth in now and 5 more that should appear before too long. My poor little trooper. We finally have had 3-4 nights of decent sleep for all of us. When her mouth bothers her, it could be waking up every 30 minutes to an hour. It's rough on everyone! I can't believe how different it makes her face look with all those teeth!
Avery enjoys playing a lot. She is getting new big girl toys like this little car. It's neat because it converts so she can stand and walk with it. It has lots of fun gadgets that she likes to play with.
I couldn't resist this picture. These bloomers were a gift from Nathan's cousin, Gina. So cute! This is the only time it's going to be acceptable for anyone to be looking at her little booty!
Avery has a little vibrating toothbrush that she likes to use. It is a lifesaver sometimes when we just need a few hands-free minutes. She likes to do big girl things like mommy and daddy do.
Her favorite toy is her yellow jingle ball. She likes the funny noises that it makes. She also likes playing peek-a-boo...and surprisingly, she LOVES to be scared!
She is also learning how to feed herself. She has a few little snacks that she can eat on her own, but she still really likes when someone feeds it to her. My dad had her eating it out of his hand and now she will eat a snack pretty much wherever it is laying. We are gonna have to watch out for that!

She is getting much more mobile. She rolls and crawls pretty much everywhere now. This also means that she is much more capable of getting into things, which she does quite often now. She also somehow manages to back herself into small spaces and corners, and then can't figure out how to get herself out.

Avery is also building quite the vocabulary. Although some words don't come with any frequency, she can say "da-da", "bye bye", "hi", "baby", and "uh oh." She can also use sign language to say "more."

Everything else seems to be going well in the Seago household. Work is going pretty well for both of us, nothing really eventful but we stay busy. We are looking forward to our Topsail Island vacation soon and for some R&R!

Memorial weekend

I've been enjoying a few days off with my sweet little girl and Nathan's family has been in town for the last several days. We had a house full! Nathan's parents, Pam & Calvin, his sister and her husband and his daughter, Mary Helen, Stefan and Katlyn were all here visiting. We had a wonderful time and it was nice to know that you CAN fit 8 people in a 2000 sq ft house and all get along!
Avery just keeps growing! She will be 8 months on Saturday! Where does the time go? She is the best mannered little baby and she loves to smile and laugh all the time!
Summer is here! We have had lots of warm weather and sunshine. We blew up Avery's little kiddie pool and we've spent some time out there soaking up the rays. Avery LOVES the water and she can even kick herself around the pool a little bit. On Memorial Day, Avery, Pam and I went to a cookout/birthday party at my aunt and uncle's house. They have a big inground pool and we swam for a good hour. I think we could have been in there even longer! The best part... it tuckers Avery out which means some good sleepin'!
Avery enjoyed the time with her Pops and Gram. They made her a recordable storybook so she will always be able to hear their voices, even though they are far away. They are going to come up and help babysit Avery the first week of August while I do some PRN work.
We've been spending as much time outdoors as possible. Our yard and flowers have been amazing this year. We have worked hard at trying to make it all look nice and now it is SO nice that it is hard to keep up with it! Avery and I like to sit outside sometimes while Nathan works in the yard.
Although you can't tell it in this picture, Avery is getting two more teeth. That puts her total up to 4 teeth in the last 6 weeks. The top two are coming in and it makes her little face look so different. She just gets cuter all the time to me though!
She still isn't crawling quite yet, but she does know how to do it backwards. This picture reflects her frustration with that because she can't figure out how to get herself going forwards to get the stuff she wants. It is so funny!
Finally, I think she is starting to look a little more like me! I found a picture when I was about her age and she looks A LOT like I did. I felt so relieved because when she was born she looked nothing like me!
She likes to dress up in pretty dresses for church. She has started going into the baby bible class and has done awesome! She hasn't fussed at all and likes learning with the other babies. Plus, mom and dad get a break and can pay attention in our class!
We had a baby and grown-up play date with my cousin, Rebecca and her husband and little boy, Robb and Ethan a few weeks ago. The last time I posted a picture of these two together, I think Ethan was beating up on Avery, but now she can give him a run for his money! They are so hilarious together, always trying to out-do each other. Once the little ones were down for bed, the grown-ups played Wii Resort!
This last picture is after Avery's super good nap. As you can tell, she likes to lay on her hands. We've always called her ostrich baby because she likes to bury her head in whatever. Sometimes she will be face flat on the bed and it really used to scare me, but I just check in on her and she does just fine. Makes for a funny picture though!

My new jobs finally seem to be settling down some. It's been two months now and I am finally starting to figure it all out. We are looking forward to our beach vacation soon! I will try to post again soon. God bless.