Sickness

Well, I guess it had to happen sometime. Ava got her first cold (and so did Mama). Unfortunately, it decided to show up and make itself at home. I kind of picture those little green mucus blobs from the Mucinex commercials.

At first, I thought it was a byproduct of teething; so did the pediatrician. But, I'm certainly not teething so I know we just have a nasty frickin' cold. We both have Niagara Falls running down our faces. (Sorry, probably not the hommage to Buffalo that some friends would want.) She has been sleeping pretty well so I guess I should count my blessings. I just hope this is all over soon. I want my happy baby back.

To follow up from my last post, Ava now has 8 teeth in the front and a random molar. She's always been into chewing on everything; now it just hurts. She left a mark on my arm that lasted a day. Little stinker! I think we're done with the teething thing for the time being.

Aside from being sick, we did spend Easter weekend down in Powell. It was a nice weekend and we saw a lot of family. The past week has been pretty nice in some ways (aside from the colds) because Chris is home during the day. He just switched to a month of night rotations. At first, I dreaded it but it has actually been really great. Plus, he has this weekend off so we're heading down to Powell to help my parents do some necessary cleanup/painting on the house. In case you haven't heard, they are selling the farm.

Anyway, here are some pics and videos from the past couple of weeks.

Ava with Aunt Cindy


Trying on her Birthday dress Grandma bought her. This is a 12m dress and she's only 8m.

Reading a book with Great Grandma Rich

Kid containment.

Hanging with Daddy.

Ava loves bath time.


Here is an example of how close she is to crawling.