Ava is 7 months old today. I can hardly believe, she is 7 months old already. Maybe that is because she weighs 14 lbs. 10 oz. and in 25 inches long. Yes, you read that right, she is only up 2 ounces in the last month. Still tiny, but maintaining her weight and not losing, that is what the dr said, so she isn't terribly concerned, but wondering why, as always. Wondering why she coughs, wheezes, vomits, and isn't really growing. I wish the magic 8 ball, could give us an easy answer. Since life isn't that easy we are trying her on flovent (an asthma inhaler) for a month to see if that helps anything. We will see the GI specialist on Dec 12th, and the Pulmonologist on Jan 11th.
Now as far as everything else is concerned, Ava is the happiest and cutest baby ever. Not that I am biased ;)or anything. I have decided she has officially began to sit, but only if she wants to. She will put her hands down and hold herself up, if she is in a sitting mood, otherwise she will pick up her hands and instantly roll to her side. She still rarely rolls to her belly (by choice again) and quickly gets off her tummy during tummy time. She has advanced to the gerber stage 1 fruits and vegetables, (peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, pears, applesauce, peaches bananas, and prunes). She likes them all except the pears and gags on the green beans (not sure if its texture or flavor). She doesn't eat her rice cereal well, unless the nasty flavor has been covered up by one of her favorite fruits or vegetables.
Genetic run wild through all our families, and I am pretty sure our families quirks get passed that way to. Like how both my kids and I have grandma Ole's crooked toes, and the Beeson chin, and how we all carried around our blankies, and now the newest. Ava has never appreciated the pacifier, like Noah did. Which in some ways is nice, not a lot of pictures with binky smiles, but there are times when I wish she would. Instead, she found her thumb. Although I can not chop off her thumb when I am ready for her to be done sucking it, it is a welcome trait in the way of self soothing.
We love this sweet little girl so much!!

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