Ava and the Birthday Cake

Mom baked a coconut cake just for me

Finally! its all mine!

Hmm..let's see if I like this 

I'm stilll assessing....

I need another quick sample

I think I like this cake

Mom, you try some. 

Now papa gets a bite

Now a handful all for me 

I can grab more if I use both hands

Hey, are you guys eating a bigger cake? 

May I please have some more, this one is in crumbs

see all I have left is crumbs and icing 

let see if it still tastes good 

Can't pose now, I'm eating 

Ok, this is my pose, I call it "Blue Steel"

Being one rocks! 

Easter

On a rainy Easter afternoon Ava was visited by the Easter bunny. 

"The Easter bunny brought me this great outfit and cute basket, but where are all the eggs?" 

The Easter bunny "hid" the eggs.  Can you find them?
 

"This Easter bunny is not so good at hiding eggs." 

"I got it!"

"This is a strange egg.  It rattles!" 

Yes, there are Cheerios inside the eggs.

"If I could just figure out how to get the Cheerios out." 

"Never mind, I have a better trick.I can walk and carry an egg in each hand!" 

"This Easter bunny stuff is pretty fun."

Faces

Our baby is growing up too fast.  Now she knows when the flash of the camera is coming and so often closes her eyes.  For some reason this is coupled with some funny expressions.  I have not captioned these..for now, I think it is just fun to imagine what she was thinking. 

Yawning and Dancing

Cheerios!

Ava loves Cheerios.  

"These are good eats!" 

"Here Papa, you try one." 

"And another one." 

"I am glad you like them, too." 

"Now one for me." 

"More for papa."

 

"And another"

"And another"

"Papa ate all my Cheerios!" 

Ava and Hummus

It turns out that Ava does not like hummus. After a very small taste, Ava's lip became more than a little swollen. So, Ava decided to visit the emergency room at Overlake Friday night. 

"I don't think this gown is my size. Do you have something a bit smaller and in purple?" 

We spent a couple of hours in the ER.  It turns out Ava is very allergic to something in hummus.   Thanks to some lovely Benadryl Ava slept through most of it. 

"ZZZZZzzzz" She was snoring. Mom and Papa were never so happy to hear little baby snores.

The next day Ava was up and walking.  Yes, walking. She took her first couple of steps Saturday night.

  Unfortunately, we were too busy cheering to take a picture, but look for some next week.

Update: After allergy testing we found out that hummus is probably the worst possible food for Ava.  She is allergic to both sesame and garbanzo beans.  However, she  is not allergic to peanuts (there is Kennedy in there somewhere after all). 

Ava and the Teeth

Ava has been a little sad this week.

"I have been cutting FOUR teeth.  See, four--at once. It is not easy."

                               But it is not all bad....

"If I just dance, sometimes I feel better." 

"And next time you see this smile, it just might be a toothy grin."