10 Months Old

Poor Ava has had a rough month of being sick. Immediately after we returned from Florida she developed a cold and after two nights in a row of her screaming I took her to the doctor. They discovered that she had an inverted ear drum possibly from flying. Just this week she developed another cold which resulted in another ear infection (her first was when she was just about six months old). I guess that is the plight of being the second child!

She is developing so fast, it is such a fun time with her right now. She giggles constantly, even just walking down the stairs or watching her brother talk while they are both in the car seats makes her laugh. I have been doing a lot of basic sign language with her over the last several months and now she is starting to do them on her own (she does 'all done', 'milk' and 'more'). She is definitely saying 'Mama' and 'Dada' now specifically referring to Aaron and I which we both just love of course! She also tries to say 'all done' but only I could translate it, it comes out as 'ah da'. She claps now too which is the sweetest thing to witness! She stands on her own for almost a minute at a time and when she realizes what she's doing she quickly lowers herself to the ground. She loves to be read to and gets excited when I pull out one of her favorites. She is also sleeping through the night as of the last several weeks (aside from when she's had ear issues)!! She also had her first tooth come in a couple of weeks ago.