24 weeks old…
Ava is now 24 weeks old… just a week away from turning 6 months old.
Ava was busy this week with her dancing lessons. Here is our little senorita dancing to La Bamba with her mommy.
Ole!
And here is Ava dancing with Uncle David…
…they danced to the beat of an 80s song.
Ava is getting better at holding herself up into a crawling position. She starts to move her knees forward but is too scared to move her arms at the same time… so she ends up doing a face plant every once in a while.
Since everything Ava touches ends up in her mouth, Grandma Ester got her a duck teething toy. It’s her current favorite toy since it feels good on her gums.
But when the duck is not around, a water bottle does the trick.
Dan figured out that if he rolled back and forth on the carpet, Ava would laugh aloud.
It was cute to watch.
She also got a chance to meet Birdy, my cocktiel who is at least 25 years old… but it was just too bright outside to give him one of her signature smiles.
Here is Ava laying on my lap before bedtime, making fart sounds on my knees.
Thanks for the slobber Ava 
Her sitting is getting better too… but if she turns her head, she can end up tipping over. Here she is mid-fall. Don’t worry, she rarely cries after a fall… too many stuffed animals to soften the fall.
And at daycare this week, Ava painted a fish. Her daycare room has a under the sea theme at the moment.
Her fish is the prettiest in the bunch, if I don’t say so myself.
On the 4th of July, we spent the day walking around downtown and having a BBQ.
And making silly faces.
Here she is ‘walking’. It amazing how she knows that one foot is supposed to go in front of the other already.
Ava also got to hang out with Grace at the BBQ. Here she is thanking Grace for sharing her exersaucer.
Alright, time to go sailing. We are off to Catalina Island now. Ava prepared herself for the trip by practicing her yacht rock move. A red sky at night is a sailor’s delight.
