Ava Sleeps

More Summer pics

Ava and Joanie playing on the bed

Pictures from our late summer trip to Fire Island, NY

Ava - 10 months

This is one of the few photos we have been able to capture of Ava being still. She is constantly on the move- crawling, reaching, grabbing, climbing! Climbing the steps is her all-time favorite, although has also made attempts to climb into the dishwasher and the fridge.

Ava and Mommy go swimming

It's been a hot summer here in New England and Ava has enjoyed plenty of time in the water.

Mischief

Eat a Cheerio, dump the Cheerios.... this game never gets old!

Ava and friends

Ava had a terrific time last weekend. Amy and Jeanne and Joanie spent the weekend with us and the girls had lots of play time together. On Saturday we had a visit from Suzie and Chief and their two little ones, Charlie and Rhys. Joanie, Ava, and Charlie had some pool time in the backyard. Big fun!


Ava and her beloved Joanie


Pool time also includes a chewing on toys contest


Charlie wins!

Ava - 9 months

Happy, happy, happy, joyful baby.

Going Up

Ava enjoys an ice-pop on a hot summer day

Ava - 8 months

8 months already! Ava is doing all kinds of new stuff and amuses us all the time with her new discoveries. She is still a social butterfly and likes nothing better than to visit with people, especially when they are her size! The biggest milestone this month was learning to crawl. She has not only learned to crawl, she's figured out how to pull herself up on the coffee table and thinks it's hilarous! The moms are scrambling to childproof the house. We'll post pics of crawling soon- meanwhile, here are some recent shots.

Ava Swims

We had a wonderful time in Florida. Ava loved spending time with her Aunt Lisa and Uncle Philip. And she loved, loved, loved the pool! We absolutely have a little fish on our hands!

Ava - 7 Months

Ava is a whirlwind of activity at 7 months! She is sitting up all by herself now and loves to sit and play with her toys. She's got quite a collection at this point and her favorites are the ones that play music. She is also a book lover, in that she loves to eat them! Not so much on the reading yet. Along with books, her favorite things to eat are spinach, pears and bananas. We are getting ready to take a trip to Florida to visit with Aunt Lisa and Uncle Philip. Stay tuned for pics of Ava's first beach and pool experience!

Ava- The Foot Series

Happy Mother's Day! Love, Ava

Ava flies

Ava took her first flight to Baltimore/PA for cousin Michael's 1st Communion. It was a short flight and she did great both coming and going. We saw lots of family while there and got to spend some time outside in the warm spring air.

With Mumsie at Michael's soccer try-outs


With Aunt Jo in church


Eating some spinach out on the deck


Ava and Madison

Happy half birthday Ava!

Ava Francine Carter-Meo is 6 months old today.

Happy Easter! Love, Ava

Ava, 5 months

Ava has learned all kinds of things this month. Hanging upside is one of her favorite things to do. She's also figured out how to roll over and is on her way to sitting up all by herself. She's also added a few new "tricks" to her attention grabbing techniques- in addition to the fake cough, she's learned to shriek at the top of her lungs, which she thinks is hilarious- we're not nearly as fond of it. She also has mastered a sort of wheez so that perhaps she might be having an asthma attack- nahhh.. but it sure did bring both mommies over at once! She is a real character, that's for sure.

We are still trying the solids, a little rice cereal, some peas and some avocado. So far avocado wins. Lots of babbling these days and an outright belly laugh that is really sweet.

We also did some traveling to VT to visit grandparents and then had grandparents and aunts visiting us. We'll put those pictures up soon.

Ava and her cereal

Ava had her first solid food a few nights ago - quite a big step for such a little girl! It was rice cereal and she was slightly alarmed at first but as of this writing she's getting the hang of it!