Ameduri Family
Ava started Valentine’s Day by opening a card from Nee-Nee (Mo’s mom). Her day seems to be fun from there on out. The weather here in Arizona was perfect for an afternoon trip to the playground. She seemed to have more fun watching the other kids than playing with her bubbles…
Smiling in her car seat with anticipation…
Her first ride down the slide…
We think she liked it!
Playing with the grass…
Ava didn’t really want to leave…neither did we!
Hope you all had a good Valentine’s Day!
Ava has finally cut her first tooth through. But amazingly, it doesn’t seem to bother her too much. She’s still an extremely happy little baby. She’s also been extremely chatty lately – although everything is “da da” to her, Dad sometimes likes to think she is calling him by name.
Here’s Ava surrounded by her toys – note that she manages to stop just in time for a camera shot…
Helping Mom on the computer…I think she wants to go sailing!
Out at a concert on Friday evening…
Practicing her smiling (and sit ups) at lunch. 
And yes, sleeping like a log with her legs propped up against the side of the crib.
And “playing house” at home.
For our Friday adventure, we decided to head over to Fountain Hills and visit the restaurant at CopperWynd, where we were married. After a walking around the lake, we headed over to catch the happy hour. Ava was, as usual, the social butterfly. Between hamming it up with the couple behind us, trying to bend backwards to look at the other tables, and just being the little social butterfly, Ava had a blast. Which means we did as well…
Posing for the camera…
Trying to suck on Dad’s cheek.
Trying to steal Dad’s wine…
And trying to reach for it when he set it on the table….
While we were sitting at the restaurant, we had an amazing view of the moonrise. Friday was the "wolf moon" -- which is the name that the Native Americans give to the full moon in January. It is also the biggest and brightest full moon of the year.
Ava continues to be a good eater. In the last few weeks she’s expanded her range of foods to include green beans, avocado, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and oatmeal. And yet she shows even more interest in seeing what we are eating. Scott made waffles (with Ava’s waffle maker courtesy of great aunt Judy) this morning, we decided to let her have one….her review: excellent!
The waffles….
The tasting….
And earlier this morning with one of her favorite toys….
For those of you counting at home….today Ava is officially 6 months old. And what an amazing 6 months it has been…in those 6 months she has gone from a 5 lb 11 oz skinny little newborn to a 13 lb 9 oz happy interactive baby. Ava is such a little “foodie” – she loves her squash and cereal. She’s developing more – today she was really good at balancing herself while sitting.
And now the star of the show….
Ava at 2 days old.
And with the same stuffed toy at 182 days old.
Here she is hanging with her pal Chase….both of them still in bed of course.
Ava has set only a few resolutions for the new year: to continue her development, help keep us on our toes, and be fun and cute. She’s off to a good start already…
Lounging around with Chase
Trying to feed herself (or chew on the spoon…or both)
Helping Mom do some crunches 
Whew…all that work makes you tired….time for a little rest!
Ava’s first visit from Santa was definitely good. Although this year her favorite tended to be wrapping paper and tissue paper (aka anything colorful and noisy when she slaps at it), it was definitely a treat to watch her open gifts!
On Christmas eve she was definitely dressed for the part, with her Christmas pjs on and with her “Santa’s little helper” hat on.
She was also interested in Dad’s Santa hat as well….
Christmas morning the tree looked like this….
With her new sippy cup…
With her Pops and Neenee showing off her laptop (Chase of course wanted to be in the photo).
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