Avery turned 8 months on May 28th. She is such a happy baby who brings us so much laughter and love. Over the last 2 months Avery has continued to grow and develop and is now 16.5 lbs and just over 26 inches long. She mastered sitting a couple months back but is now standing (as long as she is holding on to the couch, table or our hands), scooting, doing 360 turns on her bottom, saying Momma, Beh (which we are really thinking it means Bella since she does it when she wants to play with her), eating all sorts of solids, puffs and making attempts at a sippy cup. We originally thought she would not crawl (her daddy didn't either) since she hated being on her belly, but she is now getting onto her hands and knees and trying to move so its likely coming soon.
Since our 6 month post, we have traveled to FWB to visit family. Avery just loves all the attention she gets from people and soaked it up from her grandparents, great aunt Susie and our friends back in FWB. One of her favorite things is to get an applause from someone when she does something "exciting" or new. She will literally turn and look for acknowledgment and giggle with excitement. She also loves the camera and as soon as I pull it out she looks at me with a huge smile (hence all the photos of her smiling). This makes my life easy when it comes to capturing all of these precious moments in her life.
Below are pics and more can be found at http://alibenpictures.shutterfly.com/pictures/2569
