Development update

Ava is very close to crawling! She is now getting into four point crawl position without collapsing from weakness. Sometimes in this position she will rock back and forth. The other night she actually shuffled her knees and then walked her hands forward two steps! Go Ava go! I was so excited I yelled out and rather than falling she just sat up from four point and looked at me like, what do you want mom? She is now also starting to garble and in her garbles we hear more words emerging. Although she used to say up! quite clearly we don't hear that very often. I do hear mom (to both me and Craig) Craig heard her say chair when she was looking at the couch and the other week she reached toward our dog Princess and said a garbled doggy. She is bum shuffling around the room at times and experimenting with those movements. Also her hands which are the weakest part of her is getting some positive development. She can hold her bottle but if it drops she may try to get it but can't. We have been giving her cheesies by putting them in her hand and she will bring it to her mouth and eat them. Lately I've been holding them in front of her and she will look at it and grunt (wanting it) but won't reach for it. I tap the back of her hand with the cheesie and hold it up again and quick as lightning she will grab it and stuff it in her mouth. She even figured out how to get the small piece stuck in her fist into her mouth. She is very happy most of the day and only gets upset when she is tired or hungry or mad. Very appropriate emotionally. I am so proud of her and all her accomplishments. She herself is working very hard to get to the next level. She isn't giving up and we aren't either.