Big girl

Well, a lot has been going on here over the past couple of weeks. After getting up on her hand and knees and rocking back and forth for about a month, Ava finally crawled for the first time last Saturday. I'm excited, but believe me, I was in absolutely no rush for her to become mobile. I think she was just letting us know that she was able to crawl because after that initial showing, she was using rolling more as a means of getting around for the next few days. But she is now getting pretty good at crawling and is more steady and doing it much more. Here's a little video from early last week of her crawling.

She has also started parroting us much more lately. She's had dada down for quite a while and she recently started saying mom and mama (it's about time, I've only been trying to get her to say it since she was about 5 months old). This past weekend, she started saying Danpa which is what we're having her call my dad. At first, she would just repeat it after my mom said it, but then she made the connection and would look at my dad and say Danpa. Saying he was excited is an understatement. Here's a video of Ava and I quacking.

Another new development is that Ava pulled herself up to standing this past Saturday. I went into her room to get her up from her nap and there she was, standing in her crib. I'll admit, I teared up a little bit. I just can't believe how quickly everything is happening now. She really is getting to be such a big girl. And to think that 11 months ago I was sitting in a hospital bed terrified about having my baby so early because there were so many things that could go wrong. I know I've said it at least a million times, but we are just so lucky. Which reminds me, if you haven't already visited our March for Babies site, go check it out. I know that March of Dimes had a big hand in helping us in those scary early days.