Three, Oh, it's a Magic Number

So we're a day late and some pictures short with Ava's three-month photos. She decided to celebrate the three month mark by helping Dad look at some properties, made a quick stop at her friend Olivia's house, then took a five hour nap. That didn't leave much time for pictures! As of Friday Ava weighed 10 lbs, 10 oz., which skyrockets her to the 18th percentile for weight (up from the 7th percentile the month before). Somebody is going on a diet. (just kidding Mom)

Ava has dicovered her fingers and spends a large amount of time spitting out her pacifier, crying, then finding her fingers to soothe herself. It's quite the exhausting cycle...for her and for us.

Ava still enjoys growing her hair out. Yesterday she got her first blow-out, which resulted in the above. She also rolled over for the first time this weekend. She was so excited about it that she promptly fell asleep and napped for an hour.

Here's Ava modeling Uncle Rob's sunglasses.

Her head hasn't quite reached gigantic Erickson proportions yet.

Ava with her cousin Leonidas visiting from Greece. Leo says Ava needs to come to Thessaloniki to discover what spoiling really is. I say she doesn't need to go that far to get spoiled...her grandparents have that covered just fine here in the States.

Ava thought Eirini was really pretty and fun; she's had lots of practice with her cousins

Anastasia and Christina.

Ava and her friend Mary. Mary is going to teach Ava lots of things. Like wine-drinking, shopping and stiletto-wearing.

Ava and Uncle Rob. Rob is teaching Ava about avant garde movies and hip bands that

Mom has never heard of.

Ava and Steffy-pants. Steph teaches Ava about journalism, hobbit boots and how to end words with "-sies". As in, "Ava's shirtsies is cute"

Here are some random bath pics from her 3 month birthday...

Alfalfa

Horns (but sweet, angelic horns)

Smooshed side part

Curly 'fro

Tomorrow Ava leaves for Naples for two weeks so there will be LOTS of pictures when we get back. Signing off for now...have to go pack several teeny weeny baby bikinis for our trip.

Trip to Champaign

Ava went down to Champaign this past weekend for Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. Ha, just kidding. But she did get to meet her Great Grandma and Grandpa C, Emily, Melissa, Aunt Judi and hang with Great Grandma E. A few pics!

Four generations :-)

Nice, normal family picture...

What we're really like.

"So, which shampoo do you use Baba? Oh wait..."

Great Grandma C is going to potty train Ava before she's one. She promised.

"And then the aliens came and built the pyramids..."

See how tight my mom is holding on? We usually have to pry Ava away.

Oh well, that's what Grandmas are for.

Grandma E is happy to hold her great-grandaughter.

"Enough pictures, Mom. What? Uncle Rob AND my cousins are visiting from Greece this week?

  Here comes the paparazzi"

Happy Belated, Dr. Seuss!

Reading all your books wore me out.

Say my name

Ava should have no problem learning how to spell her name. After all, she's surrounded by toys, blankets and art depicting her moniker. A sampling:

I inherited Mom's nerd gene and loooove puzzles! Especially those with such fascinating subject matter.You can see by my expression how seriously I take puzzle working.

Just in case Kate thought this chair would fit her, I thought I would have it monogrammed to remind her who's boss.

An Ava teddy! Mom thinks I look like I'm saying "Eh there, doncha know", which in turn makes her talk to me with a Canadian accent. Weirdo...

And here I'm showcasing a lovely embroidered pillow. Too pretty too sleep on because of my penchant for drool.

But I snuggle in this "Ava Grace" blanket. Hmmm...how does this fist taste?

Sometimes I like to read books that have my name in them. Makes it a little more personal, you know?

Forgot to show off my block with my stats. Also doubled as a weapon when I chucked it at Kate immediately after this picture was taken. Handy.

Ava artwork! Mom painted this when I was in utero. Yes, I'm 11 weeks old and use terms like "in utero".

My bow collection, hung on "Ava" monogrammed ribbon. I cannot wait until I have the fine motor skills necessary to rip these bows out of my hair.

And finally, my "Ava" cd. It's so nice to fall asleep to songs with your name digitally interspersed. You should try it.