She's a Smarty!!

We are a little behind on our blogging lately. Really busy schedules, with the dance studio, musical rehearsals at school, choreography, and the company-not much down time right now!!

We took Avery in for her next round of shots yesterday, first Hep. A shot, and another one I can't remember right now but it was the last one in a series. Dr. O our pediatrician is always really good with Avery. She is so personable, and genuinely excited to see us when we come in, it is always such a positive experience taking her in for her appointments. Every time we go in Dr. O asks us how she is progressing, and what she has learned, new words, phrases, etc. We have been thinking she is doing great, really a sharp, curious little girl!! Always wants to learn, loves her books, and we are always impressed with her ability to pick things up fast. But we also know we are her proud as punch parents and we are a little biased, we think she walks on water, and is the smartest little ladybug around. Our parents have been saying the same thing, but again they are a little biased too, being the proud grandparents and all!!

But we were right! Dr. O asked if she is putting words together, and we said yes, and she asked what were the new words, and I said she knows, numbers, colors, shapes, and animals, and body parts etc. Dr.O was very  surprised she knew her numbers by sight, and also her shapes by sight. I took her pen and drew all the shapes on the paper on the bench and Avery named them all. We went through a book, and she said her numbers by sight. DR. O says most children memorize their numbers,  but don't know them by sight until much later, same with her shapes-she was very, very, impressed!! We got done with the shapes and I looked at Dr. O and said, "is that good?", and she had her mouth open in disbelief. So that made us feel good. We have no reference being that Avery is our first child. We thought she was pretty smart, and sharp as a whip!! Turns out we were right. We are allowed to brag, she's our daughter!! So it's safe to say we are very very proud parents!!!

On another note, we asked Dr. O about Avery's waking up in the middle of the night. We were right, she is having night terrors. That's exactly what Dr. O said. They have been fewer lately, but it still happens. So hopefully they will work their way through and stop pretty soon. We go in her room and comfort her, because sometimes she will cry/scream for over 25 minutes. But other times it just takes rocking her in the rocker for 10 minutes and she is all good to go back to sleep.

Other than that Avery continues to thrive. We are excited about Dora's big ballet/dance adventure that will be on in a couple weeks. We have a new blue leotard, and I'm looking for ballet shoes her size-hard to find that tiny. But I am excited about the Dora dance episodes coming up, ya know being the Mommy, and a dance teacher, out little bug loves to dance all the time!!

Oh! Avery now gets in her big Dora tent, and plays-BIG NEWS!! We've had it for 2 months and this is the first time she has had any interest in playing with it-YAY!!

Enjoy your day!!