A couple of friends stayed over the house this weekend, and we decided to pull out a bouncing ball and see how their son and Aviva enjoyed the ball. They both loved “kicking” the ball, as you can see in this video we captured of Aviva and me playing “foosball”.
(as always, you might need to visit the actual post to see the video – it is also online on Facebook if you’re on there)
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While we were in Michigan a few weeks ago, an old family friend stopped over at my parent’s house and entertained us all by putting on a performance of her puppet show, starring Coco the monkey. It was actually a very special moment for me to experience with Aviva and Joelle, as I have such fond memories of seeing the same show when I was younger. Aviva was enthralled with it all, but was especially amazed (and laughing) when Maureen/Coco pulled out her/his kazoo, and started (through ventriloquism) playing the kazoo; Aviva giggled more than any of us had seen before, and was rapt with attention whenever she guessed the kazoo was coming back out.
Upon arriving back in Seattle, I had finally got around to buying a kazoo for myself to entertain Aviva last weekend. As I dropped it on the floor by mistake last evening, Aviva “scooted” towards it, and picked it up – turns out, she’s quite a natural kazoo player – who knew?
Here she is learning the kazoo:
And here she is putting on quite a performance: (and yes, she’s starting to sit a little – can’t really hold it too well yet, so I am holding on to her feet in this video)
(as always, you might need to view the actual post to see the video.)
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I want a BlackBerry – no matter how far away it is!
01 Nov
Posted by: aaron in: Aviva Tzipora Averbuch
Aviva’s really started to move around over the last couple of days. While I wouldn’t call it crawling yet, she sure manages to creep from place to place!
She also has a few favorite things to try and grab – Molly, of course, but also either of our cell phones, along with her set of fake keys.
I had accidently left my phone on the floor, and Aviva decided it needed to be hers – video ensued!
(you might need to visit the actual post to view this video, as usual. If you are Facebook, it’s the same video I already posted there).
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I decided to see what Aviva would do if I plopped her down in front of the computer, since she was eyeing me earlier while I was on it. Quite a typing prodigy, she is:
dzdddddd..gcd
vbc\x]]]/q\\’z
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Not quite sure what that means, but I’ll take it :)
Look at me!
Typing away!
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Trip to the East Coast, Labor Day 2009
27 Sep
Posted by: aaron in: Aviva Tzipora Averbuch, family, travel
As I alluded to in the previous post, Aviva took her first trip to the East Coast last month. Joelle had a conference for work in Baltimore, and since both her parents live in the area, she made an extended trip out of it, spending time at each of their houses, and took advantage of getting Aviva some excellent grandparent time during the conference days as the grandparents played nanny (quite excellently, I might add). I had to work at the beginning of the trip, so this also served as Joelle and Aviva’s first time flying together solo – quite successfully, from what I am told. I joined midway through, and got to spend some nice time exploring Baltimore (National Aquarium, Inner Harbor, etc…) along with a quite wonderful weekend in Potomac, MD with Joelle’s dad and stepmom (and new dog Waldo – quite a character!).
As always, pictures tell the story:
Joelle and Aviva spent the first part of the trip at Grandma Sue's in Virginia - had a great time!
Got to ride a train around Burke Lake Park
Went to the AAPA Conference (American Association of Pathologists' Assistants) in Baltimore, where Aviva met some of Joelle's old grad school friends
Spent Labor Day weekend in Potomac with Grandpa Allan, Grandma Barbara, and their new dog, Waldo! Waldo was quite intrigued by Aviva, and the feeling was mutual :)
Smiley time with Grandma Barbara!
Aunt Amanda came in for the weekend to see Aviva; she got to see Aviva's new game of "everything goes in the mouth!"
Took Grandpa Allan and Grandma Barbara out for their anniversary for some very good Lebanese Food
Aviva had a great time at Girls Shopping Day out!
Took a great trip to the National Zoo to see the animals
Had to cover Aviva's eyes for this one!
Just relaxing on vacation!
More relaxing :)
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Aviva’s 5th Month Birthday
23 Sep
Posted by: aaron in: Aviva Tzipora Averbuch, family, sports, travel
Hard to believe Aviva is 5 months old already! Lots to talk about over this past month. To start with, of course, our monthly photo with the giraffe:
Over this past month, Aviva took her first visit to the East Coast (Baltimore and DC), along with having her first experience swimming, and then also starting “swim lessons” (more like organized play time in the water) at the pool down the street. She’s also become a ton more interactive and talkative. Pictures and videos show this best, of course: (as always, you might need to visit the actual post to see the videos)
Aviva as the talkative one:
Aviva’s first visit into the water, at the hotel pool in Baltimore:
Aviva’s first swim lesson:
And of course, pictures:
Meeting Caleb, Grandma Sue's dog
Hanging out with Eytan
In the pool with mommy, in Baltimore
Always warmer with a hooded towel
Silly Hats with Daddy
Aunt Amanda and me
At the pool at Aunt Elana's new place
Hanging out with Idan
Reaching for the face
Holding Hands
I love tummy time!
Grabbing Molly
Happy Aviva!
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As a followup to my previous post about the pics Eliza Truitt took of our family, she just posted a blog entry about her favorites of the pics; worth clicking on to see many of them in larger form:
http://elizatruitt.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/joelle-aaron-aviva/
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A couple of our closest friends were extremely generous, and hired our wonderful wedding photographer, Eliza Truitt (you might remember her from the post on our wedding pictures) to do a formal family picture shoot of Joelle, Aviva, and I (and since we did it at home, Molly snuck into a few shots as well – she couldn’t stay away!). The pictures turned out great, and are well worth flipping through; you can also order hard-copies straight from the link below as well:
(Note: the link above will expire mid-October, so the pictures won’t be available after this time).
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As today is the 23rd of August, it’s yet another monthly milestone for Aviva. She’s really been growing, and her interactivity has us enthralled. To start with, here’s her 4 month pictures, with the giraffe, of course, as with all previous months:
(You might need to visit the actual post to see any of the videos below).
She’s really getting to “talk” and “find” her feet as well, as this video shows:
She’s also starting to giggle back at us, which is very, very cute:
Bubble blowing with her saliva is one of her favorite things to do:
Finally, Aviva loves to just lay outside (with us watching of course), and hang out with Molly – they are really becoming best friends; in fact, Aviva smiles and talks when Molly comes by: