Thursday, August 27, 2009

Audrey update

As second time parents, we unfortunately find that we do indeed take fewer pictures of Audrey so this update will be filled with pictures only of our sweet second born!

Audrey turned 14 months old this week and she is a girl on the move! She is walking all over the place and is quite proud of herself. She is also using new words every week. Her latest words include book, baby, belly, bye-bye, apple, no, mine, this, and that. However, she mostly says mama (meaning any adult who takes care of her or "I want something") and nana (food or eat). She is also our very good eater and puts her eight teeth to good use! She is still allergic to soy and dairy so we have to get creative at mealtime in order to exclude three major food groups now (dairy, soy, and egg). She L.O.V.E.S. any type of meat, especially Mimi's pot roast and chicken. She also loves her special cookies; we keep the box on top of the refrigerator and every night after dinner she points up there and calls, "That, that, that, that,...", until we get them down. She is a strong-willed baby and she wants what she wants! There have been a few time-outs already :-)

Audrey apparently hasn't gotten the spatial thing down yet! She spent an entire day trying to figure out how she could sit in Ellie's rocking chair with this toy in the seat next to her. After many, many, many attempts, she still couldn't understand why they couldn't both fit and boy was she upset!





She has become a bit obsessed with her belly!

This is her baby (which is actually Ellie's baby). She absolutely loves this baby! She sleeps on top of it every night and wants it with her most of the day.


Looking out the window at Lori and trying to tell her to come back inside....

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Weekend in PA

This weekend we took a quick trip to see a good friend in Pennsylvania. We had a great time hanging out and Ellie loves the "vacation"! This morning we even got to have breakfast with our friend's niece and nephew, which the girls enjoyed.

We spent Saturday afternoon at the pool in the 90+ degree heat. Audrey fell asleep on the walk home clutching her water bottle.



Saturday night (which was followed by a very early Saturday morning)....


Audrey on the way home - the girls both did so well in the car!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Evolution of Audrey's movement

In one evening, Audrey went from the "spider crawl"....




to practicing walking with her toy...




to her first steps!!!




Pictures from our trip to Virginia

We spent this past week in VA meeting our new niece, Addie, and seeing her parents, Aunt TT and Uncle Ty. She is adorable! We all had such a good time seeing her (well, maybe except Audrey who was a little jealous!). The girls did great on the 8-hour drive there and back and they loved staying in the hotel. We didn't take as many pictures as I had hoped and unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of the three cousins together. It's difficult getting a 4 week old, a 13 month old, and a 3 1/2 year old to sit still together long enough to get a picture! We can't wait to see Addie and her parents again soon!

Sweet Addie
Cousins

Aunt Jana and Addie

Hanging out at the farmers' market and downtown

Audrey flirting with Aunt TT at the coffee shop

Aunt TT took Ellie to paint pottery, which she loved!

Audrey was so exhausted during the pottery painting that she was acting drunk!

Ellie's completed cupcake

Monday, August 3, 2009

It's been a while since we have blogged because we have been too busy enjoying our family this summer!


We've been playing,


swimming,


trying to learn how to walk,


enjoying the fruits of summer


or not so much enjoying them,


and laughing!



Tomorrow we leave for a few days to meet our niece Addie. I'm sure there will be plenty of good photos to share when we return! Until then, we hope you all are enjoying your summer!