How does she do it?

Audrey is sick. She has an infection in both ears. She has been super clingy and fussy and I don't blame her one bit. But....she still manages to look incredibly cute. How does she do that? I always look AWFUL when I am sick.

A nice weekend

Audrey and I have had a good weekend. She has been a little fussy and after I changed 3 very full diapers today, I know why. She has been trying to be happy though, I could just tell she didn't feel good. She is feeling much better now and now we know that the Earth's Best diapers definitely pass the test. ;)

Yesterday I went to the spa and it was awesome. I was there for over 4 hrs. BLISSFUL. I totally needed it.

Audrey has been an excellent sleeper lately. She has started taking 3 naps a day though and that makes it a little hard to plan your day. She takes one at 8:30ish, then at 11:30 or so, then again at 2 or 3. It is weird but I am not complaining. She goes down without a fight and she is much happier since she has been sleeping so well.

Here are some photos from the weekend. Enjoy!

Playdate

I took off early yesterday and we had a playdate with our friends, Ashley and Aubree. Aubree is 2 weeks older than Audrey and her dad is deployed with Audrey's daddy. There was some hair pulling going on but all in all they played well together. It was a fun day.

Audrey

Aubree

They were super cute in the bath tub

Here is the hair pulling video. Audrey was on the receiving end this time but she did her fair share of yanking too.

She's happy and she knows it

Cute video from when we were getting ready this morning. Sorry about the singing...

A few sweet pictures...

Audrey was playing with her new sippy tonight and she was so cute and funny that I had to take some pictures. Enjoy!

Raggedy Ann

Tony bought Audrey a GIANT Raggedy Ann doll and it came in the mail today. They really looked cute together.

IKEA IKEA IKEA!!!!

A, Amber, and I went to IKEA today and A cleaned up. We got her mini pots and pans, 3 stuffed animals, wooden stacking rings, and best of all....a mini poang chair like our orange ones. She looks so cute in it. It was tough for me to put together though because Audrey was using me as a jungle gym at the same time but I did it. I also bought a shower curtain and cut it in four pieces to make a splat mat for under her high chair. It worked out nicely. The best part is...we only spent $65.

Here is my girl with her loot.

And just for fun, here is Audrey this morning. Doesn't she look so big?

And here she is bending over to pick up a toy. Its her favorite new hobby.

8 months!

Audrey is 8 months old today. It is crazy how fast time flies. This month she...

Wears size 2-3 diapers, 3-6 month clothes, 0-3 month shoes, 2T hats, 6-9 month jammies.

She cannot crawl and is actually not as good at the army crawl as she was a month ago. She can pull up and cruise around the furniture. She can also bend to pick up things she drops and stand without holding on (when she is brave enough).

She knows what Dada means (she calls her book of pictures Dada) and she says Mama when she wants me to pick her up or do something. She doesn't like me to leave her line of sight and that is pretty frustrating at times but it also melts my heart. She knows the sign for milk and she can also wave bye and clap.

Snuggle bunny is still a hit and her other fave toys are her daddy book and the ball. She is getting good at playing catch.

She hasn't been a very good sleeper this month but we are working on that. Last night she slept from 8 to 4:45, ate, then went back to sleep until I woke her up at 7. That is definitely an improvement.

She really is getting so big. I look back at pictures and videos and realize that she isn't my little tiny baby anymore. She has so much personality and she is so much fun. She is happy almost all the time and she a lot of fun. I am very blessed to be her mommy.

Audrey's Santa Fe souvenir

Audrey's nana got her a shirt in Santa Fe. I think it will be even cuter on her next summer. ;) Doesn't she look sweet?

Audrey is so funny lately. She drops toys out of her toy box just so that she can practice picking them up. It is mighty cute.

A few things...

The daycare teachers think A is teething. I have given up trying to figure it out but they are in their 50s with kids and grandkids and 20+ years of childcare experience so I think they may be right. She is not overly cranky but she is drooling like a faucet and her cheeks are nice and rosy. I gave her a frozen organic buckwheat blueberry waffle at dinner and she chowed down. I don't know if I am ready to say goodbye to her gummy smile.

Also, never buy this toy. It is awful. It is supposed to kick around in the bathtub but the bottom part sinks. It's CRAP. My mom thought A had to have it. Here she is attempting to play with it.

Can you tell how interested she is in it?