Monday, November 15, 2010

Zoo & more



Audrey and I had fun at the zoo last weekend. We had hoped that Michael would be able to go with us, but he ended up having to work. It was a really cold day, but I just bundled up Audrey, and she did fine! She was pretty quiet for most of our visit to the zoo, which is unusual. She was just taking it all in. She did get excited at one point about the geese and was really yelling at them.

This weekend it seemed like Audrey was learning multiple words every day. Yesterday, she was saying peaches, waffle and towel. Her pronunciation is really excellent.

Audrey is a funny little girl, and very active! Today she was climbing up on our ottoman and couch, and wanted to jump off. She would say, "ready...Two!" and jump. As far as numbers and letters go, Audrey is pretty much stuck on A,B and two. She will occasionally say a different one, but those are her favorites.

It amazes me each day how much I love her and how lucky we are to have her in our lives. She has come so far, it's really hard for me to grasp what tiny little helpless lump she used to be.






Friday, November 5, 2010

Happy Halloween!



Audrey and I had a great time last weekend. Michael was up in Louisville all day Saturday and all day Sunday, so Audrey and I had lots of one on one time.

Here she is playing in the kitchen...






For those of you that don't know, Kentucky has a few oddities. One of those is that if Halloween is on a Sunday, you probably don't get to go trick or treating on Halloween, but rather on another day. Audrey didn't really trick or treat anyway, just observed, but it was on October 30th, not on the 31st.






She was cooperative about wearing her costume, but was a little overwhelmed by everything that was going on. We spent the evening on our friends' porch, and she quietly watched everything going on. She was interested in the candy though, and I did let her have a Kit Kat - when she was done, she wiped her hands all over her costume :)

For those of you who are fans of Audrey's cousin Adele's blog, you may recognize this costume from 2008:
http://allaboutadele.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
Adele was just over 2 years old in that video.