Labor Day - Part II

The final area we visited at the Getty was the children's zone. Audrey and Adele especially enjoyed the fancy little book corner.



Next we went out for lunch in Venice Beach. We had a fun meal at James Beach Bar (and enjoyed the fish tacos featured in the film "I Love You Man.") Audrey did not like the dry sand, something about the sinking surface freaked her out a bit, but she Loved the ocean. If I hadn't stopped her I'm sure she'd have dived right in!




















At the end of the day, Audrey still hadn't had enough of the water and decided to climb into the bathtub.

End of August & Labor Day in California!

Hello from California!

We are visiting Audrey's Baba and having a very nice family vacation. Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day long weekend!

Here are a few photos from before we left. Audrey loved "driving" this car at her sitter's house.




Audrey was great on the trip to L.A. She slept for the first hour and a half, so that helped, but she was really good the whole time. I guess I shouldn't have worried :)




Audrey was excited to see her cousin Adele. They have both grown up a lot since last time we visited. They've had a great time playing together.



On our first morning in L.A. we went to the Getty museum. We were only inside for a little while, but the grounds & architecture were really beautiful.

Funny Audrey

Audrey is very playful & silly and we have a lot of fun together. She knows to expect the flash from the camera and makes some funny faces.

Yesterday we had a bit of a rough evening - I learned my lesson not to let Audrey play with bottles of spices. I thought she had a bottle of cinnamon, and it turned out to be cayenne pepper, yikes! I realized what it was once she started yelling and rubbing her eyes :( She was fine in the end after I flushed out her eyes, lesson earned.

Audrey surprised me in a more positive way yesterday also. When I was counting out the scoops of Rosie's dog food, after I counted two, Audrey said three. I wasn't sure if I had heard her correctly (it wasn't quite exactly three, more like twee) so I did it again and she said it again. She's quite the smart little cookie :)

Audrey is also starting to learn some of the alphabet, she really likes it when we sing the ABC's. She seems to just love any music at all.

Here are some photos of Audrey playing around this weekend:

Video

Here's a video of Audrey from a couple of weeks ago. She really loves to dance!

Remember, if you can't see the whole screen, right-click on the video and choose "Watch on Youtube."

More photos

Here are some of the photos I didn't manage to put up in the last month. Audrey is getting a little more into a routine and goes to sleep mostly on her own, so I have a little more time to do things like update the blog. Enjoy!

Blowing kisses.


With Kennick at Charlotte's house.





Feeding herself dinner.

Sorry we've been missing for a month again!

Life has been pretty busy lately, we've done lots of fun stuff, but I've been so busy I haven't taken the time to load pictures on my computer. I borrowed a few from facebook to post today though.

After Audrey's Nana left, my mom, her Baba, was here for a couple of weeks and we had a really nice visit. We went to Dale Hollow Lake twice, once for a picnic and once on a houseboat. We also went to the water park and the wave pool. Audrey loves the water so we had lots of fun.

Audrey says all sorts of words now and is very active. She likes to climb, and stand on top of things, and try to pick up heavy things. She is very good tempered, even when she misses her nap. She is so interested in everything that sometimes she just doesn't want to give up and sleep.

She gives lots of kisses and is very sweet. We have a great time with her. Hope you enjoy the photos, I promise I will try to post again soon!


Audrey & Wilder

Audrey at the water park