One year- 17 weeks

Audrey is turning into quite the toddler. She is happy (most of the time) and always has something to tell us. She loves to say "Mickey Mouse" any time she sees something with Mickey on it. She will also say "honk honk" when you ask her what a goose says and "churpa churpa" when you ask her what a bird says. She loves her "find the animals" book and she reads it every night before bed. Audrey is getting good at bringing us things when we ask for them (a skill we hope to encourage for many years to come) :) and she is also getting a little better about helping us clean up her toys (mostly she just likes to say "back" and carry things around while we pick up). She has had a great week at school and is really enjoying playing with all her friends.

St. Patrick's Day at the Children's Museum

We took Audrey to the Children's Museum for St. Patrick's Day this year. Her cousin Eve joined us and we had a fun time playing and seeing all the exhibits. It was "Super Hero Day" and Audrey enjoyed seeing lots of kids in their capes and super hero costumes.

One year- 16 weeks

A week full of smiles for our sweet little girl. Audrey has been very happy lately! She has been eating lots and sleeping great. We are going on two months of sleeping all night, but who's counting? :) Audrey's last tooth came in this week and we are excited to not have to worry about teething for a while. She is learning new words every week. This week she has been saying "stars" (short for "Oh My Stars") and she has been loving telling the dogs to "go," "sit," "down" and "stay." She still LOVES her books and she is also enjoying coloring with Mommy and Daddy.

Weekend Fun

We had a busy weekend full of lots of time with family and friends. Audrey had a great time at the park with Daddy, we enjoyed two nights at the beach house with Justin's family and we finished the weekend at a super fun first birthday for Audrey's friends Catie and Brennan!

Playing with cousin Walker at the beach house

Happy Birthday Uncle Nick!

Happy First Birthday Catie and Brennan!

One year- 15 weeks

Another week has come and gone and our sweet baby girl is still growing like a weed. Audrey had her 15 month appointment this week. She weighed 25.3 lbs (81st percentile) and was 31.5 inches tall (79th percentile). The doctor said she should be saying between 1-5 words with meaning at this age...I think we counted about 45 that she uses regularly. :) Her new words with week are "Tara" (we have no idea what she means but she said it all night long) and "Mucky" aka "Mickey Mouse." She will now also say "ee-ee" when you ask her what a monkey says. Her last tooth is getting close to popping through and Audrey is great about letting Mommy floss and brush her teeth each night. We haven't sat on the potty much this week because Mommy and Daddy both had the flu, but we were happy that Audrey seems to have missed out on the bug so we'll settle for no potties in the potty this week.

One year- 14 weeks

Audrey Anne is 15 months old and getting bigger by the minute. We are still waiting for that last tooth, but she has been happy for the past few weeks so we are fine if it takes it's time getting here. I think I can say that Audrey is constantly sleeping through the night (knock on wood) as I haven't had to get up with her at night in almost a month! :) Audrey LOVES to eat and is especially enjoying using forks and spoons. She has also been very busy reading books lately and Teacher Carol even said she sat in her big chair at school and "read" books for a half hour today. Audrey always has something to say and is getting very good at telling us what she wants or needs. She especially loves to shout potty and then run to the bathroom door, she has even had some "poo-poops" and "pee-pees" in the potty this week! :) She is also officially off the bottle and now only drinks from her sippy cups. Her 15 month check-up is tomorrow and we are looking forward to seeing how much she has grown since November.

One year- 13 weeks

Miss Audrey is getting to be such a big girl. She loves to do things all by her self, especially when it's time to eat messy foods like yogurt or applesauce. :) She is getting much better about leaving her "pretties" in her hair and she will even sit still for a few minutes while mommy does her hair. Audrey made the switch from bottles to her sippy cup this week (she was down to only two bottles a day anyway) and she seems to be just fine with that. She also visited the dentist for the first time and did really well with that (we planned to take a picture but got so busy watching Audrey we both forgot). She is also saying all kinds of new words lately. Some of her newer words include: cheese, up, teacher, honk, please, pretties, book, Drew and Emma (both are friends from school).