Two more

Well, after a derth of not posting I'm posting several in a row on top of one Geoff did last night so scroll down to see his. :) The top pic is just for fun. The second one has an explanation: Audrey goes through phases where she'll do something cute and/or silly for a week give or take a few days. Recently, her tongue was out almost constantly as she seemed to be discovering anew it's presence and various abilities. Geoff and I couldn't resist touching it while it was poking out from time to time.

Happy Birthday Dad!

With the idea from Tiffany to sit Audrey in the boppy, she has practiced and can now sit up. Geoff's birthday is the day she decided she could do it on her own without the boppy. She was still pretty short-term then, but is quite proficient now and will hardly be happy in any other position...except of course standing with help which has always been another favorite. Aunt Katherine: Audrey says "check out my cool outfit in the top picture."

Cold weather coming!

Although it has warmed back up again, we had a cold front move through and a couple mornings it was very cold in our apartment. So we bundled Audrey all up to guard against the cold. Note the smile on her face at like 5:45 in the morning whilst her daddy is not quite so chipper.

New Trick

Audrey is in the midst of exploring a lot of new things, which we will document soon. For now, this is one of my favorites: She is asking more and more to sit WITH us at the dinner table, and she is spending a lot more time admiring our food and watching how we eat. We did not think she would actually take to the cup, but she does a great job (and no backwash!). We are going to try solids soon to see if maybe it helps her sleep through the night.

Day at the Beach

Geoff recently had a couple of weeks off between school-years. One day we headed off to Hammenassett State Beach with our friends Clay, Jessica, and Madison Shorter. The weather was perfect, the picnic yummy, and the company tops. Geoff found a jelly-fish in the water. That is the first thing I've ever seen that actually kept him from swimming.

Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions for Audrey's hair. It's already helping.

Operation Bottle-Feed

About a month ago, we needed Audrey to start taking a bottle because I started back at work once a week. What I didn't know is that if you don't teach a baby to take a bottle within the first three weeks (as well as breastfeeding) they can be very resistant to the bottle when it is introduced. Our little Audrey was indeed resistant and we failed a couple times. I would even leave the house to see if it would help so Geoff could try feeding her. I came back to a screaming baby. But we knew she had to learn or we'd never even be able to go on a date alone again. So one weekend we declared operation bottle-feed and it was d-day. It was awful. She pulled out all her heart-wrenching cries, whimpers, etc. Mom was reduced to tears several times and dad had to help hold everything together. But as you can see from the pictures, she eventually took it from mom and then from dad. Geoff has to hold her facing forward as shown for her to take it. As soon as she successfully took her first bottle, we put her in her Cougar outfit and declared her a champ. Nowadays, there is no trouble at all with bottlefeeding. Way to go Audrey!