4 months old!

What a difference a year makes! It was exactly this time last year we found out we were pregnant. I'll never forget that day- it was the beginning of the best year of my life. From a family of 2 to a family of 3:


We can't get enough of our sweet girl! See what she has to put up with?!?

Nothing is better than seeing her smile...sometimes I can't believe the cuteness we created! She is beyond what I had ever hoped for!!





It has been a crazy year with big changes. A year ago I dreamed of having a precious little baby and today it's a reality. We love you sweet Audrey Cate!

Bath Time

Audrey loves her bath! She gets one every night as part of her bedtime routine. Must be nice to be a baby :)

Sleeping Beauty

So ever since last weekend we've been letting Audrey sleep in her bouncer all night. She goes to bed after her bath and sleeps ALL NIGHT! It's been magical. Everyone is much happier getting more sleep. Her new thing is turning to her side while in the bouncer:












Sometimes she doesn't even wait until she's in her bouncer before she's fast asleep!

Audrey in B&W

Hoppy Easter!

We had a nice quiet Easter at home. The Easter Bunny brought Audrey a basket filled with candy, books, bunny ears, and a bunny rattle :) Next Easter we'll get to do some really fun stuff like dye eggs and go on an egg hunt! This year we settled for being cute:


Visiting the Easter Bunny (she doesn't know what to think!)


Bunny ears!


Hanging with Mr. Bunny (this was mine as a kid!)





For me?!




So happy!


Easter ROCKS!!


"I'll just sit here and look cute, k?"




We're hoping that Easter brings us another niece...my SIL Brandy was admitted early this morning after her water broke. We're anxiously awaiting the arrival of Miss Nina Sophia!

Audrey- 107, Parents- 1

I can't believe I'm finally typing this...she STTN!!! From 9 pm- 6am. She had a bottle around 6:30 after we ate dinner. We played, she had her bath, then I put her in the bouncy chair in our bedroom so I could watch LOST. Well, we both fell asleep. The next thing I knew it was 10:00! I got up and made her a bottle b/c I was sure she's be up any minute. I went back to sleep and kept waking up every 30 minutes or so to check her...next thing I knew it was 6:00!! I couldn't believe it, but I was thrilled. We had happy fun time when she woke up...I kept telling her how proud I was of her and that I'd buy her a pony if she would do it every night (sorry, Chris!) And of course what kind of mom would I be if I didn't document this momentous occasion??


"Whoa! Is it really 6 am already?"


"I'm so proud of myself!"


"Eh, it was nothing!"



I'm bummed that she didn't sleep in her crib, but at least we know that she can sleep more than 4 hours straight. If only I could turn that crib into one big vibrating bouncy chair...

3 month photo shoot

This one is my favorite...gotta love the side-eye!


Pretty smile!








Audrey & Isabella


Close up of the cuties!

Audrey and cousin Bella had their pictures taken a couple of weeks ago at JCP. The cuteness is unreal! We had a hard time choosing our favorites so my mother in law bought practically all of them, lol. I am so in love with Audrey's sweet chubby face...I could look at it all day! Tomorrow we go to see the Easter Bunny, hoooray!

Little Miss Fancy

My friend Shannon makes these adorable headbands. I've had lots of people ask about them! Her business is called Little Miss Fancy and her website is here:

Little Miss Fancy

She has lots of cute designs on her site. I already have lots, but I'll be ordering more soon. I just love the way Audrey looks in them!


Yummy fingers!








Audrey incognito

Is it the weekend yet?

How perfect is she?! I love this picture. Aunt Sarah sent it to me while I was at work today. I just love getting these picture texts...next best thing to being there!

I'll be so happy when today is over! It's been a busy week with report cards and parent conferences. I feel like I've missed out on spending time with Audrey. Next week is our last before Spring Break and we're all ready for it. We all have cabin fever!

Growth Spurt, Teething, Colic...OH MY!

We know Audrey has colic...we knew that a long time ago. She's been extra fussy lately and I'm wondering if she's going through her 3 month growth spurt (if she hasn't already.) But over the weekend she became a drool monster! She sucked on her hands and fingers so much that they were soaked, as were her clothes. Totally adorable. I checked teething symptoms and it's looking pretty good:

drooling...check
irritability and fussiness...check check
refusing food...check
sleep problems...check check

She's actually good at night, still wakes twice to eat, but napping was pretty non-existent over the weekend (when she did fall asleep it wasn't for very long.) I'm wondering how long it will be before we see a tooth sprout up.

Ouch.

Fewer things are more painful than becoming engorged. I can usually handle it ok until I get a kid who runs at me for a hug. Hugging hurts when you're engorged and you can't help but wince when you get a load of pressure right to the milk makers. But what can you do? Kids are so sweet and I can suck it up. However I now have a blocked duct which is extremely painful and I'm hoping it goes away soon. Breast feeding is a lot harder than I thought it would me (in so many ways!) and I get to do this for another 9 months!

3 months!

I can't believe our angel baby turned 3 months on Tuesday. We had her pictures done with cousin Isabella and they are C-U-T-E!! I can't wait to post them. We'll be visiting the Easter Bunny in a few days and going to see the cherry blossoms in DC. Hooray for Spring!


The girls: Zoe, Sheri, Audrey


"Hi!"



Love that baby face!


Looking at Dad

Caught on Camera!

I finally caught her rolling over on video. She started rolling over at 5 weeks and does it pretty consistently during tummy time. This morning I had my camera ready b/c with our busy week I hadn't taken any pictures or video. She'll be 3 months on Tuesday. What a big girl!

And another video, just because she's so darn cute!

Looks like we made it!

My first week back at work went pretty well! My two main goals were to be at work on time and not to cry...achieved :) It was pretty easy to get back in the swing of things at school. It was completely crazy though b/c the kids were so excited about me being back AND Gator Week. I really miss Audrey during the day, but I'm so busy that it's really not as bad as I though it would be...especially since throughout the day I get pictures like this via text:





I love picking her up in the afternoon. She's just now getting to the stage where she smiles when she sees someone she likes. It's very random, sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't. I can't help but be disappointed when I show up and she doesn't even seem to care that I'm there! But I have to say that by the end of the week it seemed like she was happy to see me after the long day. I can't wait until she can hold up her arms to tell us that she wants to be picked up! For now I just revel in the smiles :)

I definitely appreciate the weekends much more! For one we get to "sleep in." Audrey still wakes up every 2-3 hours at night and I have no idea how to get her to sleep longer stretches. I'm so glad we're sharing the nighttime feedings because by the end of the day I'm beat! I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. But the mornings are great...I manage to get everything ready and get out the door with her in plenty of time. When we get to Grandma's I have some time to feed her or just hold and play with her. Coffee has become an important part of my morning routine!

Today we cleaned the house and did the grocery shopping. Audrey was great, just along for the ride:


Sunday will be for relaxing and getting some schoolwork done. Then we get to start all over again on Monday! Ahhh, only 3 weeks until Spring Break...

Back to work....YIKES!!

I think I'm more nervous about tomorrow than I am on the first day of school! Will I get enough sleep? Will we get out of the house on time without forgetting anything? Will I get to school on time? I'm worrying myself over every little thing! I have a million things to do today which is good b/c I need to keep myself busy. I'm actually feeling good b/c I got 10 hours of sleep last night! Oh, Audrey finally slept through the night, you say? No. Not a chance. Chris got up with her all night so that I could get a full nights rest (he did the same the night before!) I have a great husband :)

Our school's spirit week is this week and I think it will be a fun week to go back. Hopefully I'll keep busy enough to not miss Audrey so much (yeah right!) I'm going to put together our digital frame and take that to work so I can watch her slideshow :) So wish us luck tomorrow and the rest of the week....only 29 days until SPRING BREAK!