Audrey is now 2 months old. in some ways its hard to believe that its already been 8 weeks, but here we are. She has started to sleep a little better and is revealing her personality to us little by little. I took her for her 2 mo appt this morning where she received 3 shots. The first time is always the worst because they have no idea its coming and the cry is of pure pain. once I picked her up though, she was fine. She has been a bit fussy today but that is to be expected and should be back to normal by tomorrow. The good news that I received from the visit, besides Audrey being a very healthy baby, was that she should out grow her evening fussy time by about 12 weeks. So we are really looking forward to that. On a cute note, Audrey has started imitating us when we stick out our tongues at her. She cant quite control it very well yet, but she tries!
We are so blessed to have two beautiful girls and I am so excited to see them grow up together. I thank the Lord every day for these two precious gifts that he has given us.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
It's Summer!!
Or at least it feels like summer! Either way, I'll take it. Friday was so nice, we went to the zoo. I picked up one of Abby's friends from her school and off we went. I bought a family season pass because it's not only good for Potter Park zoo (in Lansing) but it also gets us into Binder Park and the Detroit Zoo at half off. And we get into the Toledo Zoo for free. Since my parents are pretty close to Toledo, I figured that we would go there a couple times this summer. In fact, we are planning on going at the beginning of may. Anyhow, it was so warm on Friday afternoon and since this was the first really nice day of the year, I forgot to put sunscreen on the girls. I was so used to the cold dreary weather, that I didn't even think about it. And, of course, none of the trees at the zoo had leaves yet, so it was really sunny! But we still had a good time checking out all of the animals. Here are a couple pictures...
Saturday, we went to our niece's Make a Wish Party. For those of you who don't know, Alasen was born with a heart condition that I wont even attempt to spell. She is doing very well now and was granted a wish by the Make a Wish people. She wished for a swing set and so on Wednesday, 2 guys spent 6 hours putting this awesome swing set together. Then on Saturday, there was a big party for the unveiling of it! It was so wonderful to see Alasen so excited. All the kids had a great time playing on it until the rain started. But the party just moved inside and everyone had a wonderful time.
Alasen - we are so happy that you are doing so well. We love you very much and hope that all of your wishes come true!
Today was spent getting stuff done around the house. We also bought some plants to create a container garden for the summer. Abby and I planted the tomato plants this evening and tomorrow we will do the strawberries and green peppers along with planting the seeds for the herbs. We haven't grown any herbs for a few years so I'm looking forward to that. And we have never done vegetables or fruit so I'm hoping that it works. If all goes well, we are hoping to make a lot of salsa this summer. But we don't have a good recipe, so if any of you do...please forward it to me! I'll pay you back in salsa! :)
Saturday, we went to our niece's Make a Wish Party. For those of you who don't know, Alasen was born with a heart condition that I wont even attempt to spell. She is doing very well now and was granted a wish by the Make a Wish people. She wished for a swing set and so on Wednesday, 2 guys spent 6 hours putting this awesome swing set together. Then on Saturday, there was a big party for the unveiling of it! It was so wonderful to see Alasen so excited. All the kids had a great time playing on it until the rain started. But the party just moved inside and everyone had a wonderful time.
Alasen - we are so happy that you are doing so well. We love you very much and hope that all of your wishes come true!
Today was spent getting stuff done around the house. We also bought some plants to create a container garden for the summer. Abby and I planted the tomato plants this evening and tomorrow we will do the strawberries and green peppers along with planting the seeds for the herbs. We haven't grown any herbs for a few years so I'm looking forward to that. And we have never done vegetables or fruit so I'm hoping that it works. If all goes well, we are hoping to make a lot of salsa this summer. But we don't have a good recipe, so if any of you do...please forward it to me! I'll pay you back in salsa! :)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
All Smiles...kind of
I've been trying to catch Audrey smiling with the camera, but so far, I've only been able to capture a smirk. It seems that when I hold the camera up in front of her, she would rather scowl that smile. At any rate, here are the few attempts that I have made...
And here's one of Jon and the girls...
"Abbyism" for the day: Hi-ya Bear = Kung Fu Panda
And here's one of Jon and the girls...
"Abbyism" for the day: Hi-ya Bear = Kung Fu Panda
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sick and Tired
So the last few days have been filled with illness and traveling. I started to get sick this past Monday with a cold. Then on Wednesday night, Abby started in the with stomach flu. She started throwing up around 10pm and didn't stop until 9 am the next morning. But this wasn't just any 24 hour bug...today was the first day that she didn't throw up. She is still not eating normally or feeling that great. Its like a super germ invaded her body. And as Jon put it..."now the rest of us just have to wait and hope that we don't get it." We will see! So Abby being sick really made for an interesting Friday and Saturday for me as my good friend Jill got married on Saturday and I was her matron of honor. But since Abby was sick, I drove up on Friday to Mt. Pleasant for the rehearsal, drove back that night and then drove back up the next morning by 9 for our hair appts. Didn't get home until 10:30pm on Saturday. Luckily, Jon had some help from my parents who were able to come earlier than planned on Saturday to help out. Then, this morning we had the wonderful event of Audrey's Baptism. I was very nice and she even slept thru the whole thing. I will post pictures of all of the events when I get time this week. Hopefully, we will have a quiet week which will allow all of us to get some much needed rest!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Pictures and News
We have been pretty busy the last week so here is a run down of the latest events in our house...
- Monday night: Audrey slept really well. Went to bed around 11, slept in her crib until 3 or 4, went back to sleep in her crib after a bottle until around 7. I must emphasize the crib portion of the above info because she really wasn't sleeping well up to that point unless she was in the swing or we were holding her. So that was exciting and she has been doing that ever since! (except last night...she slept in the swing for a few hours) But going from almost every night to only once per week is pretty good.
- Wednesday: Jon took Abby to the beginning of his Rotary meeting because their guest speakers were the crew of a medivac helicopter. Jon and Abby got to the parking lot just in time to see the helicopter land and Abby got to sit in it for a picture. She was very excited!!
- Thursday and Friday, Abby's friend Morgan was over for the day because she was on spring break from school. So the two of them had a great time playing and on Friday evening, they dyed Easter eggs.
-Saturday: Abby and I went to see Monsters Vs. Aliens. It was a cute movie and I would recommend it for kids. There were even some good one liners in there for the adults to laugh at as well. It was nice to spend some good mommy daughter time with her.
-Sunday - Easter: Abby woke up and immediately found the Easter eggs the Easter Bunny had left for her. She came running into our room to let us know that the Easter bunny had come. She had a great time searching for her basket and the eggs.
Then we all got ready for church and were only 5 minutes late! (that's pretty good for us!) I didn't get a chance to get a picture with Abby and Audrey in their Easter dresses together because Audrey decided to spit up on hers. but here is a picture of Abby. (I'll have to take one of Audrey dressed up at a later date and post it because she looked so cute in it!)
After church, we went to Nana and Big Bear's house for dinner. The kids went on an Easter egg hunt and some of the adults enjoyed playing with one of Jacob's new Easter toys...
It looks like we have another busy week and weekend coming up so I'll post more news and pictures next week. Until then...
- Monday night: Audrey slept really well. Went to bed around 11, slept in her crib until 3 or 4, went back to sleep in her crib after a bottle until around 7. I must emphasize the crib portion of the above info because she really wasn't sleeping well up to that point unless she was in the swing or we were holding her. So that was exciting and she has been doing that ever since! (except last night...she slept in the swing for a few hours) But going from almost every night to only once per week is pretty good.
- Wednesday: Jon took Abby to the beginning of his Rotary meeting because their guest speakers were the crew of a medivac helicopter. Jon and Abby got to the parking lot just in time to see the helicopter land and Abby got to sit in it for a picture. She was very excited!!
- Thursday and Friday, Abby's friend Morgan was over for the day because she was on spring break from school. So the two of them had a great time playing and on Friday evening, they dyed Easter eggs.
-Saturday: Abby and I went to see Monsters Vs. Aliens. It was a cute movie and I would recommend it for kids. There were even some good one liners in there for the adults to laugh at as well. It was nice to spend some good mommy daughter time with her.
-Sunday - Easter: Abby woke up and immediately found the Easter eggs the Easter Bunny had left for her. She came running into our room to let us know that the Easter bunny had come. She had a great time searching for her basket and the eggs.
Then we all got ready for church and were only 5 minutes late! (that's pretty good for us!) I didn't get a chance to get a picture with Abby and Audrey in their Easter dresses together because Audrey decided to spit up on hers. but here is a picture of Abby. (I'll have to take one of Audrey dressed up at a later date and post it because she looked so cute in it!)
After church, we went to Nana and Big Bear's house for dinner. The kids went on an Easter egg hunt and some of the adults enjoyed playing with one of Jacob's new Easter toys...
It looks like we have another busy week and weekend coming up so I'll post more news and pictures next week. Until then...
Sunday, April 5, 2009
To Great Grandmother's House We Went
This past Thursday, we went to my grandparents house so they could meet Audrey. They had been in Florida and so this was the first chance we had to get together since Audrey was born. My parents and I took the girls to their house on Thursday and stayed until Friday. It was great to see them and relax at their house. I think they both really enjoyed having Abby and Audrey around. Abby entertained us with her toys and movie (we watched Pinocchio...Abby calls it nocchio). Audrey was a good baby and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa both were able to hold her. (I have included pictures below) My mom also went thru the steps of checking email with my grandma and I showed her how to check this blog so they can see pictures and read up on what is going on with us. Abby also found the organ that my grandparents have in their guest room. She held several concerts for us! I'm so glad we were able to go and it was good to see them!
In other news, Audrey is getting bigger but still is not close to sleeping thru the night. She will sleep in her crib the first part of the night but after her 2 am feeding, she would rather sleep while we hold her. If we try to put her in the crib, she wakes up screaming. So she has been sleeping in the swing until morning. Needless to say, the batteries finally ran out this morning and so we need to go out and get replacements or tonight will not be fun!
Abby is doing well. She was excited to wear one of her "fancy" dresses to church today and cant wait for Easter next week so she can wear a different dress and search for Easter eggs. I will post pictures of Abby in her dress sometime next week.
Yesterday I went up to Mt. Pleasant for a final fitting on my bridesmaid dress. My friend Jill is getting married in two weeks and so I had to make sure that my dress fit properly. Luckily, it did...as well as all of the other girls. Then we went back to her parents house to wrap Hershey kisses in tulle for favors at the reception. When I left, we had done 150 or so but 300 had to be done. good luck finishing those Jill!! Hopefully Matt will help you!
I think that's it for now...have a great week!
Great Grandma and Audrey
Great Grandpa and Audrey
Papa and Audrey
In other news, Audrey is getting bigger but still is not close to sleeping thru the night. She will sleep in her crib the first part of the night but after her 2 am feeding, she would rather sleep while we hold her. If we try to put her in the crib, she wakes up screaming. So she has been sleeping in the swing until morning. Needless to say, the batteries finally ran out this morning and so we need to go out and get replacements or tonight will not be fun!
Abby is doing well. She was excited to wear one of her "fancy" dresses to church today and cant wait for Easter next week so she can wear a different dress and search for Easter eggs. I will post pictures of Abby in her dress sometime next week.
Yesterday I went up to Mt. Pleasant for a final fitting on my bridesmaid dress. My friend Jill is getting married in two weeks and so I had to make sure that my dress fit properly. Luckily, it did...as well as all of the other girls. Then we went back to her parents house to wrap Hershey kisses in tulle for favors at the reception. When I left, we had done 150 or so but 300 had to be done. good luck finishing those Jill!! Hopefully Matt will help you!
I think that's it for now...have a great week!
Great Grandma and Audrey
Great Grandpa and Audrey
Papa and Audrey
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