Do laundry!

Audrey loves to help out around the house. She especially loves to come upstairs with Mama during laundry day to help out. This mainly oonsists of helping take the clothes out of the dryer and shutting the door to the laundry room while Mama is inside, while laughing and running away - silly girl! The other day, I thought I'd try to put her in our laundry basket and push her around. She loved it and didn't want to get out! Having a cute laundry helper doesn't always make laundry get done faster, but it definitely makes it more fun!

Pee-pee in the potty!

Lately Audrey has been showing interest in wanting to go pee pee in the potty and asking to sit on the toilet. So we decided to get her a training toilet to get her used to the idea. We've been asking her if she wants to try to go pee-pee in the potty and she says "k" (that's how she says okay) and usually she'll sit there for a while and nothing will happen. So today Scott asked her if she wanted to go pee-pee in the potty and she said "k", so I put her on and she actually went pee-pee! I was amazed! I'm still not sure if it was intentional or just a lucky coincidence, but it goes down in the books as the first time she used the potty! What a big girl!

Audrey-isms

Now that Audrey is making short sentences, she says the funniest things. I wanted to capture some of my favorites.

"Audrey try it!" or "Audrey do it!" - she is becoming very independent now and always want to do things herself, like brushing her teeth, putting on her shoes, washing herself in the bath and more.

"K!" - this is her version of "okay" and she says it when she wants to do something. ex. "Audrey, do you want some applesauce?" Audrey - "K!"

"Read this book!" She loves to read.

"Audrey drive!" Audrey and I went to lunch with my parents a few weeks ago and I had to run into the store to get something. While I was in the store, my parents said that she said "Mama drive. Audrey drive!" Too funny!

"Gaga broke it!" The other day while we were brushing Audrey's teeth, I noticed her toothbrush holder was broken. Gaga had been at the house watching Audrey that day. So I asked Audrey what happened to her toothbrush holder and without hesitation she said "Gaga broke it." So I asked Gaga what happened and she said she didn't break it! We still don't know how it broke, but Gaga was sad that Audrey threw her under the bus!

"Again!" Anytime we do something she likes or something she thinks is funny, she says "Again!" She say it over and over again. Today while she was eating, she leaned her head back and I tickled her neck. She laughed and said "again!"

"Deer again please!" Last week, Audrey was staying with Gaga and Papa and they were in the basement playing on the pool table (she loves to play with the balls). Two deer walked right up to the window and apparently Audrey was pretty mesmerized by them. She had never seen them in person, let alone that close up! After the walked away she said "Deer again please!"

"Bless You, Dada!" Ever since Audrey was little, we've always said "bless you" when she sneezes. The other day out of the blue, Scott sneezed and she said "Bless you, dada!" So funny what they can pick up on.

"Thank You, Mama!" She has finally started saying thank you without being prompted and it's pretty sweet to hear.

Foot Stuck!

A couple weeks ago on a Saturday, Audrey was down for her nap, so I went to run some errands and Scott stayed home to do some housework while she napped. About half way through her nap, Scott said she started crying a sat up. This was very unusual for her to do during nap time, so Scott went up to check on her. Somehow, she had managed to get her foot stuck between two of the crib spokes and couldn't get it out. Scott said it was really stuck, so he went to get some vaseline to try to slide it out. Luckily, he was able to get it out without having to get an axe and use his firefighting rescue skills.

After she woke up, Scott and I were asking her what happened. This is how the conversation went.

Dada/Mama: "Audrey, what happened during your nap?"
Audrey: "Foot stuck! Cry...sad baby!"
Dada/Mama: "Then what happened?"
Audrey: "Cream!" (this is what she calls the Vaseline) "Dada help!"

Ever since this has happened, she likes to tell the story over and over again when we ask her about it. I'm always amazed at what she remembers!