Couch Potato

Lately, Audrey has been very intersted in sitting on the couch like a big girl. She just likes to get up there and sit and play with the pillows. She still can't quite climb on the couch because she is petite.

Sitting pretty!

Found my belly button!

Angry girl face
(similar to the "judge look" that I used to do when I was a kid)

Oops I fell!

H&M Fashion Statement

I finally made it back to H&M - only my second time since it opened in KC (I just don't have the time to shop like I used to!). I got Audrey a new hat for summer and she loved it! She wanted to wear it all day. And it just so happened to be the day of the Kentucky Derby - totally fashion appropriate!

New Activity - Coloring!

Lately, we've been trying to get Audrey interested in coloring. One of the perks of working at Hallmark includes testing product for Crayola. They sent us some coloring supplies that are appropriate for toddlers a few months ago. At first, she just wanted to carry the markers and crayons around because they look like little animals. Just within the last few days, she has started to really try to scribble on paper.



Color time with Dada!



Sitting at the table like a big girl!

Nana's Birthday

Nana's birthday is this week, so we had Scott's family over to have dinner and celebrate! Luckily, Audrey was able to stay up until about 7:00 before she started getting really tired, so she got to play with all of her cousins for a while.

Nana with all the grandkids - JT, Ryan, Audrey, Billy and Sydney

It's official - Sydney has outgrown Nana and me!

Scott with little Billy

First Trip to the Zoo!

On Saturday, I mentioned to Scott, "we really should take Audrey to the Zoo sometime - she would love it!" About two hours later, we were headed to the Zoo - how spontaneous are we?! The weather was really nice - sunny, but breezy and cool - a perfect day to walk 5 miles at the Zoo! I hadn't been to the Zoo since high school and either they've changed it a lot or I just didn't remember it, but it is really spread out! We made the mistake of starting in Australia and it was totally old school - small, smelly cages and the animals are so bored that they sleep all the time. We did get to see some chimpanzees and there was even a baby chimp playing hide and seek under a blanket - Audrey was loving it!

So we got our map out and decided we should head straight to Africa - we only had a certain amount of time before we had to head home for nap time! We wanted to see the gorillas so we walked across this scary swinging bridge only to find that they were all hiding! We tried to see the lions, but they were also hiding. We did get to see some elephants and Audrey was intrigued.

She was more interested in trying on my sunglasses!

We also got to see some tigers, sea lions (she loved watching them swim around!) and some other random hogs and monkeys. I think she had a good time! We'll have to go back again when we have more time to kill. She is just getting over a cold and has at least 3 of her molars coming in, so she's been a little out of sorts lately and sleeping even more than usual - poor little girl!

I insisted on having at least one photo with Mama and Audrey,
but she was ready to go home for her nap and was NOT interested in posing!