Eating with a spoon

Now that Audrey has mastered the art of feeding herself with her hands, we've been trying to get her to eat with a spoon. She can't quite get the food on the spoon, but she can get most of the food in her mouth! We tried today with prunes and that was probably a bad food to start with - check out the mess!

A visit to Gigi's

Today we took a trip up north to visit my grandma, who Audrey calls Gigi. Gigi hadn't seen Audrey in a while and was so excited to see her. She lives in an assisted living community, so Audrey got to say hello to a lot of people who made her the center of attention - just how she likes it! After we visited with Gigi in her room, Audrey hopped on the Jazzy with her and they rode down to the lobby and Gigi got to show off her great granddaughter. Sounds like everyone is still talking about it!

15 Months

Audrey had her 15 month check-up and they said she looked great! This was the first appointment that she absolutely HATED! Usually, she doesn’t mind the doctor’s office and only cries during the shots. This time, she cried during the weigh in, the length measurement…pretty much the whole time. I hated it just as much as she did, if not more! So here are her official stats for the month:

Weight: 20 lbs. 9.7 oz (16%)

Length: 30 in (35%)

Head: 80%

She changes day to day now and is so curious. Her new favorite thing right now is to point to things and say “that!” She wants to know what everything is. Tonight during dinner she looked out the window the whole time pointing to things and demanding "that!" It's not so much a question as it is a command. She just wants to know what everything is! Guess this is a preview of the “why” stage I’ve heard comes later!

Speaking of dinner, here is a cute picture of her eating. She loves Scott's famous homemade guacamole! She also will only feed herself now and refuses to eat from a spoon, so dinner time is messier than ever! Luckily, we have the dogs to help clean the floor.

Holy Guacamole!

She’s also running! She’s been walking since early January, but just in the last few weeks she has picked up the pace a bit. She’s getting pretty good at getting around without falling down too much, but she's definitely had her fair share of forehead bruises - poor baby!

She’s added a few new words to her vocabulary including goat, poop, dog, belt, more and go. Her favorite word continues to be “hi”! She says it to anyone she sees and if we’re not paying enough attention to her, she uses it to get our attention. We’ve been going to the park quite a bit lately thanks to this beautiful weather and she loves seeing the kids. And to her, anyone under the age of about 12 is considered a baby – she’ll point and say “baby!” The park is one of her favorite activities now - especially the swing and the slide. She is a little bit cautious, but never afraid of much of anything.

Speaking of little people, her cousin Billy came to visit recently. She was so excited to have a baby in her house...she even rocked him in his car seat! Billy is 13 months younger than Audrey, so it will be so fun when he gets a little older and they can have play dates!



Rock the baby...Billy looks a little freaked out!



Now he's smiling! Too cute!


Audrey's other cousins, Meredith and Gwendolyn, also came over to visit this month. Audrey got jealous when Aunt Mandy tried to read her favorite book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" to Gwendolyn. She just stood next to them and cried, so Aunt Mandy read it to both of them – everybody wins!

As you'll notice from the photos above, Aunt Mandy also has very curly hair. I think she is going to have to give me and eventually Audrey some lessons on how to tame curly hair. The longer it gets, the curlier it gets. Sometimes it's super cute, but sometimes it's truly out of control. She woke up the other morning and it was literally standing straight up! Coincidentally, this is about how Scott's hair looks when he gets out of the shower.

Audrey continues to be a laid back, sweet little girl. She is also starting to show affection, which is so sweet! She’ll give out kisses and hugs - there's nothing better! Now we need to work on the fist bumps!

Curly Girl!

After bath time tonight, Audrey's hair was curlier than usual! Even Dada made a comment about how curly it was. I think he is secretly thrilled that she got his hair! Mama is going to have to learn how to style and tame curly hair - she surely didn't get this from me!

Love Your Baby!

Audrey does the cutest thing - she'll love on her baby and other toys. When you say, "love your baby" she will hug it close, sway back and forth and pat its back. She does this mostly with her baby, but she's also done it with her hippo, whale and other toys. I'm pretty sure she did it to her egg this morning - unlike her mama, the girl loves eggs! This video isn't the best example - I'll have to try again later to catch it on video! But still pretty darn cute! :-)