Week 12!

Well, week 12 is a couple of days late because last week was absolutely crazy!  Josh was gone on a mission trip with our youth group, so it was just me and the girls from Monday on.  On Wednesday we went to surprise Daddy on his trip… in West Memphis, Arkansas!  It ended up being about 18 hours in the car for the girls- 7 hours down, a couple of hours driving to all of the sites, and 7 hours back home.  Audrey did really well, though.  She slept a lot, of course, but even when she wasn’t sleeping, she was pretty content.  But it was an exhausting day, and then we had to turn around and leave again on Friday, so getting the post done on Thursday just didn’t happen!

Anyway… in preparation for the family reunion that was the next weekend, we spent a lot of this week swimming!  I wanted to get Audrey used to the pool and the water so she didn’t spaz when we put her in the pool at the reunion.  So, we busted out Laney’s little pool and the girls’ swimsuits.  They looked pretty cute! :)

Good lookin’ girls! :)

Audrey was totally happy having her feet in the water… not so happy when we put any more of her in!  But happy to dip her toes…

 

I eventually decided to go ahead and blow up the little crab float that we used with Laney.  She wasn’t really big enough to put her feet in and hold up her head! 

So we tried the laying out method, which worked much better!  She was totally happy to float around the pool like this!

 

Anyway, week 13 will be a much more exciting week, since we headed to Windermere for the Looten family reunion.  But week 12 was a pretty normal week, besides the trip to Arkansas!  Audrey keeps growing and changing day by day…

Week 11

Another awesome week for Miss A this week! She continues to change and grow so quickly, I’m thankful that I have this blog to motivate me to write down what she’s doing and take lots of pictures!

Our big development of the week is that Audrey started sleeping in her own crib, in the girls’ bedroom. She’s been sleeping through the night consistently, so we decided it was time. She adjusted just fine, kept sleeping through the night and didn’t really seem to notice that anything had changed! Daddy & I, on the other had, have had a harder time adjusting. Not because we don’t have her in there, it’s been really nice to have our bedroom back. But because now the grunts and groans and noises she makes all night are AMPLIFIED through the baby monitor! :) Plus, the very first night Laney woke up and had to go to the bathroom at like 1:00… she has this thing where she doesn’t think she can get out of bed unless we say it’s ok (guess we trained her pretty well!) so she usually just yells to get our attention. Well, she didn’t realize what the baby monitor was, so at 0100, Josh & I woke up to an amplified scream of “MOOOOOOMMMMM!” Scared us both to death!!
Since then, Laney’s slept through the night, too, and we’ve gotten used to sleeping through the grunts and groans, so it’s getting better!

And on to pictures… :)

Just hanging out… she is starting to actually look at her butterflies on her play mat. Which is nice, because then it actually entertains her!

She is getting WAY better at holding her head up!

Since she’s holding her head up more, I dug out this toy, because Laney loved it. Audrey hasn’t really started looking at herself for long yet, but she seems to like it.

Sleeping in her big girl crib!!

Sunday she wore her “coming home outfit” for the first time (it was massive on her when she was born, plus it was here and she was born, well, NOT here!). She looked adorable, so I had to set up the boppy for a little photo shoot…

Love these smiles!! :)

This just cracked me up: the blanket ate my baby!!

And, I mentioned it last week, but here’s the proof that Miss A. has found her voice and started talking to us. Love, LOVE these sweet baby noises…

Week 10!

Well, the cool thing about week 10 is that Miss Audrey has started talking to us! She’s smiling more and more, and now she’s started really cooing and making noises when you talk to her.

This week was pretty calm, especially when compared to last week! We did get a visit from Jane, David, Andrew, & Grandma Judy, which was cool. Andrew had a baseball tournament in Kansas City, so they dropped Grandma off on the way by, and then picked her up on their way home. They hadn’t seen Miss A. since she was literally days old, so they were amazed at how much she had grown and changed!

Audrey & Grandma

Audrey & Grandma took a nap together! Gotta love a comfy couch & and afghan!

With someone else there to make faces at Audrey, I took the time to document some pretty sweet baby faces!

Love that she smiles with her eyes already!

My favorite!!

This was a really sweet moment- Laney was sitting by Audrey and talking to her, and Audrey was just smiling away at her. So sweet!!

Well, that’s really about it for week 10! She continues to grow like a weed and changes every day. She’s slept through the night for the last week or two, so it’s about time to move to her own crib. Will probably do that this coming week, we just need to move the mattress up higher so that it’s easier to reach. Going to be nice not to have the bassinet in our room anymore… I hope she doesn’t wake Laney up!

Love my girls!! :)

Week 9!

Well, I made it 8 whole weeks without being late with a post… that’s pretty good! :)  But this week we have family in town, so I just didn’t have time yesterday.  I do have some great pictures from week 9, though, so at least it should be a good post! 

The most exciting thing about week 9 was that she started really smiling- responsive smiling, not just reflexive.  She actually started last Thursday, the very beginning of week 9, and then she’s really been smiling more and more every day.  You have to catch her in the right mood, but it’s pretty adorable! 

One of the first smiles that I managed to catch on camera… just my phone camera, but it’s pretty adorable!

The other exciting part of week 9 was Memorial Day weekend.  We took advantage of no church on Sunday night to go to Springfield and spend a long weekend.  We spent a lot of time with Grandma & Grandpa Looten, who hadn’t seen Audrey since she was 2 weeks old!  They couldn’t believe how much she had grown!  Springfield also involved Audrey’s first trip to Silver Dollar City, and the zoo!  It was quite the busy weekend!

Hanging out with Grandpa Looten, watchin’ a movie!

Audrey did really good sleeping in the pack and play, she still slept until 6.  We tried to get a little more sleep after she ate, but the only one who slept was her- the grunting kept Daddy & I awake!  At least she looks adorable…

Saturday morning we got up bright and early, loaded up the double stroller, and headed to Silver Dollar City!  We decided we didn’t need to push around the extra 10 pounds of the carrier, so we just laid down the back and put Audrey in. 

She looked pretty comfortable in the back… and spent a lot of the day napping!

We did switch part way through the day to let Laney lay down in the back and take a nap.  Audrey looked like such a big girl in the front!

We got a lot more attention pushing the stroller around with this face leading the way! :)

And, of course, everyone was happy to carry Audrey for a little while!  Here she is hanging with Grandma Looten!

Sunday we got up and went to church, then we had a picnic lunch and headed for the zoo in Springfield.  Audrey didn’t see much of the picnic or the zoo, because she mostly looked like this:

She did wake up towards the end of the zoo, and I got a few cute pictures of her.

This one is actually cute…

And I just thought this face was funny! :)

Sunday night we spent some time outside enjoying the beautiful weather while Grandpa & Daddy grilled up some dinner!  I did manage to get a few smiles out of her while she sat in her swing on the back porch!

Almost a smile!

Definitely a smile!

To finish off the long weekend, we spent awhile on Monday at Grandma De & Grandpa Don’s house.  They hadn’t even met Miss Audrey yet!  Drew, Morgen, Meghan, Marra, and Jeff all came, too, so it was quite the lunch party!  It was fun getting to introduce Audrey to all of that family, and for them to see how much Laney has changed since Christmas!

Audrey and Grandma De!

and Audrey & Grandpa Don!

Audrey is already all about giving high fives!

and Audrey & Marra!

After meeting all those people, Audrey was exhausted, so she and Daddy settled down for a nap on the living room floor!

Really, we had an absolutely GREAT weekend with so much family.  It was a nice relaxing break for us, as we have been so busy lately.  It’s always awesome to take a weekend just to enjoy ourselves, and visit some family at the same time!

Doctor’s Appt

Audrey had her 8 week check up today!  She seems like she’s been growing like a weed, so I was excited to see how much she weighed.  She did not disappoint! 

Her stats:

Height: 21 3/4 inches

Weight: 10 pounds, 1 ounce

Head circumference: 15 inches

Her weight and head circumference are both about the 30th percentile, and height is in the 25th.  Turns out her body has caught up to her head! :) 

Anyway, just thought I’d share the stats, and this adorable picture of her newest trick… smiling! :)