Weeks 41 & 42

Not too much interesting to report in Weeks 41 & 42, they were pretty good weeks for Miss A, with a couple of snow days and holidays to spend at home with everyone, and a visit from Grandma & Grandpa Looten definitely the highlights! 

We’ve been doing some little projects around the house to help it sell (like painting the baseboards) and Audrey has become so mobile that if we didn’t want her “help,” we had to put her in the pack 'n play… she managed to find a sunbeam, though, and took a good nap… her mommy’s girl! :)

 

Speaking of helping the house sell, one Saturday we had short notice for a showing, so we decided to take the girls to Chuck E Cheese (yes, we’re gluttons for punishment).  Audrey got to catch a ride with Barney; doesn’t she look thrilled and excited?

One of Audrey’s favorite things is bath time… especially if she gets to take one with Laney!  She is an absolute monster in the tub, splashing and playing and trying to stand up or lay down… there’s no looking away, even for a second!  Sometimes she even folds over, and puts her head between her legs (and, thus, in the water), and then jerks up, coughing and gasping.  It’s pretty funny, but by the end of the bath, everyone (and everything) is soaked! :)

A monster, but a cute monster!

Bath time with big sister!

We also had a visit from Grandma & Grandpa Looten over Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to have a little party to send off Daddy.  We spent a lot of time at Grandma Jo’s house, playing Chutes & Ladders (Laney’s new favorite… as long as she’s winning) and just hanging out.  Audrey entertained everyone with all her “tricks!” 

She is constantly pointing this finger… “Number 1!”

Her job during Chutes & Ladders was to randomly chuck this lego rose across the table to see how fast Uncle Tim or Mally could catch it… they were pretty fast by the end of the game! :)

Well, that’s really the last two weeks in pictures, I haven’t actually taken too many because we’ve been both not so busy (no major trips, etc) and very busy (cleaning, packing, etc) at the same time! 

We also had Audrey’s 9 month doctor’s appointment this Wednesday, and ended up with some unfortunate news: she has another double ear infection.  So, she’s on another antibiotic, and we’re hoping it clears.  If it doesn’t, then they will talk about doing tubes at her ear recheck in a month.  We could use lots of prayers about that!

Despite the ear infections, she’s still a happy, mostly healthy baby.  She is getting two more teeth, but not the middle ones on top, like most babies get after they get the bottom ones.  She’s actually getting the side ones now.  So she’s going to be a little vampire baby… but at least she’ll fit in with current trends! :)  And she’ll be a cute vampire! 

Her stats at the doctor were about in line with her curves, she weighed 17 lbs, 13 oz and was 27 inches long.  That is a little bit heavier than Elena (about 3 ounces) and a little bit shorter (about half an inch), but really pretty close to the same size as big sis!  The doctor did think that Audrey probably had RSV, too, which really just shows up as a nasty cold in babies Audrey’s age.  So hopefully that will go away, too, without further complications. 

As far as tricks, Audrey loves to play with her hands now!  She claps when you say “Yay!” and always points (see picture above!), she is getting “More” down, and she LOVES to play peek-a-boo.  She’s pulling up everywhere, into everything, and pretty much drives Laney crazy.  I wish that Laney would really play with her, but mostly she yells ‘I DON’T LIKE HER!” and refuses to let Audrey play with her toys or anything… so, we’re working on that.  Of course, Audrey is magnetically attracted to Laney, and whatever toy Laney wants Audrey to play with the least, so that doesn’t help!

Audrey has discovered the joys of real food, and loves to eat!  She can eat pretty much anything a grown up eats that’s not a choking hazard now, and she wants it all!  She especially love bananas, and peas, and any fruit, really!  She still eats some baby food, but is mostly eating table food.  She is still nursing, too, and it’s going ok… my supply is low, so keeping up with her is getting harder!  I’m very thankful for the big supply I had built up before going back to work.  Without nursing her during the day, like I did Laney, I would never have made it this long if I didn’t have that stockpile!

Audrey’s other big discovery lately has been HER VOICE!  She is definitely the quiet baby no longer!  She talks and laughs and shrieks, it’s quite entertaining! 

So there’s the update on Miss A… Daddy moves to KY this weekend, so it will be a whole new deal in the next couple of weeks.  We will really miss him!  But we have a webcam, and I’ll post lots of pictures so Daddy (and everyone else) can keep watching Audrey grow!