Week 14

Well, week 14 was a pretty fun and exciting week!  We had Jess visiting for most of the week, and then there was Audrey’s Fourth of July… all kinds of excitement!! 

Really, we spent most of the 4th of July weekend at Mom & Dad’s house, which was a really good time.  We ended up going there for dinner or just to hang out on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday… Friday just to hang out, Saturday to see Mike and shoot off fireworks, and Sunday to celebrate the 4th before the church block party.  All good times, and lots of good pictures! :)

This is how Jess & I spent a lot of her visit… this is the life! :)

Miss A, hanging out with Aunt Ruthie while Laney swam at Grandma & Grandpa’s!

There is lots to think about as a baby… :)

Audrey took a little dip in the pool, but as the water was about 50 degrees, she was NOT a fan! :)

This kid is definitely a Price baby!  She loves to hang out and “read”!

 

 

Love this picture of me and my girls!

Sunday, Grandma Judy and Aunt Sarah & Uncle Fred came into town because they were going on a road trip with Mom & Dad.  So, they got to hang out on Sunday evening and go to the church 4th of July Block Party with us.  It was really nice, because Miss A. spent a lot of time hanging with Grandma, which left Josh & I free to take pictures, talk with the people from the neighborhood, etc. etc. 

People watching with Grandma Judy.  Audrey really likes just watching… she spent a long time sitting on Grandma’s lap like this, watching all of the commotion around her!

While at the party at church, we ran into Haleigh, who is just a couple months younger than Audrey.  Funny, because Audrey is so petite that they are actually the same size!  Oh well!  Two cuties…

 

Come to think of it, we also went to Mom & Dad’s house on Monday, though just for an hour or two to pick blackberries!  Josh didn’t have to work, so the four of us headed out there, met Ruthie, and headed for the blackberry bushes! 

Audrey’s first ride on a 4-wheeler! :)

JUST KIDDING!  Audrey did NOT ride in her seat strapped to the front of the four-wheeler!  Put down the phone, do NOT call DFS… we just thought it would be a funny picture!

Not sure Audrey really enjoyed the whole blackberry picking thing… but she was pretty good, considering how hot it was!

 

Audrey keeps growing and changing.  We are still working on a little bit of a nursing strike, but it’s nowhere near as bad as it was with Laney.  Probably because Audrey really doesn’t know how much easier it is to eat from a bottle!  She’s really talking and smiling, and is trying to roll over.  She actually likes tummy time, I think because she likes just looking around and watching what’s going on.  We are working on the torticollis, too, and I think it’s getting better.  She still has a bit of a flat spot, but she spends more time with her head to the left now, so I’m hoping the flat spot goes away. 

Anyway, so that was the exciting week 14… we really loved having Aunt Jessie here, and celebrating the 4th with so much family!  And we love watching Miss A. grow! :)

Week 13

Well, I promised more pictures for week 13, and I’m delivering!! :)

During week 13 we headed to Windermere for a family reunion!  It was Miss A.’s first time in a pool, and her first time to meet a lot of people from Josh’s family.  Since Josh was at World Changers, it was just the girls and I, but we had a blast! 

First time in the little pool… she did REALLY well.  It was cold because they were just filling it up, but we eased her in and she actually seemed to like it! (funny Laney in the background)

We busted out the crab float, which she was still a little small for!

So we gave up on the leg holes, and just let her curl up in it.  So then she took a nap!

Still napping…

And then napping on the deck…

Other than swimming, we mostly spent our time hanging out at the cabin, eating good food, talking with our family, and playing games. 

Audrey and Kael, the newest members of our family!

Hanging with Great-Aunt Ruthie while everyone else played games.

When we got back home, we had a visitor—Aunt Jess!!  She hadn’t seen Audrey since she was about 2 days old!  Audrey is all smiles around Aunt Jess!

And, a new trick for week 13- Audrey is trying to roll over!

 

So there are the picture highlights from week 13!  The rolling over is a new thing to try, which has been fun.  In not so fun news, she has also been working on a nursing strike, which is to be expected at 3 months.  I was hoping to avoid one with Audrey, since she doesn’t really get a bottle very often.  And it hasn’t been as bad as it was with Laney, but it still hasn’t been a whole lot of fun.  Hopefully it won’t be too long…

Other not so fun news, Miss A. has a little torticollis.  She just likes to turn her head to the right, so her neck is stronger on that side (and she’s got a flat spot on that side of her head).  So, we’re trying to fix it by the way we lay her down, carry her, etc.  If it’s not better by her next doctor’s appointment, we’ll ask them about it.  It’s not a huge deal, so I’m sure it’ll get better…

She still is talking and smiling more and more, and starting to show her personality! :)  It’s going to be fun to watch her grow!

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! :)