Fun in the Snow!

Another gift Audrey received for Christmas was a sled! It's the perfect sled for her size, and it has a strap to hold her in. On Friday, she bundled up with dad and headed out for some sledding fun. She seems slightly skeptical of all her snow gear, but we are hoping she will get used to it. Of course, her dad couldn't just let it be a fun outing, he had to put her to work, too! Next snowfall he will probably have her running the snow blower!

Red Cheeks!

 

 

Chair

One of Audrey's Christmas gifts was a rocker with an ottoman. She has already fallen in love with the chair that is the perfect size for her! She will take books to the chair, sit down, and "read" them to herself. It is so cute to see. She looks like a miniature grown-up when she is sitting there!

Merry Christmas!

Audrey had a wonderful and much more active second Christmas. Instead of sleeping through most of the celebration, she was awake and contribuing to the noise. :) She thoroughly enjoyed spending time with both sides of her family. I will post later to show her using some of her wonderful new gifts. For now, here are a few pictures in her beautiful Christmas dress.

Spoon

Audrey has been working hard over the past few days to practice using a spoon to eat. It's a messy job, but she is getting a little better each time she tries. Her best time was when we were eating mashed potatoes because they stuck to her spoon. She also wanted to share a helpful hint about eating yogurt: If you start to get frustrated using the spoon, just try to pour it into your mouth!

Cupboards

This may look like a normal cupboard....

Audrey has been secretly taking lessons from her feline sisters on how to hide in small spaces. Over the past week, Audrey has begun to enjoy opening cupboards, crawling into them, and closing the door on herself. It gives her a few moments of peace during her busy days, and it allows for her to play a mean game of peek-a-boo!

 

...but it's NOT!  PEEK!



Ponytail!

Audrey's hair keeps getting thicker and longer, so we experimented last weekend with a ponytail.  It's definitely not long enough on the sides, but we gave her a "Pebbles Flintstone"-like ponytail on the top.  Luckily for her, she looks naturally beautiful no matter how we play with her hair!

"Mooooommmm"

This is the face I get frequently from Audrey when I'm trying to cook in the kitchen and she needs my attention.  Can you tell that she just got done saying, "Moooommmm!"?  She has gotten a little better, though, at knowing which cupboards she can play in to keep herself occupied.  Just a few years, and I'm sure I'll have a big helper in the kitchen!

Bring on the Snow!

We bought Audrey some new snow boots, so naturally she had to test them out.  After a few laps around the house, she gave them her stamp of approval.  Now she is just waiting for snow!

Organized Lady

 

Since Audrey is all over the house now, Jeremy and I have made a conscious effort to put our shoes away on a shoe rack in a closet.  Audrey loves shoes for some reason and gravitates towards them!  Saturday night when we got home from a dinner out, we both put our shoes away in the closet.  I took Audrey's off and put her shoes in a basket.  When I set her down, she grabbed her shoes, took them to the closet, and waited for us to open it.  She then did this!  Can you see the cute little polka-dotted shoes?  What a sweetheart!

I spy with my little eye...

someone who is cute!