happy halloween

...from our little ladybug.

audrey's first date

my friend candice and i (and our babies) met for lunch at cafe rio. it was so much fun to catch up on each other's lives and talk about motherhood and memories of college. it was really fun to see her baby too. he is such a happy baby and so cute! it was funny though because when i held him audrey looked up at me with this "hey, you are MY mom, why are you holding another baby" expression. it was pretty funny. they looked so cute next to each other in their carriers. they have the same carrier (just different colors), the same pacifier (again just different colors), the same binky clip (this one is because candice made both of them, she is so talented) and when i pulled out her favorite toy, candice said that her son had the same one AND they are both AJ (audrey jane and adam junior). looks like audrey has a boyfriend, haha.

lunch with ana and a brand new toy

audrey and i have had a lot of fun the past two days meeting my mom downtown for lunch. she is in town for a conference and we have enjoyed having her here! today dave met us too and we had a little party at the olive garden. everyone wanted to hold audrey so we each took a turn.

here are some pictures:

audrey loves being with her ana



mama's pride and joy



definitely a daddy's girl


what a perfect little poser


all tuckered out


after lunch audrey and i ran some errands. we had to pick up a few things at walmart (namely candy for trick-or-treaters and some tights for her since it will be getting cold soon) and when we got home daddy was already here. we decided it was time to pull out audrey's jumperoo. even though it is not new (it was given to us for audrey at our office shower) it is the first time she has been in it. i just had to snap a few shots.

at first she seemed a little apprehensive



she loved and was absolutely mesmerized by the lights


she started smiling and squealing when dave started bouncing it (her feet don't quite reach the floor yet)

two little pumpkins

our little punkin with her halloween pumpkin.

i don't know why she swallowed that fly...

we went to a pumpkin carving party today. it was so much fun. it was such a beautiful day. it was hard to believe that the last saturday in october could be such a warm, sunny day. vickie served such good food. she served eye of newt and little mummies and gumbo that was so good i requested the recipe. audrey carved (with a little help from her dad) her first pumpkin! i can't believe i didn't take a picture of it! shoot! it was fun to dress her in a little halloween outfit. it was a little warm for her so we took her inside for little breaks to feed her and change her and stuff.

we had sodas and wasps were everywhere. there was a wasp circling my drink and dave shooed it away and i thought of the story i had heard years ago about someone's dad drinking a soda and getting stung in the throat by a bee. after dave waved the wasp away i took a swig and knew immediately i had just poured a wasp into my mouth. i spat it out (along with some fresca...everywhere) and screamed...looked down and sure enough it was a wasp. i am so glad it was dead. it was funny that i had just thought of that story of the dad swallowing the bee like moments before. almost like i knew. i guess i am a little psychic. haha.

here are some a couple of pictures of audrey and her grandma vickie:





and here is a picture of the wasp:


i only had my little point and shoot so you can't see the details but here is a picture of a wasp (can't believe it was in my mouth, yuck):

have you ever seen the rain

every day audrey and i have a little music appreciation time. it usually calms her and puts a smile on her face. today i turned on a little CCR and we listened to the same song four times in a row. audrey was riveted and started crying every time it ended. haha, i couldn't stop laughing. i guess for now her favorite music is classic rock. who knew?

three months old

today audrey is three months old. we packed up her stuff and went to visit rachel and jj. we had a good time for the most part. i think little princess is colicky because she is fussy beyond belief at the same time every day...it is not because she is hungry, wet or any reason at all except from around 2 until 5 every afternoon she is almost inconsolable. it comes on so suddenly too. like a jekyll/hyde transformation. where is my audrey? she was here just a second ago. i feel unable to help her and we do a lot of bouncing. poor little thing. anyway, for the most part she had fun. her screaming did wake jj from his nap but he was okay. i made him cake in a mug which is such a fun idea to do for kids and he watched cars so i think (i hope) he had fun.

i pulled out my camera to snap a few shots of the kids since today marks three months of audrey in my world.


don't you love the bow? this is one of the ones i purchased from the quilted bear this week. every time i buy bows they rob me blind but i just can't help myself. i should really learn how to make them myself...




audrey's crying woke jj up from his nap. he was a good sport about it though.


it has been a goal of mine for some time to get a good picture of the two of them together...yeah, didn't happen today as you can see from the following pictures. i can't compete with lightning mcqeen.




even though she is three months now, her 3-6 month clothes still drown her as you can see in this photo. it is a super cute outfit though. thanks Janette!