Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours! Anna has come down with the flu so we are going nowhere!! However, here's a Thanksgiving wish for you :0) May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!

8 Months Old

I'm a week late in posting this but Audrey turned 8 months old last week. She had a reflux check-up with Dr. Miller and she's doing really well. So well that at her 9 month check-up Dr. Miller wants to start weaning her off of one of her medecines. She weighed 15 lbs. 8 oz. (11%) and was 27 inches long (50%). Dr. Miller said she expects her to be 18-19 pounds at 1 year old which is exactly what mommy weighed. Audrey is really starting to get around on her own. She zooms all over the kitchen on the wood floor in her walker, often chasing us and reaching out to grab our pants. She's so close to crawling, does an army crawl on her belly and pushes up on her hands and knees and rocks. She can also pull herself up onto her knees and get into a sitting position from her belly. She's got a big sister to chase around soon. :0) She's not been sleeping great at night, we're guessing it's due to teething although she still doesn't have any teeth, but she has been taking better naps so at least mommy is getting to catch up some during the afternoon nap. All in all, she's pretty content to play and of course watch Praise Baby movies when late afternoon fussy time rolls around. It's such a fun age with all of the changes in motor development and they always seem so much happier once they can sit up and be mobile. She cracks us up scrunching up her little nose when she really grins. It's so sweet to see her excitement when Michael gets home from work. Her face lights up and she often starts bouncing in her highchair as she's usually eating her dinner. This is a face she does often...one we saw on Anna when she was teething too, sucking in her lower lip.

Preschool Feast

Yesterday was Anna's Preschool Family Feast and we were shocked at the meltdown she had in the middle of their song. She started out doing great (on the right with the purple and pink skirt) and then all of sudden lost it. After they were done singing we made an edible craft, a yummy cupcake turkey, and she was fine then so we're not sure why she got so upset during the song. Wonder what the Christmas program will be like?! :0)

Daddy Caught a Deer

Michael has been hunting the past few months during bow season and now gun season and everytime he comes home Anna asks him if he caught her a deer. Well, yesterday he did although it wasn't purple like she asked for. :0) She didn't seem bothered by looking at it on the back of the trailblazer. She asked if it would bite and we said no and then she was happy to look at it.

Sleeping Beauties

1st Field Trip

Today was Anna's first field trip and we went to the fire station. She was also helper of the day so it was a GREAT day at preschool. It'll be hard to top this one...field trip and helper of the day all in the same day. She didn't want to get close to the fireman in his gear but couldn't wait to get in the fire truck. They sounded the horn on the fire truck and all of the kids burst into tears, thus Anna's teary eyes in the pictures. Despite the scare of the horn, she still wanted to sit in the driver's seat. This isn't all of the kids. Some were still so upset over the sound of the horn that they refused to leave their mommy's side and get in the picture. Anna is standing behind her buddy, Alli, who has quite the pose! :0)

It's a Miracle

I can't believe it...gas below $2?! Had to take a picture to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I never thought it would get below $3 and wow, now it's $1.99. Incredible!