Catching Up...Cookie Decorating

Ava had her friends over for a cookie decorating party before Christmas. They had a lot of fun.



Ava's friends Luke and Lily with their mom, Nikki


Taylor with her mom, Rachel

At least she is honest...

I had to share a conversation I just had with Ava. It is pretty typical at our house, but still a little funny. Audrey was playing in her exersaucer and dropped the rings she was playing with. I was folding clothes and asked Ava to hand Audrey's rings back to her. She walks over to Audrey and the following conversation took place:

Me: Can you hand Audrey her rings?

Ava: Where are they?

Me: They are right there in front of Audrey.

Ava: (Looking up in the air) I can't find them!

Me: Ava, they are right in front of you on the floor!

Ava: I don't see them.

Me: (Getting up to hand Audrey her rings) Do you look for anything?

Ava: No, I really don't! (as she walks off to continue what she was doing)


Obviously not! At least she is honest. Something can be right in front of her and she will say she can't find it. My mom says this is payback.

4 Months

As of last week, Audrey Kate is now 4 months old! I can't believe it!! It is going way too fast!

We had Audrey's 4 month check-up today and here are her stats:

Weight: 12 lbs. 7 oz. (25%)
Height: 25 1/4 in. (90%)
Head: 16 in. (50%)

The doctor said we are just going to have another tall, skinny baby. Everyone keeps saying how HUGE Audrey is compared to Ava at this age, but this is really not the case. Here are Ava's 4 month stats:

Weight: 11 lbs. 6 oz. (10%)
Height: 24 1/4 in. (50%)
Head: 15 1/2 in. (10%)

Ava was just a pound less, an inch shorter, and her head was a half inch smaller. There really isn't a big difference between their sizes.

Here are a few new pictures of Audrey. She is pretty stinkin' cute if I do say so myself!

And just for comparison, here are a couple of Ava at about the same age.

Pumpkin Patch...Making Memories

Every year our trip to the pumpkin patch gets a little worse. :) We have a great time, but we just can't seem to get those cute pictures everyone has up on their blogs. Sigh...

Our first trip we got too many good ones to choose from...


Last year Ava wouldn't really smile, but she would at least look at the camera


She also liked to try to lift all of the pumpkins


This year, we were lucky to even get her to look at the camera. I'm going to post some of the pictures anyway to prove to our kids that we DID at least try to take them to the pumpkin patch





Mommy trying to get a picture with both kids




Ava insisted on holding Audrey (she promised to smile, but she didn't)








Which pumpkin do I want to hold?






Kurt thought it would be a good idea to lean Audrey against the pumpkins. These are too funny not to post...




We left Audrey like that for about 2 seconds, but the older lady next to us still felt the need to tell us we were bad parents. Oh well...


Kind of a smile


Boompa and Audrey later that day


Look what I can do...


There is less than 2 weeks difference between the Pumpkin Patch pictures and these. Doesn't it look like Audrey grew a ton???