I'm taking a photography class at church, and tonight we used some of our babies as models. I love this picture because it shows the different personalities of Audrey and her friend Elliot. It was a lot of stimulation for the babies. There were about 10 people flashing pictures and trying to get them to smile and look at their camera. Elliot just sat there and posed and smiled and was perfectly calm the whole time. Audrey doesn't handle stressful/scary situations in such a calm manner...
My mom and Marcus stopped by for a fun spur of the moment visit this afternoon. Audrey was a little shy at first, but she warmed up to Grandma pretty quickly!
A couple of things about this picture:
This is how Audrey has been greeting me when I get her up from her naps this week. She always gives a really big smile after she pulls up on something...I think she is proud of herself for finally figuring out how to do it!
This is the remote that controls our DVR...the most wonderful invention ever! Tonight I'm watching Dancing with the Stars. It started at 7 and ended at 9, but I didn't get home from a meeting until 7:45. No problem...I started watching it at 8 and am going to finish it at about 9:25...being able to fast forward through all the commercials and through all the annoying talking of Tom and Samantha.
This little puppy has been the hit toy of the day. Audrey found it in her room this morning and wouldn't let it go. So we brought it to church with us. At church, Cael saw the puppy in my bag and got to play with it for a while. Then tonight at small group, the puppy made its way back out...and Cael was very happy to see it again. Such a popular puppy!!
We went to a friend's birthday party tonight. We left the party about an hour after Audrey's normal bed time, and she crashed as soon as we got in the car and even stayed asleep when we got her out of the car at home. Both Daniel and I agree--having her sleep on your shoulder is the best! Too bad it is such a rare occurence these days!
Z is for...Zoom! Daddy was zooming Audrey all around the backyard this evening. The weather today was absolutely perfect, so we braved "Mosquitoland" (aka our backyard) and played outside for a bit tonight.
Y is for...Yikes! Audrey tried to crawl up the stairs today. Up until today, she had not paid any attention to the stairs. But she discovered them today and immediately tried to climb up them. While I was standing nearby ready to help her, she made it up two stairs all by herself. Yikes...I'm not ready for her to be climbing the stairs yet, especially our scary hardwood stairs!
T is for...tons of crazy fun! Tonight was the Worship Ministry Appreciation banquet at church. For the past 2 years, Daniel has done a party called "Out of the Box." The idea is that each table comes up with their own theme for the night, decorating their table and wearing costumes and such. This year, our theme was a wedding reception. We had a wedding party table and a wedding guest table. It was the craziest wedding you could ever imagine. Amy played the role of the old lady guest...and provided much entertainment throughout the evening.
R is for...reading! If you've read this blog or know me at all, you know that reading is one of my favorite things! Hopefully, Audrey will enjoy reading books as much as I do! So far, she seems to be quite fond of reading and looking at books (and she's pretty good at trying to pull the pages out too!).
Q is for...Quarter Quell! Really, that's what I meant to type. I finished a very good book today (Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, the 2nd book in the Hunger Games series). A major event in this book is the Quarter Quell games (you'll have to read the books to find out what that is!). Since I was on the lookout for Q words today, this Q alliteration jumped out at me. It's not too often that you run into a Q alliteration, and I thought this would be perfect for Q day!
P is for...peas! Audrey is starting to warm up to eating peas. She absolutely hated the pureed baby food peas and would not have anything to do with them. She wasn't so sure about eating whole peas at first, but she seems to be liking them better now. She also figured out that Maggie likes peas (and Cheerios and whatever else she happens to be eating!). Audrey has discovered the wonders of feeding Maggie her food from the high chair. The two of them think it is a pretty fun game; Daniel and I are not as amused!
M is for...Maggie. I took over 100 pictures of Maggie playing outside this afternoon. This was one of about 3 pictures that I liked from that batch. I was trying to get a picture of Maggie in motion. Amy and I are taking a photography class at church, and Crista suggested that we photograph an object in motion to learn more about shutter speed. I took a lot of pictures of Maggie in motion, but she was too fast for me and I didn't like the way any of them turned out. It was much easier to get a decent picture when she stopped to take a break!
L is for...lips! Audrey sometimes likes to stand up at our front screen door (it's all glass) and put her lips up against it. Tonight, I went outside and got a picture of her through the glass. Silly girl!!
J is for...Jumper. I remember buying this jumper for Audrey when she was just 4 months old. Six months later, she still enjoys it...but now she prefers to be outside of the jumper rather than in it. She likes to hold onto it and bounce it with her hands. In this picture, she is showing her excitement by waving at the camera and making her favorite face!
