September 7...Day 224

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!

September 6...Day 223

O is for...Orders. A bunch of us went over to the Millers tonight for homemade quesadillas. Katie and Amy had a good idea for keeping us organized while making so many quesadillas. Katie took everyone's "orders" and wrote them down on post it notes. Then she put the post it notes on the cabinets above the quesadilla makers so we could see what each person wanted while making their quesadilla. It was a great plan, and I think everyone got their quesadilla just the way the ordered it!

September 5...Day 222

N is for...Nail-biting and Nerve-wracking tennis! I really enjoy watching tennis. I stink at playing the game, but I do enjoy watching it. With Direct TV, I have been able to watch just about any match of the US Open that I wanted to this week. This afternoon I started watching the Andy Roddick/John Isner match. It was still going on when the Millers and Justin came over tonight, and I just had to know how it was going to end, so we casually kept watching. By the end (almost 4 hours after it started), it was extremely close and was making me (and I think Justin too, nobody else seemed to care) a little nervous. This picture (not a very good one, but it's all I have tonight) is of the final score...I was sad that Roddick lost, but I do enjoy watching a close match!

September 4...Day 221

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!

September 3...Day 220

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!!

September 2...Day 219

K is for...Keokuk...my hometown!

September 1...Day 218

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!