Monday, December 7, 2009

December 7...Day 315

My friends have the cutest kids! And I just can't help but to take pictures of them! This is my friend Laura's son Caleb, and he is just the sweetest little boy. I have a ton of pictures of him because he kept wanting me to take his picture so that he could look at it on my camera. I had a good time getting together with my old college friends tonight! Tomorrow--it's time to go home!!




Sunday, December 6, 2009

December 6...Day 314

Sorry I was MIA the past couple of days. Audrey and I decided to go to Branson to stay with our friends who live there and to see my mom who is vacationing there this week. I've posted pictures from Friday and Saturday below.Today, the quest continued to get a good picture of Lyndlee and Audrey together. And the quest failed. At least they are both in this picture. But they aren't exactly smiling for the camera (or even looking at it). And it's out of focus and in bad lighting. Audrey did love this air mattress though. She saw Lyndlee and her friend bouncing on it last night, and she wanted to bounce too. Then this morning she just kept throwing herself on the air mattress, falling off, laughing, and then doing it all over again. It was cute! (too bad I didn't take a picture of that!)




December 5...Day 313


Last night Audrey and I decided to go back to Branson with Brennan and Janna to hang out with them and to see my mom and Marcus who are vacationing in Branson this week. We were ready to get out of our little room in Joplin!

While there, we tried really hard to get a picture of Lyndlee and Audrey together, but they were not that cooperative. I did get this really, really cute picture of Lyndlee though. She was playing with her basket, curling up inside it and pretending to go to sleep. It was so cute, and I'm glad that she stayed still long enough for me to get this shot!




December 4...Day 312


Today, our friends Brennan and Janna and their little girl Lyndlee came to visit us in Joplin. We had fun hanging out with them. They brought Audrey a little Christmas present that Lyndlee picked out for her. Lyndlee did a good job, because Audrey loves ducks right now...especially this Christmas duck that she just kept patting over and over again!




Thursday, December 3, 2009

December 3...Day 311


I am totally failing at taking pictures on this trip...probably because we haven't been doing anything too exciting. Today we did get to have lunch and go shopping with my friend Rachel. I have known Rachel for about 27 years...for as long as she has been alive! I really should have taken a picture with Rachel in it, but I didn't. =(

Instead, I took a picture of the jeans that I bought on our shopping trip this afternoon. I have been needing a new pair of jeans for a long time now. I bought 2 new pairs right after Audrey was born, because I was tired of wearing maternity pants. Both of those pairs are way too big now that I've gotten back to my normal weight, but I've had to wear them anyway because I've been too cheap to buy new jeans. So I'm pretty excited to finally have a pair that actually fit me!!




Wednesday, December 2, 2009

December 2...Day 310

While we are in Joplin, we are staying in a guest room on campus at OCC. The room is really nice; it's just a bit on the small side. And with all three of us and all of our stuff in here, there's not a lot of room for Audrey to play. And now that she knows how to walk, she is not very content to just sit still and play with a toy. Even though the room is small, the bathroom is actually pretty big. So we've been playing some in the bathroom. And Audrey has discovered a new toy: the toilet! She likes to bang on the lid with her toys...I think she thinks it's a drum! I don't plan on making the toilet a regular play object for Audrey, but for now it will have to do. Desperate times call for desperate measures!




Tuesday, December 1, 2009

December 1...Day 309


This is Frodo. Frodo is my friend Marley's cat, but he is my old buddy! I lived with Marley and Frodo for part of a summer in college, and he just loved to snuggle with me! Audrey had a fun time meeting Frodo (and all the other cats!) at Marley's house tonight. And it was really good to reunite with my friends Marley and Kelly too!!!!