Trip to the Pumpking Patch

We went to the local Episcopal Church to get our pumpkins for the front porch. It was a fun trip and we got some great pictures of Audrey. Hope you enjoy our little pumpkin!

I'll take this one, Mommy!

Let me down, Daddy... there are pumpkins to pick!

Ok, I'll pose for a quick picture.


The cutest pumpkin in the patch

Mom, I can't believe you made me wear this hat!

"Coloring"

Our nanny Gillean has been planning new activities for Audrey. One of the new activities is "coloring" with food. Audrey would rather put her medium in her mouth than truly create art.

The Artist Getting her Paints Ready

The Artist Testing her Medium

The Artist Eating her Medium

Priceless Works of Art


They also tried creating artwork with crayons. Audrey is very consistent; she would rather eat the tools of the trade than use them. Thank goodness crayons are non-toxic!

"Hmm.. the blue one looks yummy.."

"Nope, the green one tastes better."

"Wait, they are for coloring, not eating?"


"Coloring is fun!"

We hope you enjoyed these pictures of our budding artist.

Penn State vs. Michigan

Ahhh... what a wonderful game! We finally beat Michigan after 9 years of losing to them. And not only did we beat them, we killed them. It was the largest margin of victory ever in the series. Wes went to Penn State for the big game and participated in his annual RV Weekend. So Audrey and I stayed in TX and watched the game at Pops and Nana's house. Here's Audrey trying on Pop's hat... maybe it's a little big!

Devoted Fans... Go State, Beat Michigan!

Happy Girl

Here are some recent pictures of Audrey.

As you can see, she is such a happy girl.

Latest Happenings

Life seems to have settled into a pretty good routine after the hurricane adventure. Audrey continues to grow and try new things everyday. She is getting more stable at sitting up on her own which makes trips to the grocery store and dinners out a little easier.

Playing with Daddy

She is also becoming Mommy's helper in the kitchen. She will sit in her highchair and watch me get dinner ready. We "talk" about what I'm making and she holds the spoon.

What a good sous chef!

Another new talent Audrey has developed is holding her own bottle. She is so independent.

We recently took Audrey to the park for the first time. She seemed to enjoy the swing. And we wanted to take her on the slide but it was wet and dirty. We'll try that another time.

Getting a push from Mommy!

Waving Bye-Bye to the park!

Hurricane Ike

We actually faired pretty well in the Hurricane. We followed the advice of the Houston Mayor and did not evacuate but instead "hunkered down" and rode out the storm. Not sure that was the smartest decision, but after the traffic jams caused during Hurricane Rita in 2005, we definitely did not want to get stuck on the road with Audrey. So we boarded up our windows and prepared by stocking up on non-perishable food and water. Here's our house all boarded up before the storm.



We lost power very early at around 8 pm on Friday night. We had already put Audrey to bed in the Packn'Play in our bedroom. So Wes and I hung out listening to the radio until about 11 pm. It was starting to get pretty windy but nothing more than a typical thunderstorm. So we decided to go to bed. Around 1:30 Wes realized that the storm was getting pretty intense and that the board had blown off our bedroom window. So he suggested we get into our "safe room" which was the downstairs powder bathroom. It was a very uncomfortable night on the floor with Audrey on top of me trying to sleep. Here's our "safe room".

We were glad when the storm finally abated and we could survey the damage. We didn't have very much damage, just a little drywall damage from sideways rain. And in fact, we were very fortunate to get our power back at 8 pm on Saturday. All in all, I'm hoping we don't have to experience this anytime in the near future.

I'm Six Months Old

Sorry for the delay in updating. Not only did we have to contend with Hurricane Ike, I have also returned to work full time which leaves little time during the week for other endeavors. Here are a few pictures from Audrey's 6th month. She had a great doctor's appointment where she weighed in at 16 lbs 6 ounces and is almost 27 inches long. She's meeting all the milestones of sitting up on her own, rolling over, and grabbing at items. Here she is trying peas for the first time... She wasn't a big fan!


Here she is sitting up without any help. Our sweet nanny Gillean is in the background holding Audrey's light-up, musical toy.

We visited BeBe the second weekend in September for BeBe's birthday. Here are some pictures of Audrey and BeBe playing.