Weekend

We made a mad dash back home this weekend to help celebrate Meredith Grace's 7th birthday. We went down to my mom's Saturday and then spent the night with Clay's parents Saturday night.

Audrey was as sweet as pie in both places. She is a good little traveler! Here are some updates on what is going on in her little life.

Thursday night she had some trouble eating her bottle. She would stop eating and throw her head back and cry. I thought she was just being fussy but then Friday morning I noticed a sore on the roof of her mouth toward the back. Don't ask me how I saw it!! And like the good little first time momma that I am, I freaked out! I called the doctor right then and there and within an hour and a half I was standing in the doctor's office with Audrey. They looked her over and said that she must have a cold which would cause the ulcer in her mouth. Hmmmm... Keep in mind that the Tuesday before that was the day we got the all clear to take her out in public. I took her to the Hobby Lobby, Costco and Zoe's Wednesday. She got a cold that fast!?!?!? Anyway, they told us to just watch the sore and call them back if it didn't get any better in 5 days. It was gone by Sunday night. That ulcer was the only cold symptom she exhibited so I don't think she really had a cold.

Her favorite things to do these days are to suck on her hands, stare at the ceiling fan, and eat, eat, eat. She has noticed Sweet Pea and will watch her run by if she is on the floor near her. She doesn't like to be "cradled" unless she is sleepy. She wants to be held up on our shoulders so she can look around. Just yesterday she started paying attention to a squeeky toy that I found at Target. It is a cow with vivid black and white print and has all kinds of different textures on it. She loves it. She is also sleeping wonderfully at night. I've been afraid to post this about her because I was afraid I would jinx it but she sleeps from around 8-9:00 each night to about 4-5:00 in the morning. We love it!! At 5:00, Clay feeds her and then puts her back to bed. Some mornings I get her and put her in the bed with me. This morning she slept until 7:00!!

She is holding her head up when she is on her tummy but she doesn't like it one bit. She will fuss and fuss until we turn her back over. She likes it better when I put her on the Boppy and let her get her tummy time that way.

She has also become more mobile lately. She can roll herself over on her side but she can't roll completely over just yet. She can also scoot around with the best of them! This is what she looks like when we go to her in the mornings. She starts the night out in a horizontal position but by the time morning rolls around, she has manipulated her body into this vertical position. Some mornings she has scooted all the way down to the end of the bassinet!!



Clay's cousin Payton came by Sunday to eat lunch with us and to meet Audrey. He brought his dog named Audrey (HA!) and a toy for he and Clay to play with. He'd made a mini-bike using his mom's old pressure washer motor. Clay had a great time riding that little bike!!



Finally, here are some cutie-patootie pictures of Audrey from this weekend.