Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Stay at Home Daddy!

Clay worked crazy hours all during the holidays so when things slowed down from warp speed to light speed at work, he took some time off. He will be home with us all this week and we are so excited to show him the "ropes".

Yesterday we spent the morning at the zoo. Clay LOVED playing with Audrey and seeing her reaction to the animals and all the people. He loved it so much I accused him of "hogging" her. He denied it but I'll let you decide from the pictures!

They picked up a gazillion rocks, sticks and "seed pods" and played with them the entire time we were there. Audrey is becoming more and more interested in the animals each time we go but the rocks still win her interest the most!

Mommy was there! Here's the picture to prove it! :)

After the zoo, we headed to Zoe's for lunch. Audrey loves their chicken salad and so do I! We then went to the Botanical Gardens and let her run what little energy she had left out! It was a fun day!

 I probably should have just titled this post, "Daddy/Daughter Day with Mommy Tagging Along to Photograph!". :)

Today, Audrey went to MDO and Clay and I went on a date! Then I went shopping and he brought Audrey home. She's now napping and he's gone to get a hair cut! Storytime and Kindermusik tomorrow, then home for Clay to hunt the rest of the week.

Church clothes

When I found the pink dress that I had Audrey's picture taken in, I also found a whole slew of other clothes. A bathing suit, a Christmas outfit, and this dress. Momma said that she remembers making the dress for me and that it took her forever. She was proud of it when it was complete! I think it is as cute as pie! I would have been proud of it too! It has a collar, sleeves, a gathered yoke, lining-- everything that I try to avoid! :)

Audrey wore it to church Sunday morning and she looked precious!

After looking at these images, I could have done a better job of ironing it! :)

He's a curious monkey...

.. that George! Curious George came to visit our local science museum Saturday and Audrey and I decided to go check him out. She has no clue as to who he really is but as soon as she saw him she lit up! She waved and smiled and I thought she was going to love getting to see him up close. Not so much. She didn't cry or anything but she didn't have a look of delight on her face either.

While we were there, we ran in to an old friend of mine! I met her when I lived in Dothan-- she lived in my neighborhood. We've reconnected through facebook and I was excited to see her after 6 years! She has a little boy that is two weeks older than Audrey and the two of them had a great time running around playing!

I have no idea why I didn't take a picture of her!! Geez!! Sorry, April! Hopefully it won't be 6 more years before we see each other again!

The Two of Us

The first photo below is me when I was 16 months old. The second one is obviously Audrey today-- also 16 months old.

I have this picture of myself in Audrey's room and I was so excited when we found the dress (who knows where the bonnet is!). I've always liked this picture of me as a baby because I still had red hair at this point. By the time I was 3 it had changed to white blond. As I grew older, it continued to darken to the light brownish red it is today.
It was so much fun to watch Audrey run around in the same dress that I wore 30 years ago! It reaches to her knees and billows around her when she walks. I was apparently a HUGE 16 month old because the dress is a size 3t. I must not have grown much in the next year or so because I have a picture of myself in the same dress around the age of three. My hair is white in the picture. I plan to go home next week so I'll steal it and post a copy of it for comparison next week! :)

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