Audrey loves to play the piano with her daddy! It makes fun, loud noises, why wouldn't she?











We went to the park for Audrey's cousin Reid's 2nd Birthday. As you can see, she loved the swing, but didn't care much about the slide.

We tried food for the first time right after she turned 6 months old. That was fun! She had sweet potatoes. Really, all she wanted to do was grab the spoon. Chris had to hold her hands back while I put food in her mouth. Don't be too fooled by the picture, I think she liked them just fine! Since then we have also tried a little oatmeal and some applesauce. I don't think she really likes to eat, but I'm not really sure. She eats several bites sometimes and then other times she wants nothing to do with food. She ate a good bit of applesauce from Chris last night...maybe he is the key! I am making most of her food and I think it is fun! I have tried a little bit of everything too. So far I have made zucchini, asparagus, nectarines, plums, sweet potatoes and applesauce. It is all frozen and my plan is just to pop out a cube or two and thaw it whenever she is ready to eat. My parents gave me their deep freeze, I don't know what I would do without it.

This was about a month ago, but I love this picture. The doctor said she sits up like any good 8 month old!

My baby is resilient! I can drop her, feed her a poisonous plant, expose her to a nasty stomach bug, let her fall out of her Bumbo onto the tile floor or let her sleep with ants and she is still alive and kickin'! Seriously, those are all things that happened since my last post and most of them in the last week. I can laugh a little about this now, because she is doing just fine! A few explanations...She flipped off of my lap and fell less than a foot flat on her back. I had done a little internet research to decide if I needed to get the peace lilly out of the floor, but I never moved it. The articles said that she had to eat a lot of it for it to be poisonous. For future reference, a lot for a six month old equals one bite. The good news was that I had not left her alone for more than 3-5 minutes and she had thrown up the leaf before I ever knew she had eaten it. 1800-222-1222 is the number for poison control. They are very helpful and even call back to check on you! We no longer have plants in the floor. I did move the Bumbo off the bathroom counter and on to the floor because I was sure she was about to wiggle out of it and, sure enough, the next day, she did...finally, I did do something right! She still wasn't happy when she fell a couple of inches onto the tile, but that is a lot better than what would have happened had it still be on the counter! The poor kid woke up with what looked to be ant bites on her wrist one morning. I couldn't figure out where she would have gotten the bites until I found four or five ants in her dirty clothes pile. Ants in laundry, whose ever heard of such a thing? I guess I need to start doing her laundry more than once a week. Oh, and I was really sick last week. She never got it.

Thank the Lord that we don't have to be perfect, because I obviously never could be. Thank the Lord that He was and that he protects my child when I don't do the best job of it myself. Once again, here's a reminder, I can't do this on my own.