She's 6! (REVISED)

Months that is. Our baby girl was 6 months old this past Sunday. I can't believe how fast time is going by. And I know it's only gonna go faster from this point on. I wish I had started this blog way before I did so I could have better kept up with Audrey's milestones each month. But I guess the important thing is that I am keeping up now! So here is what "My Monkey" is doing these days:

• She can roll over like the pro's. She has been rolling for a while but this month, she figured out how to roll from her belly back over to her back. Which means she is officially on the move. I try to keep her on the rug in the living room but that is quickly getting too small.

• She is still sleeping ALL night, thank goodness We have been blessed with a good sleeper. She takes around 3 naps a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

• She is doing GREAT with baby food. Her favorites now are green beans, squash and sweet potatoes. We are still working on the carrots, bananas, and apples. I have really enjoyed making her baby food so far and hope to keep it up!

• She is trying so hard to crawl. She can push herself off the ground with her arms and get her legs under her, just not at the same time. Maybe by next month's update, she will be crawling!

• Her hair is finally growing! I can get a bow to stay without the headband. Only for a few minutes though before it falls out.

• We figured out that she LOVES swimming. She laughs and splashes the whole time she is in the pool.

• She can sit up all by herself now! I have to put pillows around her because eventually, she is gonna topple over. Usually it's because she is trying to reach a toy.

• She has officially started "talking". Ok so it's really babbling but we pretend to know what she is saying and "talk" back to her. I am gonna try to get a video up of her doing this!

A wedding and trip to New Orleans

The Wedding: Saturday we got to visit with lots of friends who were in town for Jon and Jennifer's Wedding. ! We have been blessed with such an amazing group of friends and look for any chance to spend time together. This was the 2nd time in a couple of weeks that everyone has been able to get together and hang out because of a wedding. Some of the girls came to our house to get ready while the guys were already at the church. We had a little photo session before we left.

"The Brown girls"

Me and Annie in our Bridesmaid dresses from each other's wedding

New Orleans: Sunday after church, a group of our friends went to New Orleans to celebrate our friend Meghan's birthday! We went to the Aquarium, Riverwalk Mall and Mothers restaurant. It was such a great time of fellowship!

She was captivated at most of the tanks

Most of the group

Family pic. We gave up trying to get her to look at the camera. Too much going on!!

Silly girls

Watching all those fish swim around wore her out!

Green Beans Anyone?

This is a post I have been trying to upload ALL WEEK! Seth finally helped me with the video.

Here is a video from Sunday night's first attempt at baby food. We tried green beans that night but have since tried squash. As you can see from the video, she wasn't a fan of green beans. She ate the squash much better. This morning I tried them both again and she really liked when I mixed the two. Gross I know, but whatever it takes! I am gonna get some fruit next! If she is anything like me, she will love any kind of fruit.

Since this video, we have tried bananas and prunes. She liked the prunes when I mixed them with the squash or green beans. The bananas however, I mixed with her cereal and she hated them. I am not gonna give up on them! Eventually maybe she will like them! And, she will actually eat the green beans by themselves now!!

Last night, I went to Wal-Mart and got a steamer basket and some fresh fruits and veggies and made some baby food!! It was really easy and much cheaper. I made sweet potatoes and carrots. I plan on making some more this week!

The Time Has Come

Audrey Claire has TONS of stuffed animals already. We really don't have a place for them so I just put all of them at the end of her bed. After all, she only sleeps on half of it and really doesn't move around too much. Until now... I knew the time would come when I had to move them so she could have the whole bed. Well, the time has come. I heard lots of commotion the other night when she was supposed to be going to sleep and this is what I found...

We also started baby food this week. (I know I've said this before but she is growing up WAY too fast!) We tried green beans at first. I will upload a video later of how that went. Today we tried squash. It definitely went better than the green beans. I will put up pictures of that later!!

Fourth of July Fun

We had a VERY busy weekend full of friends and family. It all started Friday when ReRe and Pops came down to visit. When they got here we went shopping, as usual. They stayed for a while and when they left they took Brookley home. I loved having her here! She was SUCH a big helper.

Later that night, Matthew and Annie came to stay with us. We were so excited to see them! We stayed up way too late talking to them thinking we would get to sleep at least until 8 or so Saturday morning. Well, Audrey Claire had different plans. Since she didn't get to see them Friday night, she couldn't wait till 8. She woke us up at 6:30! But she is so stinkin cute we didn't care.

That morning, the boys went to play disc golf while the girls prepared for Saturday night. That's when we had about 20 people come over to our house to celebrate the 4th! We grilled and played Wiffle Ball. We really enjoyed having everyone over at our house.

Saturday night Seth's mom (Gi-Gi) came to stay the night with us. Sunday morning she went to church with us and then we all went to Newk's for lunch!

Whew! Told you it was a busy weekend!!!

Annie and Audrey Claire reading a book

Not sure when this was taken, just found it on my camera!

Baby's got a new dress on!!

Fellowship at the Kent's

Audrey Claire is definitely growing up too fast. She already goes to the College class at church! I know she should probably be in the nursery by now, but she really prefers hanging out with the older crowd. So last night we went to the college Bible study at some fellow church members' house. They are doing a study on C.J. Mahaney's book titled "Living the Cross-Centered Life" every Thursday night and we try to go each week. We got there early last night and Seth walked Audrey Claire around to see some of their animals. My child loves being outside!

I wanted a picture of her in front of the pig too but my camera battery was dying so I had to take what I could get!

We have a busy weekend ahead of us FULL of grandparents and friends coming to visit. I can't wait to hang out with all of them! We are especially excited to see Matthew and Annie! They are coming home from New York today and we finally get to hang out with them as a MARRIED couple. I am sure I will have lots of pictures and stories to post about at the end of the weekend.

Fun at the Pool and an "Update"

We took Audrey and my cousin Brookley swimming tonight at Justin and Lydia's. At first, I thought Audrey was going to miss out on the fun because she fell asleep on the way there. But eventually all the splashing and noise woke her up. She got in the pool with Daddy and LOVED it. This wasn't her first time in the pool though. That was Monday of this week and I forgot to take my camera. Anyway, we have come to the conclusion that we definitely have a swimmer on our hands. She splashed and laughed for at least 45 minutes which is a long time for a 5 month old!

An update for the grandparents: Audrey now has TWO bottom teeth which make her smile so much sweeter! And she has just started to sit up by herself the last couple of days. Lastly, she is making me chase her all over the living room now. Not crawling but rolling! Every time I put her down she immediately begins to roll. She can now roll from her back to her belly then over again!