Play time with friends!

Wednesday night of this week, Seth was gone to Brandon with a friend so Audrey Claire and I went visiting. Our first stop was to see Jude and Drew (and mommy Melanie too). I love to see them interact with each other. Audrey Claire wanted so badly to be able to run around like Jude. But guess what! No camera! That only means we will have to go play with them again soon so we can take pictures.

Next to visit was Lindsey, I mean LiLi. Her husband Brian works at night a lot so we figured she was lonely like us! Not to mention Audrey Claire loves playing with her LiLi any time she can! They played on the floor for a good while until it was bed time and AC started to get a little cranky. Sorry LiLi!

Wordless Wednesday

Late Night Chat and Footed Pajamas

Last night we were treated with a "visit" from our friends Matthew and Annie. They are the ones we went to visit in Louisville a few weeks ago. We really miss being able to see them but now that they have their webcam set up we can see them all the time! Seth has our computer set up to where we can view the screen on the tv so we got a good view of the Delaughters. We enjoyed chatting with them for about an hour!

Audrey Claire is so excited about having new pajamas she just had to show them off to you! She looks so old in this picture!

Weekend Wrap-up

As usual, we had a busy weekend. It started Friday night when my parents (Re-Re and Pops) came to stay the night. They got here late so Audrey Claire didn't even know they were here until she woke up Saturday morning. What a good surprise for such a sweet little girl! Also a usual event happened- we went SHOPPING! Audrey Claire always know when Re-Re and Pops come that means we are going somewhere. My brother needed some things for school and Audrey Claire has outgrown all of her precious little gowns that she slept in and needed some new footed pjs. So off we went, but not before Pops let AC have a little taste of Diet Coke. Ok just kidding. But she loved playing with the bottle!

Audrey Claire has a new "face" to show off. And believe me, she did just that all day Saturday. I was finally able to capture a picture of her doing it. How cute is she? Most of the time she does it when she is mad but sometimes we can get her to do it on command.

Sunday we had more visitors! Memaw and Graypop (Seth's grandparents) came to town and we went to lunch at one of our local favorites, Brownstones. As usual, the food was amazing! Since last time we visited with them I took no pictures, I made sure to take lots this time. It was really hard to get Audrey Claire to look at the camera. We were outside so the wind was blowing her and cars driving by kept getting her attention. Not to mention it was 2:00 and the child had only had a 30 minute nap!

Seth's cousin Josh also joined us for lunch. She was in awe of him. She just kept looking at him. I think she was thinking "Hey, you kinda look like my daddy!"

Another special thing Sunday was our friend Lydia's birthday. We went to some friends' house to have cake and ice cream to celebrate Sunday night! Audrey Claire hasn't seen her friend Judah in a while so I put them together for a little photo shoot. Do you know how hard it is to get a 7 month and a 3 month old to sit still and both look at the same camera? It was so funny! This is the best we could do between Audrey pushing Judah over and them both falling forward.

And here is Audrey Claire making sure Justin isn't cheating during our game!

Audrey's room

Audrey Claire's room has been a work in progress for a while now. I knew from the beginning what I didn't want her room to look like but wasn't exactly sure of how I wanted it to look. I searched for hours upon hours for bedding and decorations. I just never could find what I was looking for. A friend of mine, Lydia, gave me the great idea to pick out different scrapbook paper to incorporate into a theme.

That's when things finally started to come together. I picked out several patterns at Hobby Lobby that were the same color scheme and was able to decorate lots of things with it! You would be surprised what you could do with wood, scrapbook paper, and modge podge! We decorated a lamp, trash can, and a bow holder. But something was missing. I wanted her name on the wall. This was a whole new search in itself. I spent hours and hours in stores and online looking for the perfect wooden letters. They were all either too tall, too short, or just flat out too expensive. Then one day I finally discovered "the ones" on Ebay and they came in today! I was totally like a kid on Christmas morning. Seth beat me to the door when the mail lady dropped off the package but I jerked the box out of his hands quickly. Seriously, I ripped into that box like it was gold. When I finally saw the letters my mind starting racing! I couldn't just hang up brown letters. That's boring. So I came up with an idea and we headed to Hobby Lobby for some wood and more scrapbook paper. A few hours later this is what is hanging above my little monkey's bed:

This was definitely the missing piece to the puzzle of decorating Audrey's nursery and I am tickled pink!

I realized when I was finished typing this that I should have included pictures of the rest of her room but can't take pictures now since she is sleeping. I will add those later!

Friday Photo Shoot

This week I have enjoyed seeing people update their facebook or blog with back to school or first day of school pictures. I even made a visit to the elementary school where I taught last year. All of this was starting to make me miss teaching and wonder if I made the right decision to stay at home this year. Today, with the help of a little photo shoot with my monkey, I realized that I had indeed made a WONDERFUL decision.

Look Mommy, I can clap!

How cute is this face?

This was when Daddy joined us. I love watching her face light up when she sees him!

We may not get to go out to eat much or go on vacation in the next year but I will take days like today over that anyday! I know not every mom gets to stay at home and I may not get to for long so I am trying to take advantage of every second I have! And by the way, she is not usually dressed up like this unless we are going somewhere but her friend Owen is going to make his debut into the world any day now and she just wants to be prepared. A pretty girl like her never knows when she may meet "the one"!

So have I mentioned I really enjoyed our photo shoot today? I should make this a routine and do it every Friday! What do yall think?

Fun with Daddy

Tonight while roaming through the house, Audrey Claire found her Daddy in his office. The fact that he was reading a book was no concern to her and didn't stop her from wanting to play. I was in the kitchen working on supper and had to stop what I was doing to join in on their fun! After watching I think you will see why!

How precious is that? Wouldn't you stop anything to play with her too?