Audrey's School Party

We celebrated Audrey's 4th birthday at school with her friends the week of her birthday. She wanted a cookie cake for snack time. So, me, NeNe and Brooke joined her at school to celebrate.

Hand washing time...

The birthday girl!

Cheese!

Brooke enjoyed meeting Audrey's friends too!

Ms. Karen, her teacher

Me and my silly girls

Here are some random pictures of my sweet and silly girls! These pictures were taken the beginning of October, so I was about 31 weeks pregnant.

Brooke's 2nd Birthday

We celebrated Brooke's 2nd birthday with a party on her birthday, September 19th. Friends and family joined us for hot dogs and cupcakes at the park. Brooke had fun playing with her friends and opening her presents. Some of her favorite gifts were the Dora big wheel and her baby dolls. She is such a sweet little momma and loves taking care of her babies. She surprises us daily with her vocabulary. It is amazing how well she can communicate... sometimes too well! She is a little sassy and loves to aggravate her sister. When you ask her how old she is, she says, "I'll be two on my birthday!" This resulted from me telling her this before her birthday, so now she still says it this way instead of just saying Two.

At her two year check up she was 24lbs (20%) and 34" tall (75%). She is still petite, but had a growth spurt in height. The doctor predicts that she will be 5'6".

Friends... Brayden, Addison, Jadyn, Audrey and Brooke (notice the upside down glasses)

Yummy cupcakes!

Our Princess!

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Brooke's 2nd Birthday

Our little Van Gogh

My little artist. I think more paint ended up on the table, chair and her body than on the paper!

Baby Update

We had a 3D/4D ultrasound done mid September (27 weeks) and got some surprising news. This ultrasound tech said that the baby is a GIRL! We were a little shocked, but the baby looked healthy, so we were happy with that news. The ultrasound was not performed by my doctor's office, but a company that just does ultrasounds. When I showed my doctor the pictures from the first ultrasound and this one, her comment was that she trusted the experience of Women's Hospital and did not know the education/background of the techs who performed this one. Oh, and that in her 25 years experience, the hospital had only been wrong twice! I'm going with girl and will be pleasantly surprised if it is a boy! One positive is that the nursery doesn't have to be converted to a little boy's room = less work! I probably will not have another ultrasound before the baby comes, so we'll have to wait until December to know for sure! Here are some pictures of our sweet baby. It was truly amazing to see!

Yummy Watermelon

Audrey and Brooke love to be outside. After helping Elmer wash the van, they decided to cool off by eating some watermelon. A wet and sticky mess...

First Day of Preschool

Audrey started preschool at Noah's Ark the beginning of September. She goes Tuesdays from 9-12 and Thursdays from 9-2:30. She loves it! Her teacher says that she is a great helper and listens really well which makes mom real proud! They can earn stickers for completing certain tasks each day and once they fill a row with five stickers they can get a prize out of the prize box. Audrey has not missed a sticker yet! The stations are voluntary and the reward was created to entice the kids to attempt/complete each station. At open house, we saw her sticker chart which was almost full and then looked at the other kids, and well, only one came close to Audrey and the others did not have many! She really gets excited about filling up a row and was even more excited when Ms. Karen, her teacher, had to get another chart because Audrey had filled hers up. My little overachiever! As we were pulling out of the parking lot on the first day, I sadly commented that we were leaving my sweet little girl at school, and Brooke yelled, "Yeah, Audrey at school!"

NeNe was in town for Audrey's first day of school, and we went to lunch to celebrate after we picked her up.