Best Friends

From the very beginning, Audrey has loved her little brother. May their special bond always be so strong. These two are lucky to have each other, and I think they know it.

Ballet Recital

It was the last day of ballet last week, so Miss (I guess it's really Mrs.) Malerie let the mommies, grandmas and aunts come watch our cute little ballerinas strut their stuff. Audrey had quite a fan base and she felt very loved. I loved watching little Audrey dance around the room. For some reason she was tired that day (hence the yawn) and I must say her skills have improved. No more "dog going potty on a fire hydrant" look

Such hard work!

A curtsy at the end of class.

Celebrate

A few weeks ago, we had a special day for Dave. We were so proud of him for getting into endo school so we made him his favorite cookies,

I took him to our favorite Japanese restaurant Umami (thank you Aunt Rachel for babysitting)

and had a great time hanging out as a little family. I am so glad that stress of getting into school is over...

Giving Thanks

I have much to be thankful for...

cute little Indians (it's okay Joshua)

fabulous Pilgrims,

friends and family (good to see you Karen, Karrie, whoever you are! You are fabulous-there is my "shout out" to you, now hurry and start a blog)

pretty things,

black Friday (or at least the ads)

and especially my little family.

Let the baking begin...

We're so glad when Daddy comes home...

glad as we can be!
Daddy Dave is such a good magic carpet ride giver,

tent builder,

and even if Audrey looks like this from a fun day at the park,

he still loves to snuggle her. We are lucky to have him around.

Shake it...

Dance party. 11:00 am. Audrey shakin her booty. Life is good.

Joshua feel asleep on my shoulder at the park today. I laid back on the slide and let him sleep on my chest. I could feel his little body moving as he breathed. I watched the fog roll out, then back in, showing bits of blue sky every now and then. I could hear Audrey laughing with her friends. I could hear some of my dearest friends who were sitting next to me talking. All was perfect in my own little world. How am I going to leave this place?

8 months

At eight months Joshua:
*is very wiggly (hence the terrible picture. It was impossible to get a good picture of him this month)
* does not crawl yet (and I am NOT complaining)
* has four teeth (two top, two bottom)
* loves black beans, avocado, wheat bread...anything he can put in his mouth by himself
* babbles, "da, da, da" and is working on "ma ma ma"...heavenly
* went through a spell of waking up two, sometimes three times a night. AHHHH! For the last three nights he has been an angel though. Thank the heavens.
* gets kissed 10,000 times a day by his mommy and especially his big sister

Audrey at eight months:

Audrey at 3 years, 3 months
At this age, Audrey:
*says "gong" for "gone". "It's all gong Mom." I love it.
* she "promises" everything. When I tell her she needs to wear a coat outside because it is cold, she says, "No, I won't get cold, I promise."
* She can match her upper case letters with the lower case letters.
* We do preschool a few days a week, but she likes to call it high school. "Can we do high school mom?"
* She hates it when my hair is in a pony tail (which it is 99% of the time). She always says, "Take it out!! Take your pony out! I like it down."
* We were cuddling one day and her head was buried in my neck and she said, "It's dark in here."
* We were talking to some friends through our window and one of them said they would feel guiltly about something and Audrey asked, "Hey Linden, why you feel creepy?"
* She says "wool" for "will". I say, "Audrey, please listen to your mom," and she says, "Mom, I wool!"
* We were dropping off Addi, Max and Jack and as we were driving away Audrey looked at them through her window and said, "And they lived happily ever after."

Thanksgiving

Thank you Canadian friends for letting us come celebrate your Thanksgiving with you, again. We love you and are so thankful for your friendship.