Family Pictures

We had pictures taken at my parents house when Audrey was two and a half weeks old. I just received them, and am very happy. We got some great shots of the family and Luke. Poor Audrey wasn't very cooperative that day. She was giving us mostly a cross eyed scrunchy face and refused to sleep, so we didn't really get to capture her cuteness. =) Here they are.

Hodge Podge

It is much harder to find the time to blog with two kids, thus I am way behind! Here is a hodge podge of random pictures taken that I haven't been able to get to.

Sweet Audrey used to LOVE to sleep her in her swing (not the case anymore). Sometimes when she was super fussy we would have to swaddle her and pull the cover down, so she couldn't see anyone. Just had to document this, because I love that all you can see are her little feet.

Uncle Rett came to visit a few weeks ago, and brought Luke a super cool fireman hat. Luke loved it so much, it was the only thing he wanted to wear after bath time. =)

Audrey loves her Uncle Rett.

My Uncle Todd now coaches for Pitt and Audrey was showing her support on game day with Auntie E.

Ready for my bath.

This girl is getting some chunk on her. =)

Speaking of baths, Luke had a blast taking a daily bath with Benjamin this past weekend. While the men were in Vegas for Grant's 21st birthday, the ladies and kids had a blast at Tula's.

Morning prayers with Tula before my...

...donut! Tula always makes things extra special when we are at her house.

Just some Audrey sweetness at Tula's.

Sporting Tula's glasses. =)

Enjoying the beautiful weather.

Luke is into everything! I thought he was into everything before, but in the past 2 weeks he seems to be discovering things around the house that he never touched before. We have had an incident where he knocked over bookshelf breaking picture frames, pots, and a Willow Tree figurine. He opened the DVD player slot trying to put movies in the other day, and yesterday I walk into my bathroom to find him with a bloody face and tiny cuts all over. Yes, he tried to shave himself! He moved a stool into the bathroom, stood on it, reached into the way back of the top drawer and pulled out Brian's razor. Ahhh this kid! (this may make me look like a bad mom, but I swear these things happen in a split second!)

I'll end with Audrey's latest accomplishment...smiling! She started this on Monday at a little over 6 weeks old and is just so sweet. She isn't very consistent yet, but it sure melts my heart when we get one out of her. Here is a little half smile we were able to catch with the camera.

Preschool Open House

Tonight we went to Open House at Luke's school. He was so excited to show off his classroom, and some of his art work. We enjoyed meeting some of his little friends, and seeing what he had been doing everyday. We couldn't be happier with the school we chose, and Luke just loves it! Here he is with his daddy showing off "the man". It is obviously a tracing of Luke's body, but if you asked him if it was Luke, he would look at you confused and say "no, I'm Luke" and point to himself. =) With his teacher, Ms. Kathy.

The fire department came to visit Luke's school last week. Luke had been talking about it for a few weeks and was very excited. When I picked him up from school the day they visited, the teachers told me he had a meltdown. Apparently, he was into the presentation the firemen gave and was listened very intently. Then when it was time to go to see the truck outside, he freaked out. They were not sure why, maybe the siren? Anyways...he wouldn't go near the truck and missed out on the class picture. The sweet teachers wanted to include him on the board, so they took a picture of him by himself. Seeing this made me laugh. =)

Giving a hug to his favorite school friend, Libby.

With mommy showing off the class picture board.

Luke's picture on the board. =)

Ms. Kathy showing him how to thread the pumpkin he made.

It was so fun to see Luke so excited about his school. Open House was so much fun, and I know we will have many more in our future.

1 Month Old

Audrey turned 1 month old on Friday. I can't believe a month has already flown by. We are having so much fun with our girl, and couldn't be more blessed. We don't go back to the doctor until she is 2 months, so no official stats. I did, however, weigh her on our scale this weekend, and she is up to 11 pounds. Not sure where that puts her percentile wise, but I am willing to bet she is on the higher end on the scale. Here are some other facts about our girl.

• Just graduated to size 1 diapers, but we can squeeze her into the leftover newborns ;)
• Still wears newborn clothes, but can also fit into some 3 months
• Is starting to really track with her eyes, and loves following her daddy around
• Much better head control, but still pretty floppy
• She seems to be very serious, observant, and looks like she is studying everyone. My mom told me I was this way as a baby.
• Not a big tummy time person
• Has an explosion of the dreaded "baby acne" that started the day she turned 1 month
• She is a big time sleeper, but unfortunately has her days and nights mixed up. During the day she really will only be up for an hour at a time before she gets sleepy again, but after the first night feeding she will be wide awake for 2-3 hours. She is not crying, she just likes to stare at everyone. So needless, to say we are pretty tired over here. Yesterday I tried very hard to keep her up longer during the day, and I am happy to say she had two 4 hours stretches with only a 1 hour wake up period in between. Hoping this trend continues!

We are so thankful for this little girl in our lives, and it has already been so fun to see Luke interact with her. God is good! The below picture was taken at the end of her 1 month photo session. I told you this girl was a sleeper!

Oktoberfest 2011 & Many Firsts

This past weekend we headed to the McKinney Square Oktoberfest with the kids (ha-kids as in plural, still can't believe we have multiple kids!). Pop came along with us, and we walked around, enjoyed the music, people watching, petting zoo, and more. Here is sweet Audrey in the car on the way to the festival. She was very excited as you can see. Luke and Pop. Luke was actually very happy here, he is just not into getting his picture taken at times.

Petting zoo fun.

Here is Audrey at the end of the festival. Ummm, I told you she was excited! =)

Just some Luke sweetness.

Ok and now for some random pictures from the week. Story time with Daddy before our bath.

First bath together. Luke loved having his sister there.

Once Audrey was out, Luke decided to try out the whale tub. Oh my!

First walk together.

Audrey's first bottle. What a good helper we have!

This is what life with 2 kids looks like. Haha. Yes, Brian is sleeping on the couch, and Luke put a cosmetic mirror on him. Brian had no idea! =)