It's time for Audrey to slow down! She seems to be growing and changing so much lately. I don't have her stats this month - it's one of the few months she doesn't have a check-up. But Audrey is doing well. This past weekend she figured out how to make clicking sounds with her tongue and she thinks that's pretty fun. Audrey still loves playing with her toys and being outside. She still likes to get some one-on-one time with me some time in the middle of the night - usually some time between 3-5 AM. That's not the only time she wakes up though. Recently she's been crying out quite a bit in the night. Don't exactly know why, but we certainly wish she would sleep a bit sounder... Rachel often says, "I don't want Audrey to cry at night" or "I don't want Audrey to wake me up". We all share her sentiments. :) Even though she struggles at night we definitely have a lot of fun with her during the day. She's become quite the busy little girl. She rarely holds still and wants to reach and get into anything she can. She's still not crawling (thank heavens!), so her abilities are limited somewhat. Audrey likes to be held upside down. She likes to gum her food and really enjoys her two teeth being brushed every night. Audrey has started to get really excited when her daddy comes home. We definitely feel blessed to have Audrey as a part of our family.
Andy helped "the singing lady"(a.k.a. chorister), as Rachel affectionately calls her, move out of her apartment the other day. She was going to get rid of this bike and Andy asked her if we could have it. Rachel is definitely enjoying her big girl bike. She's still quite timid on it, even with the training wheels. But that's okay, because personally I think she's a bit young. I didn't get anything this fancy at 3 years old. Rachel is pretty good at riding her bike, but she insists on someone holding on. She has enjoyed going on a few bike rides the past couple of nights.
I was trying to change the laundry from the washer to the dryer this afternoon and Audrey refused to be out of my sight. So, I plopped her in the laundry basket in my laundry/toilet room. :) She was happy, so happy that Rachel had to come investigate and join her. For the grandparents, if you click on the picture hopefully it will enlarge and you can just barely see Audrey's first two teeth. :) 
Audrey is a girl who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to let you know. It's been quite the battle recently to keep her from ripping up the hymnal at church. :) When she gets really excited about something her fingers wiggle like crazy. The other day Rachel and Andy were playing Phase 10 Dice and Audrey liked the sound of the dice being shook up. She definitely wanted to join in on the fun!
Rachel loved the bridge that you had to cross to reach the entrance of the temple. She went back and forth, back and forth. 
We took roughly 40 pictures of the girls by these flowers - thank heavens for digital cameras. Unfortunately Audrey was too interested in the grass and Rachel was done with smiling at the camera. So, this is actually the first picture we took: 
We kept on trying to get a picture of Audrey by herself, but she wouldn't give us the time of day. Finally, once I tossed her in the air we were able to get a smile:
And most importantly, she started chanting "mama" Friday morning at breakfast. So cute! I was finally able to get it on video by the end of the day. As you can tell "mama" is morphing into other sounds as well. She has no clue what "mama" means, but it's still music to my ears! :)I took Audrey to the doctor on Monday and the nurse was so impressed that she could sit up by herself. I don't think it's super surprising for a 7-month old to sit up unassisted and Audrey's been sitting up unassisted since she was 6 months old. Anyways, the nurse commented that she was going to be an early crawler and would be walking before she turns 1. I told her I hoped not! :) I don't know if she understood why I'm not all that anxious for my baby to be mobile early. I guess it has something to do with plane rides planned in the next couple of months... We all know how tricky plane rides become once little ones become mobile and they aren't quite old enough to be reasoned with! :)
