Tiffany kissing my belly January 2006 when I was pregnant with Ella.
6 Months!!!
I can't believe Audrey is 6 months old today! Time has really flown by. It really does seem like she was just born a month or two ago. She changes so much everyday. I was looking at the first picture of her just moments after she was born. I still see so much of her newborn face int her face today. Obviously she has gotten bigger and her face has changed alot, but I still see her. Not just in the pictures, but in my mind. Sounds creepy, but true. The time I will always look back on and cherish with her was the first night she was born. My parents were staying at our house and I had sent B home for the night to get them settled. I was still numb from the surgery and couldn't move so I didn't really need him there. I know, that sounds horrible, but also true. So when the nurses brought Audrey in to nurse, it was just me and her. When she was done nursing I would just stare at her and memorize every aspect of her face. I smelled her skin, listened for her breath and watched her sleep. I even asked a nurse to come back later so I could have a little more alone time with her. That was one of the best times of my life. I will always remember my careful inspection of her.
So here we are, 6 months later. She is such a healthy and happy child. Thank you Lord!
Here are her 6 month stats and a few pictures:
WT: 16lbs, 5oz (50th %)
HT: 26 1/2 in (75th%)
Head: 43 (75th% - her head finally caught up with the rest of her body!)
mastering carrots!
playing before bed
So here we are, 6 months later. She is such a healthy and happy child. Thank you Lord!
Here are her 6 month stats and a few pictures:
WT: 16lbs, 5oz (50th %)
HT: 26 1/2 in (75th%)
Head: 43 (75th% - her head finally caught up with the rest of her body!)
Just born!
mastering carrots!
playing before bed
My Friend Laura!
So even though Audrey was feeling way better I was still concerned about putting her in daycare. I really wanted to give her one more day at home just in case. I was stuck though because I couldn't really take off another day and everyone else seemed busy. Except my wonderful friend Laura! She was off due to MLK day and offered to watch Audrey for us. What a blessing! Laura came over at 6:45 AM (that's a friend) and played all day with Audrey. I didn't get a picture of the two of them though. My mistake. I didn't think of it until after she left. Anyway, Thank you so much Laura and dinner and drinks at Gloria's are on me!
Ramblings...it's been a while and it's long
It’s taken me months to write this blog post. I think about stuff all the time to write and I never sit down and feel like I can write it out well on “paper”. I think I’ll write it as topics…so it doesn’t seem to wander as much as it does in my head.
Myself. I have been struggling with being happy with who I am. I have always felt a little awkward in my own skin, but lately it’s been worse. Growing up I was always trying to fit in or at least not be noticed…for some reason I’m feeling that way again. I am not happy with my body at all and I really struggle with being exactly who God created. I know that I am “fearfully and wonderfully made”, but I don’t feel it most of the time. I always want to be someone else or have something that someone else has, and yet my life is really wonderful when I step back and look at everything. I was talking to a girlfriend recently who told me that she had lost a lot of weight and when I told her that I envied that fact she reminded me that a lot of the reason she was losing weight was because she was miserable and depressed all of the time…yeah, I’m pretty sure I’d rather be loving my life and little on the chunky side. I have been looking through old photographs on either Facebook or just at home and wish so often that I looked like the old me from 1o years ago, but I’m glad I’m not that person anymore. Maybe with happiness and contentment with my life come a little extra weight and a few more bags and dark circles under the eyes. My husband says that stretch marks are badges of honor. I have carried two beautiful blessings that have caused my heart and spirit to grow more than anything could have in my life 5 or 10 years ago…so I guess anything from them is an honor. There was a reunion of my church youth group this weekend and I felt paralyzed by the fact that I might end up having to go by myself. I was never comfortable or felt really accepted as a teenager…oddly I found that I still feel that way so much even in my 30’s. I felt like I had reverted back to being 15 again. If you knew me when I was a pre-teen/teenager then you know what I’m talking about...it was a rough time for me. I will tell you that meeting and falling in love with Joe changed my life. I found a person that God created just for me. He really loves me even with my faults and quirks…and I’m safe and secure with our family of four. I just have to be reminded who I am in Christ.
Joe and Andrea. We are working on scripture. Our amazing Sunday School class is working towards earning an amazing trip (a cruise) next December by learning scripture. It is a lot of work and Joe and I try to work on it daily together. It’s had a huge impact on our marriage. God has continued to bless us because we have submitted our lives, our marriage and our children to Him. It’s not always easy, but it’s been very comforting.
Ella. Isn’t she adorable? We are so proud of her. The biggest change in Ella’s life (in all of our lives) has been Kristie. I guess I’ll write about her here. Kristie was the assistant to the Women’s Minister at our church. When she decided to leave the job I snagged her for a few days…a few days have turned into a permanent job. Through a program called MDCP (Medically Dependant Children’s Program) we are approved for Medicaid. Because of this approval we are given respite hours. Kristie has become Ella’s full-time attendant. She is a blessing beyond any prayers I even knew to pray. Kristie takes Ella to therapy, works with her during the day and gives me a chance to get things done around the house and get to spend some time with Will. Kristie is like a part of our family and again has been a great addition more than I can say. On another note. Ella is progressing every day. We have stopped the pool therapy and now she is on land with all of her therapies. She works really hard and is all over the place. She gets in funny situations and positions at home…we laugh and with her a lot. She loves to crawl under things so we find her under tables, in boxes and behind the television…silly girl. She laughs a lot and makes us laugh all the time. She is trying really hard to stand more and to start using her gate trainer. I hope she’s walking with support by her 3rd birthday!
Will. Oh, Will/Billy/William/Bubba/Billy Boy…the poor child has no idea what his name is, he is probably very confused. He is walking. He started walking pretty well when we were in Hawaii over Christmas while he was trying to keep up with his cousin Abe…and hasn’t stopped moving. He walks everywhere all day long and gets into everything. Who knew a child even wanted to get into so much stuff. How can empty drawers be SO entertaining?!?! We find his toys in the strangest places and juts have to laugh. We decided to go ahead and get him a forward-facing car seat and he has so much fun. He turns 1 in a week so I don’t feel like we did it too soon. He feeds himself all of his meals and loves to try the fork or spoon…a little messy. He is only a pound lighter than Ella and everyone tells us that he’s huge and has massive hands and feet…he’s the only boy I’ve ever had so I just think he’s normal. We are having a party for him, but are only inviting friends his age, so don’t get your feelings hurt if you didn’t get an invite. We couldn’t do something as big as Ella’s…I was told to keep it small (BOORRRINNNGG).
Recently. Ella went to the ER on Saturday night. She falls a LOT. By a lot I mean every day. She has poor protective reflexes when she’s sitting up and sometimes she just goes down hard. On Saturday she got a really big knot on her head so I got worried. Since she has a history of brain damage they wanted to check her out. They compared her old CT to the new one and said everything was the same. Ha, notice they didn’t say it was normal. Normal must be boring, I’ll never know. We were in-and-out in 2 hours. For an ER that is really quick. I suggest Medical City Children’s Hospital…mostly because we are there ALL the time and love it.
I think that's it for now. We love comments and questions so feel free to write back...I look forward to them!
Myself. I have been struggling with being happy with who I am. I have always felt a little awkward in my own skin, but lately it’s been worse. Growing up I was always trying to fit in or at least not be noticed…for some reason I’m feeling that way again. I am not happy with my body at all and I really struggle with being exactly who God created. I know that I am “fearfully and wonderfully made”, but I don’t feel it most of the time. I always want to be someone else or have something that someone else has, and yet my life is really wonderful when I step back and look at everything. I was talking to a girlfriend recently who told me that she had lost a lot of weight and when I told her that I envied that fact she reminded me that a lot of the reason she was losing weight was because she was miserable and depressed all of the time…yeah, I’m pretty sure I’d rather be loving my life and little on the chunky side. I have been looking through old photographs on either Facebook or just at home and wish so often that I looked like the old me from 1o years ago, but I’m glad I’m not that person anymore. Maybe with happiness and contentment with my life come a little extra weight and a few more bags and dark circles under the eyes. My husband says that stretch marks are badges of honor. I have carried two beautiful blessings that have caused my heart and spirit to grow more than anything could have in my life 5 or 10 years ago…so I guess anything from them is an honor. There was a reunion of my church youth group this weekend and I felt paralyzed by the fact that I might end up having to go by myself. I was never comfortable or felt really accepted as a teenager…oddly I found that I still feel that way so much even in my 30’s. I felt like I had reverted back to being 15 again. If you knew me when I was a pre-teen/teenager then you know what I’m talking about...it was a rough time for me. I will tell you that meeting and falling in love with Joe changed my life. I found a person that God created just for me. He really loves me even with my faults and quirks…and I’m safe and secure with our family of four. I just have to be reminded who I am in Christ.
Joe and Andrea. We are working on scripture. Our amazing Sunday School class is working towards earning an amazing trip (a cruise) next December by learning scripture. It is a lot of work and Joe and I try to work on it daily together. It’s had a huge impact on our marriage. God has continued to bless us because we have submitted our lives, our marriage and our children to Him. It’s not always easy, but it’s been very comforting.
Ella. Isn’t she adorable? We are so proud of her. The biggest change in Ella’s life (in all of our lives) has been Kristie. I guess I’ll write about her here. Kristie was the assistant to the Women’s Minister at our church. When she decided to leave the job I snagged her for a few days…a few days have turned into a permanent job. Through a program called MDCP (Medically Dependant Children’s Program) we are approved for Medicaid. Because of this approval we are given respite hours. Kristie has become Ella’s full-time attendant. She is a blessing beyond any prayers I even knew to pray. Kristie takes Ella to therapy, works with her during the day and gives me a chance to get things done around the house and get to spend some time with Will. Kristie is like a part of our family and again has been a great addition more than I can say. On another note. Ella is progressing every day. We have stopped the pool therapy and now she is on land with all of her therapies. She works really hard and is all over the place. She gets in funny situations and positions at home…we laugh and with her a lot. She loves to crawl under things so we find her under tables, in boxes and behind the television…silly girl. She laughs a lot and makes us laugh all the time. She is trying really hard to stand more and to start using her gate trainer. I hope she’s walking with support by her 3rd birthday!
Will. Oh, Will/Billy/William/Bubba/Billy Boy…the poor child has no idea what his name is, he is probably very confused. He is walking. He started walking pretty well when we were in Hawaii over Christmas while he was trying to keep up with his cousin Abe…and hasn’t stopped moving. He walks everywhere all day long and gets into everything. Who knew a child even wanted to get into so much stuff. How can empty drawers be SO entertaining?!?! We find his toys in the strangest places and juts have to laugh. We decided to go ahead and get him a forward-facing car seat and he has so much fun. He turns 1 in a week so I don’t feel like we did it too soon. He feeds himself all of his meals and loves to try the fork or spoon…a little messy. He is only a pound lighter than Ella and everyone tells us that he’s huge and has massive hands and feet…he’s the only boy I’ve ever had so I just think he’s normal. We are having a party for him, but are only inviting friends his age, so don’t get your feelings hurt if you didn’t get an invite. We couldn’t do something as big as Ella’s…I was told to keep it small (BOORRRINNNGG).
Recently. Ella went to the ER on Saturday night. She falls a LOT. By a lot I mean every day. She has poor protective reflexes when she’s sitting up and sometimes she just goes down hard. On Saturday she got a really big knot on her head so I got worried. Since she has a history of brain damage they wanted to check her out. They compared her old CT to the new one and said everything was the same. Ha, notice they didn’t say it was normal. Normal must be boring, I’ll never know. We were in-and-out in 2 hours. For an ER that is really quick. I suggest Medical City Children’s Hospital…mostly because we are there ALL the time and love it.
I think that's it for now. We love comments and questions so feel free to write back...I look forward to them!
Makenna is Dedicated
Makenna Witshorke had her dedication a couple of weeks ago so we all went to The Heights for the dedication and then over to Sara and Mike's for lunch and playtime.
Nursery Duty
The first Sunday of every month Joe and I teach (loosly using that word) in the 18-24 month class at church. I took some pictures from the day we decided to let Will visit our class.
Davy Comes to Visit
Becky Meredith Page is one of my dearest friends. I could write a long blog post about her and would still not be able to tell you how much I love her. She has been friends with Joe years longer than I've known her so she's pretty precious to our family. When Becky and her wonderful husband, Russ, had a baby girl I couldn't keep my self from rushing up to the hospital. I've seen Davy a few time, but we never got any pictures (mostly because I'm never in picture mode). So, we had a playdate (more for moms than babies) and got some pictures taken. Here are Davy, Will and Ella...getting the 3 of them in a picture was HARD!! Love you Pages!
48 points
That was how much higher my score on Scrabble was then my husband's score! Yeah me! I know you are probably wondering what the big deal is, but you see, I have lost every game we have played since we got the game for Christmas. Well that's not true, I won one other time. My husband definitely gets a strategy going every game and I don't really think about what I am going to do until it is my turn. Maybe I should re-think my strategy. Maybe not... after all I did win last night's game! Woo-Hoo!
As for the Audrey front..... she has been sick the past week and a half with a virus and an ear infection. We didn't even know she had an ear infection until we went in to get her cough checked out and the doctor said she had one. She didn't show any signs of being sick other then her cough. Until she got diagnosed. The she was a fussy pants the rest of the time. She also now has decided that 12:30 am is her time to wake up. Either that or she is having bad dreams. Does anyone know when kids start having dreams? She has woken up in the middle of the night several times screaming for all she is worth and we can't figure out what is wrong. Anypne else have this problem with their kids?
Well, that's all I have got for now. I hope you enjoyed the post.
As for the Audrey front..... she has been sick the past week and a half with a virus and an ear infection. We didn't even know she had an ear infection until we went in to get her cough checked out and the doctor said she had one. She didn't show any signs of being sick other then her cough. Until she got diagnosed. The she was a fussy pants the rest of the time. She also now has decided that 12:30 am is her time to wake up. Either that or she is having bad dreams. Does anyone know when kids start having dreams? She has woken up in the middle of the night several times screaming for all she is worth and we can't figure out what is wrong. Anypne else have this problem with their kids?
Well, that's all I have got for now. I hope you enjoyed the post.
Girlfriends
thanks Brenna for posting THIS... I needed a good cry this morning...and to remember why I love having girlfriends.
Yummy!
At around 4 months Dr. G told me that I could start giving Audrey baby food. I had heard it was better to wait so I asked Dr. G about this and she said some babies have sensitive stomachs and need to wait for potential allergy purposes, but since Audrey has no known allergies and not a sensitive stomach that we could go ahead and start if we wanted to. I decided to wait until she was 5 months old before trying out rice cereal. I really think the cereal is just to get her to practice with the spoon. She did really well the first couple of times we tried it and then flat out refused to open her mouth when we tried a third time. So we gave it to her in a bottle instead. She had no problem with cereal so we moved onto some green beans. I actually remembered the camera this time so here is Audrey's green beans adventure:
Definitely not cereal....
Um...............
OK, I'll take some more please!
Hey... I'm trying to eat over here!
YUMMY!!!!!!
Something new.....
Definitely not cereal....
Um...............
OK, I'll take some more please!
Hey... I'm trying to eat over here!
YUMMY!!!!!!
Laugh N' Learn Puppy
Christmas was good to little Audrey. She got a wagon, an exersaucer, videos, stuffed animals, books and 3 Laugh N' Learn puppies. Yes. I said 3. My big thing was that I wanted Audrey to have educational items and not just toys. Apparently the puppy is the only educational toy on the market. Don't get me wrong, I love that everyone respected that I wanted her to have an educational toy. I just think it is hilarious that 3 different people got the exact same toy. It made for a humorous Christmas! So 2 puppies are finding new homes. Well not new, just back to the stores!
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