The Last Month or So

We were so excited to be able to spend the Holidays with our families in Utah. We spent the first half with my family in St. George.  We were there for a week and didn’t see the sun the whole time.  There was some crazy flooding.

We had a birthday party/Christmas Party for Audrey while we were there. I did take some pictures, but of course I can’t find the cord.

On the 23rd we went to Huntington to see Mason’s family. Just getting there was an adventure.  We SQUEEZED into a car with 5 grown men. Me and Audrey were the only ones that didn’t have to hold luggage the whole time.

Christmas was a blast. No pics of course…left my camera in St. George. Mason’s mom made everyone in the family personalized PJ shirts.  They were all different on the front but all said “Birds of a feather flock together” on the back.  We love them!

We absolutely loved being able to see all of our family!

We got home on New Year’s Eve just in time for Audrey to put out her plate for Kris Kringle. This is one of my most favorite family traditions!

Mason had a snow day this past Monday! We got about 4 inches, which is a huge deal in Memphis.  Some elementary schools didn’t go back to school until Thursday!

Audrey “pushing” the snow man.

The HUGE  snow man.  If you look closely, you can see the outline of the window.  Ha…I’m actually inside the house taking  a picture of them!

It’s a…..

BOY!!!

Yay! We are so excited! We can’t wait to see what/who our baby looks like!

Happy Early Birthday Audrey!!!

I can’t believe that Audrey is going to be 2 on Saturday! 

The time since Audrey was born has flown by, but at the same time, sometimes I can’t believe that Audrey has only been in our lives for two years!

There are two others students that have kids that were born the same week as Audrey.  We thought it would fun to have a combined birthday party for them. 

Unfortunately, Mason had two comprehensive finals the morning after Audrey’s party, so he wasn’t able to go.  Before Audrey and I left to go to the party, we lit Audrey’s candles and let her open her present from us so Mason could be there.

Audrey posing with her cake.  And showing her new weird “cheese” smile.

Opening the present…again with the weird “cheese” smile.

So excited when she saw what it was!

Yay! She loved her princess baby!

Audrey and the two others celebrating their birthdays…Desmond and Jaxon. All turned 2 this week!

Audrey trying to blow out her candles.  It took her about 20 tries before she got them blown out.

Leaves and Eyes

Audrey has loved playing in the leaves that have fallen in our yard. We have a ton. It’s not funny. We’re not even going to attempt to rake up the back yard. It would take and entire day and probably like 50 bags…no thank you!

 

Twinners.

Audrey wanted to be wrapped up like a baby.  Awe…so cute.

Mason brought home his gear cause he wouldn’t be needing it during finals.  He was studying pediatric optometry, so he decided to try it out on Audrey. Audrey was so good! She thought it was hilarious! She was smiling so much it was hard for Mason to see through her squinty eyelids! Click on the picture to see her squinting.

Random Cell Phone Pics

Every once in a while I try to email myself the pics from my cell phone so I can delete them…from my phone.

Here’s just a few fun ones I found.

Audrey and me cuddling.

Trying to get Audrey to take a nap didn’t work this day. She was so obviously tired though.  She made herself this nest of blankets and pillows.

The carseat was inside for some reason this day.  Audrey sat in it and begged me to buckle her in.  She stayed in it for about 30 minutes…I actually got a lot done.

When Mason went hunting I took Audrey to get her fingernails painted.  She sat perfectly still the whole time and even held her hands in front of the fans until the paint was dry. Best part…it only cost me 3 bucks!

Pretty self explanatory…Audrey dancing on the counter.

Audrey dressed herself.  This is her “princess” outfit.  T-shirt, jeans, boots, and a skirt on the top of everything.

Different year…same scream. Plus…super creepy Santa…right?

Girls Night!

Last Friday a bunch of us girls were able to go out to celebrate some birthdays! We had a ton of fun going downtown to Beale street.  We stopped at the Crepe Maker first and had some super delicious crepes before we headed to a piano bar.  We had a total blast!

Monica, Ashley, Elise, Larysa, Cara, Heather, and Heather

(p.s. thanks Heather! I stole this pic off your blog!)

Same Day…Seriously.

This day started out so wonderfully. Audrey was acting so good and wonderful!

 

Then, Audrey decided to color all over herself with a pen while I was in the shower.

 

Then, to top things off, Audrey decided it would be great to get into my makeup while I was laying on the couch trying not to puke. 

In retrospect, all of the naughty things Audrey did, she did because I wasn’t watching her.  Can’t get too mad when I basically leave her to her own devices!

 

And, like always, lots of new posts below!