Swimming Lessons

Audrey took her 2nd year of swimming lessons this July. She became quite a water bug through the course of them. This year it was more of the same from last year. The main goal is to get the kids to be comfortable in the water.

She liked to "swim" this year. Basically we would hold her up and she would do the motions of doggie paddeling and kicking her feet. She also learned to go under water which she enjoyed. I was totally not expecting her to like that, but she surprises me all the time. Her favorite part was jumping off the ledge to us. On her last day, she did that for a good 20 minutes. She is quite the dare devil.

4th of July

This 4th of July we headed to Georgia to visit Dave's brother and his family. We hadn't seen them in quite some time and it was fun to catch up and let the kids play together. Tiana just turned 8 and Ty is 3 1/2.

The long weekend consisted of playing on the slip n' slide, visting the Georgia Acquarium, and fireworks of course. Audrey sort of got the hang of the slip n' slide, but mostly enjoyed crawling through the water ring and landing in the pool at the end. Her favorite part of the acquarium was watching the penguins. They had a penguin crawl where you could crawl through the habitat and pop your head up through glass holes and get really close up to the penguins. She loved it! We had to go through twice and buy a stuffed penguin at the gift shop on our way out. As for the fireworks, she enjoyed the snaps and sparklers, but not so much the noise of the bigger fireworks that Dave and Troy set off. Maybe next year!

We all had lots of fun and can't wait to do it again soon!

Czech Days 2010

We took Audrey to her very first Czech Days this past weekend. We went to the Kiddie Parade, which is where kids of all ages create a Czech themed entry and walk through the parade route. We saw puppies, bunnies and even a ginuea pig. Kids decorated thir bikes and wagons and motorized scooters. It was pretty interesting to watch. I think Audrey had more fun playing with the rope that blocked off the parade route.

Audrey also go to ride on her very first carnival ride! It is a pretty small midway so there was only 3 rides that were for her age. She loved them and of course threw a fit when it was time to leave. She also kept wanting to go on the ferris wheel, but we thought better of that for this year. She is quite the little dare-devil with no fear. Dave is pretty excited to take her on roller coasters when she gets older.

The Merry Go Round

Having fun on the Purple Car

The race car driver

Our little model in training...what is with that pose!?

Elephant ride

Her cheezy smile...darn sun was in the wrong spot!

Audrey's First Haircut

We finally decided that it was time for Audrey's first official haircut (we don't count the tiny one she got for her surgery). She lasted 2 years and 3 months! I have to say I was very nervous about how she would act sitting in the chair, but she behaved better than she has ever has!! She sat there sucking on her sucker and staring/making faces in the mirror. I was so proud of her and me for that matter...not one tear was shed! I thought that was pretty amazing given all the extra hormones being 6 months pregnant! We took some pictures and some locks of her hair for keepsakes.

The before picure (I need to take an after yet)

Making silly faces in the mirror

Audrey Loves Ice Cream

We have finally found Audrey's favorite food...ice cream! It is only appropriate since I am also an ice cream fanatic. She likes it so much that she asks for it for breakfast. We of course don't give into this, but it is pretty cute when she asks. Normally she shares my ice cream in a bowl or shake, but last weekend we decided that it was time for her very own first ice cream cone, so we headed off to Zesto's. We didn't realize until after we already got her her cone that they had a kids size cone, but needless to say she pretty much topped it off.

Baby Girl

It's official, we are going to be a 3 woman household. Hopefully Dave is ready for it. We had our ultrasound on Friday and found out that Audrey will be having a baby sister. We took Audrey with us thinking that maybe it would help her realize what is going on and I think it worked. When you ask her now where her baby sister is, she says "in mommy's belly". It is absoutely the cutest thing. Now if she likes her when she arrives, that is the next question. Here are a few ultrasound pictures. They took some 3-D ones and I have to admit that they freak me out a little. Not quite the picture I have in my head.

Side view of the head

Front view of her face

3-D picture of her face

Easter 2010

This year we spent Easter with my family at my parents house. My grandma, aunt and uncle, and cousins were there as well. It was actually a very nice day out so the Easter Egg Hunt was quite a success. My cousin's daughter, Alexis, and Audrey had fun hunting for eggs. They didn't like the bunny ears quite as much though.