1st Fathers' Day

I had a wonderful first Fathers' Day (this post is coming a little late...)

We opened presents first thing in the morning. Audrey sat on my lap to help unwrap, but instead was pretty confused by the whole experience. Near the end I finally got her to help tear a little of the wrapping paper.

Amber made me a custom Fathers' Day card on Shutterfly with Audrey on the cover. She also got me two books--I Love My Daddy, and Daddy Kisses. Audrey and I took an intermission to read the books as we unwrapped them.



But the best gift was matching T-shirts--Audrey's says "I Love My Daddy" and mine says "I Love My Nibblet".



Afterwards, we had lunch at Applebee's, where Audrey and I wore our matching shirts. Nobody commented on the shirts at lunch. Audrey's shirt was covered by the car seat harness, so perhaps people wondered who "nibblet" was and were afraid to ask :)

We spent the rest of the day relaxing at home and playing with Audrey.

On the move

Audrey started scooting around 3 days ago! She isn't crawling, but she pulls with her arms and pushes on her knees. She can get all over the living room floor. She's most motivated to go after the remote, her pacifier, and magazines on the bottom part of the coffee table (which have since been replaces with board books). She's getting so big!

8 months old in the rocking chair

Cousin Kylie's 1st Birthday

We went to Houston to celebrate Kylie's birthday last weekend. It was a big party with all the family and a few friends. Kylie got lots of nice presents, including a bunny (surprise!).

We also got a chance to visit all of the grandparents while in Houston.

Fathers' Day Tattoo

I'm not really getting a tattoo for Fathers' Day. But if I were, picking the tattoo would be easy:

Freakin internet

We think Audrey is soooooooo cute because she's the only baby in the world that growls. If you haven't heard her yet, you're missing out. She sounds like a big angry bear, but she's just faking. She growls when she's happy or when she wants you to smile at her. Everyone that has heard it has been totally shocked...moms, grandmas, daycare workers, strangers at the store. Well, it turns out there 1,430 other growling babies on youtube. Go figure.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=growling+baby&aq=f

Hippo pool

Audrey's first time swimming!

We bought the pool at Target for $13. It's a hippo. You can attach a hose to have a little built-in sprinkler at the front of the pool.

Fun with mom and dad

Audrey loves to pull on daddy's beard

Time for bed!

More Naomi Pics!

Audrey and I went to visit my photographer friend Naomi a couple days ago and were lucky enough to have pictures taken. Naomi posted them on her blog "My pitter patter life". You can find a link to her blog listed under "blogs we follow" if you scroll down and look to the right. Sooooooo cute! She does such great work!

Grandma Izland and Aunt Lauren Visit

We were happy to see Grandma and Lauren over the weekend. Audrey was, of course, the center of attention. They loved playing with her, making her smile, and most of all... hearing her growl. Audrey growls all the time, especially when she's happy. So far she's the only baby anyone has heard of that does this. Sometimes we growl back and forth for about 10 minutes. Another milestone is that Audrey can sit up without any support. For the last few weeks she could sit up, but she wobbled a lot and I had to sit with her because she would fall. Over the weekend she started sitting up really well all by herself.