Happy Valentine's Day

Ok, so it's been well over a month since Valentine's Day has come and gone but I thought I'd share the photo I intended on posting on Valentine's Day

Superbowl in Tennessee

My Dad decided to take a quick last minute trip to Tennessee to watch the Superbowl with the family since the Colts were playing and they are all big fans. We tagged along. This was the Princess' first big road trip so I was leary about how she would do. We didn't end up leaving until about 10:00 that night by the time my Dad got home from work, we loaded the van, and put up the luggage rack. That actually ended up being a a good thing because Audriella slept the entire time and only woke once or twice to eat. She may have been comfortable but the rest of us had to share the van with two big dogs and only one seat that the baby and one other person could fit on. Plus the dogs snored the entire time and Doodle has some sort of nasal drip that poured out of his nose every 15 minutes. Honestly though, it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

We were only there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so we crammed everything we could in that extended weekend. We shopped, played games, had family dinners, went to church, out to eat, had a party, and watched the Colts get their butt's kicked. Everyone was crazy about the baby and Gabe even thought she was his baby sister since his mother is expecting one in the summer.

I wish we could have stayed longer, but we hope to go back this summer sometime.

Here are a few photos from the trip:


Aunt Stacy


Aunt Connie


Cousin Gabe


Nana and Papa


Grandma Donna


Family Photo



Cousin Amy and Aunt Stacy


Super cute outfit Aunt Connie got her

Recap

Wow, it's been a really long time since I have updated this Blog. I though I would be really good at this but by the time I have put photos on Facebook, e-mailed them, printed them, and scrapbooked them, I just do not know where to fit in a Blog post. I cannot believe my last post was from her 3 week photo shoot. As you can imagine, there have been hundreds of photos taken since then.

I will try and get you caught up on everything going on in our lives right now. Audriella just turned 4 months old and she is the cutest 4 month old ever! She laughs and plays all day long and has recently discovered her ability to scream to the top of her lungs. She squeals and squeals when she's happy and I think it is adorable.

Her recent milestone was turning over from her back to her tummy. There was one particular day a couple of weeks ago when she was determined to turn over, she tried and tried to turn over every time I put her down but her little arm would always get in the way. Eventually, she did it all by herself but then she got mad because she was on her tummy. She turned over a couple more times that day and then that was it, she hasn't really tried again since that day. I guess she just needed to know she could do it and now she is content.

Everything else is going great. She now sleeps in her own bed instead of with me every night, well sorta. She starts out in her own bed every night but then usually ends up in my bed at some point in the night, but at least that's better than only sleeping with me.

When I work, she has been staying with Daddy, Mimi, Aunt Jackie, Grandma Donna, Jacqui, Rosie, and Ginese. Everyone has been so willing to help out and watch her and that has made things a lot easier than having to put her in daycare, I just do not want to have to do that. She likes being out and she likes people who spoil her so it has been great for everyone.

I have decided that I should make little onesies that "Hello, my Name is Audriella. I am 4 months old. I sleep through the night and yes, I know I'm cute." It isn't so bad now but when she was a couple of months old everyone asked the same questions. They started with "Awww, she's so cute." Then it was "how old is she" usually followed with a response like "she's so tiny" or "she looks so much older" I have no idea how people can have such opposite opinions about the same baby but I think they just feel they have to say something and they probably say the same thing to every baby they see. The other questions I ALWAYS get is "Does she sleep through the night?" First of all, who cares? If I see a random cute baby at the store, I honestly do not care if they sleep through the night or not, why is this such a common question? And what does "sleeping through the night" even mean. Some people say if they sleep 6-8 hours, that is sleeping through the night. Some babies sleep 10-12 hours a night, there's no way they go that long without eating. My baby eats probably twice a night but her eyes are closed and she is basically still asleep the entire time, does this count as sleeping through the night?

For me, being a Mom is wonderful. I love everything about it, she is the best little girl ever and we have so much fun. The first month was a little rough but everything has gotten so much better now. She sleeps at night, nursing no longer hurts, I know what each of her different cries mean, and I usually know what she wants before she does.

Thanks so much for listening to my random babbling about mommyhood, I will try to keep this updated more often if anyone cares about what I have to say. Here are some photos to get updated on the last 4 months:


Christmas at Grandma and Papasaurous' House


Christmas at Mimi and Grandpa Scott's house


Christmas in Miami


Christmas at Aunt Jackie and Uncle David's House


One Month Photos


Two Month Photos


Three Month Photos

All the silly facial expressions in between:

Our Little Angel

These photos were taken when Audriella was just about 3 weeks old by a friend of my mom's in Kissimmee who is a professional photographer. She did the photos for free and we were so grateful, they came out perfect! I had such a hard time getting photos of her and April, the photographer had this whole setup in her house and was able to get fantastic photos, I was so pleased. I know some of you have already seen these and maybe even got one as a Christmas gift but they are just too cute not to share again:

Only one with her eyes open






The teddy bear Grandma got for her

Christmas Photos 2009

We had professional Christmas photos taken but I wanted to do one myself just in case so we set up a tripod in the park and here are a few photos:

New Photos

She already has a little attitude :)

Blue eyes!

My favorite!

Little Hand

Little Foot

I think she is trying to eat her quilt

Her first Thanksgiving

In her swing