Lots of catch up work to do

In an effort to catch up this blog here are some pictures of our happenings in April...

We entertained Grandma and Grandpa for a long weekend.

Then we had fun with Julie and Mikey a few weeks later when they came for Easter weekend. Easter weekend was when Audrey took her first steps.

We watched the Kate and William get married

And we celebrated Audrey's first birthday with some of our neighborhood friends.

Crawfish Boil

A few weeks ago Audrey went to her first crawfish boil. I didn't let her try the crawfish but I'm sure she would have liked it since she likes pretty much anything we give her. She must have gotten that from her daddy. She got Diet Coke spilled on her right after we got there but she didn't let it spoil her good time. I'm not proud of this but the below picture is what she did when the LSU fight song came on.

And here she is with her first crawfish. She was a little too interested in the antennas - gross!

Walking with the Stroller

Ma-Ma and Da-Da

Here is another video of Audrey saying ma-ma and da-da at 10 months.

1st School Picture

Audrey's 1st of many school pictures. Can't believe they captured all the kids looking and noone crying. That's a big feat.

10 months

9 months

Here are some pictures of Audrey at 9 months... She loves to clap

She is still doing her own version of the army crawl.

This is what she does anytime the dogs get near her face. Gross!

Snow Bunny

Since Audrey was sick I didn't want to take her out in the snow but I had to get some pictures so I opened up the front door and took a few. We'll have to wait till next time to make her first snowman.

Snow and Sick Days

Audrey and I have been home all week because she has been sick. We took her to the Dr. Monday and she has RSV and an ear infection. But you couldn't tell from these pictures. She sure does put on a show for the camera :) And the past couple of days we have been snow/iced in. Well, not D. He thinks he can drive in anything since he is from Nebraska. But the girls and all the dogs have been housebound. It's been fun.

Audrey at 8 months

Here are some recent pictures of Audrey. 8 months old - can you believe it? She is teething if you can't tell from the poor little rash on her face. She got one cute little tooth on New Year's Day. I wish they would come in all at once but the others are taking their sweet little time.

We dressed up in purple for the LSU game.

Here is Audrey all bundled up for her first snow day

And here she is exploring a new world from a standing up position

My Friend Mandy

Kelly's Korner is a fun blog I read and she is having a little "blog party" to introduce all her single friends. She is asking everyone to post about their single friends in hopes that some of them can meet up. It made me think of my single friend Mandy and while I normally don't do stuff like this I thought Mandy would be worth it.

So here is a little bit about Mandy...I met Mandy in college and to know her is to love her. Seriously. She is just the kind of laid back, fun, kind person that everyone loves. She moved to the DFW area to teach but she is a small town girl at heart. She is currently working on her Masters degree in education.
Mandy has a great family that she is very close to and is the beloved aunt to two neices. Mandy likes to travel all over with her friends, loves country music and goes to all the good concerts in the area, likes the Texas Rangers to name a few of her interests. This all sounds so cliche and corny but she is such a loyal and amazing friend and really has the sweetest heart. So there you go....that's my wonderful friend Mandy who I love so much!

Christmas 2010

Our Christmas was filled with so much family fun. We spent it with the fam in BR.
Audrey and her Uncle Johnny

Aunt Dana and cousin Kate

Sleeping with Gramps

Sweet cousins Cole and Kate

all the cousins and Uncle Jonathan

Aunt Julie and Redneck Uncle Mikey

Christmas morning before all the craziness began

Grandma and Grandpa and all their grandkids