hold on to your hats

It's a little mini photo marathon!

This morning I woke up at the ass-crack of dawn and headed out to a consignment sale with some friends, hoping to score a great deal on an umbrella stroller and some summer essentials. The pickings were slim for my picky taste, but I did manage to get a great bead-maze and a couple ridiculously cute outfits for this summer so it ended up being a great day.

Since the sale started so early and S.B.G. decided to sleep until 9:30 (why does she pick the day I'm out of the house to do this??? :: pout ::) I managed to get home just in time for breakfast. She was doing great picking up her bananas this morning and kept cracking smiles every time Miller & I gave her cheers of encouragement. Naturally, the smiles were replaced with coyness when the camera came out but the pictures are still equally as cute.

We have a small circular mirror that was originally part of her play mat that she has suddenly taken a strong liking to. We're always holding it up to her asking if she "sees the baby" and she has recently started holding it up to her face to "kiss the baby." Either that or she is ridiculously vain.

Her crawling still hasn't picked up any more than witnessed on the screaming video. Personally, I think she's going through a lot of physical development right now and she's just having a hard time putting it all together. She's figuring out how to crawl, she sits up from a laying position, and she's now acting like she might want to start pulling up on stuff to a standing position. All this physical activity can take its toll on her tiny little muscles, so it's important that she find a way to relax and re-focus her energies.

Namaste, folks.

Audrey is 9 months, 1 week & 1 day old