In all fairness, it hasn't been that bad. A couple of quick videos to prove my point:
A quick dinner at Jason's Deli isn't complete without free ice cream.
And Audrey's "help" in decorating the tree was most appreciated.
Audrey is 1 year, 5 months, 1 week & 4 days old
For serious. This has been a rough month.
First, Audrey got a virus. Then, she had an ear infection. Now, she's working on her second molar. I think we've been home quarantined (for fear of getting other littles sick) more than we've been out playing. I'm worried that she's going to start forgetting what her buds look like.
I initially thought the curse was only affecting Audrey, and then last night happened. Long story short - Audrey & I drove to Houston last night to a) pick up my parents from the airport and b) spend a week down here visiting with 阿婆 & Grandpa (since it seems like they're always at our place these days). After making the drive & having a rest stop/playdate with some friends, we hit the road for my parents' house. It wasn't until I pulled into their driveway that it hit me - I had forgotten the keys to the damn house. Le sigh. The search for the hidden key proved unsuccessful (or successful if you look at it from a home security standpoint). Le double sigh. A knock on the neighbors' door to see if they per-chance had a key. Nada. Le $*!)%&@(%( sigh. We headed over to my cousin's house (where Audrey was entertained to no end by her second cousin) and mercilessly kept Audrey up waaaaaay past her bedtime until we headed to the airport to pick up my parents from their 3-hour-late flight. Naturally, once Audrey caught sight of her 阿婆 & Grandpa coming out the terminal, all was well. In the end, Audrey handled a 5-hour delay in her bedtime routine like a rock-star with minimal meltdowns and we all made it home safe & sound. But holyhell...what a clusterfuck of a day.
Luckily, tomorrow brings December and a healthy month. And no airport pick-ups. Coooooooome on, December.
Audrey is 1 year, 5 months, 1 week & 4 days old
We were out for a quick dinner earlier today and S.B.G. was a dancing fool and thoroughly enjoyed her meal. Someone must have put Mexican jumping beans in her enchiladas. Love her.
Audrey is 1 year, 5 months & 5 days old
We finally took Audrey to her first Texas football game!!
We didn't even consider taking her last year because she was less than 6 months old and I was super paranoid about exposing her to the elements & the noise. We knew that we really wanted to give it a shot this season but we had been waiting for the weather to not be so miserably hot (and let's be honest...I was kinda freaked out about taking her). Since the Longhorns suck aren't doing so well this season, we knew that it was too perfect not to take advantage. If she melted down 5 minutes after getting there Miller wouldn't be too upset about having to leave the game early, and there was a pretty good chance that the stadium wouldn't be as crowded as usual so we could spread out a little.
We headed out a little early so we could stop by the tailgate and let Audrey eat her lunch before heading in to the stadium. She clung pretty close to us and really didn't want to be put down at all.
We hiked in to the stadium early and Audrey checked out the pre-game show - she really loved watching the band march in.
Since the stadium was relatively empty (and the family that usually sits behind us was a no-show) we were able to take up two rows and give her more space. She wasn't all that interested in watching the game and spent most of the afternoon eating snacks & reading books. Shocker.
We decided to leave at halftime to avoid any meltdowns - we were already surprised with how long she had lasted - and hiked back to the car.
After we got home, Audrey didn't go immediately to bed (as we thought she would) and instead decided to read some more. Please note her new shoes - homegirl is rocking some new brown Pumas. ::love::
I'm so glad we took her to her first game & that it was a huge success. We are definitely excited to take her to more games next season!
Audrey is 1 year, 5 months & 5 days old
November has not been very kind. We had a great Halloween and basically woke up in November to a sick baby. Luckily I think it was just a silly virus that took a little while for S.B.G. to kick and ultimately seems to have passed (for good).
Since we've been quarantined at home we have really tried not to venture out too much, but a couple cases of cabin fever started to take hold and we just had to. After a quick run to the grocery store, we decided to let Audrey have a taste of her Halloween candy and gave her a DumDum to eat. She l.o.v.e.d. it!!! She was pretty pissed when I took it away (complete with temper tantrum), but the drool of sugar was just too much for me to take.
Later that day Miller was shaving and plopped a couple dollops of shaving cream on her face.
My parents came in town to rescue me help out with S.B.G. and when she finally started feeling better, we headed down to San Marcos to visit the outlet malls and (hopefully) get some Christmas shopping done. Naturally, we had to stop at Cracker Barrel first.
Audrey was such a trooper the entire day. She slept for about 2.2 minutes in the car on the way down and essentially blew through her nap while we shopped around. I hoped she would sleep in her stroller (no dice), but I did manage to get her to zone out for about 20 minutes during a quick "walk" (while my parents waited in line to pay). I was so proud of her for hanging in there with us all day. Of course, she managed to have fun and already has acquired expensive taste (from her Mama, naturally).
Since we've been dealing with sickness the first couple weeks of November, we haven't had to truly adjust Audrey back from Daylight Saving Time. Every.single.day. this week, Audrey has been calling out at 5:30am wanting out of her crib. Bringing her back into our bed to sleep isn't a feasible option because the dog sleeps in our room (and thus wakes her up even more) and even though I've just gone to sleep with her in the guest bedroom in the past, I don't sleep well because I'm always afraid she'll roll off the bed. I've been keeping a couple pillows/blankets in her room so we can just make a pallet on the floor and get a couple extra hours of sleep (well...extra sleep for me - rolling around and "pretending" to sleep for Audrey). As much as I hate to admit it, I really am loving all the cuddles. And getting to wake up to her in all her bed-head glory is pretty awesome, too.
In other Audrey-related news...we still haven't experienced a true language "explosion" that a lot of moms talk about their children having. Words that we know she has down: Dada, Mama, what's that (seriously. she says it.), hi, bye, baby, ball, bubble, light, dog, uh-oh, & shoe. Words that we *think* she's working on: Riley, thank you, up, bear, belly, book & bunny. She's getting better at mimicking sounds when we say words over & over, but she still isn't associating them with any specific objects yet. Not to mention that almost everything out of her mouth sounds like baby or ball. Or gibberish.
In *my* news...because we've been dealing with a sick kiddo, I fell off the wagon in keeping up with my running. I had just finished my week 2 runs when Audrey's sickness hit high gear, so in an effort to keep her home (and inside & warm) I had to do the same. I finally made it out of the house today and since it had been almost 2 weeks since my last run, I decided to repeat my last run for week 2. And it.felt.awesome. I had complained about my knees hurting after my last run and there wasn't even the slightest hint of pain today. I know I was running faster than I had been because I hit my halfway point sooner than I had in previous attempts. I was worried about what 2 weeks off would do to my stamina & clearly it was exactly what I needed. I can't wait to get started on week 3!!!
Audrey is 1 year, 4 months & 4 weeks old
