Pictures from the cottage:



Playing in the water with Grandpa

Such a sweetie

Sorry this has not been updated in forever! We've been a little busy here. I hurt my knee a few weeks ago.

I was trying to jump over the baby gate and My knee slammed into the metal striker plate on the doorway where the doorknob hooks into it. It cut all the way to the bone and hit a tendon. Luckily I work for plastic surgeons and Dr. Livingston was nice enough to stay late that day so I could come in and have him stitch it up. He had to put 4 or 5 stitches on the inside and one long one over the top of it. I was all numbed up and had no idea how bad it was going to hurt the next day. I could hardly walk or bend my knee for almost 2 weeks. It's just now feeling a little better, but it's still hard going up and down the stairs.

Audrey had her 4 month appointment a few weeks ago (actually the same day I hurt my knee). She weighed 14lbs 14oz and was 24 1/4 inches. She's doing really well. She slept through the night for about a month. Then when she learned how to roll onto her tummy. She started waking up after she rolled onto her tummy and I have to come roll her back over. She's also been waking up hungry at night, so I started giving her some cereal last night. She did really well with it. She wasn't to sure about the spoon at first, but then she ate it all up. I hope she goes back to sleeping through the night again soon. I can't believe she's going to be 5 months already next week!

I've been potty training Owen. It's been going pretty well, he's still having accidents once in a while but he's catching on. I'm already saving a fortune on diapers, and Owen loves his Thomas underwear of course!

We've also been busy with my sister's wedding. Emily got married last Saturday. Her wedding was beautiful and she looked gorgeous. Congratulations Emily and Jeff!
Lauren(Ryan's girlfriend), me, Emily, Cindy, Beth at the bachelorette party
Emily before the wedding




Dad and Cindy




Cutting the cake

Audrey started rolling a lot a few days ago. She thought she'd be advanced and roll from her back to her tummy first. (Babies usually roll tummy to back first). She has done this a couple times before but now every time I put her down she rolls. She can't roll from tummy to back yet, so she just gets mad after a few minutes until I come help her. I'm sure she'll figure it out soon. If you watch the whole video she rolls at the end.

Audrey was baptized this past Sunday. She was such a good girl, not a peep out of her. She wore the same baptism gown that I wore when I was baptized. We had a little party for her at our house afterwards. Here are some pictures from the day:

Audrey is 3 months old today. I keep telling her to slow down but she just doesn't listen! She doesn't go to the doctor for another month but when I try to weigh her at home she's at about 14 pounds. This month she has started to learn how to control her hands a little. As you can see in one of the pictures, she likes to suck on her fingers. It's so funny to watch her concentrate so hard on getting her hand to her mouth. She has started to grab at the toys on her playmat now too. She coos all the time, making all sorts of adorable noises, her favorite of which is "Ah-goo" Owen always said "Ah-goo" at this age too. Do all babies say that? She HATES tummy-time, so I don't think she'll be rolling over anytime soon. She did roll from her back to her tummy a couple weeks back. But I think that was just a fluke. She got really mad once she was on her tummy, so she probably won't be doing that again anytime soon. I don't want to jinx anything, but she has slept through the night the last 3 nights in a row!!!!!! Can you tell how happy I am about that. 3 months was the magic age for Owen sleeping through the night, I'm hoping it is for Audrey too.

We went to the zoo over Memorial day weekend. Here are some pictures from the trip.



Owen watching the otters

Dan made a new best friend!

Owen did not want to sit with John Ball this time.

Audrey has slept through the night 3 times in the last two weeks! 8 hours straight! It's been really nice. Hopefully she keeps it up! She has really turned into the easiest baby! She is so happy and content most of the time, and naps really well and when she does wake up at night she always goes right back to sleep. In the early days I was a little worried, she was much more high maintenance than Owen was as a newborn. There were nights when she woke up almost every hour and did not want to go to sleep. I would rock her and walk around with her in our bedroom until she fell asleep only to have her wake up as soon as I put her down. And there were days when she only wanted to be held all day. But that really only lasted a few weeks. Things are much easier now. We were really blessed with two great kids!

Audrey had her two month doctor appointment this week. She weighs 11 lbs 12 oz and is 23 inches, 80th percentile for both. She is doing really well and for the past three nights has slept 5 or 6 hours at a time which is much better than she was doing the week before, 3 hours at a time. Hopefully she will continue to do that or sleep through the night soon!

8 weeks old today, and testing out our new video camera.

7 weeks old today!