Bring On June!

Audrey was 6 months old on Monday!  I still can't believe we have her in our lives.  We're enjoying her so much.  My dad has to keep telling me - "Laura, she's not a toy!"  But I disagree - she's so FUN!!!  I get so excited when I leave work to go pick her up.  The best part is when she sees me in daycare - her face lights up into a big smile and she starts kicking her legs.  No one is ever that excited to see me - not day after day at least (hmmm, except maybe my cat!).  I love sneaking up on her so I get to see her reaction up close.  :)  Anyway, she had a successful 6 month checkup.  The doctor says we can start to slowly introduce fruits and veggies and that we should implement a 3-meal a day schedule.  We're going to start this weekend since Bill and I both have Memorial Day off.  I figure we can get 3 good days in before daycare takes over.  Hopefully we get some good pics of her scrunching her face when she doesn't like the taste of her carrots!

I ordered a baby pool this week because it is HOT here.  I have her little swimsuit, hat, waterproof diapers and sunscreen lotion all ready to go.  I'm hoping our next door neighbor will let her little girl in the pool too so Audrey will have a playmate.  I'm only a little bummed because the pool won't be big enough for me to get in too!  :)

She can sit up on her own now for quite a while before she topples over.  We have to place her upright though but she tries really hard by doing little sit ups!  We think she'll be crawling soon too.  Her little legs get going while she's on her tummy but all she does is go backwards or turn in a circle.  Last week she started blowing raspberries like crazy.  Nothing like spit flying!  Sometimes it just comes out like "poof", other times it's full blown lips vibrating with vocal sound effects.  Very cute.

She and I made a trip to Ohio last week ALONE.  Bill doesn't get time off anymore since he's back in med school so Audrey and I set out on a 7 hour drive by ourselves.  I was really nervous but she did wonderfully.  It was SO nice to  be home and visit with my family.  I was actually more excited for them to see Audrey since my brother and niece hadn't seen her since she was 1 month old.  They gave her an interactive doggie that's almost as big as she is and she LOVES it!  I was very sad to leave since I only get home about twice a year - it never gets any easier.

Bill and I will be celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary on June 11!  Now there's a milestone I can't believe is here.  I feel like our wedding was just yesterday and vividly remember what an amazing day it was.  I wish we could have all of our family and friends together for a big party again.  We had SO much fun!  Due to Bill's schedule, we won't really be able to celebrate until late-June when we're going to Chicago to eat at one of the top ranked restaurants in the world...yes, world.  We're beyond excited.

So without further ado, here are some recent pics of the little monchichi.  She's really cute, isn't she??  ;)

Taken in the mirror that hangs in front of her car seat:

Cousin Mallory!

Said doggie - WOOF!

And finally, standing like a big girl!