MiMi's Christmas Visit

MiMi and Audrey Grace

Audrey Grace with her Grandmothers

We had a special treat before Christmas! MiMi was able to fly into Jackson and spend a few days with us at the lake before she went to Columbus. The holidays are always full of hustle and bussell so it was nice to have a few days to just relax and visit with my mama. She was then able to go to Columbus and have a few days with my sister and her girls before all the festivities began. I know she enjoyed this time with her grand babies. We thank you Chuck for sharing this year at Christmas.

Let the Christmas Festivities begin

We had our first Christmas celebration at Papa and Granny's house in Valley Park. We especially love going to Papa and Granny's for Granny's cooking! She is amazing in the kitchen and we eat until we cannot move! We usually have to rush off after opening presents to get to Columbus, but since we celebrated with them the weekend before, we were able to enjoy our time with everyone. We didn't get a lot of pictures. There was lots of action between 2 babies and 3 pre-teen boys! Also, Audrey Grace is serious about her bedtime and when she isn't in the bed on time she lets us know about it.

Granny and Huck

Papa with Audrey Grace and Huck

Random Pictures

Audrey Grace and her Gram

Audrey Grace with Granny and Papa

Audrey Grace with her Bop

I love this picture. She holds onto her carseat and pushes up to see me. She fell asleep watching me drive! Of course she doesn't do this anymore because she realized she is strong enough to lift and turn her head to see me.

Me with Audrey Grace and Laura Lea.

Laura Lea with her first black eye. She was climbing on the table and fell. Typical 14 month old!

Audrey Grace with her Grandma

Funny Funny! She fell asleep like this

Playing on the floor and getting all caught up in her toys

Audrey Grace with her Annie

Audrey Grace meets Santa

We went to Bass Pro Shop to meet Santa the day after Thanksgiving! Audrey Grace was such a big girl and sat in his lap with ease. She was not bothered at all. I am sure next year will be a different situation. We had to wait for an hour before we could see Santa and get our pictures made! What do you do in Bass Pro Shop for an hour with a 6 month old? I had on my Baby Bjorn so we walked around that store and found every mirror in there so she could see herself. She can easily entertain herself with a mirror!

Lores, Laura Lea, Lucy, Audrey Grace and Allie with Santa

I was entertaining myself at this point!

Daddy Bud and Lucy

Our sweet Grandpa

A visit with Charlie

My home town best friend, Emily, has a baby, Charlie. He has made the blog before, so you may remember him. He and Audrey Grace are about 7 weeks apart. One weekend when we were in Southaven, we went to Tunica for a visit. It is so fun to see babies interact with each other. They just stare and want to touch like what in the world is that

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Football and Birthday Party

Luke and Kelley came to visit us at the lake! We were so excited they decided to come see us. We used to see them a good bit when we lived in Southaven and have really missed getting to hang out with them. We watched football and ate all day. The bulldogs played that night, so of course we had to put on our bulldog gear and get some pictures before bed. Poor Audrey Grace is going to be so confused... she has Ole Miss and Mississippi State attire. We have to make the whole family happy!

On Sunday we went to Clinton to Mary Morgan and Kennedy Rowland's 2nd birthday party. I don't have any pictures of the birthday girls! After the party we went to the Rowland's and had a spend the night party. The Thomas' and the Jones' were also there. Anne Bailey and Audrey Grace played on the floor together while the big kids ran around and played.

Sweetest picture

Hanging out at the birthday party


Playing with Anne Bailey

Issabella and Tanner loving on Audrey Grace

6 months old!

Well, once again I have fallen behind on blogging. Living at the lake has really put a damper on my blogging. The internet doesn't always work great. I can usually browse online but to download pictures...not happening. Audrey Grace is really growing up and changing so fast. She turned 6 months old on November 24th. Her major accomplishments for the month have been mastering sitting up by herself and starting to eat baby food!So far we have tried carrots, sweet potatoes and squash. Squash is her favorite. The sweet potatoes are not so sweet on her tummy. She still loves to play in her exerscaucer but she likes to be on the floor sitting up or on her tummy playing with her toys. She really is such a happy baby. She usually has a smile on her face. She knows how to travel and has learned to sleep anywhere! I feel sorry for her because I drag her all over the place.

Audrey Grace had her first and second sick visit to the doctor Thanksgiving week. She had a cold that she had been fighting for about 2 weeks, so I decided to take her in. She did have a little fluid on her right ear so she was given amoxicillin and some cough medicine. She did really well taking her medicine. Thanksgiving night was awful...she woke up screaming. A scream I had never heard from her before. Her tummy was hurting her so bad and all she wanted to do was sleep. It was pitiful. The whole night was awful and the next day wasn't much better. Saturday I took her back to the doctor. They took her off all meds and told me to give her pedialyte only for 12 hours. Yeah right. She was feeling so much better by this time and wanted nothing to do with Pedialyte. We made it thru and she was completely back to her happy, playful self by Sunday

Sitting up like a big girl

She will not sit back and relax in her chair anymore. She wants to sit up!

She likes to try and eat or suck on her toes!

Our little family of 3!

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Fall Fun with the Sharps

Amy, Louis and their girls came to visit us at the lake this weekend. It was so wonderful to see them. There is never a dull moment when you get 4 girls all under the age of 10 together. We just relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Amy and I took the girls to the pumpkin patch. Audrey Grace is not even 5 months old and has been to the pumpkin patch twice!

Laura Lea, Lucy, Lores and Audrey Grace

(it't hard to get them all looking)

Laura Lea and Ryan

Louis and Ryan went squirrel hunting...poor squirrel's

Laura Lea thought it was so much fun to play in AG's exerscaucer

4 month check up

Audrey Grace had her 4 month check up and shots on Monday, October 11th. She really was a big girl for this horrible experience. We saw our new pediatrician, Dr. Debbie Smith, at the Vicksburg Children's Clinic. We really liked her. She was actually Ryan's pediatrician! Isn't that crazy? She is wonderful and has lots of experience, which makes me feel really good. She said Audrey Grace looks and sounds perfectly healthy. She weighs 17 lbs 9oz and is 27 inches long!! (95th percentile for both) I hope she will continue to be long. Lord knows she is not getting that height from her mom or dad. It has to come from my dad, Daddy Bud.

Audrey Grace had to have her finger pricked too :(. Dr. Smith wanted to be sure her platelet count was normal, given my history. That was the worst part because after the prick the woman squeezed (is that a word?) her finger over and over and over to get enough blood. Atleast the shots are quick.

Not the best picture but you can see her pink camo band-aid from the finger prick.

Pumpkin Patch

Annie, Audrey Grace and I went to Farmer Jim's pumpkin patch in Rolling Fork last weekend. Lynn and Jimbo Newman put on an awesome pumpkin patch experience. They have tons of pumkins in all sizes, 2 corn mazes, sunflowers, baby pool's full of corn for the kids to play in, a mini maze made from bails of hay for the little kids and lots of room to run around and play. You can walk around all in the patch and pick your own pumpkin or you can choose one they have already picked. We took the jogging stroller and went off road thru the patch! It was really HOT, but Audrey Grace got to wear her precious little halloween dress. She behaved perfectly and next year I know she will have a ball running around everywhere.

In the pictures you will notice Audrey Grace was attacked by a misquito or two!

Family Photos

My Grandma and Grandpa sent all of the grandchildren American Flag shirts, so we dressed them all up and had a photo shoot. MiMi and Chuck got to join in on the fun since they were in Columbus visiting for the weekend.

Lores, Audrey Grace, Laura Lea and Lucy

MiMi and Chuck with the grandgirls!

Me and my sweet Mama and sister

4 months old

Audrey Grace turned 4 months old on September 24th! I really cannot believe she is already 4 months old. She is changing and growing everyday. It has been amazing to watch her grow, develop and learn new things. I am staying at home with her right now and it has been so much fun for me to watch and think back on how much she has accomplished in 4 months! I know we have a long way to go and she will continue to amaze me but all of the little accomplishments make me smile.
Audrey Grace started sleeping thru the night when she was 7 weeks old! It took a few weeks to get on a consistent schedule but we have pretty much mastered a schedule. I am still aware this may change anyday since she is still little but for now I am enjoying our scheduled life. She is sleeping thru the night from or 8:30 to 7:30! She usually takes 3 naps a day but sometimes 4. Our day usually consists of reading books (she really does let me read to her), watching baby einstein, playing on the floor and in her exerscaucer, and going for a walk.

She really is a Happy Girl!

GO COLTS!

Playing in her exerscaucer

Reaching for her toys

This is how she wakes up every morning! What a blessing she is to wake up to. She makes everyday so much better.

This is how she comes out of her swaddle. Usually it is her arms but I thought this was funny.

Audrey Grace at 4 months:

She is still talking a lot. She wakes up talking and smiling every morning. Everynight when I put her to bed, I tell her how I can't wait to see her smiling face in the morning because there is no doubt when I go to get her she will have a big smile on her face! She learned how to reach and grab for her toys at 17 weeks and then to roll over at 18 weeks. Rolling over has really made me nervous! She still loves to be swaddled when she sleeps. She likes to watch the dogs and is very intrested in her surrondings. She is constantly looking around from side to side. She has started trying to hold her bottle. I am expecting a tooth any day but I am sure it will be a little longer. She loves to naw on anything.