Arts & Crafts

The daycare sent home Audrey's first craft projects last week. Although she didn't actually do anything, they are still cute! The girl in the baby room told Andy yesterday that Audrey is one of the quieter kids in the class, which is kind of surprising since she's so outgoing and chatty at home.

One new "skill" that I forgot to tell you faithul readers about is the limp-noodle trick. Do babies all take a class to learn this? Audrey pulled it out at Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving when I was by myself. Fun!

We have a super busy month coming up. Grandma H is skipping work to help me get Audrey's one year/Christmas photos made on Thursday. I hope Audrey is as agreeable as she was during her six-month photos. Hopefully we'll have some cute pictures to share at the end of the week.

Here is another rare photo of the two of us. I think Audrey looks extra cute in this one!

Mountain Mama

Audrey had her first overnight trip last weekend (if you don't count sleeping at the grandparents houses). We went up to a condo in the North Carolina mountains that Grandma and Grandpa F. rented. She had a pretty good time, although it was wet and cold so we couldn't do much outside. On the first day we played on the playground and went back to the condo to take a jacuzzi bath. On Sunday we went shopping in Highlands and hung out at the condo.

Audrey was the cutest baby in Sapphire Valley in her poodle coat from Miss Linda and her bear hat that Daddy bought!

Today she had her recheck for her ear infection and got her flu shot. Unfortunately, her right ear is still filled with pus, so we are back on another antibiotic. She took her flu shot like a pro though - barely a peep! Now, we have to go back for her 1 year checkup and the flu shot booster. Dr. Murad told me that we should just rent a room there next month - nice, huh?!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today was Audrey's first Thanksgiving. We ate at about 3, which is not a normal meal time for her so she didn't eat much, but I got some good pictures where it looks like she's eating a big Turkey Day meal!

She and Ian had a good time together. She loved getting in his face and they would stare and giggle at each other.

Later, Grandma F dressed them in matching jammies for pictures, and we had chaos similar to the chaos of the Baby Bulldogs photo. Audrey does not like to sit still anymore!

Here is a link to the rest of the photos:

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I've mentioned before how much Audrey loves her doggies. She usually stands to the side and "barks" with them when they wrestle, but a couple of days ago she decided to jump in on the action! Roscoe was wiggling on his back on the floor and kicked her over and she got back up and tackled Hazel. (So Grandma H doesn't freak out, I would like to note that the dogs stopped wrestling and sat still when the baby jumped in.) Andy was pretty proud of his tough little girl!

Blogging in Bed!

Yay - it's my first blog from my new laptop. Not much new to report, I just wanted to use my computer. I can insert the memory card from my camera right into the laptop (which may be old news to those of you who are more technologically advanced than me, but to me it's pretty cool!). I took the above photo this morning. When I went to go peek in on Audrey playing in the living room, I found her inside her toy basket. I hit the 'auto correct' feature on the computer and I think the colors look kind of weird, but the crazy hair is all hers!

I mentioned in the last post that I wasn't feeling well... turns out I have strep throat and a double ear infection. Luckily Audrey is on amoxicillan already so she should be safe from me!

She Has a Point...

Yay for Jennifer B for being the 1,000th visitor! Jennifer used to work with me but she abandoned me at that crappy place to move on to better things! ;)

Audrey seems to be doing fine with this ear infection. She hasn't had a fever since Monday and she's actually been sleeping through the night. Mommy, on the other hand, has been having sinus problems. I feel like my throat is on fire from all of the drainage. We're pretty pitiful over here.

Yesterday was Audrey's 11-month birthday (and my 31st) so we went to Atkins Park for dinner. Audrey did pretty good but she was ready to get down and run by the time we were done. Andy didn't want to be "those parents" with the wild kid, so he was being Big Bad Daddy.

Andy and Audrey got me my very own wireless lap top for my birthday/Christmas/Valentine's Day/Anniversary! I can't wait to get it up and running. I haven't played with it yet because I want to set it up when I don't have any interruptions (Audrey).

Audrey's newest skill is pointing. On Tuesday she pointed to Wingnut and then kicked her in the gut (I think that part was an accident). Then, she pointed to an Elmo toy in a Walmart ad that for some reason was on the floor. Housekeeping isn't my strong point lately. Anyway, a little later I brought her the ad and asked her "Where's Elmo?" and she pointed to him again.

This morning, when I went to go get Audrey out of her crib, I noticed that her diaper had leaked onto the bed. Then, I looked closer and she had brown around her mouth!! It was so gross! She probably thought that it was nice of Mommy to leave her a snack! Yuck!

Fever... in the morning, fever all through the night

We won't be making our trip to Columbus tomorrow. Audrey's daycare called me around 2:00 to come pick her up because she had a fever. (Side note: it makes your heart drop a little when you see "Daycare" on your caller ID. You know they aren't calling for something good. "I was just calling to tell you that Audrey is having a great day!") I suspected that her ear infection had never cleared up, so I took her straight to the pediatrician. Sure enough, her right ear is still infected pretty badly.

The doc said that there is tons of pus in there and that her ear looked "tense," so the drum may burst and I may see pus and fluid dripping out of her ear! She said this all very non-challantly. I asked her if I should call if that happened and she said no, so then I asked if I was supposed to just sit at home and freak out over pus dripping out of my baby's burst eardrum!

Anyway, we are on amoxicillan again, which she is so sick of so she fights it and cries every time she has to take it. This time, when I picked up the medicine, the pharmacy had put a sticker on the bottle that says "This medication may decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills." Audrey has a lot of explaining to do if she's on birth control!

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Audrey's Online Singing Debut

We've been busy at the Farbotko household. Audrey had her first visit to the Georgia Aquarium last week with Grandma and Grandpa F. They said that the only things that scared her were when the scuba diver came over to the glass and waved and when Grandpa told her that a big grouper that was swimming towards them was going to eat her for lunch! I'll post some pictures when I get some.

Tonight Audrey is spending the night with Grandma and Papa H. so Mommy and Daddy can go out with some of Daddy's coworkers. I realized that I haven't been out without Audrey since early September when we took Jennifer to dinner, so I'm looking forward to having a few drinks and sleeping in past 7 am tomorrow!

Tomorrow Grandma and Grandpa F. and Uncle PJ are coming up to celebrate my 29th (hah!) birthday. Audrey's poor little cousin Ian has the chicken pox, so they won't be able to come up for dinner.

Here is a video of Audrey and Mommy singing Old McDonald. She got a little lazy with the last EIEIO because we had already sung it a few times before I thought to go get my camera. If you notice, most of her pictures recently are taken with her sitting in her high chair. That's because she doesn't sit still anymore and it's the only way I can get a good shot of her!

We are driving down to Columbus on Tuesday with Jenny to go see Christy's new baby, so we should have some good pictures next week!

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