This past week has been filled with....


Trying fruits and veggies...


So far, yellow squash = bad, bananas, sweet potatoes and green beans = good...

Playing dress up with cousin Jack...

Wearing adorable outfits to go celebrate Uncle PJ's birthday...

And walking Roscoe.

The twins came over on Thursday because they wanted to buy Bridget souvenirs while they were at the beach a couple of weeks ago. They were very excited to give her a fishy book and bunny blankie. Jack was so cute playing dress up with Audrey! When I said something about Cousin Audrey he said "No, Audrey not my cousin. Audrey my sister!"

On Sunday, we went over to the Farbotko's for PJ's birthday dinner. I decided to put Audrey in the car with just undies on, so as soon as she went potty, we loaded up the car and left. I was nervous when she fell asleep on the ride, but she made it with no accidents! Yay!

5 Months

Bridget is 5 months old today!

Look at how much older Audrey looked at 5 months!

Another cute Audrey saying: She was sitting with her arm around Bridget and saying "That's Hazel right there, and that's Roscoe, and that's Prince Daddy!"

Sorry for the lack of posts, but we haven't been doing anything too exciting! Audrey has been doing awesome with her potty training. I still haven't been brave enough to take her anywhere other than on walks around the neighborhood with just underwear, but she has been letting me know when she has to go potty while we are out, even with a pull up on. Trying to get a toddler to not touch anything in a public bathroom is interesting!

I switched Bridget to baby oatmeal and she is handling that much better than she did the baby rice cereal. In fact, she will cry when her bowl is empty! The next time I make it to the store, I am going to go ahead and pick up some fruits and veggies to start on. Other than that, Bridget just sits around being adorable and playing with her feet. She still isn't really rolling over yet - little slacker!

Audrey has had a really fun weekend so far. Daddy didn't have to work this weekend, so yesterday he took her to the fish store to pick out some fish for the saltwater tank. She had a blast at the fish store, waving to the fish and asking what their names were.

Last night, she and Andy camped out in the tent in the backyard. She did awesome! She never once asked to come into the house and slept through the night, even with Hazel barking at stuff out in the back yard. Here are some shots that Andy took, including her awesome morning hair!

This morning, Audrey went on her first trip to Waffle House. I'm not sure what kind of southern parents we are that we have never taken her there before, but I guess it wouldn't have mattered because she didn't eat anything! Next time, we'll get her a waffle - we thought she'd eat sausage and toast since she will eat those at home. Also, she is not actually drinking coffee in this picture. That is the cup they gave us for her chocolate milk! ;)

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We had a busy Fourth of July weekend. It started off for the girls on Friday when Grandma and Grandpa Farbotko came up with cousin Ian. Andy and I both had to work, so Ian helped watch Audrey and Bridget and they were running around like little maniacs when I arrived home!

On Saturday, Gabi and baby Ethan came over and she and I took the kids to the pool. I was a little nervous about having both girls by myself, but luckily for me, Ethan fell asleep so Gabi was a big help in the pool! This was Bridget's first pool trip and she loved it! I had Audrey in a life jacket and it really helped her to become comfortable in the water, maybe a little too comfy because she kept saying "Let go, Mommy!"

Afterwards, we went over and had hamburgers with the Stevens clan, but since Audrey didn't nap after being at the pool, we made the wise decision to skip the fireworks. Both girls went to bed as soon as we got home.

Mary brought up some stuff that Steph's MIL picked up at a garage sale for the girls. One of the items was some princess wall stickers that matched Audrey's room, so we put them up on Sunday. This is one of the scenes:

Audrey has already rearranged another one of the scenes, so now there are two princes hanging out together while one of the princesses looks like she is talking to Audrey's lamp. ;) I searched around online and found some purple and yellow flower stickers that also have little bugs for Bridget's room. They should be in any day now!

Audrey is doing awesome with her potty training. On Sunday, I watched her pull her undies down, go potty and pull the undies back up without saying a word to me about it. I need to get brave enough to take her out of the house without a pull up to see what happens - maybe I'll start with a walk around the block so it won't matter if she has an accident! We also need to work on wiping and not crying when the toilet paper gets flushed. :)

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Bridget's Room... Finally

I finally got tired of waiting for Andy to hang Bridget's curtains, so after spending way too long trying to figure out how to use the drill, plus a couple of extra holes later (which are luckily covered by the rod holders), I hung them myself! Now I just need to get some pictures for both girls walls!

I decided yesterday to stop feeding Bridget rice cereal for a while. She has been so fussy and gassy. I asked Andy if daycare mentioned her being fussy on Monday, and he said that they told him that she has quite a pair of lungs, so I took that as a "yes!" On Tuesday night I got about three hours of sleep because she was up screaming until 2 am, so I am hoping that stopping the cereal helps. Maybe it's a little too early for her. This is what she thought of the cereal anyway:

The daycare workers also told Andy that Audrey mimics the teachers and bosses the other kids around all day! That's my girl!

She has been doing pretty good with her potty training. The only time we really have accidents is when she is really involved in something, like looking at her books. She just totally forgets to go to the potty when she is doing something fun. We'll get there someday!

Audrey looks so cute in hats. I found a hat that I liked online and sent a picture of it to Grandma Carol to see if she would be able to knit one. She couldn't find a pattern online for it, so she just bought one.

It doesn't quite fit Bridget - she looks like a little French baby. Maybe we should call her "Brigette" when she wears that hat!