Monday, March 16, 2009

Audrey The Water Bug

So it seems that our little boo bear has quite the personality. Below is a picture that captures her new bashful bow that she does when in the company of unfamiliar faces. I'm pretty bias but it's awfully cute and charming, enough to melt your heart.
At 10 months Audrey has a whole bunch of new accomplishments. She's now mastered crawling but with a twist. I'm not sure if it was from learning on hardwood floors but she's added a little kick to her crawl. To better explain, she crawls on one knee and uses her other foot to push off. I call it her kick start. Just in the past few days she's advanced to pulling herself up on furniture, well actually not just furniture but anything that will hold her. She tumbles a lot but she gets right back up to try all over again. Her curiosity has peeked so anything she sees she must go and investigate. She LOVES the animals. We're teaching her to pet gently however George (the cat) is the only one of the three that will tolerate her for a short period of time. He's even been brave enough on occasion to come up to her for a quick snuggle. Tia (the dog) is still a bit quicker so she's able to avoid her and then we have Gracie (the other cat) who hides all day until Audrey goes to bed and it's safe to come out. Audrey has also recently said "mama" and "dada" however it's more "ma ma ma ma" and "da da da da" but hey, you know, you gotta start somewhere.
One of her favorite times of the day is bath time. She's learned to splash and loves to have her hair rinsed with a bucket. She's going to be a water bug this summer I'm sure of it!