Summer 2009

Hi, friends!

We've been busy, busy, busy trying to keep up with this little one...

...still no excuse for not blogging in 3 months! Oh well. :)

Since our last post we: had a visit from Nana and Papa (Jeremy's parents in May), celebrated Audrey's second birthday, finished a semester of gymnastics, had a short visit from Grammy and Grandad (my parents), drove to Memphis for Hannah and Tank's wedding then to Chattanooga for a quick 4th of July visit, and brought Auntie (April) and Owen back to Houston with us for a week long visit! In just a couple of weeks we'll spend a week in CO and then it's off to Disney World! Rough summer, eh? :)

As for little miss Audrey, there are too many cute things to list. She has a growing repertoire of songs she likes to sing- her latest favories are "Maybe" and "It's A Hard Knock Life" from Annie. I can honestly say it's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. :) We're spending lots of time in the pool to survive the summer heat, and Audrey is becoming very brave at jumping into the pool (and off of furniture). Our days still consist of lots of coloring, dressing and undressing, reading books, and singing and dancing to music. No shortage of fun around here! Enjoy the pics...

Shared birthday party with baby Jack and Audrey - we love the Schneringers!




Nana made a Donald Duck cake for Audrey's family bday party!




Opening presents... Audrey lives for stickers!



Gymnastics... :)







Receiving her gold medal... and refusing to pose for the class picture.



Playing at the Kemah splash pad...

...right before she got it in the face.


Reading with Papa!


Audrey's first trip to the Chattanooga Aquarium and Houston zoo!



Not sure what she's saying to these goats...






Looking adorable at Hannah's wedding
(that was outside. In Memphis. H - O - T.)


Jeremy's sister April, and my brother Greg. They're married.
It's legal. :)


Watching the 4th of July parade on Signal Mountain...




Happy 6th birthday cousin Owen!
(Check out Nana's Wall-E cake! This woman is amazing...)


Wouldn't be a Seymour-Owen get together if Audrey didn't sit on Aspen! :)


Owen, Autumn and Audrey
Waiting for the fireworks at Signal Mountain Country Club


This is what about 75% of our day looks like. :)


Lots of love to all of you! Hope you're staying cool out there...
Love, The Owen Fam

Sledding Fun

A little video clip from our time in CO!

Catching Up...

How can we possibly bring you up to speed on the past 4 months?!

I'm ashamed to admit this is a record for us- the longest we've gone without blogging about our sweet Audrey! Perhaps it's because she keeps us SO busy during the day that we can't bear the thought of having to do anything productive in the evenings??

Anyway :), it's hard to know where to start... Since Christmas we've stayed busy with our normal routine- play dates, gymnastics, small group, young life, bible study, church, and somehow we both still manage to work! Jeremy turned 30 on 1/16 - woohoo! We took a last minute trip to central Colorado in February thanks to a free ticket from Southwest and the generosity of some great friends. We also had visitors in our house literally non-stop from 2/28 through 3/25! It was a total blast and poor Audrey was so confused...she'd say goodnight to one person then wake up to a whole new crew. We miss you Grammy, Auntie, Autumn, Owen and Lyddy!! :)

We have watched our sweet baby transform into a little girl right before our eyes. Not only is she growing physically (3 inches taller in one month?!), her little brain is working on overdrive! She has been repeating us for a while now, and thankfully she's forgotten some of the things she's heard. :) She talks non-stop and even says thank you, sorry, and bless you. She's also quite good at mimicking our tones and facial expressions. It's so hard to keep a serious face when we're supposed to! She's also a great helper and loves to sweep (but vacuuming is another story- trauma!).

One day in the life with Audrey these days will usually consist of a combination of the following: reading reading and more reading, counting, dancing, taking off her diaper, singing (ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Are You Sleeping, Tomorrow from Annie, Mary had a little lamb) refusing to get in bed and then refusing to get out, tossing water out of the tub, tossing books, toys, cloths and stuffed animals into the tub (while mommy's back is turned getting the bath ready), emptying the dresser and attempting to change her clothes, climbing onto the kitchen table, terrorizing the kitties, begging for the Wiggles, insisting on eating with the Mickey Mouse fork, and my favorite- asking for "mommy snuggles." All while being ab-so-lute-ly adorable.

The TERRIFIC two's are definitely headed our way. :)

"Bullowing" with Elmo.


Don't let this picture fool you- she's actually not into sharing.


"Owsiiide?"


Audrey's boot phase.


Lots of fun time with Daddy in Colorado!


Sledding = pure happiness.


Having fun in the snow!


I love this sequence of pictures...
We visited the National Mining Museum in Leadville and
stopped to pose for a pic with this stuffed guy on the couch.
Audrey was not digging this situation.


Sunrise on our last morning of the trip.
We almost didn't come home.


Random side entry here-
Check out this beanbag that Nana made for Audrey!
How CUTE is this?!


RODEO!




hehe- I almost didn't include these but it's just another glimpse
into the daily hilarity of our lives.


Our silly, silly girl.


That's Audrey behind the paper, btw. :)

We'll blog soon about the upcoming 2nd birthday festivities! Lots of love to all...