10 Months

She finally started crawling!! First was a few weeks of army crawling which was hysterical.  Then she started full on crawling, but at a much slower pace then army crawling much to her chagrin!

Her favorite is still cruising though, she would prefer to on equal ground as everyone else, thankyouverymuch.

And we definitely had some tentative first steps this month!  Very exciting month around here.  This was Chris' first month open full time and  my first month staying at home part time.  I would love to take her to storytime and gymnastics and every other fun thing, except they're all on hiatus for summer. BOO.  We plan on going to the beach and boardwalk and park a lot though.

We did a special photo project for her first Father's Day too, which she was none to thrilled about but mostly cooperated.

We're on the same feeding/nap schedule except I'm trying to give her more "real people" foods and less purees.  She is very into in, daddy is terrified :)  I have a feeling that will be a continuing trend.

Her favorite toys this month are still the ring stacker, Laugh and Learn Farm and Laugh and Learn Purse.  Some toys just have staying power!

I forgot!  We went to Sesame Place to hang out with our friends for their daughters 2nd birthday.  It was so great, since it was pretty much empty for some reason.  Audrey doesn't know the characters yet, but she loved AbbyCadabby.

Here we go again...

So I'm in my first cycle off BCP, got my HSG (all clear, yay!), Chris has his S/A tomorrow then next cycle is clomid + IUI.  Seems so long since last time and yet not, all at once.  I'm crossing everything for a miracl pregnancy before IVF, but realistically that's probably where we're headed.

The plan is 2 clomid cycles, then IVF in Jan/Feb as long as there are no cysts or other hurdles.

Cloth Diapers 1 Year In

My favorites and go-to diapers have changed slightly and I've gotten into wool diaper covers but still love cloth! Chris loves the Bum Genius sized AIOs still and will almost never put anything else on her, which is great.  They are easy to use, last the 2-4 hours they need to during the day, they really can't be beat.  They do take a bit longer to dry, but by the time the inserts from fitteds are dry, these are too.

I love, love, love fitted diapers, mostly because they are so pretty!  I got pretty addicted to buying them over the summer, so I'm trying to stop buying and also sell some to even it out :)  I die for stripes.  Every time.  They are also necessary for nighttime.  She is sleeping 12-13 hours straight so she needs some good absorbency!  My favorites are Twinkie Tush and Tangerine Baby.  I have Bububebe's also and they work well, the fit is just a little odd on her.  Too narrow and high waisted I think.

I had a brief love affair for a few months with Ai2s but the glow has worn off a bit.  I pretty much liked them because they were pretty but functionality I find is better with AIOs or pockets for me.  She hates diaper changes right now, so its a battle and to arrange the soaker and snap it, ugh.  Give me some velcro.  Now that she's older she's mostly in clothes all the time so you don't even get to SEE the cute prints!  When she was younger a shirt and diapers was a good look! But now we're out and about so much more to entertain her that doesn't cut it.

So I had bought some wool shorties this summer for over her nighttime diaper and they work great!  I only have interlock wool which is supposed to be more bulletproof for night and it is for us!  Wool is pricey but you only need a few covers and you can reuse them for a few weeks until you need to wash them again.  Wool care is scary at first but really easy.  The waiting time for them to dry is the most annoying.  I have a couple pairs of wool longies for winter that I'm super excited to try out.  They'll be perfect for lazy winter days in the house.  A cute fitted diaper, wool longies and shes dressed and diapered! And I get to use my pretty ones :)

Small Update

I'm the worst blogger ever, obviously.  I will catch up on month posts and her birthday party!  But I don't want to forget that she has started giving spontaneous kisses when she's happy.  Melt.my.heart.  Banana in smoothie - Kiss!  Fetch her toy for 1 millionth time - Kiss!  Give her a bite of your food - Kiss!  Leaving my parents - Kiss!  It is so so sweet.

She is also currently obsessed with shoes.  Carrying them around and throwing them in the toilet are the 2 favorite activities.

We are leaving her with my parents with 4 days this Friday. I'm nervous and don't want to, but also super excited for some adult time.  It will be fun and its only 4 days!

9 Months

3/4 of a year old and almost an outside baby as long as she was an inside baby.  She brings so much joy and fun into our lives its unbelievable.  The past month has been a whirlwind as always but we did manage to get our first family beach day in!  She loved everything about it especially the sand.  Oh the sand.  She ate so much of it.  The water was a little too cold but she still didn't mind when it rushed into her.

We also took our first family bike ride, so much fun.  She looks adorable in her helmet and somehow doesn't hate it!

This was also my first Mothers Day and Chris did quite well! I got a gorgeous pair of peridot and diamond earrings, peridot is Audrey's birthstone.  Love them so much <3

We just tried to spend some good quality family time together after tax season and before full time boardwalk season.  We went to the zoo and the park and for walks.  Audrey still has zero interest in crawling but lots of interest in walking while holding our hands.  She's starting to let go of one hand and see what happens, which usually is just stand there in the same position lol.  We've kept the same nap and eating schedule going for a few months now which looks like this.

7am - wake up, 6 oz bottle
7:30 - breakfast (yogurt or oatmeal with fruit puree and banana pieces)
9:00 - nap
10-10:30 - wake up, 6 oz bottle
12 noon - lunch (veggie/grain pouch, puffs or pieces of noodle, etc)
2-2:30 - 6 oz bottle, nap
4-4:30 - wake up
5pm - dinner (same as lunch basically)
7pm - 6 oz bottle, bed

She is such a happy baby and loves going out and seeing people.  And if you're not paying attention, watch out! She'll shriek until you look at her then smile, laugh and clap.  She is loving clapping right now, cracks me up.  Her other favorite game is peekaboo, with anything she can cover her face with.  It thrills me how interactive and smart she is.

8 Months

8 months old.  As per usual, hard to believe.

This was the end of tax season, thank god.  Looking forward to spending some good family time together in the next few weeks.  Audrey is still loving her jumperoo, going out and meeting new people and "walking" with our hands.  I swear she will never crawl.  Apparently, I never did either so maybe it's genetic!

Audrey had her first Easter, Chris and I were at the boardwalk working most of the weekend but I was able to get some Easter diaper photo shots in :)  Its nice for my grandparents and aunts and uncles to spend time with her even though I would have preferred being there also!  She's just so much fun and so happy everyone loves to see her.

 Her first Easter basket:

She's working on her top 2 teeth so in the next few weeks they should be cutting through.  Luckily they don't seem to bother her *too* much so I'm thankful for that!  We're working on giving her more table foods but Daddy is still terrified and wants to feed her purees forever :)  She's also starting to learn how to use the straw sippy which is fun.  The things that thrill me now!

7 Months!

I'm late again, but I blame tax season.  Again. :) Our little baby has passed the half year mark and is steaming towards 1 year. 

March was a busy month work-wise for me so I didn't get to see her nearly as much as I would like.  Her and daddy had plenty of bonding time though!  March is also her grandmom's birthday month so we made her a fun sign to facetime with, since Marm was in DC for the weekend.
 She's such a pro at sitting now, has zero interest in crawling and absolutely hates bending her knees in general, unless of course she's jumping.  She lovessss her jumperoo!  Her favorite toys right now are the jumperoo, Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Purse, and her stacking rings.  Chris and I both know the purse song by heart now lol.  My favorite toy is Violet since the way she pauses before she says Audrey's name cracks me up.

She's loving all her food, anything we give her she tries.  She's not a huge fan of broccoli yet, but mixed with something else, she'll eat it.  We're starting to give her puffs sometimes and Abby (our dog) is a HUGE fan, she ends up with way more puffs then Audrey does.

She's still in 6-9 month clothing but the pj's are getting too short for her super long legs.  I can't believe my little baby is wearing 12m anything!

It was also her first St. Patrick's Day!  Given her extremely fair skin, I'm guessing this will be a cherished holiday at some point :)

And here she's modeling my favorite diaper :)