15 Month Well Dot

Audrey had her 15 month well-baby check-up this morning. She's doing well, growing and developing exactly as her doctor would like, and now weighs 20 lbs 9 oz (16%) and is 29.5" tall (22%).

So what has the busy 15-month-old been up to lately? Lots of reading with her big sister. By far her favorite book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  She squeals when she finds it in the book basket or when anyone begins reciting the lines.

Taking her first school bus ride thanks to a friend's birthday party.

Endangering any cupcakes within range.

And learning just how much Natalie will try to talk her into.

She walks behind and along things and will stand independently if she's busy enough that she forgets she's scared. We're looking forward to watching her first steps - all she needs to do is build the courage. We're very proud of our growing girl!

Weekend at Home

While it isn't extremely exciting to blog about, it was exciting to have a weekend home to check some things off the ol' to-do list. We had a bunch of outside and yard projects on our minds. So we loaded up and headed out to Home Depot where the race car cart was a girl highlight of the weekend.

Chris built a beautiful raised cedar planter to house our herb garden.  We currently have sage, cilantro, basil, rosemary, chives, and spearmint starting inside.  We're hopeful the 40 mph winds will die down sometime soon so the poor guys can move out of their crowded greenhouses and into this lovely new home.

Natalie worked hard helping Mom weed flowerbeds and Dad fix the mailbox and Audrey worked hard inspecting the lawn.  Not sure why all of that led them to do this but if were inside their heads we'd probably find more than a few surprising things.  Better yet we wonder why crawling on patio block didn't motivate Audrey to take off walking!  (She did stand for several seconds on her own a few times this weekend though so that's a start.)

Amongst all the activty, Audrey finally popped two new teeth through in 2 days.   She's excited for more culinary adventures.

Hope all of you had nice weekends as well!