Audrey's eye surgery...

Sleepy girl...

Already playing and eating...such an awesome girl!

Resting with daddy.

Kisses for mommy.

Mommy & Audrey getting ready to go to the OR.

...waiting for the doctor.

Well today was the day...Audrey finally had her eye muscle surgery this morning. Our doctor says the operation went very well, although we won't know exactly how well her eyes adjusted until our follow-up appointment next week. We got to the surgery center at 6 am and Audrey just played and chatted with the other patients in the waiting room until we were called to go back and get settled in. Considering she hadn't had anything to eat or drink for 12 hours and was exhausted, she did awesome! I went with her to the operating room and waited until she fell asleep, since they had to put her under general anesthesia. When she woke up she was very upset and disoriented. To be honest, Nathan and I were very scared when we saw her...she was so out of it and she was crying bloody tears...that was very hard to watch. BUT she woke up and started feeling better and rested as soon as we got home. Only a few short hours after the surgery was over, Audrey was eating, watching Sesame Street, and looking for trouble just like normal. :) She is amazing! Here are a few pics from our big day.

Growth spurt...

I took Audrey to her 18 month check up today and she is doing awesome! She had a major growth spurt since her last appointment. She is 33 inches long which puts her in the 89th percentile, and she weighs 25 pounds which puts her in the 64th percentile (she used to be in the 44th percentile). The doctor wanted to make sure she is developing well. She is doing better than the recommendations for toddlers her age. The doctor also wanted to make sure she knew at least 8 words and I told him she knows about 30 words! :) He was very pleased and so am I. I am very proud of her and all she is learning everyday.

18 months already???

Wow...can it be true? Is my baby already 18 months old? It is frightening how quickly time flies by these days. Nathan and I were just looking back through all of our pictures the other day and we were reminded of all the fun things we have been able to share with Audrey and how blessed we are. It has been a very eventful 18 months and we are so excited to see what God has in store for our little girl in the future!

Since I haven't been able to find the time to finish Audrey's scrapbook...I thought it would be fun to make a list of all the fun and amazing things Audrey can do and say so that I can keep track. One day we can look back at this and I can tell her about how funny she was and how she always made us laugh. :) Bear with me...

Words Audrey can say (or her version of them anyway)...

-teeth

-ear

-eye

-ducky

-fish - she she

-auntie - tee tee

-baby

-happy

-eat

-cheese

-bean

-shoe

-sock

-tree

-bye bye

-hi

-mama & mommy

-dada & daddy

-Audrey - audee

-uh oh

-puppy

-picture - pitcher

-cheek - chee

-opa - bopa

-gramma - gama

-blue

-knock knock - na na

-thank you - tank ooh

-chair

-whoa & wow

Body parts Audrey can point to...

-eye

-ear

-hair

-head

-nose

-cheek

-chin (still learning)

-elbow (still learning)

-foot

-hand

-mouth

-teeth

-belly

Fun little things...

-she loves Sesame Street...especially Elmo and his goldfish Dorothy

-she blows kisses, gives high-fives and knucks (taps her knuckles with yours)

-she is very silly...laughs at anything

-she loves reading her books and is usually carrying one around with her

-she loves Taylor Swift...she evens hums along, pats her legs, & wiggles in her car seat when we have her cd in

-her favorite food is refried beans and anything daddy feeds her from the couch

-she calls any kids she sees "baby!"

-she can put her glasses on by herself

-she loves to take off her clothes

-she can color with a crayon (every crayon is "blue" though)

-she is pretty efficient at feeding herself

Well that is about it I guess. Thank goodness for the internet...now I don't have to stress about my scrapbooks. haha! If you actually made it to the end of this horribly long blog entry you are awesome! ;)

Here is a little video of Audrey wearing daddy's gloves...she was being so cute I couldn't resist the video op.