Our trip to Northern California

We had so much fun visiting our Northern Cali friends and family! Audrey was so excited to play at Fairyland in Oakland, take a trip to Mariposa, celebrate Easter, and visit with lots of friends and family. We stayed with my mom and Bob in Vallejo and had so much fun! Thank you guys for sharing your house with us...I know we take up a lot of space! HA! :) Here are some of my favorite shots from our trip.

Finally found a space small enough for Audrey.

Calling some kid a "baby" and pointing so politely. :)

Walking the yellow brick road at Fairyland with tee-tee Bryanna.

Bryanna, gramma, Audrey, and me.

Gramma took Audrey on her first carousel ride! That was very fun.

Our beautiful cousin Callie in Mariposa. Audrey LOVES her...and so do I. :)

Uncle Mike, Aunt Rhonda, and Callie visiting with Audrey.

Great-grandma Nita has all the fun stuff!

I love my grams! xo

Audrey playing with Makayla. Lindsey and I were finally able to have a play date!

Playing at Aunt Denise's house in Walnut Creek.

Oops...the bird got out...and Audrey thought it was her own special toy. :)

My sombrero girl.

Easter at Susie's house in Pinole. Had so much fun visiting with family we don't get to see often.

Susie, Angela, Audrey, and Auntie Lillian.

Audrey made friends very quickly. :)

Audrey's first princess dress...a very special present from Renee & Madison. Thanks you guys...she LOVES it!

Visiting with Alma, Sebastian, & Alma. Audrey loves babies!

Silly girls.

My favorite! Bed head!

Nate and I got to go into the city ALONE! Thanks gramma & opa! We had so much fun.

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Love my little family. xo

Audrey & Donny.

Donny took the girls & Nate for a tractor ride...they LOVED this!

...with adorable (& silly) Madison & Chloe. :)

Madison was making Audrey laugh!

...already in a sugar coma. ;)

Nate with his cousins Kim & Donny and his aunt Nancy. We had a super fun second Easter!

New stuff...

Here are a few new pics from the last week or so. We are staying busy and getting ready for a trip out to Northern California this weekend. Audrey is doing very well. She has almost completely recovered form her surgery. Her eyes look great and are only slightly pink if she becomes upset or tired. After a few more days we will be able to go back to our normal routine at bath time too. As you can see, we got some more snow. This pic was taken this morning after only one evening of snow!

Our backyard...that tree to the right should be standing tall.

Audrey's new table...I am hoping to get her into art so I thought this would be great for us.

My love bug. Look at those straight eyes!

Wearing daddy's blues hat...cheesing for the camera.

A sweet moment with daddy.

Big girl pony tail!

My mom came out for Audrey's surgery and we had a fun weekend...the more distractions for Audrey the better we thought! :)

Chubby legs. :)

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.