A 7mo. Baby with a Lil' Tooth!

Hello faithful readers who are still bothering to check my blog even though I rarely update. With facebook as it is, I feel like everyone already knows my life and I have nothing to blog about that you don't already know. (Except for you dear Gran E. since you don't have facebook :)
Oh, let's just start with today. It was wonderful. I just got a simple day to hang out with Chris and Audrey. It started wonderfully. My sweet husband gets Audrey on Saturday mornings and puts her down for her first nap, all before I even get up! I slept until 10:30 today! Any other day and I'm up by probably 7:30-8ish. I'm okay with it, but it's never easy and I hope Chris knows how much I appreciate him doing that for me! So, Audrey took her 1st nap from 9a to Noon! Oofdah, that was nice! Chris and I just hung out in our jammies until then, fun fun. I love Saturdays!

Then we ate lunch here at home when Audrey woke up. We try to eat with her otherwise she freaks out that we're eating and she's not. Then we went to Walmart and Target to get various things. This was somewhat exhausting for me. Nothing worse than croweded stores, ugh. Sooooo many people at Walmart.

We also went to look at a house, which we do from time to time. I think looking at houses has become a bit of a hobby. When we started, over a year ago, I didn't know much. I still don't know much, but I know a lot more and have strong opinions on many things having to do with houses. Chris and I have it pretty much down as to what we want in a house/yard, but then again, we change our minds every so often. Anyhoo, then it was time for Audrey to sleep again. She slept from 3p-6p! Wowee! She was a textbook baby today!

At 6p we went and had supper at Tinns, it's a yummy sandwhich place by Sam's Club. Then we went to the mall and strolled around. Audrey lasts a long time in her stroller just happily people watching :) We ran into Susan and Denny (My aunt and uncle) at Pennys! Fun fun. Audrey was glad to see them. She stared Denny down as she does with most men, haha. Susan gots smiles outta her.

Then we came home! We played with Audrey for a few mintues, then I gave her a bath, read her 2 books and off to sleep she went. She goes down to bed so well. All we do is put her in her crib, she grabs her little bunny blanket, rolls to the left, puts her thumb in her mouth, and closes her eyes. Sometimes she plays around a little and then goes to sleep, but she never cries. She does cry when she wakes up sometimes, but whatev.

So, there's my nice day. What else to say....Audrey got a bottom right tooth, her first! I was at home telling Chris about a baby I know, who is Audrey's age, who has 2 bottom teeth. I was holding Audrey when I said it. Just for fun I felt her gums again, like I do everyday, and lo and behold, a sharp little white tooth was poking through! She had a rough couple days. I could tell she was hurting a bit and she woke up once in the night for 2 days. Tylenol seemed to help quite a bit. Now, she seems back to normal.

I'm still making her food. She's eating carrots, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, apples, and bananas. I tried beans, but they were so disgusting, I couldn't give them to her. They tasted like mushy water. I'd probably have to buy fresh beans in order for them to taste better. So far, over the month I've been making her food, I have save $68 appoximately. So that's pretty cool. However, I discovered that the peaches and pears would be slightly cheaper to buy packaged. Maybe I bought the fruit at a high price, but they were just too expensive and didn't make enough food to beat out the store price. Everything else by far was cheaper to make at home. So, maybe if I find peaches/pears on sale, I'll make them again.

Chris and I are still workin' away, Chris everyday, me not everyday, but lots this past week and the week to come! I miss my fam when I'm at work! Things are ok there. We're being set up with mentors, us newer peeps. My mentor is a super neat lady. She's really really interested in making me feel good about the unit and my job. She's really encouraging and loves to hear whatever I have to say. I was hesitant at first, but now I think it's a pretty good idea. It's nice to have someone who specifically wants you to approach them with any questions/concerns.

I think IBM could use a mentor program! haha. Chris is left to fend for himself day-by-day. I'm so proud of how hard he works. It's a tough job, but he never gives up, despite the minimal guidance and availbe people to answer questions.

I basically get begged to ask questions and learn, but Chris has to beg to get his questions answered, something's not right there.....hmmmm.

Ok, here's some fun pics of sweet Audrey Joanna, 7 months old now!

Thanks for reading!

Audrey Loves to Stand!

A Happy Girl :)

Bottom right! (Her right)

Audrey is quite perplexed by this doll.

"I love bubbles and bathtime!"