Annie and Audrey

Audrey loves Annie. Well, she loves any dog, but Annie is the one we can pet. Annie is a very patient dog that allows Audrey to follow her around and give her "hugs" (which is laying on the dog when she is sitting still) and "kisses"(imagine what a one year old child offers as a kiss).

Tonight when Annie went outside, Audrey followed her to the door. Audrey waited there for a few minutes and when Annie started begging to come in, Audrey pulled up toward the window in order to "touch" the dog. She was so excited to be on the same level as the dog. If you didn't know better, you would have thought Annie was equally excited.

Girls Week Out

Olivia, Audrey and I made a trip to Denver when my nephew was born. It was a great girls trip and we had a lot of fun visiting all of our cousins. Olivia and Malorie had a great time playing with each other. One of their favorite things to do was to play in the gazebo in the backyard. Olivia would carry the owl(which is intended to scare away birds from building unwanted nests) around as though it was her baby. I am not sure what she was imagining but every time I looked out the window to check on them she had the owl.

She thought she was the cat's meow when she was able to stay up as late as Mom each night. Although we were usually in bed by 10:00, she would spend the last half hour asking how much longer until we went to sleep. Then she would find things to do, such as wearing Uncle Matt's shoes, while we were waiting to go to bed. It was all she could do to keep her eyes open, but she wanted to prove herself as a "big" girl.


We had a great trip. It was a nice time to bond with each other and to see our extended family.


Oh, and we loved seeing baby Thomas!!!