Emmerson, Claire, Audrey and Caroline Bloede: March 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Cereal time!

Audrey got her first taste of rice cereal (at about 6 1/2 months). She tolerated it at best the first few days. More was on her than went in her at first. By day 3 or 4 she had it figured it out and now seems excited about it.

She kept looking at us like what are you doing to me!?!

Sweet messy face!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day was a fun day full of friends and yummy food!

All dressed in their green and ready to go!

First stop Einstein to meet Jack, Carter, and Ms. Marcy for green bagels.

Then Ms. Marcy realized she had a flat tire so we got to spend some extra time together in our car while we waited for help!

Next stop was meeting Aunt Brigee, Marin, and Quinn for cupcakes. Look at all those girls!

Last stop was home for dinner...green pancakes!

Claire turns 3!

Our sweet Claire is no longer a baby! She is 3! She is funny, sassy, caring, and over all very easy going. She loves to dance, sing, and play with her sister, She changes her clothes a million times a day but usually ends up in her pink tutu. She would live off "cream cheese bagels", popcorn, and ice cream if we let her. She LOVES her purple blanket and looks for any excuse to cuddle with it and us! She says things that we have no idea where they come from which makes us laugh everyday! Her and Emmerson have a bond that is so fun to watch. They are always together and most of the time don't know anyone else exist. We are so lucky that this sweet girl is ours!

All ready for her big day!

First stop Einstein for "cream cheese bagels".

and the real treat...chocolate milk!

Then we headed home for gifts!

Her and Daddy had to work on her bike to put some of her gifts on her "new" (Emmerson's old) bike.

New pink helmet, new baby doll seat, and new streamers...all ready to try it out!

A quick stop at the park before dinner!

and then our favorite ice cream shop!

Happy to let us sing to her.

Must have been good!

Her buddy Jack sent her a birthday video. She loved watching it!

We went in to see her at her time of birth and this is what she looked like! I think it was a great day for our sweet 3 year old!

Monday, March 24, 2014

6 months old

Sweet Audrey Mae is 6 months old! Time continues to fly by with this little one and we haven't found a way to slow things down. She seems so big all of a sudden. She has really settled into a schedule. Which is both good and bad. It was nice having the littlest be able to be on the go all the time but at the same time her days are now predictable. She is sleeping 11-12 hours at night and taking two naps a day. She is wearing 3-6 months clothes and starting to wear 6 months. We had her well check last week and everything looks good though the doctor joked that she is turning into one of our girls....as she continues to drop on the scales. The doctor said at her newborn appointment she assumed she would drop dramatically by 6 to 9 months. We never expected to have a baby in the 80% for anything! So the full term, big baby was fun while it lasted. For now we are still happy with the high 30%'s. She is still happy all the time. Full of smiles and giggles! She loves her sisters more than anything else. She is starting to really play with toys and notice Bella. Sadly she also is starting to know strangers and really prefer Mom and Dad.