Yes, it's taken this long

...to write an update. I keep trying to write posts, which I then abandon because it gets so long winded. So much has happened in the past month! Audrey had her 4 month appointment (At 4 months, 3 weeks) weighing in at 16 lbs. 3 oz, and is 27 inches long. She's still in the 90th & 97th percentiles--is anyone really surprised?

We took our big trip to the Midwest for Christmas and everything went well--there were definitely things that could've gone better. For instance, John could've been carrying dark chocolate squares in his pocket to pop into my mouth when I started getting crabby (crabby being an understatement) on our first flight to Denver. We never fully realized that breakfast is the most important meal of the day for me until I skipped it and decided to travel a couple thousand miles with a baby. That's just a lesson that had to be learned the hard way. It turns out, I'm more pleasant to be around during 13 hours of natural labor as opposed to a two hour plane ride with no snacks. But the low blood sugar and verbal abuse (for John) was worth it to see so many friends and family. Audrey was spoiled beyond belief for Christmas. We ended up shipping back two boxes and had a second Christmas when they got to the house in Kennewick.

(p.s. the return flight was much more pleasant and involved no bouts of hysteria and hardly any complaining. There was also lots and lots of chocolate--trust me, it helps.)

In other news: Audrey is changing so quickly, it's hard to keep up. In the last few weeks, she has gone from wanting nothing to do with sitting still to sitting like a frog and now being able to support herself sitting up most of the time. Rolling over is old news--she is now trying to figure out this whole crawling thing. She's been able to squirm her way across the floor to toys and is working on pushing her torso up and getting that fluffy butt up with her knees. We've decided it's time to seriously get on top of the baby proofing project.

New Years Eve for us was laid back this year; we ate a lot of snacks and hung out with our friends George and April and their two boys Lucas and Graydon. It was nice to hear little kid squeals and running feet in the house; it makes me look forward to the chaos that my life will become with several kids.

Well, I've already busted one of my two New Year's Resolutions (to finish an update for the blog by the New Year) My other Resolution this year is more serious (not to mention more realistic): to live my life according to God's plans. I figure it's the surest way to actually keep a resolution. Whatever plans I think I have in place, God usually finds a way to make them better whether I can see it or not.

I hope everyone had a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year! Now that I've gotten the big stuff out of the way, I hope to update more often about the silly little every day things my life revolves around.