Happy Halloween

Well Halloween is now less than 24 hours away and I am waaaaaaaaay excited!! I just love the holidays but with this one being Audree's very 1st Halloween it makes it even better. We will be visiting all of the grandparents tonight and then trick or treating at some friends house so they can see Audree. We will be meeting up with Audree's best friend Kolby and they will be trick or treating together. I hope everyone has a safe and fabulous halloween!! Check back for pics!!

♥ The Buechels

Daizee

Well everyone who has seen my mini dachshund knows that she thinks she is human. She doesn't like other dogs, she hates walking in the grass, she eats in the living room when we eat, she sleeps on her side with her head sticking out of the covers, she is just like a human. Well tonight I walk into Audree's room and this is what I saw:





She is laying in Audree's bouncer!! I swear this dog just cracks me up.

Punkins Part 2

My sister came over tonight and we had some sister time and carved some more pumpkins!! Here they are!!

Here is my punkin!!



My Sisters

Novemeber Awareness for Preemies

November is when we focus the nation’s attention on the impact premature birth has on babies and families, and on the opportunities for prevention.
Today more than 1,400 babies in the U.S. will be born prematurely. Many will be too small and too sick to go home.

Moreover, rates of prematurity have increased by 35 percent since 1981. More than half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States each year. In about four out of every 10 cases, the causes are unknown. They face weeks or even months in the intensive care unit. (NICU). These babies face an increased risk of serious medical complication, and death; however, most eventually will go home.

The petition for preemies:

1. We urge the federal government to increase support for prematurity-related research and data collection as recommended by the Institute of Medicine and the Surgeon General’s Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth, to:
(a) identify the causes of premature birth;
(b) test strategies for prevention;
(c) improve the care, treatment and outcomes of preterm infants;
(d) and better define and track the problem of premature birth.
2. We urge federal and state policymakers to expand access to health coverage for women of childbearing age and to support smoking cessation programs as part of maternity care.
3. We call on hospitals and health care professionals to voluntarily assess c-sections and inductions that occur prior to 39 weeks gestation to ensure consistency with professional guidelines.
4. We call on businesses to create workplaces that support maternal and infant health. View our 14 recommendations. (workplacecriteria.pdf, 90kb)





Coming from a mother of a premature child I am very for learning more about premature babies, why they come early and helping get better technology to care for these babies. When Audree was born there were over 20 babies in the NICU that needed care. My child was born @ 32 weeks and had to be placed on a ventilator on day 1 of her life. She couldn't breath on her own because she was so premature her lungs were not developed. She was receiving several different treatments every hour to help her grow and not get sick. During Audree's NICU stay she had her up's and down's and it is hard to watch your child lay in a bed hooked up to all of these machines and you can't do anything for them. You have to just sit back and let the nurses and Dr's take care of the baby and they educate you to the best of their ability.

A Quick Prayer

If everyone cuold please stop and quick little prayer for our best friends and Audree's Godparents. They have some exciting things going on and their lives right now and we are just wanting everything to work out for them. If you could please pray for them that things will workout for them this week and pray that everything will go smoothly!!!

Thanks a million!!

Some Misc Pics Of Audree

So Im not quite sure why this pics never got posted but as I was uploading the pics from our fun filled weekend these were on the camera so I decided I would put them up for yall to see. I know yall just love seeing pics of Audree. haha

Saturday Fun

Today Brett & I took Audree, My Little Sister and our neice to Kaska Family Farm in West. We had a BLAST while we were there. They had mini golf, corn shooting, mazes, hay rides, cow train rides, and so much more. Laura, our neice, ran from one side of the field to the other because she was so excited and didn't know what to do first. We went through the HUGE maze that is over 3 miles long. Most people it takes over 1 hour to get through but Laura got us out of there in 45 minutes. She got to be the line leader and choose which directions we got to go. We all rode the cow train and Audree laughed her head off. It went pretty fast too, but she was hanging on tight to me! We all went on the hay ride and that was pretty fun. After we were pooped out from all the fun we had we headed on home, but not without stopping at Cracker Barrel for lunch! I just ♥ that place!! Here are some more pics from our fun filled day

Punkins!!!

Tonight we decided we would carve our first pumpkin! We bought 2 BIG ones at the pumpkin patch earlier today but we are saving those for Thursday night. We went to HEB and got a good sized pumpkin to carve and then we got a little one for Audree. We painted Audree's name on her's since she is too little to carve pumpkins. We all had a blast doing it. Here are some pics from the night. ENJOY!

Aud Loo

So my sister in law wrote a blog about her little girl Laura and how she has raised her, loves her, etc. In response to this blog this is what I wrote:

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I never knew how much I could love someone until I had Audree. The moment we found out I was pregnant, my whole world changed. I loved her and I hadn't even met her yet. She was only 3.5 mm when we first saw her on that screen (6 weeks and 5 days pregnant). I anticipated every ultrasound, every kick, every heartbeat, everything she would do while she was inside of me. The joys of pregnancy and motherhood are those that women should cherish forever and ever. Once Audree was born my heart was now outside of my body not inside anymore. She amazes me every single day, I love waking up to her, talking to her, the way she touches me, the way her little fingers wrap around mine, they way those big blue eyes stare at me with such admiration and love. Children are a true blessing from God... they teach us so many things in life that most people take for granted. I know in Audree's short 8 months she has been in this world with us she has taught a lot of us many things.... look at how hard she struggled the first month of her life! Never gave up, kept on fighting, and now you would never ever know she was 2 months early!!!
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You know being a mother is truely one of the greatest blessings on earth. To have and to hold your own flesh and blood goes above and beyond my wildest imagination. To anybody who says they dont believe in love at first sight.... once you see your own child there is your love at first sight. I am so emotional when it comes to my daughter (hence Im crying as Im typing). There are so many times that I just look at her and cry tears of joy. So many times I wake up in the middle of the night just to get up and watch her sleep. So many times I just sit and think about her and what all she will accomplish in her lifetime. Its just amazing to me!

Women... count your blessings every day. Tell your children you love them, hold them every second you can, kiss them every opportunity, and most importantly spend every waking moment you can with them.

Audree mommy and daddy love you very much. You are our hero, our strength, our rock, our first and last breathe of everyday, you are our entire world! We do not know what we ever did without you in our lives. You are truely the apple of your daddy's eye. The way he stares at you just melts my heart, the way he hugs you and says how much he loves his little girl, when he calls you his little sweet in low package it just brings so much joy and happiness into my life. You are the light of my life! The first time you said momma (by the way which is her first word) I cried and hugged you so tight, the first time I held you was like I was holding an angel, the first time I got to feed you was one of the proudest days of my life, and the day we got to bring you home felt like I was on top of the world. Mommy & Daddy want you to know that no matter what you do we will ALWAYS be proud of you and SUPPORT you 150%!

The saying is true... big things do come in small packages!

Rollie Pollie Ollie

Well my daughter is seriously a rollie pollie. Last night I had her laying on her back and she rolled from one side of the room to the other. It was the cutest thing ever!! I said Audree you are going to run into the wall and sure enough there she went!! Ill try to get a video of it tonight and post it later, but we all know how Audree is when the video camera comes out.... she FREEZES!

She is also trying her hardest to crawl! She pulls herself with her arms to get what she wants but she hasn't quite got the idea of how to make herself stay up on all fours. She is also ♥ ing to walk! She HATES sitting down or laying down (unless he is rolling). My mom said the other day she put her bottle on the blanket and Audree pulled the blanket until it got to her! HAHA that is the way to do it..... She is just too smart!!!

Kaska Family Farm

Im so exicted for this weekend!! We are taking Audree to the Kaska Family Farm in West! We've never been but Ive heard really good things about it. They have mazes, duck races, hay rides, cow rides, corn shooting, pumpkin patches, etc. Oh how I just love fall and the fun family things that come with it!!

P.S. HOW ABOUT THAT COLD FRONT?!?! OH I ♥ COLD WEATHER!!

IM ALIVE!!

HAHAHA okay so today Im feeling SO SO SO SO SO much better than I have for the last 4 days. After I went to the Dr, I picked up my powerful antibiotics and cough syrup and I can BREATHE again!! Oh the joys of medicine!!

The Verdict Is In......

DUN DUN DUN..........

I finally went to the Dr today after missing 2 days of work because I feel like crud. I have an upper resp infection, bronchitis and an infection in my lung? I think that goes in with the URI though. Anywho Im on antibiotics and cough syrup so hopefully Ill start feeling better soon!!!

So far Audree hasn't gotten it so keep praying she doesn't. We have gone 8 months without her ever being sick and we want to keep that streak going strong!!

Thanks to everyone who has emailed and txt me to tell me I hope I get better!! I apprecaite it, yall rock!! Now Im off to take my cough syrup and conk out (its has codeine it, so I'll be in lala land)

Sweet Sisterly ♥

So my little sister decided that she wanted to spend the night with us tonight so of course we welcomed her with open arms. I was so excited all day because we dont ever really "hang" out. She ♥ Audree and ♥ to come and play with her so Audree would get to spend some time with Aunt Kistin too!!

We took her to play putt putt, Brett beat both of us and I came in last :o(, then we went down the slides at kiddiland.... HOLY COW I FLEEEEEEEEW down those slides!! HAHA we were screaming the whole time, then we rode the go carts. She beat me on those too, my car was SLOW! We came home and she helped me give Audree a bath and now we are going to watch Baby Mama (hopefully its funny, my sis picked it out)

Tonight has been so much fun just hanging out with my little sister. Im so proud of her in everything she had done. She has grown up to be such a BEAUTIFUL and SMART woman. I can still remember the day she was born and I held her in my arms for the first time. She was like a little baby doll to me ( I was 7 when she was born). I slept in her room when I was at my dad's and every little whimper she would make I would jump up and make sure she was a okay. I always babysat her during the summers, I was like a mini mom to her. Watching her grow up is difficult for me, because I still wish at times she was little. I just want the best for her in life and I know that she will get there. She is so talented and so sweet. I ♥ you!!!

♥ sissy

Feeling Under The Weather

So Brett's dad got sick with a sore throat & got all stuffy last week. Well then Brett got it, his sister has and DUN DUN DUN now I have it!

Last night it hit out of nowhere. I was playing with Audree and my throat was feeling a little sore and it just got worse at the night went on. I woke up off and on all night just tossing and turning and getting up to drink cold water for my throat. Then I got stopped up!! UGH...

Happy Birthday Kinners!!

Well Miss Kinley turns 1 tomorrow!! I can't believe it, seems like it was just yesterday me and your mommy were talking about when you were going to come out and make your appearance. You are such a BEAUTIFUL little girl!!!

Momma Momma Momma

Audree is saying MOMMA!! Ladies and gentleman I say my daughter said MOMMA first NOT DADA!!! She said it like 20 times in a row tonight!!! She looked straight at me and said it and reached her arms up.. I called Brett in here and he heard it too!! AHHHH Im so freaking excited!!! Of course she wont say it when i have to recorder out!! Go figure

Baby's 1st Halloween

You know with every new holiday it becomes Audree's first holiday to experiance! My dad bought her this onsie and since it was cool enough to wear this morning she decided to model it for me. Isn't she too cute?

Its What I ♥ About Sundays...

Sunday's are our LAAAAAAAAAAAAZY days! We generally go to church, eat breakfast at Lolita's then lounge around watch football all day long. Usually me and Audree lay down and take lots of naps on Sundays!! HAHA Here are me and my baby this Sunday, it just melts my ♥

Before I Was A Mom

Before I was a Mom…
I made and ate hot meals.
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom…
I slept as late as I wanted.
And never worried about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth every day.

Before I was a Mom…
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.

Before I was a Mom…
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was Mom…
I had never been puked on,
Pooped on,
Spat on,
Chewed on,
Peed on,
Or pinched by tiny fingers.

Before I was a Mom…
I had complete control of my mind,
My thoughts.
My body,
And my time.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom…
I never held down a screaming child,
So that doctors could do tests,
Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
Watching a baby sleep.


Before I was a Mom…
I never held a sleeping baby just because.
I didn’t want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces.
When I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.

Before I was a Mom…
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn’t know that something so small
Could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom…
I had never risen in the middle of the night .
Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,
The joy,
The love,
The heartache,
The wonderment,
Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so
Much before I was a Mom!

- Author unknown -

Good Report

Since Audree was a premature baby we were automatically referred to a place called the Klaris Center. The Klaris Center is an early childhood intervention program.They come out every 3 months to make sure Audree iso n treack with her development. So far we have been right on track for her being 8 months old, but ever if she were behind they would correct her age to her being 6 months due to her being 2 months early.

She came out to do Audree's 8 month check up and was so pleased with her. Of course Audree still isn't rolling over , but she can do it. I told Rhonda that I think it scares her to flop over. So Rhonda played with her and taught us more exercises to do with her. She said Apryle, she is so strong, there is no doubt in my mind she can't do it. She thinks Audree is just a laid back kid and knows she doesn't have to do it. HAHA IMAGINE THAT!! Audree is also advanced for some things she is already doing! She is doing some things a 9 and 10 month are doing so that just makes my heart fill up with so much joy and happiness!

Here are the things she should be and are doing:

turn toward voices
reach for toys and pick them up
roll over front-to-back and back-to-front
play with my toes
help hold my bottle during feedings, if I'm bottle fed
know the faces of my family members
babble, squeal, & repeat vowel sounds, like “ooh,” “ah”, “ee”
sit by leaning on my hands

Here are things a 9-10 month old are doing and Audree is already doing some of these!! I "*" the ones she does!

copy sounds or gestures
***reach for crumbs or other small things with my thumb and fingers
***move toys from one hand to the other hand
***straighten my arms to support myself when I'm on my stomach
***understand the word "No" (to an extent, she tends to laugh at me haha)
***sit without help

Audree has DEFINTLEY beaten all odds that were against her. I mean her being born 2 months early defintley worried us not only for her health but for her development. Everyone tells me Apryle its okay if she isn't doing what a 8 month old does, she is really only 6 months old. I always tell them, no we aren't going buy those standards. She is 8 months old, and by golly she will do what a 8 month old does. My biggest fear in life was that she would be behind, and not that I wouldn't love her any less, but I want her to be on track and live life to her fullest potential. She is so proving me right!

As I write this she is playing in her high chair just having a bawl. I just look at her and my eyes fill up with tears. She is my pride and joy, she is my hero, she is my angel, she is my rock, she is my soul, she is my world, she is my everything.

I loved you from the very start,
You stole my breath, embraced my heart.
Our life together has just begun
You're part of me my little one.
As mother with child, each day I grew,
My mind was filled with thoughts of you.

I'd daydream of the things we'd share,
Like late-night bottles and Teddy bears.
Like first steps and skinned knees,
Like bedtime stories and ABC's.
I thought of things you'd want to know,
Like how birds fly and flowers grow.

I thought of lessons I'd need to share,
Like standing tall and playing fair.
When I first saw your precious face,
I prayed your life be touched with grace.
I thanked the angels from above,
And promised you unending love.

Each night I lay you down to sleep,
I gently kiss your head and cheek.
I count your little fingers and toes;
I memorize your eyes and nose.
I linger at your nursery door,
Awed each day I love you more.

Through misty eyes, I dim the light,
I whisper, "I love you" every night.
I loved you from the very start,
You stole my breath, embraced my heart.
As mother and child our journeys begin,
My heart's yours forever little one

Um Excuse Me Daddy....

Can i have some of your fries?

So today at lunch Brett was eating some french fries and Audree was wanting some really really bad. She even pulled herself to a standing position and basically lunged to get them! We were laughing at her so hard.. She kept saying num num num num. It was the cutest thing.






This was her after the fries. She must have worn herself out! HAHA She is growing way to fast :o(

Haunted House # 2

Well after yesterdays HUGE win for TEXAS LONGHORNS over CHOKLAHOMA it was time for us to make our journey to the haunted house. Me, Brett, Adam & Emily (my sister in law) all went to La Fiesta and had dinner. We were all talking about the UT game, past concerts ( HAHA EM @ Ashlee Simpson with me, and just more crazy things).

After dinner we made the drive to Round Rock to go to Austin's scariest haunted house! We got there and there was a clown sitting outside with a chain saw chasing people as they came out of the house. One girl came out, thought she was safe, then BAM here came the clown and she fell on her rear! HAHAHA it was pretty darn funny.

Brett, Me, Adam, & Emily all went into the first Haunted House... It was called Slaughter Circus or something like that. This house was FREAKY! There were people popping out of everywhere! THe costumes they had on wear AMAZINGLY scarey. My poor sister in law about had a heart attack through this haunted house. They were picking on her really bad because they knew she was the scardest. She said she kept her eyes closed through the whole thing. I felt bad for her...

So after we were down with the first one we were on to the second one. This one was called Blood Frenzy. We couldn't convinve my sister in law to go into the second one with us, so it was just me, Brett & Adam. We made Adam go in first, I was second and Brett was last. This house was really really gory and we even got splashed with some "blood". We walked through this one part where the walls kind of sucked you in. It was like inflatable walls that closed in on you and you had to push your way through it to get into the other part of the house. When we got to the end this guy with a chainsaw came out of nowhere and started chasing us!

We had a GREAT time!! I just ♥ haunted houses!!

Friday Night Fair Fun

Well last night we took Audree to her very first fair!! My dad and stepmom met us up there and we had a blast!

We started out our night by watching some animals race! They were soooo cute... they had pigs, goats, chickens, and roosters! Let me tell you those pigs are FAST! After the animal races we took Audree to the petting zoo. They had a kangaroo in there and she thought it was so funny! It would hop by us and she would just start laughing! It was to to cute!

We went in the exhibit building and of course I wanted to buy everything in sight! They had a booth with mud pie brand clothing and oh it was hard to just walk by and not buy anything from there. For those who dont know what mud pie is, its a girly brand of clothes. Audree has a few peices from there line and they are to just die for!

We also went into the agriculture building and they had a lot of neat stuff in there. Of course we played like big kids in a toy store! They had a huge bubble blower so we went and blew bubbles in there for Audree.

After that we went and saw a little bit of the rodeo. They had the calf scramble and I just thought that was so mean. Those poor little calfs!! I mean first their head gets wrapped up and then their feet! We got to see the bull riding too and I really really liked that!

When the rodeo let out we walked the Midway and my stepmom won Audree a stuffed dog! Audree ♥ ed it! She held onto it all night long! My dad also bought her a light up necklace which she played with all night long. My dad, Brett and myself rode the pole position which is like a mini roller coaster. That thing spun us all around and I screamed the whole time! HAHA

Overall we had a WONDERFUL fun night! Audree dozed off from to time in the stroller but she partied all night with us!! Haha

Here are some pics from our loaded night of fun!

Rotten to the core.......

Well Audree sure does have her grandparents wrapped around her little fingers!! My mom went and bought her some new toys for her house last night and my dad went shopping this morning for her! My dad has been saying he was going to buy her the mickey mouse clubhouse dvd, because Aud ♥ mickey... Well this morning I get a phone call from my dad saying he changed his mind! Instead he bought her this fisher price piano toy. I said dad save that for Christmas, because this one kind of a big toy. Well i was talking to myself because my dad didn't pay any attention to what I was saying. So tonight my dad and stepmom came over and brought her the toy. Audree played with the box (haha) while my dad put it together. Audree had so much fun banging on that piano and making music!!

Another SCARY adventure

Yep this weekend me, brett, my sister in law, her "friend", is that what i should call him Em? and his cousin are making the trip to Austin to go to the mansion of terror!! AHHHHHH im so excited its another haunted house 2 weekends in a row. My sister in law is TERRIFIED of haunted houses so this should make it even more fun! I told her to wear extra protection in case she pees her self! haha ♥ ya Em!

The website is http://www.mansionofterror.com

I said Brrr... Its Cold In Here

So I am loving the cool weather we are having!! Not only do I like it for myself, but Im finally getting to dress Audree in all of her cute long sleeve shirts!! This morning I put her in my FAVORITE gymboree outfit she has!!

Pics from Sat night

Birthday Fun

Well last Saturday we drove up to Pflugerville to attend my little cousins bday party. We had 1 big family party for the 2 of them since gas is expensive and we would have had to drive down almost 2 weekends in a row.

My uncle grilled out ribs, chicken, & sausage while my aunt made 7 layer dip, deviled eggs, stuffed jalapenos, and the best baked beans ever!

Audree had a great time playing with her cousins. Here are some pics!

My My how time flies

Well Saturday my baby will turn 8 months old. I can't believe it! I know I say this everytime but as each month passes by I just get amazed at how fast time has gone by. This time last year I was 3.5 months pregnant and 1 month away from finding out that we were going to be having our precious baby girl.

Here are some things she is doing:

* Weighs in at a whopping 21 pounds
* Is 28 inches long
* Holding her bottle
* Eating baby food- all veggies and fruits
* Sitting up on her own
* Will reach her arms out for you when she wants to be held
* Loves reading the light up books
* Still babbling, no definite words yet
* Blowing raspberries all the time
* Getting better at grabbing things
* Will pull herself from sitting to standing by just hanging on to your fingers
* Trying to pull herself from laying down to sitting up
* Trying to start crawling
* Still no teeth- should i be worried?

Her next appt with the dr isn't until Novemeber . Im excited because we do not have to get any shots!!!

Money Money Money........Moneeeeeeeeeeey

So from time to time I will get on ebay and see what kind good deals I can find! Last year I found tons of brand new with tags ralph lauren polo shirts in brett's size so i bought some for him. Also I have found tons of gymboree, gap, old navy, etc clothes brand new with tags for Audree on there. I was skeptical at first because Im really weird about clothes coming from places I dont know, but heck if they are brand new and never worn why not!!

So I get to thinking all these people are on Ebay just selling away and making money. So why not try it? I was looking around at what I could auction off and I thought hey why not try Audree's bumbo seat! It was just sitting in her closet and she only used it like 3 times. So here I go starting my journey to the world of Ebay. I made me an account and on my way I went. I didn't know how much it would sell for or if it would even sell at all but I couldn't lose anything just to try. I got several emails from people asking about shipping but never got a confirmed bid.

Well yesterday I open up my emails and TA DA!!! My bumbo seat had sold!! It sold for $29.60.. I was so excited! Yes we paid $40 for it but heck we got more than half of what we bought it for back! So now all i have to do it ship it!!

Heck this is some easy money.... So now Im going to try and sell some of Audree's clothes on there to see how much I could get for them. I mean she has outgrown them and they are just sitting in a tub in her closet. Im excited about my new adventure!! haha

Stinking Saints

So it was all up to the New Orlean Saints to win so we could win $195.00. Needless to say they let us down!

The first few plays were looking good. The Saints were rocking and rolling down the field and I just knew we had this in the bag. BUT as the game we on....... it slowly went downhill. Their stupid kicker missed the first field goal and I was screaming at the TV like what is wrong with you, that was an easy one, etc. Seriously he missed a freaking easy field goal. Well the game went on and the Vikings were up, but then the Saints would come back. It was a back and forth game all night long. At the end of the game the score was tied and the Saints had the ball... All they had to do was make a stinking field goal. So here comes the crappy kicker who missed the first one and BAM he misses it! A 46 yard field goal AND HE MISSES IT!! I was so mad!!

Ugh...... $195.00 in the palm of our hands and now its gone. BUT I guess thats just the way the cookie crumbles!

I can't resist her.....

So my daughter has learned how to reach her arms out when you walk past her to pick her up. She looks so darn cute and oh i can't resist it.

Today I came home for lunch, she is at home with daddy today, and she was playing in her exersaucer. I was crawling on the floor to scare her, i know im mean haha. As soon as she spotted me those blue eyes got big and there went the arms with a big ol smile. I was like how can i resist that?!?! So I picked her up and we loved on each other and played until I put her down for a nap.

She has also learned how to reach for someone when you are holding her. Like Ill be holding her and my mom will clap her hands to come to her and she will reach out for her. Also last Friday my dad was doing that to her. So she was reaching for him.... I said here lets try this. I put her on her tummy and was hoping she would crawl. Well she pushed off my legs and made it closer to him. My dad tried to pick her up and I said no dad let her try to crawl all the way to you. So with a little bit of coaching she finally scooted herself to him!! Of course we all clapped and praised her and we got the what the heck are you crazy people doing look from her! haha

my baby is growing :o(

Are you ready for some football?

Well every year Brett and I play in a football pot each week. We get to pick who we think will win the games and if you get the most correct then you win the pot. Every week varies in the amount of money, because it depends on the amount of people that play.

Every year I have won atleast 3 times and Brett has won atleast twice! This year Ive done HORRIBLE so far, but Brett has done so so. His mom won last week $190 smackerooners!! She was so nice with her money, she spent it on Laura and Audree! Audree got tons of cute cute clothes!! She got her the cutest glitter jeans from Childrens Place...

Brett is in the running for tonight! He is up against 2 other people so we need a combined score of 56 for him to win $195.00!! So lets hope for a high scoring game. LETS GOOO!!!!

We Came, We Saw, We CONQUERED!!

WOW last night was such an AMAZING night!!! We have been counting down the days until we got to go to the haunted house! There were 14 of us that went last night and it was so much fun

Amanda came over and met me at my hosue and off we went to have a great night of fun!! We all met at Kadee's (spelling?) in West for dinner before the big fun!! As soon as we walked in I knew we were all in for a night!! HAHA

After we ate, the show was ready to begin!!On the way there the guys sat in the back and were cracking all of us up!! Ernest mooned the cars behind us (people we work with haha), telling jokes, and then he SCARED US!! Tiffany turned on some halloween and music and the next thing i knew i had michael meyers staring me in the face..I screamed bloddy murder and then almost beat the crap out of him for doing that to me!!

As we were pulling up on the haunted house we all got giddy and scared! All the girls said oh gosh why did we decide to do this again? haha As soon as we walked in there was this haunted graveyard. There was this scarecrow looking guy and he was staring at me. Well of cuorse i start to freak out so i tell him you stay right there dont move. So what does he do?? he comes out of there and starts chasing me! Im screaming and take off running and he wont stop following me!! Finally he goes back to who knows where and leaves me alone.. WHEW I was scared out of my mind!

The first house we went into was the castle! It had big flames coming from the front of it and the knight looking guy tellings us all of the rules. We got to go in 7 at a time so that was a lot of fun! It was so smokey in there it was unreal... Things were popping out of everywhere, coming up from behind you, and oh yeah SAYING YOUR NAME!!! Yeah thanks guys I really appreciate it. Yes the guys told them my name so they said it all through the houses...3 out of 5 houses to be exact!

The 2nd house was a maze and that was so freaking SCARY!! We went in and had to fin our way out. There were dead ends, clowns, CHAINS SAWS, fences being banged on by monsters, etc. Needless to say I got stuck by the guy with chainsaw and grabbed Kelly by her waist and buried my head in her back! HAHA AND YES i got chased by these guys saying me name too!

The 3rd house was the Arcane Asylum... we all decided we would go in just us girls. YEAH BAD IDEA!! HAHA this house was full of CRAZY people! The floors would shake from underneathe us, you had crazy patients popping out at you oh it was nuts but so much fun!

The 3rd house was just a haunted graveyard... I didn't really care for it that much though. It wasn't very scarey, even though i jumped a few times! haha AND THATS WHERE THE SCARECROW GUY WAS! He kept staring at me and he gave me the heeby jeebies!!

The 4th house we went into was one we had to pay for. It was an additional attraction but people were saying it was the scariest one there. So once again all of the girls go in because the guys didn't want to pay to go in. 6 of us girls went in. At first its like a museum type thing where they have all of the old movie characters: frankenstein, dracula, etc. They said who is going to be the line leader.. somehow my name got mentioned! Needless to say my name was mentioned throughout that WHOLE house!! This was the SCARIEST one by far! People were popping out of holes in the wall, arms would reach out and try to grab you, ohhh it was nuts!! Tiffany and Jaimie fell in this one!! HAHA i can still see them falling haha.. they got so scared the got all tripped up. All 6 girls came out of this house screaming and running... yeah and when it ended there was a big crowd of people! haha they just looked at us.

The final house we went into was the 3d Pirate house. We waited in line for this one for about a hour. It was the last one of the night and we were all getting tired and our backs and legs hurt so freaking bad. Once we got to the gate they gave us 3d glasses to put on. I knew we were in for it then!! This was such an AMAZING house! The walls were popping out of you, things you thought weren't real were real, oh it was great! There was a midget in the house that chased Tiffany and she took off running! HAHA it was hiliarious!! The end of this house had a tunnel you had to walk there.. the tunnel spun and you were walking over a bridge type thing with that tunnel spinning around you and you have the 3d glasses on. We were all screaming saying whoa whoa whoa we all felt like we were falling.

On the way home i think i laughed harder than i ever have in my entire life!! I was crying I was laughing so hard it was unreal!! We stopped at whataburger in hillsboro and ernest comes in with the michael meyers mask on. i was like oh great were gonna get kicked out haha

Overall, we had a blast!! We didn't get home until 2:30 this morning so i was beat today!

**I LEFT MY CAMERA IN TIFFANYS CAR SO ITLL BE TOMORROW BEFORE I CAN GET PICS UP**

1 More Day.....

Well tomorrow is the day we are all going to the Haunted House! I know some of yall are probably thinking Im nuts to be so excited over the haunted house, but i just ♥ going!! This morning we walked in and Jaimie and I looked at each other and screamed 1 more day!! HAHA Last night when Amanda came over its all we talked about. its like we are going to Disney World or something...were crazy!!

Tomorrow morning we will get up and head to Austin for my little cousins birthday parties. It starts at noon so we have to leave there by no later the 3. Once I get home I will have 1 hour to get Audree bathed, clothed, and everything ready for her bed. Daddy says I have to have everything laid out and he will put her to bed during half time of the Longhorn game. HAHA Brett is such a Longhorn fan its unreal! So Audree will stay at home with daddy and pawpaw Dave tomorrow night and help cheer on the Longhorns!!

Amanda and I will be leaving here around 5:30, then we are all meeting in West to have dinner. After that the night fun begins!! Oh I can't wait!! Yall come back now ya here.. haha well for pictures that is! Wish us luck..

Abigial Marie Is Here!!!

Well my friend Mandy has had her sweet baby girl. She was born last night @ 8:26 pm... she weighed in at 5.5 lbs and 19 inches long. She is just adorable and as sweet as can be! I know they are both ecstatic about the birth of their new daughter! She has been waiting to meet Abby for such a long time now!!

Shelly and I are going for a visit after I get off today!! I can't wait to see her in person!!

Welcome to motherhood Mandy!! Its worth every minute and you will truly see the meaning of love at first sight.