Update on the Little Monkey

Audrey is such a little stinker these days. Anyone who has seen her lately knows that she is the biggest ham around. She's been getting into everything lately, including Daddy's shoes:


We've been watching Christmas programs together.. you know the really old ones with awesome "clay-mation" type animation from 50 years ago. Here she is snuggling on the couch:

And exhausted from a long day of being cute and hilarious:

We had a doctor's check up recently, during which we got some new stats which I thought I'd share, since it was her last big doctor's check up for awhile. Our doctor said she looks wonderful and is right on the developmental track in every way. Praise the Lord for a beautifully healthy child!

Height: 33.5 inches (80th percentile)
Weight: 24 lbs. 15 oz. (45th percentile)
Head circumference: 17.75 inches (10th percentile). We joke that her head never grows, because it really hasn't grown much at all for a long time! She is perfectly proportionate though, so no harm done.

Let's see, what else... We'll be getting a potty training toilet for her soon. She is NOT ready to start potty training and I refuse to force her to start before she is ready. However, it wouldn't hurt to get her used to sitting on the little toilet so that when she IS ready, she knows what it is and doesn't freak out about having to sit naked on this weird plastic thing.

Audrey has quite a vocabulary these days. She says a lot of new words such as Cookie, Sweet (which sounds like wheat! That is a new one as of this morning), Juice (Joo), Cheese (Chee), Kitty (which sounds a lot like cookie), Bubble (pronounced perfectly), Baloon (boon), Cracker (cwackew), and more. Hilarious. She has me laughing all day long.

She has also taken to throwing tantrums. I'm talking, arching her back, screaming hysterically, kicking, thrashing around. This kid has a strong will underneath that sweet, mellow exterior. I believe we are well on our way to entering the famous Terrible Two stage, albeit a bit early. She freaks out if she doesn't get what she wants, which is normal for her age but frustrating all the same. Eric and I are disciplining her in small ways and discussing when we should start spanking. Yes, we will spank our children. Call us child abusers, but our kids will be disciplined in that way when needed, not out of anger but out of love and care and only when really necessary. Pray for us as we seek the Lord and grow as parents, stumbling along this road called Family Life!