Audrey the Gerber Baby

Not that the resemblance is uncanny, but I think Audrey looks a little like the Gerber baby! What do you think? Well, I think she's the cuter one anyhow.


We leave for California at 6:15am tomorrow morning. Don't get me started about how early I have to be up tomorrow. Matter of fact, I am dozing off just thinking about it. The trip is well worth the early flight, and we're going to have a wonderful time! I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Now back to the hectic preparations!

Audrey meets her Great Grandma Porowski and Great Aunt Anne

My birthday was last weekend. What a wonderful weekend it was! My Grandma Porowski was visiting my Aunt Anne in Chicago, and they drove up to see us. We spent a lovely day talking, eating, sightseeing around old Westerville, and getting to know one another better. Audrey liked them both right away. Grandma fed her, sang to her, and they were fast friends from the start!




We went to one of my very favorite restaurants for lunch: Mimi's Cafe! My cobb salad and honey oat bran muffin were glorious.


We ended the day with a nice dinner with Eric's parents at our house.

Yes, that is spit up on my arm. There are a few things that regularly adorn our clothing these days, and that is one of them. I'm sure you can guess the other.



Audrey and I will get to see Grandma again in a few weeks, as we are going to California for a week at the beginning of August! My sister Kim will be here for a few days before that, and I absolutely can't wait to see her.

Audrey's Film Debut, and more.

As I mentioned in my last post, Audrey has a starring role in this weekend's church announcements video, produced by none other than our small group. I love our small group to pieces! Here is Audrey's commercial (not unlike the initial baby e-trade commercial), narrated by yours truly! No babies were harmed in the making of this film.

Here is the entire video in two parts, as it was too big to post as one clip. I took out the long Promise Keepers promo, also. Thanks to Dave for all of the technical and editing work! Aaron stars as the news anchor, with Jason as the weatherman and Eric as sports caster! Ah.. these guys crack me up. This whole project is hysterical. Enjoy!

Part One:

Part Two:

Fun with church announcements

Our church usually does announcements for upcoming events in video form that can be watched on the side screens in during services. For a month or so this summer they've asked for volunteers to make the videos, probably to give the tech team a break and see what kinds of funny things people come up with. We've seen clever and funny film styles, and some just plain strange. Our small group volunteered to do it this week, so we got together Monday and Tuesday to brainstorm and film. I won't give away the theme or the antics we have prepared, but I will say that even Audrey has a starring role! (A member's a member, no matter how small! ha) Hopefully I can get copies or snippets of the videos (Audrey's at least) to post here. Meanwhile, here are a few pictures from our get togethers this week.

Eric waiting for Audrey's part

Aaron is only being filmed from the waist up... :p

Can you tell which room the humans are in?

Jason flashing gang signs. :p

Beau being his sweet, calm self.

Cassie and Loulea time

Watching Wipeout, of course.
(What happened to Laura's head?! I'm so sorry Laura!!)

Molly supervising from the couch.

New Banner!

Why is it that I am often most creative very late in the day (or very early)?! Who knows, but I have always been that way. I finished my new banner last night at around 2:30am... it's not like I need more excuses to stay up all night, right?! Sigh. I had a lot of fun with this one though. I started with a picture of Laguna Beach that my dad took several years ago:

Then I added clouds (which was super fun) and text:

And then tweaked the colors a bit for the final version. Plus I spent forever adding brushes and fonts to my wanna-be photoshop program called GIMP. So fun!

Maybe one day I'll get a creative streak in the middle of the day like normal people. :)

If you're happy and you know it...

Smile!! Particularly in the most adorable way ever!


Eric was making her talk and smile while I snapped pictures. Typical mom!




That's all for now. One post can only handle so much cuteness!

Decorating for VBS!

Our small group has been helping with the decorations for VBS at church during the past few nights. It's called Sonworld this year, and has an amusement park theme. The girls have been painting a mural:

While the boys made and painted other props:

Audrey supervised from Daddy's arms
and remained mostly the center of attention:

And then took a break when the project was underway.
A girl's gotta rest, ya know.