Happy New Year!

Audrey and I had a good time playing Phase 10 to celebrate the New Year!

She had a good hand here :)

Luke's Info

I'm sure you've all been wondering if we've heard from Luke...and we have! He's called a few times and emailed daily - we've also been able to instant message on facebook too:) He loves hearing from people back home, so if you have time send him an email: lgwestman@msn.com
Audrey and I are busy getting unpacked and settled into our new room at Luke's parents place - it feels SO good to finally be getting settled in again. We're missing Luke a lot but enjoying time with family and friends back here in MN. Thanks for all the kind words and prayers! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

I took Audrey to get her picture with Santa today & she didn't shed a tear but no smiles either:) While we enjoy all the gift giving (& getting!) we are truly thankful for the sacrifice Jesus made to give us the gift of eternal life in heaven - God has given us so many blessings this year and I hope everyone will have a chance to stop and count the blessings in their life and thank God for them! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Coming and Going

Audrey's pouty lip :(

This past week was crazy for us! Audrey and I prepared to come home and Luke prepared to go to Iraq. Luke left Saturday night (actually flew out early Sunday morning) and Audrey and I moved back to MN on Sunday! We were SO thankful to have Sandy & Jacob's help packing and moving and it feels good to be back home - just wishing that Luke could be here with us too. We're really thankful to have family close by and keeping Luke in prayer.

Sleep!

Audrey officially slept through the night! Well, Saturday night she slept from 11:30-9:30! Then last night she slept from 11:30 - 7:00 then ate and fell back asleep until 9:00. The most exciting part for us is that both nights we just layed her in her basket while she was awake and she put herself to sleep:) SO much easier than walking around with her and trying anything to get her to close her eyes. I'm so thankful that I'm not working since she seems to be a night owl and late sleeper!

She HATES having any covers on her & she likes her head smashed against the top, haha!

Here's what she looked like her first week home in the same basket :)

I thought this was cute too...asleep on our bed - she likes to sleep on her tummy like me:)

Audrey & Friends

During our recent trip back to MN, Audrey was able to meet some of her new friends. You may remember that I had quite a few friends expecting around the same time as me, so it was really fun for us moms to introduce our babies to each other:)

Me holding Amanda's baby boy, Sutton James (1 month)

Amanda holding Audrey (2 months)

Jaime holding her baby boy, Oliver John (3months)

Christa and her baby girl, Lydia Jean (4 months) Me & Audrey Ann

Audrey & Oliver meeting for the first time! He was so happy & sweet:) She wasn't sure what to think...

Tummy time with Lydia - what a difference a few months makes! :)

Audrey & Sutton meeting for the 1st time...big brother Macalan making sure they behaved:)

Uncles

There is no doubt that Audrey is one loved little girl - we had a wonderful time back in MN these past two weeks and Audrey was able to meet all 6 of her uncles! It's really fun for Luke and I to see our younger brothers do just about anything to make Audrey smile:) She gave those uncles lots of smiles (a few screams & cries too!) and a little pouty lip that will most likely get her anything she wants, at least for the next few years! Hopefully she'll appreciate how much these uncles love her when she's a teenager and they're scaring all those boys away:)

Uncle Jake

Uncle Tyler

Uncle Jon

Uncle Danny

Uncle Jake

Uncle Ben

Happy Thanksgiving

Audrey's first Thanksgiving was fun - she got to meet lots of the Carlson family aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was a sleepy girl most of the day, but was able to give a few smiles the short time she was awake:) Thanks to everyone for making the drive to Mankato - we really enjoyed seeing you!

Audrey was excited to meet Charlotte "Charlie" - they are 2 days shy of being exactly 1 year apart!

Charlie's big brother Jackson was happy to meet Baby Audrey too:)

Smiling with Great Aunt Debbie

Four generations on the Carlson side

Four generations of Westmans

Proud Grandpa Butch

Audrey loves dancing in the kitchen with Grandma Sandy, aka:"Gigi"

Trying to get a picture of the girls together - Robin just woke up Charlie from her nap:)

Bumbo

Audrey got a new Bumbo chair from Grandma Sandy! She looks like such a big girl & loves sitting up and looking around at everyone:) She's also wearing her cute new onsie from Grandma Nancy - Audrey sure has those grandmas wrapped around her finger! She's a lucky little girl:)

2 Months Old!

Audrey's officially 2 months old today - so to celebrate we went to the doctor's office, haha! Poor Audrey has been at the doctor's quite a bit lately...last Friday the ER doctor diagnosed her with a hazy spot on the lung x-ray that the thought might be pnuemonia, so we started antibiotics only to discover at her Monday follow-up that she is just fine! (apparently the radiologist wasn't there on Friday and when he looked at the x-ray on Monday he said her lungs are clear)
Audrey was less than thrilled to go back to the doctor today, especially after her shots, poor baby:( Anyways, she's 12lbs3oz & 24.25in which puts her in the 66th percentile for weight and 94th percentile for height! I don't remember her head measurement but she was in the 29th percentile for head size.
So, besides this cold that she's battling - she's one healthy little girl!

I thought this showed off Audrey's balding head nicely...thankfully her hair is starting to grow back!

Happy Faces

Audrey is developing quite the personality - she is letting us know what she likes (and what she doesn't like too!). Lately she's been giving us TONS of different smiles, I thought I'd share some pictures although they don't quite capture how cute she is in person:)

29!

Luke turned 29 years old yesterday...we celebrated with a relaxing day at home and dinner at Applebee's where Luke got his favorite hot buffalo wings with blue cheese:) It's been SO nice to have Luke back home - he is a fantastic father & husband, we love him so much!

Working on the computer together

Audrey LOVES kisses from her daddy:)

Little Sweetpea

We couldn't resist getting Audrey a cute little halloween costume this year. It was a pretty uneventful evening - we didn't go trick or treating but we had fun skyping with a cute little Penguin named Lydia:)

At first, Audrey was less than thrilled about wearing her costume

So, we waited till she fell asleep and tried again:)

 

 

Getting sleepy in her Halloween PJs