the upright citizen brigade's newest member...

kickin' back and sittin' up in her new bumpo seat.

showing off the new timbs...

audra liked modeling her new timberland boots and hat that she got from her new york fam - aunt sandy, uncle mike, 2nd cousins andrew and richie

audra's great grandma...

as some may know, we named audra after her great grandmother - audra trout (richardson was her maiden name), on my mom's side. here is a photo of her taken at 18 months. can't wait to compare the two once audra is that old. my sister's and i grew up close to "nanny and pappy", mainly because they were about 3 hours away and we saw them about every month (or so it felt like in my childhood memory).

first road trip...

audra had a very successful first road trip (knock on wood) - visiting aunt shell, uncle shawn and cousin matt. looking forward to visiting again when the temperature is warmer than 14˚. oh yea, since we were visiting michigan, we have to give a shout of "go blue!" love you all.

visiting the pennywise's...

on our first road trip with audra, on our way up to aunt shell/uncle shawn/cousin matt, we stopped in perrysburg to visit mr. and mrs. pennywise (aka bryan and shannon z). the last time we were all together was this past summer at a reds game, while audra was still in her mommy's oven. thanks for letting us break up our trip a bit on our way to michigan. also, audra thanks you both for letting her spit up on the floor and chair!

the man behind the curtain...

squeaky clean...

polar opposite of her first bath (see older post)

for cryin' out loud...

making light of a meltdown.

play time fun...

new years day, 2008