2010 Christmas

FIRST, SANTA CAME TO AUSTIN...


THEN, ST LOUIS...

here is a link w/ pix from the rest of our wonderful STL visit.

i can't promise i'll be all that diligent about blog posts in 2011, but i'll do my best. happy new year, all you AAA followers! :)

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

a christmas concert

thanksgiving luncheon at school

a belated post, but we finally recovered some pix from the cute luncheon at audrey's school. her best friend jacqueline is in the above pic. we call her "little pac" - like mama, like daugher :)

updates

while i'm without photos, i thought i'd post this cute pic of audrey with yet another adoring cousin (lily) along with some updates about what she's been up to lately. she's become quite the little lady and has really come out of her shell since starting school 2 days a week. she's still a little guarded around grownups, but she's a little "leader" among her peers according to her teachers (aw, my heart beams with pride!). she loves being around other kids, especially ones that she can take care of (reading, singing) and boss around (pretend put them down for naps). she's also become a little care taker of me, often telling me she's "so proud of me" and "good job, mom, gimme five!", and at other times putting me in time out. she'll also sometimes say "oh, sorry about that" and has started telling me secrets about christmas, whispering "mom, christmas is coming up!" basically, she's the best kid there is and we're loving every bit of her. we can't wait to get to STL for the holidays to see her cousin vivi, aunts, uncles & grandparents who haven't seen her in months - they won't believe how grown up she's become!

thanksgiving!

if you can believe it, we've got camera troubles again :( we had such a lovely time at joey's sister mel's house for thanksgiving, but my camera wasn't functioning well enough to document it for your viewing pleasure. hopefully some family members will pass along some pix that i can post here for you soon. below are some cute shots of audrey with her cousin gracie that were taken on mel's computer. more to come (i hope)!...

a-u-d-r-e-y

in this video, you'll get a glimpse of the new piano we inherited from 4 countryside lane - THANKS mom & dad! we love it! hopefully soon, we'll be posting videos of audrey's concerts!

cousin pete comes to town

adding to his long list of talents, peter holland is really great w/ kids! he made very fast friends with audrey, which says a lot, since she tends to size people up for awhile before deciding that she likes them. he made quite a first impression on his little second cousin.

peter's band 'oh whitney' plays the former ACL stage in studio 6A (big time!!)

post-nap shenanigans

bookpeople's 40th anniversary