Audrey loves to sleep*! (*if you hold her)

Audrey loves to sleep if you hold her. And boy is she ADORABLE when she sleeps. Such a little angel. She sleeps so peacefully and she especially loves to sleep on Mommy or Daddy's chest. The best is when she sticks her little but in the air. It is too cute.

Here is a shot with her butt in the air. So cute!

Holding Daddy's finger (and his heart!)

We put her on the ottoman for a quick picture. It wasn't long before she realized that she wasn't being held any more.

She looks so peaceful. Our angel.

Baby Contraptions

We keep trying different baby contraptions to see what Audrey likes....but she doesn't like much for long. She just wants to be held by Mommy and Daddy all the time. Thankfully we love holding and cuddling her so it isn't too bad. But when we want to try and eat dinner we are anxious to find something that she be content in for a little bit. Here are a couple things we've tried so far....

Audrey sometimes gets a crossed-eye look. So cute!

Trying the Moby Wrap for the first time. Took some time to figure out but lucky for me I had a good friend (thanks Kerry!) show me how to put it on. Now the challenge will be putting it on and putting Audrey in it without help.

First Few Visitors

For having all of our family living out-of-town we certainly had a lot of visitors those first couple of days. Everyone was anxious to meet Audrey and she was anxious to meet everyone too. :)

Audrey's Uncle Ricky

Audrey's Grandpa Rudy

Audrey's Grandma Paula

Audrey's Grandma Johnson

Audrey's Aunt Meredith

Audrey's cousin, Matt

Audrey's Milwaukee "cousin", Nora

Audrey's Milwaukee "Aunt & Uncle" Amanda & Nate

Audrey's Uncle Marcus & Aunt Kathy

Audrey's Grandma Paula, Grandpa Rudy & cousin Sydney

Audrey's Milwaukee "Uncle" Mark & "cousin "Elliott" ("Aunt" Melissa was there too but somehow missed this picture).

Amanda & Nora visiting again

Grandma Johnson visiting again

Audrey's Grandpa Johnson (Although I am sure he'll be called Pop if cousins Jack & Matt are teaching her his name)

Introducing AUDREY GRACE!

On Thursday, April 7, 2011 our sweet Audrey Grace was born. She was born at 9:48pm at Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, WI. She weighed 8lbs, 1oz and was 21 1/2 in. long. Griffin and I couldn't be more in love with our little girl. She is just perfect and we can't stop staring at her.

Nursery - waiting for baby!

This is a picture of the bassinet that we have in our room for the first fews weeks. It is a hand-me-down from Marcus & Kathy, but funny enough it matches our room perfectly!

Snow Storm 2011

I forgot to post the pictures of the snow storm we had this winter! It was incredible - I've never seen so much snow. I felt terrible for Griffin. Since I was pregnant I could not help with any of the snow removal. He was out there for HOURS cleaning off all of the snow. He had to shovel and snowblow because the snow was higher than the snowblower. Work was cancelled for both of us so it was fun spending the day together. We watched a movie and worked on the nursery together. Other than the scary feeling of being snowed-in and Griffin's sore back - it was a fun day! One we will definitely remember.

Baby Showers

Griffin and I were blessed with four beautiful showers. Three we knew about and one a surprise! (And really, we were showered with love and gifts throughout the pregnancy - we are blessed).

Kathy hosted the first shower at her home and it was just perfect. She did a wonderful job and Paula provided sweet, homemade favors and organized the games. Meredith hosted the second shower and bravely invited 40+ people to her home. She worked very hard and it showed. Lauren provided the favors and they were so creative. There is a picture in this post of the chocolate bar covers that she made - I love them! Then, two close girlfriends of mine in Milwaukee hosted a third shower for me. They had a beautiful brunch spread and even their sweet husbands helped out - they watched the kiddos while we enjoyed the shower. Lastly, I was surprised with a baby shower at work. There were lots of tears (me) when I realized what was going on - I felt very loved.





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