Audrey is Three!

 Audrey turned three on Sunday. I can't believe she is turning into a such a little girl. She is coming out of her shell these days. Sometimes, she can be a bit timid at first, but she quickly gets over it and is extremely chatty. For some reason, she likes to rise early here in Memphis, so she starts telling us stories at 6 AM and doesn't stop until bedtime at 8.
We started out her day with some sweet cards from Grandmother, Granddaddy, Mimi and Pops. She even received one from our GA neighbors, Harry and Linda. She was so impressed with her mail! Then, David took her to the children's museum for the morning. Unfortunately, Kathryn came down with a virus on her birthday, so I spent some quality time with her. Later, we celebrated with some new friends here at a Mickey Mouse birthday party. I was concerned that Audrey might be sad that it wasn't her party but that girl loves any kind of party, so we had a great time. It was a fun birthday in Memphis.

Audrey loves a candle "with fire."

Excited about her birthday breakfast

Loved her crown from her card from Grandmother and Granddaddy

Kathryn wanted to help her with the new tangram puzzles.

 

a little cupcake

Showing off her new beaded necklaces with Daddy

Kathryn is Officially One - Really, this time!

 Well, it really is Kathryn's birthday today! She is officially a one year old, as of 6 PM tonight. What a sweet girl she is. We celebrated as a small family tonight since our other larger celebrations were earlier with family. Her are her major milestones:
still a "scrawler" - half scoot, half crawl
VERY active..she is not one to sit still for long. She likes to be on the move and get into everything. All of the babyproofing that seemed to be overreacting with Audrey is completely necessary with Kathryn.
Her words: BALL (pronounced "bah - ALLLLLL"), Momma, Dadda, bye, no, hey
Still takes two naps a day and generally sleeps from 8 PM - 8 AM (Although apparently tonight she got the memo that all one year olds should stay up and party. She is at my feet playing and it's almost 9 PM.)
Adores her sister and thinks she is hilarious
Dances to music
A very happy and smiling baby, very sociable

Umm, we were out of all birthday plates and this was all I could find. Our dinner was pizza; she had her favorites: mac and cheese, green beans and watermelon.

Gigi's cupcakes are well known here in Memphis, so we had to sample them. Delicious!

Mini cupcake sampler

Audrey was very excited about dessert.

Our happy girls

Audrey completed the blowing out the candle duty.

Can you tell she's excited?

She even kept the hat on this time!

Sweet and messy

Loving the balloons

It's almost as big as she is.

Her classic face

Audrey loves the water table from Mimi and Pops.

Checking out her present

The whole family got into her new building toy.

a little decor

her door this morning

"And the voice of the horn calls out loud as it plays: Wake Up! For today is your day of all days! Happy birthday you!" Dr. Seuss

We love our sweet Kathryn Grace!

Dora Day at the Museum!

A little Diego face painting in the play store

 One of the first places moms around Mmephis have told me to visit with the girls is the Children's Museum. This week, I found out the museum was hosting a Dora and Diego day! Since we have a huge Dora and Diego fan in our house, we joined with a year's membership. Money well spent - we were there for a couple of hours this morning and only made it through about half of the exhibits. It is wonderful - super clean and so many fun things to do! We went early and were the first in the line to see Dora.

Meeting Dora and Diego - Audrey was pretty shy but she warmed up a bit. Just had to stay near Daddy

Audrey decided to be brave for the face painter once Mommy did it first.

Modeling the fire hat

She loved being the driver

Fishing in the "river"

Shopping at Kroger

The registers really scanned the food and printed a receipt!

We had a quick picnic on the lawn after we finished.

Happy girl!

Kathryn was a trooper. She missed her morning nap but powered through.

Outside on the lawn testing out her new plane

Inside the Fed Ex plane (they are based in Memphis)

a plane in the museum!

She loved all of the buttons

Hopefully, this will be her only time in the back of a police car!

The river that runs through the center

This was one of her favorite activities - putting the shapes on the lit desk.

The play store

It was a great morning! Come visit us in Memphis!