as of lately.

Audrey is doing new things every day! I love seeing her face when she realizes that she's done something new, like learn to go from her tummy or back to sitting all by herself, or feeding herself puff snacks for the first time. both of these new skills happened this week! i walked in to get Audrey up from her nap, expecting her to be on her stomach with her cute little head peeking at me over the crib rail. instead, i walked in to this:

my first reaction was to laugh, look at her face! she almost looks scared! my second reaction was to get really excited that she learned how to do that and then promptly put her back on her stomach so i could watch her do it again. it was adorable. although it has presented a small problem when she's trying to go to sleep. now, when she wakes up and starts to fuss a little (sometimes this happens about 30-45 minutes after i put her to bed) she sits up instead of just lifting her head up. she can't figure out how to get back to laying down from sitting up so she just cries and rubs her eyes. last night when i went in to lay her back down, she reached her arms out for me (another first)! it was so sweet!

now that everything has come together, i can finally tell you all about my new job!!! in April, Will's mom and i were throwing around ideas about opening a baby boutique here in Waycross. a small children's clothing store in the area was for sale at the time, so that's what sparked her idea. she approached me and asked if i would be interested in helping her run it! while Will and i were packing, she was visiting nearby children's stores to get a better idea of what having her own store would entail. she met two women who owned their own boutique called Rockin' Robin. they were interested in opening a sister store and Will's mom decided to pair up with them to open her own store in Waycross! I'm so excited to be a part of this adventure with her. I can work from home (no day care for Audrey! hooray!!) as the marketing director (fun!) and coordinate the online sales, update our website, Facebook page, and blog with new inventory, and run online customer support. my first week was this past week and it went great! Audrey either napped or played in her pack n play while i did some data mining, networking, and set us up for online social media outlets. she was such a good little helper! although she was a little bit fussy today (more teething woes), she was content to sit in my lap and gum on a cold apple slice for a little while and then played with her toys and snacked on some puffs before taking her second 2 hour nap of the day.

picking up the puff

puff in mouth!!

she always has this kinda confused look on her face after she tastes the puff,
must be because mama got the sugar free kind haha

love puffs!

want more please!

mama's little helper :)

I'm also beginning a new blogging endeavor as well, posing as Ursula -- an ultra hip, ex-Betsy Johnson mannequin who gives children's clothing and fashion advice as well as answer reader questions about the latest fashion trends (Emi-Jay hair bands anyone?) It's more of a funny, quirky blog -- hope you get a kick out of it! Here's the address: http://askforfashionUrsula.blogspot.com

have i mentioned Audrey does the funniest jumperoo happy squeal now? check it out: