Audrey's first bday party

She had a wonderful time!

Beau's Christmas party

Beau-man

Audrey gets new shoes

She even wore them to bed!

Beau gets tubes

After 1 ear infection lasting 1 and 1/2 months and 5 anitbiotics later, Beau-man got tubes.

Audrey spells...

Audrey, spell your name...A-U-D-R-E-Y-Audrey

Audrey, spell dada...D-A-D-A-Dada

Audrey, spell mama...M-N-O-P-Mama

Can you guess who's been teaching her to spell?

It's been a while!

Since October, let's see, A LOT has happened! Beau started school at the end of October and has really done well in his class. He's had 1 ear infection(5 antibiotics) that ended with us getting tubes. He's a much happier baby(he was a pretty good baby before)! Also in the month of November, Beau was diagnosed with RSV(it's the common cold for adults, but pretty serious for little ones) and was put in the hospital for the night. He weighed 18 lbs and will be moving into a big boy carseat a lot sooner than Audrey!

Audrey turned 2. We had a party for her on her birthday and a party with Laura-Kaye, Tim, Janice, and boys the day before Thanksgiving(they brought her a Taaka cake). Audrey's new favorite toy is the stethoscope we got from Beau's hospital stay. You tell her you have a boo boo and she'll put the stethoscope on the boo boo and fix it. She now knows Jimmy Carter, JFK, Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, FDR and a couple other presidents. She already knows all her colors, shapes, numbers(counting to 20 and working on 20+), alphabet, spells her name, we're working on spelling Beau, momma and dada. She plays computer games with Will(he moves and she controls the jump button). Her favorite show is still Blues Clues and she's even figured out what color shirt Joe will be wearing before the show comes on(she figured this out before Will and I did). She enjoys watching Sesame Street. She's doing great in her big girl bed! The bug man came the other day and she said all by herself, "Bye Mitch, drive safe!" She's SO much fun and a joy! She can "read" "Brown Bear Brown Bear" all by herself(she has it memorized). She enjoys helping me cook (can't wait for her Christmas present). She helps out with her brother, giving him kisses, making sure I know to get him when he's crying and making sure he's warm by sharing her blanket with him. Beau laughs at her constantly!

Will is loving his job. He flew to Maine for a week. I'm enjoying my job and am looking forward to January 20th(I get my NC license). We're doing Christmas in Charlotte on the 23rd then we will be in Spartanburg until the 25th. We're looking forward to spending time with our wonderful families and rejoicing in the true meaning of Christmas!

Audrey Blogs

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Trick-Or-Treat!

We had a great Halloween! Audrey was a teddy bear(with USC cheerbabe outfit on under)(thanks Janice and Tim)) and Beau wore his Halloween pj's(thanks Paulette and Jim). Will and Audrey went trick-or-treating to a couple of houses while Beau and I handed out candy at home. Audrey's favorite candy of the night..."plain M&M's"!

Audrey

From time to time I like to update you on what our little girl is saying/doing. She slept in her big girl bed for the first time yesterday for nap and then last night(she fell out 1 time). She's counting all the way to 20, she sings the ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jesus Loves Me, Deep and Wide, Old McDonald, she can recognize Presidents Washington, Reagan, Clinton, both Bushes, and Obama on flash cards, she's starting to potty train(we have big girl under pants now) and she knows all her shapes and colors. Funny phrases she says, "Oh gosh!", "Ready, set, go!", "One more time!", "On your mark, get set, go!" and many more funny phrases. She's pure joy!

Beau's 10 Week Check-up

14.1 pounds (95%)
24 inches (75%)
can't remember his head measurement.

We have a big solid boy!

Audrey and Beau

Yes, she colored her face!

We're taking Audrey to Elmo Live in November. She doesn't know it yet but I'm super excited to see her face when she sees Elmo on stage.

Update on Beau, he's stared smiling and cooing, it's GREAT! Oh and he's grown OUT of the 0-3 mths clothes, he can wear some 3 mth clothes and 3-6 mths fit great! He LOVES to eat, but he's not fat, he's solid and LONG.

Beau

He'll be 4 weeks old tomorrow! Hard to believe, but time is flying by. His daily schedule goes a little something like this-up every 3 hours(sometimes every 2 hours) to eat 4 ounces(mixture of formula and breast milk). We had to do a combo b/c I'm not making enough to feed the little guy(he's eating twice the amount that Audrey was eating at this time)!! He eat, sleeps, and pottys. He's starting to smile. He watches Audrey when she's around. He LOVES to be held, thanks to Jessica(she spoiled him). He's grown out of his newborn clothes already and some of the 0-3 month clothes are no longer fitting him.

Audrey spells her name!

We were driving to "school" this morning when Audrey spelled her name without looking at the alphabet!!! I know what Tim is thinking, "It's cause she's a Hartsell!" and we think so too, but mixed with Plog, Gregg, and Hunsucker! You may have to turn your volume up. I'll publish the audio when we work out the bugs!

Audrey's Art

When Beau was born, Debra and Richard were here keeping Audrey. While Debra was in the shower, Audrey drew on the wall, but she was caught before she did any "real" damage(if you click on the top photo, you can see blue crayon too, this was her art attempt with Debra and Richarad). Debra and Richard felt bad about her writing on the wall. Well, I hope this makes you two feel better because look what she did on her mamma's watch while I was changing Beau, she was beautifying the apartment with her brown crayon. The irony of it all is we're moving starting Sept 1st...hope we can get our deposit back! :)

What's Up?

We are in the process of moving! We're going to start renting a house and get out of this apartment! With that being said, our house has not sold in W. Cola, but Debra and Richard have made a great connection with a friend of a friend who will hopefully help us to either sell our house or put it on the rental market.
Audrey is growing like a little weed. She's working on numbers 11-20. She can recognize her alphabet, she can spell her name(if you write the letters for her), she can recognize her shapes(circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, star, octagon, heart and crescent- still working on pentagon and semi-circle), she knows her colors (we're working on magenta and turquoise). We're still working on poddy training and haven't hit it hard core due to the addition of Beau and right now she's in a classroom without a bathroom. She's going to be moving up to a different classroom Aug 17th and we'll be hitting poddy training hard core then with hopes of having her trained before she's 2.
Beau has been eating like there is no tomorrow. At his 3 day doctor visit, he weighed in at 8 pounds 4 ounces all from being breast fed! The dr commented and said, "Wow, you don't have to come back for the 2 week visit since he's gained his weight back plus some." We have started supplementing with some formula because I cannot keep up with his demand! He spends his days eating, sleeping, rocking in his rocker, bouncing in the bouncy or being held. He just likes to chill. So far, he's only fussy when he's hungry or has a dirty diaper.
Will is gearing up for another business trip, this time to Augusta, Maine.
I am just chilling out at home taking care of Beau and enjoying being a stay at home mom for 12 weeks. Together we are adjusting as parents of 2 children under 2. Thankfully, so far so good.
We're thankful for our family and friends who came to visit and kept Audrey while we were in the hospital and who are visiting/staying with us over the next couple of weeks, we couldn't have done this without your love and support!

Introducing...

Timothy William "Beau" Hartsell Jr. He weighed 8 lbs 3 ounces, 21 inches long and was 1 week early! We are all doing well!!

Name

Our little boy is due in 15 days and he still doesn't have a name. It's amazing with Audrey, we knew exactly what we wanted to name her. This little guy, we have no clue. We've tossed around William, Edward, James, and many more, but just can't pick out a combo we LOVE just like Audrey Claire! If he was a little girl, no problem, we have a couple of girl names we love, but we're having a tough time with a boys name! It'd be easy to make him a 2nd. Who knows, maybe we will, it would be easier, but what to call him? Will has a William, 2 uncle Billy's, a Bill , my nephew is Liam and Will is Will, then his dad's name is Tim and there is a little Tim and I have an uncle Tim. Well, one thing is for sure, he'll leave the hospital with a name so for those of you waiting on a name...he'll have one, just maybe when the pressure's on, we'll finally come up with one!

Audrey Goes to the Grocery Store

This was our first trip to the grocery store where Audrey was able to push her own buggy around and not be a passenger in mommy's buggy. She had a blast!! We also heard a lot of chuckles from other shoppers because Audrey would put her head down and just run with the buggy and not watch where she was going!

Right Down the Street

We took Audrey to http://www.sportsconnectionnc.com/. She had a great time!!!

Pictures of Our Son.

He still doesn't have a name, but we thought we'd share the pictures we were able to get today. We have a 2nd appointment with the prenatal picture people b/c we didn't get "great" pictures(which she offered for FREE and we're VERY thankful for that)! So, who do you think he looks like? And yes, in picture number 2, he's sticking out his tongue!

Little Miss Audrey Hartsell goes shopping.

Audrey started Saturday shopping at Old Navy with her momma and aunt Jessica. This was Audrey's 1st official shopping trip where she browsed the racks for something for herself and her brother. She's a natural and she gets it honestly.

Audrey likes to dip and dip and dip.

Audrey enjoyed dipping her nilla waffer in milk.

Having lunch with Dada on Thursday. She enjoyed dipping her chips in salsa