Those are the smallest feet I have EVER seen....

So, I guess Audrey has really tiny feet like her Mommy. Mom & I went to Stride Rite (a children's shoe store) to get Audrey & Jackson summer sandals. I got both of them measured for their size sandals. First up was Audrey and the manager of the store was in shock at how tiny her feet were. I guess I wasn't all that shocked because I have such tiny feet (I wear a 5.5-6 size shoe) and I figured her feet were quite tiny, seeing as she's supposed to be wearing a size 1 and they are no wear close to fitting her currently. The manager measures her foot and lo & behold, Audrey's feet arn't even a size 0 yet. She promptly says, "Those are the tiniest feet I have EVER seen." And, of course, she is the manager of a children's shoe store.... I laughed and asked what size she thinks we should buy for the summer for Audrey. I was thinking a size 2 until we held up the size 2's to her feet and WOWSERS, HUGE. We went with a size 1 and the manager still feels like those are going to be too wide. She needs a narrow shoe and I'm not even sure if a children's shoe store even makes those. So, Audrey has tiny feet. At least she has SOMETHING of mine, right?

Her tiny feet in Dan's hand:


Dad's radiation commenced on Tuesday. He will have 5 weeks of radiation treatments. Dad is staying with his 2nd cousin, Judy, and her husband, Frank. Judy and Frank have been wonderful and are taking such great care of him. He still is feeling some nausea from withdrawal due to the narcotic (Fentanyl patch). He removed his last patch on Tuesday (9 days ago) but still is feeling withdrawal muscle twitches and nausea. Hopefully that stuff will be out of his system soon and he will start feeling better. The radiation has gone well and hopefully will continue to go well. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Dad has already lost 30 pounds (eek!) and we really hope he doesn't lose anymore.

Jackson is still learning and picking up new word after new word. There has been a vocabulary explosion lately. I can't even remember all the new words that he has said. He's definitely been using, "NO!" a lot more. He told Mrs. Risha the other day that he went "poopy" thereby letting her know that he needed to be changed. He also loves Daddy's cell phone. Well, who am I kidding? He loves ANYONE'S cell phone.

Exhibit A:


Exhibit B -- "Who is Jackson talking to?:"


Exhibit C -- "Enamoured by the phone:"


Exhibit D -- "Still enamoured....:"


Exhibit E -- "All MINE...."


Exhibit F -- "Time for chewing...."


Exhibit G -- "Back to talking on the phone..."


Exhibit H -- "Cheese for the camera...:"


Last weekend I figured out how to put bow's in Audrey's hair. Well, I figured out how to do them a while ago but this past weekend, I figured out how to do it so that it looked really cute on her. I just take an alfalfa sprout of hair and use the bow to make it stand straight up. I guess it may be a mix between "Alfalfa" and "Pebbles." Anyway, I thought it was cute and since anything goes on babies, why not?



We also took a bath-time picture of Audrey, just as we did with Jackson at this exact age. They look so similar at times, I just can't get over it. Here is Jackson at her age:

And Audrey:



And one last picture of Audrey & I from yesterday. Dan wanted a picture of Audrey, Jackson and I for his phone (hence the reason Jackson had Dan's phone in the above pictures) so we all posed for the picture. Jackson decided he couldn't stay still long enough for another photo with my camera, so it was just Audrey & I.


Dan's been doing well. He's been running alot lately to prepare for the Navy's Physical Readiness Test (PRT). He gets skinny so quick from running. He's been waking up early before work to go running. He had a teeth cleaning the other day on base. Well, you all know I had to inspect the work and I was rather disappointed. He informed me that the hygienist didn't use any of her instruments on him (never "scrapped" anything off) but instead used the Cavitron, which is the waterpik type thing. So, I definitely inspected because even when a hygienist uses the Cavitron, you ALWAYS use your instruments after b/c the Cavitron doesn't get every piece of build-up off. To my annoyance, Dan still had coffee stains and tartar build-up still on his lower anterior teeth. Not just a little bit, ALOT! I can clearly see it just by looking into his mouth. ERRR! How can someone say they cleaned his teeth and do such a cruddy job? I'd like to call and complain....but I'll just have to bring some instruments home and give him a proper cleaning. What is even more scary is that this is occuring with other unsuspecting people on base; hopefully she does a better job on other people! And the worst part is that Dan even informed her that his wife was a hygienist...you'd think she'd do better knowing that I'd want to make to look inside his mouth, to make sure all was well. Okay, off my soapbox!

That's about it!! Enjoy all the pictures!