10 Oct 2009 - I'm ONE!!!

Here’s a little about me on my first birthday

Height – 2 feet 6 inches, 67th percentile
Weight – 18.3 pounds, 9th percentile
Shoe size – 4 ½
States visited in Year 1 – Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and Illinois

These are a few of my favorite things:

Girls in white dresses with blue satin . . . just joking
Favorite word – Hi
Favorite sound to mimic – “Uuufff Uuufff” which is a barking dog
Favorite fruit – raspberries
Favorite veggie – asparagus
Favorite meat – salmon
Favorite snack – original goldfish
Favorite drink – mommy’s milk
2nd favorite drink – N/A
Favorite park – Matthew’s Beach Park
Favorite head movement – rapid shaking of head no no no no
Favorite activity - swinging
Favorite activity when mom and dad aren’t watching– climbing stairs!
Favorite nighttime activity – waking up about every 2 hours or so
Favorite game – peek-a-boo
Favorite song – "I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz
Favorite character – Eebee baby
Favorite book - That's not my Pony
Favorite prayer – Prayer Before Meal followed by a brief Litany of Saints (I try to make mommy and daddy laugh)
Favorite saint – St. Bernadette of Lourdes (naturally)
Favorite Poem –
Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!

Thanks for checking out my blog during my first year of life. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Please continue to be an abdub.blogspot.com follower as I grow and grow.

Pax – Audrey Bernadette Williams

PS – birthday pictures coming soon

Smore Time

Aunt Laura, Uncle Albert and my cousins Nicholas and Gabrielle came over recently for an excellent Greek dinner followed by a not so Greek dessert - smores in the back yard.

Me and the family around the fire pit waiting for perfect coals. Appears Cousin Nicholas was still a little blue about the Seahawks loss.

Hanging with my godmother - Aunt Laura.

I'll have a smore please! Daddy says only dark chocolate though, minimum 60% cocoa.
Daddy is always looking out for my best interests.

Mommy, Mommy - not the fire - I promise I'll sleep better tonight.

Did I mention I love to swing?

In a previous post I mentioned how much I love having the Matthew's Beach Park swings only two minutes from home. But now it is even better, Auntie Patti got me my very own plane swing and Daddy hung it on the back porch.

♫ Let's go Swimming, Let's go Swimming ♫

Mommy signed me up for 10 weeks of swim lessons at Meadowbrook Community Center. Here's a couple of photos from my inaugural splash. I was a little unsure at first, but under mommy's care and protection, soon I was all smiles.

On a related note, I've not been all smiles lately. I am cutting more teeth. Number 7 just popped through and I think several more are about to. It makes it hard to sleep. On Friday I woke up for good at 2am and last night at 3:45am!! No wonder mommy and daddy call Starbucks St. Ourbucks.

Play Time at Matthew's Beach Park

I had a grand time at Matthew's Beach Park on a recent family walk on another glorious September afternoon. I was especially fond of the swing. I think it is most excellent that home is only a two minute walk to the park swings.

Play Ball

Daddy wants me to play volleyball and soccer . . .

Mommy would rather I play cello. . . .
So far, it looks like I am a daddy's girl. Exhibit A .

Crawling Update

You might be wondering why my blog was updated on August 8 and again on August 9, but then nothing for over three weeks? Easy, I started crawling on August 10, opening drawers on August 11 and I pretty much gave up napping too!! They chase after me every moment. In fact it has taken daddy over two hours to do this update as I have interrupted him 27 times . . . so far. Here is one of the many crawling videos they've captured.