Root for the Cardinals!

Audrey has caught Cardinal's fever with all of the World Series happenings going on right outside our window (literally). She recently learned a song to express her excitement. Here is a recent performance.

Looking for a condo?

If you are, we've got a great one in downtown St. Louis for sale. That's right, our condo is officially on the market as of today. It is hard to believe that we have lived here for 5 years now; we moved in just a few months after the Cardinal's won the World Series in 2006. If we do sell, it will be bittersweet. I have loved my short commute, the low maintenance, and having everything just the way we like it, since we picked everything out. I am excited about the future though, and I hope that we do sell the condo soon, so we can work on moving to a house with a little more space for our family and maybe even a yard for the dogs!

Our Little Tiger

Audrey got to experience Mizzou's 100th Anniversary of Homecoming this weekend. She especially liked the parade, but was really good all weekend. She got also to enjoy Shakespeare's Pizza for the first time, even thought it meant that she stayed up way past her bedtime. I think she liked the pizza too much to care though. Audrey also loved her cheerleading outfit. Her favorite part is the picture of the tiger. She was very dissapointed when I put a Mizzou sweatshirt on her that did not have a tiger.

We didn't go to the football game (we didn't want to push our luck), but it was still a fun and exciting weekend. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures.

Fall is here!

I am thankful to live in a place where we have seasons. Yes, I know that by the end of the summer I am complaining about the heat, and by the end of the winter I can't stand the cold. But right now, as we usher in a new season, I am struck by how wonderful it is each time we welcome a new season here in the Midwest. At the beginning of each summer, I am always glad for the warm sun, the time out on the water and being outdoors. By this time of year, however, I am excited for milder days and cooler nights.

This year, fall is bringing an exciting new element, because Audrey is at the age where playing dress up is fun and delighting for her. Thus, she is looking forward to halloween. We already have her costume; it is a sort of bumblebee princess outfit. We let her try it on this morning, and she was very proud of it. She was also singing the Baby Bumblebee song at the top of her lungs. That is somewhat of a norm around here these days (Audrey singing at the top of her lungs), but it just makes it more adorable when she is singing about bumblebees while dressed up like one.

Counting and Jumping

Audrey loves to jump on the bed, and we are using that to teach her to count. Unfortunately, she still doesn't remember all of the numbers. At least the numbers she knows are in order!