I can't believe Audrey is already on her way to turning a year old! This month she showed off how flexible she is when we transitioned to life in the US for furlough. We drove 10 hours to Manaus, then on a boat to visit friends living on an island in the Amazon, and then took 3 flights to Phoenix. Despite a bad diaper rash, teething, a fever of 104, an ear infection, and crazy sleep schedule (or lack there of) she still did amazing considering the circumstances. She bounced back quickly from everything and is as cheery and sweet as ever, loving every moment of crawling around and discovering everything new.
Personality: Sweet, happy, flexibly, independent
Likes: Sitting in her high chair, being held, playing with toys, sucking on toys and toothbrushes, crawling around and between furniture like an obstacle course, everything she is offered to eat especially things she can gnaw on
New: Meeting cousins and really playing around older kids, pulling up every chance she gets though still not taking any steps while up or takings steps while holding our hands, crawling quickly and exploring all around houses on her own, scrunching up her nose in a goofy exaggerated way when she is really happy, a total of 5 teeth now and another one almost coming in. I've also been surprised that in places where she has had to sleep in the same room as us that she has easily fallen asleep in our bed when necessary. This is so different than Elijah who would only "party" and play around in our bed when we had to have him sleep with us. Audrey has no problem cuddling up and falling asleep between us, which has been very helpful in a pinch while traveling.
Routine: Same as before but wake up time has been a bit earlier due to being in different places and sleeping in the same room as us
Struggles: Persistant yeast infection diaper rash that is only now clearing up after trying several prescriptions, intentionally throwing food on the floor from her high chair for fun
Here are a few pics of Audrey having in California this month:
