Happy Birthday, Audrey!

Today, Audrey turned three. She was very excited about turning three and has been asking for the past several months, "When am I going to be three?" so it was very exciting today for her to finally be able to say she is three!  Audrey is unlike her sisters in the fact that she can be grumpy. I don't think this is a bad thing. Lydia and Charlie are very easy to please and laugh at anything. Audrey is more conscientious and has a very serious analytical side. Sometimes, you can almost see the wheels spinning in her head as she checks out a situation with great care and thoughtfulness as she decides how she is going to proceed.

Audrey was born during a tornado warning. I would say she has many of the same qualities as a tornado -- unpredictable, serious, dangerous. That's not to say she doesn't know how to have fun. Audrey is hilarious and has a very funny sense of humor. She loves to tell jokes and has a belly laugh that just kills me. She loves her sisters very much, but as Jayson recently told me, "She's done taking Lydia's crap." Yes, the days of Lydia telling Audrey what to do and Audrey happily complying are over. Audrey has started yelling back at her, "No Lydia! You not listening. You need a time out!"

Audrey is also unlike her sisters in that she has green eyes and straight brown hair instead of blue eyes and curly blonde hair. I'm still not sure how curly Charlie's hair will be, but it will at least be curlier than Audrey's. Audrey also has her quirks, like the fact that one of her favorite birthday gifts was ice packs for her to sleep with. One of my favorite recent Audrey stories was the other day when she was doing something very impressive, but I was busy, so when she asked me to look at her, I made a typical mom move and kept looking at what I was working on and said, "Yes, Audrey, that's great!" and she yelled at me, "LOOK AT ME WITH YOUR FACE!" That's my Audge-pants!