20 March 2010

“MyAudgieTalea”

One of Audrey's favorite things to do is watch videos of herself. Seriously. It's not just that she loves videos in general. It's that she loves, loves, LOVES videos of herself. If we land on a video that stars Luke, for instance, she has a mini fit until you change it to one starring her. And if you take too long changing it, the mini fit quickly turns into an actual fit. The girl just loves watching herself.

I'm not sure what that is about. I don't know if there is a deeper, underlying meaning to it or if there will be any dire ramifications later on in her life. I just know she loves her videos.


She has a few favorites.


And her most favorite videos all have one thing in common – Talea. Her cousin. Her BFF. Her sidekick. Talea was born two months and one day before Audrey. They have been tight since birth.

This is the first time they met - Talea is a little over two months old and Audrey is just about 10 days old here:



My sister, Dawnette, came to visit about ten days after I gave birth to Audrey. She stayed at our house for a couple of days helping me with the adjustment and staying off my feet and cooking for me. And she brought her little Talea along and that's when Audrey and Talea first hit it off. They even took a little nap together:





So cute! (And we didn't even set it up, they just both dozed off together.)


Since that first meeting, there have been many days peppered here and there where our girls get to see each other and play.

Here they are together - Talea is about seven months and Audrey is five months:



Again, just a few months later:





This one was just after Luke was born, at the beginning of August, 2009 - so Talea was about 22 months and Audrey, 20 months:



Too cute!


...and a few months later:




...and a few months after that:




Talea is Audrey's favorite person. And she loves watching videos of the two of them playing together. She says “MyAudgieTalea” when she wants to watch a video that they are both in. She says it just like that too – like it's one word. “MyAudgieTalea” - like they are so close she considers them one. It's pretty cute. But then again, so are they.





I'm so glad that Audrey has a cousin that is near her age, that is close enough to visit regularly - it is so fun to see how excited she gets to see her Talea. I hope they will be close friends for the rest of their lives.



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