Our Little Sack O' Sugar

Here's Brandon's latest little compilation video of our Aubrey girl :).

 

 

Aubrey Meets Her Cousin Norah

That evening Aubrey got to meet baby Norah.  Aubrey was a little bit of a handful before we went to the hospital that evening and even at the hospital, but she was excited to hold the baby nonetheless.

 Aubrey will have to learn to be a little more gentle with babies, but we know this will take some time.  She has proven to be a good little helper so far with Norah and Krystal.

Aubrey already loves her new cousin :)

15 Months

Our little girl has been growing a lot these past few months...

She's up to 18.5 lbs!!  That's great news for us and the doctors :) 

She is one curious little girl...

She loves to go on bike rides with Daddy :)

Loves her little red tent.  Great buy from IKEA!

Loves to be more independant when she eats and that means more messes to clean up, but worth seeing her feeding herself :).  She has become more selective on what she wants to eat voluntarily however :(.

Got her first black eye (along with her grandfather one day apart) :(.  She fell off a little rocking chair onto a toy.

Has popped out three molars.  The poor girl has been a mess a lot of the time becuase she's in so much pain.

On January 25, 2012 she said "hi" and then waved to us from her highchair.  We counted it as her first word :)  She can also say "bye" and she even says this when we leave her in the nursery or have someone watch her.  I have to admit...a little bittersweet.

Actually sits through most of a book!!!  Her favorites are Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, The Wheels on the Bus, Corduroy, and Five Little Monkeys (of which she does the motions too). 
She also loves to sit and look at books on her own.  Doesn't happen too often, but when she does she sits in her booster chair and holds the book up with legs.

She loves her $3.00 little Magna Doodle too.

She can make some funny animal sounds. Her angry cat sound is the best :)

These past few months have just flown by!  We're currently transitioning our family schedule a bit as mom goes back to work part-time.  We're taking this huge blessing as a way of having a "trial run" of whether or not mom should be a full-time mom or part-time teacher as well.  We're thankful for this opportunity and we'll see what these next few months will bring us :).

Happy 2012!

Aubrey Turns One ~ Pictures

Aubrey's 1st Birthday Party

Aubrey's owl theme birthday party started out with some homemade cards and some creative trimmings along the way...

On November 12 we had the birthday party for little miss Aubrey.  To begin the party well Aubrey decided to take a 3 hour nap!  We even had to wake her up for her own party :).  Grandma made a beautiful cake that even had a mini owl, dairy-free cake for Aubrey.

Aubrey really enjoyed her first taste of sugar and had a fun getting that frosting all over her face :).

The presents were a big hit. She even got three tea sets!

Football from Uncle Jon

Grandpa Pierce even made Aubrey her own stocking :)

We had so much family come from out of town to celebrate with us!!

The parents and great grandparents were extra happy

The owl theme continued to the favors...

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us!!  We can't believe our little girl is one!