2nd Birthday Celebrations

So we started celebrating Aubrey's 2nd year with having Aunt Krystal, Uncle Jon, and Norah up for the weekend of November 3rd.  Since they were here we had just had to have a celebration with them!!  The one thing Aubrey has been asking for were cupcakes.  Every time I asked her what she wanted for her birthday it was always 'cupcakes.' So hey, if that's what my little one wanted I could totally do that!

 

We had a small celebration on Sunday evening November 4 with my side of the family.  My mom and I made some appetizers and we of course had cupcakes!  Duncan Hines makes mixes that are dairy free so that's what this little lady got for her celebration.

 

Poor Aubrey.  While Mom and her aunt were trying to take some pictures, she got so desperate for her cupcakes that she began to stutter and say, "No more picture! Put camera down!  Aubrey wants cupcakes!"  We had a good laugh and then we gladly handed her a cupcake :)

 

The morning of her birthday I made some almond milk pancakes with sprinkles and Aubrey got to open her presents that daddy and mommy got for her.

 

 

Aubrey LOVES any Corduroy book so we looked everywhere to find her a little Corduroy bear.  It was surprisingly hard to find one that actually looked like the one in the book!  But we found one at last...

 

Brandon had the day off so we spent the morning as a family and playing with her new things and got some things ready for her family celebration in the evening.

 

 

It was nothing really big but we had both sets of grandparents, her great-grandparents, and Uncle Tyler and Aunt Jessica over.  Brandon smoked and BBQ some DELICIOUS pork ribs and I made some cupcakes in a jar thanks to the idea from my friend Lyndsay from  Educated...Not So Domesticated. I think they turned out pretty cute :).

 

We ate the delicious dinner and then Aubrey opened her presents.  This girl is definitely loved!!

 

 

After presents Aubrey got to devour yet another cupcake :).

 

 

She ate it pretty carefully and she made sure to lick every bit of frosting off of her fingers between bites :).

 

As the evening went on the sugar kicked in and this girl had even more energy than she normally has.  There were some sweet moments of her playing with her Uncle Tyler and Aunt Jessica (and she's normally pretty scared of her uncle's beard so this was a milestone!).  Aubrey even gave him a high five at the end of the night!

 

 

Overall it was a great, quiet evening celebrating this little bundle of joy.

 



2 Years Old!!

We seriously can't believe this little lady is two!!

 

 

The first year went by fast, but this year really flew by!!

 

 

We are just amazed at how much she is learning and how much she is taking in from her world.  She is still one VERY busy girl and doesn't sit down for more than 5 minutes at a time.  She loves play dough, but even that doesn't hold her attention for very long before she wants to open yet another color or move on to something else altogether! 

 

She loves to play mommy with her dolls and stuffed animals.

 

She loves to pretend she is cooking and loves to give us everything she makes.  She loves to watch us cook in the kitchen and we can never be in the kitchen without her being right by our side. 

 

She still loves bubbles and loves to be outside.

 

 

She is definitely a little gymnast and does headstands frequently in her crib.  It's pretty funny in the morning when you go to get her from her crib you find her standing on her head once again.  She just plainly states, "Hi mommy/daddy" while standing on her her head.

 

 

 

She is still one high energy kid who speaks, repeats what we say on a daily basis, and laughs and giggles more than ever.  The things she says and does just makes us laugh every single day.

 

 

 

 

We love you sweet girl!!  We can't wait what this next year brings.  Happy Birthday!!

 



Halloween 2012

This year we have been so busy and exhausted that we made no plans for halloween.  Some friends, Ashleigh, Clete, and Zachary didn't have plans either, so we made some last minute plans to just get together for the evening and have our kids trick or treat together.

 

Brandon got a costume from his coworker, which totally fit Aubrey, so we decided just to put her in it and see it she would keep it on.  She did :)

Our little tiger would even do a little "roar" for us once in a while throughout the night. 

 

We took the kiddos out to a few houses.  Zachary was very exctied and eager to go to every front door.  Aubrey on the other hand was a little more hesitant, but she did get excited about everything at about the 4th house we went to.

 

A very low key night, but fun to get to have some fun with these two cute kids.

 

 

 



Potty Time!

Today was the first day that Aubrey was actually interested in going on her little potty seat.  We've been talking about it for weeks now, but no interest until tonight.  She said she had to go and Brandon asked her if she wanted to try and not go in her diaper.

 

She said yes...

 

 

She actually went #2!!  She was so proud and you couldn't wipe that smile off of her face :). 

 

I know when she gets older she'll strongly dislike that I ever took a picture of her like this let alone post it somewhere, but I just had to.  It's a big step!!

 

We'll see how long this excitement lasts and if this trend will continue...

 

Uncle Tyler and Aunt Jessica's Wedding

Today was Brandon's "little" brother's wedding!  It turned out to be a lovely fall day and a perfect  backyard wedding.

 

Brandon was the best man and Aubrey was one of the little flower girls.  Now the first time she put on her flower girl dress this is what occurred...

 

 

Tears and more tears!  Who knows why she didn't want to wear this pretty dress, but she wasn't having anything of it at the time.

 

On the way to the wedding however, I talked to her about wearing the dress and that she was going to walk down the aisle with daddy and how she was going to get her very own flower bouquet to hold.  I don't know if it was our little chat, but she wore that dress with no problem that day :).

 

 

 

We stuffed Aubrey with plenty of fruit snacks and she walked down the aisle with her daddy with no hesitation :).  I'll have to admit, it definitely brought tears to my eyes seeing our little girl and her dad walk down the aisle.  It was definitely a very special moment and a very special day. 

 

Congrats Tyler and Jessica!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpking Patch Day!

This last Thursday Brandon and I both had the day off and we decided to go to the pumpkin patch as a family.

 

 

 

We went to this little farm, Zittel Farm,s on the border of Folsom and Orangevale.  It is such a cute, quaint looking place that we have always wanted to take our one day family there.  This was finally our year :). 

 

 

We had a great time picking out the perfect pumpkins for our home, petting some animals, and taking some fun fall pictures.  Not to mention Thursday was a PERFECT fall day and one that we haven't really felt in quite some time with all this summer heat going on.  The day was just perfect in so many ways and we just felt so blessed to have the day together :).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aubrey made sure we had all the pumpkins to take home.

 

And here is our final collage of our outing :)