A Messy Day

Back in June we had a very eventful day on one of our drives to visit grandparents.  We were taking Aubrey for her first swim and on the drive there we fed her; Evie driving, Brandon feeding Aubrey.  When Aubrey was finished, Brandon was securing the bottle in the diaper bag.  In the brief seconds he took his eyes off of Aubrey, she grabbed a toy that was nestled between her legs and the seat.  When Brandon first looked up he saw something on her face, but he thought it was just spit up.  Upon further reflection, he realized she hadn't eaten anything of that color that day.  This left him with only one likely culprit...he was right.  It was all over the toy and all over her hands.  It was on the seat and yes...it was on her face.  We're talking about number 2: poop that is. 

Brandon quickly exclaimed, "Pull over now!" I retrieved the wipes and the camera from the trunk and we cleaned her up the best we could before continuing, but not before we had time to snap a quick picture.  Needless to say, the clean up was not fun.  The second we got to Brandon's parent's house we stripped her clothes off and brought her straight into the shower to hose her down.  (As a side note, her diaper was almost empty....talk about bad luck).  The seat was then also hosed down and washed thoroughly and set out to dry for a day.  Aubrey proceeded to go for her first swim and the day was then salvaged.  Definately a car ride to remember!

Eight Months

It's been a busy month of growing and hitting some milestones!
At eight months Aubrey:
~ Can play peek-a-boo back with you
~ Loves the exersaucer!

~ Attempts to drink from a sippy cup.  She doesn't quite understand that she has to tilt her head back further to actually get the water sometimes.
~ Moves around so much when she sleeps that we find her in the craziest positions!

~ Crosses her legs and feet when sitting.  Mom just thinks this is pretty cute :).
~ Laughs at her touch and feel book

~ Went for her first swim this month

~ Started scooting in a circle when she is sitting to follow and get objects
~ Got her first tooth!  She's so busy and moves so much I still can't get a good picture of it!
~ Can go from her tummy to a sitting position all by herself.  This has made play time so much more fun :).

~ Pulled herself up on our ottoman and the same day pulled herself up in her crib.  Time to lower the mattress!

~ Went to the church nursery for the first time this month and did well!
~ Is still a great solid food eater!  Only food she dislikes so far is avocadoes.
~ Feeds herself little crackers. Not very well yet, but she's starting to get the hang of it.

~ Almost crawling!  She gets up on all fours but then lunges forward and hits her belly on the ground.  This pretty much gets her to wherever she wants to go and looks funny at the same time.  Hopefully she'll get the rhythm of actually crawling soon.

~ Laughs at her shadow on the ground

~ Likes to look at you through her legs when she gets on her hands and feet and picks her body up.  Maybe it's just looking at her world upside down that excites her :).
~ Likes to look at herself in the mirror

~ Developed some object permanance.  She knows that an object is there even though you've taken it away.
~ She's had some pretty fun tantrums when she is told the word "no" :(.  Boy can she scream!
~ Weighs 15 1/2 pounds

First Swim

Last week, during those really hot days, we decided to have Aubrey have her first swim experience!  To "test the waters" we got a small blow up pool for our backyard.  We filled it with water and let it heat up a bit and then we were ready to see if she would like it.  In typical Aubrey style, she was pretty apprehensive at first, but then really enjoyed it :).  She was splashing away by the end.

Later that week we went over to Brandon's parent's house and she really got a taste of swimming!  She loved swimming with daddy, papa, and grandma. 

Her feet definately looked like prunes by the end :).  We'll swim again soon!

First Father's Day

So Sunday June 19 was Brandon's first official father's day!  In the morning we had bran muffins and coffee for breakfast.  Aubrey and I made him a couple of cards.  On Aubrey's card it said that he had to go find his gift outside.  He looked around the backyard for a little bit to find two stepping stones: one with Aubrey's handprint and the other with her footprints and glass we got from Glass Beach one time when Brandon and I were dating :).  He actually knew what he was looking for already because I forgot to erase the history on the computer :(, but he was still surprised as to what they looked like.

After the hunt for the gift and breakfast, we were off to church in the morning.  Brandon was playing bass that Sunday so it was a little rushed, but Aubrey did great that morning.  For lunch we went to Mike and Mary's for ribs and pineapple upside down cake (Strawberry pie for mom :))...yum!  Brandon then had to head off to work by 3:00pm so the rest of the day Aubrey and I spent together and then visited my dad in the evening.

It was a rushed and busy day, but I think Brandon felt special and appreciated.  I couldn't ask for a more wonderful husband and father!!  We are so blessed by him!  Thanks Brandon for ALL that you do for us.  We love you!!