The Birthday Countdown (part 1)

Oh my goodness!!! I just realized that my baby will be ONE in a week!!! I can't even believe how quickly this year has flown by. I'm getting all nostalgic thinking about it and planning her little party. So, I get to pull my mommy card and get all sappy as I reminisce this week:)

This time last year I was 39 weeks...only one week until my due date! I'd spend the week getting the house super cleaned up and finishing some last minute paintings and nursery decorations. I was actually going to the hospital that morning with bags pack and having a little trial run! I had to check into the hospital at 7am. I was having blood work done to make sure my liver and kidneys were functioning properly since my blood pressure had been steadily on the rise. If I had dilated at all or anything with the blood work turned out not great, they would start the induction that morning. However, I wasn't dilated at all and thankfully my liver and kidneys were functioning fine! So we were put on hold one more week. I did experience my first IV, which I didn't care for. However, I was hooked up to a fetal monitor and got to listen to her sweet heartbeat:) I loved being able to hear that fast little heart beat and seeing and feeling her roll around it my belly. I can't believe she's now crawling around everywhere, pulling up on everything, jabbering at everyone...I love her so much :) 

 

What a difference a year makes:)

All About Aubrey: 11 Months!

One more month until the big day!! I can't believe this time last year I had a big belly and no baby! It doesn't seem like you are almost a year...it has gone by too fast. Babies shouldn't be allowed to grow up and change so quickly. That being said...I LOVE the stage you are in right now.  You are so fun to watch and interact with. You are learning new things and playing new games every day. We love you so SO much!!!

Firsts: word (I think??), bath in the big girl tub, snow cone, spaghetti o’s, pop tart, bagel, trip to the original Dwarf House, time playing in a little pool…you didn’t like it

News Headlines: Boston Marathon Bombing

Mommy’s Favorite: When I’m putting you to bed at night and you will look at me and point to my eyes, nose, mouth and then smile at me.  Then you’ll rest your head on my shoulder…I love our sweet snuggles and time together (even if it sometimes occurs at 3am)

Daddy’s Favorites: When he walks into a room and you look at him and crawl away and smile and laugh. You look back to make sure he’s coming after you.

Milestones: your vocabulary and communication

Measurements: You are still about 27lbs and around 28inches (based on our at home measurements). You’re in mostly 6-9 and 6-12 months clothes (although the 6-12 are a little big), but you still fit into a few dresses that are 3-6 because they ran a little big. Size 3 diapers.

Like Mommy: your eyes

Like Daddy: your forehead (I’ve had 2 people mention it lately)

Funniest Moment: We went to visit GG and Big D and when we first got there I guess you were excited to see GG and glad to be out of the car, but you were going nuts! You were cracking your self up over a golf ball.  This was mostly funny for you, but adorable for the rest of us. We LOVE your giggle!!

Memorable moment: Saying goodbye to the trees at Toomer’s Corner. You never got to roll the trees, but we will tell you all about that tradition when you get older!

Challenges: Naps…you were doing so well for a while, but you’re so inconsistent! Its frustrating because some days you’ll take 2 great naps in a day, but other days it’s a 30 minute morning nap, and then you’ll play and fuss for so long and refuse the second nap.

How we spend the day: You wake up around 8/8:30 and I nurse you. We play and then eat breakfast.  Lately you’ve had yogurt and we share a waffle! You go down for a nap around 10ish.  We eat lunch around 12 and you nurse sometime after that. We play some more or run errands until around 2 or 3 (depending on how long you napped earlier in the day).  I nurse you when you get up and we have a snack and then we play until its time to cook dinner. You play with Daddy or help me in the kitchen by pulling things out of the Tupperware cabinet while I cook. We start your bedtime routine around 7:45/8. Sometimes you wake up at night and sometimes around 5:30 or 6. If it is still early I will go in and feed you and put you back to sleep. So far you have done well going back to sleep as long as its before 7.

Feedings/Eating: I’ve mostly cut out night time feedings except on a rare occasion, so you’re down to 4 nursing sessions a day: when you wake up, lunchtime, late afternoon, and bedtime. I’m going to be cutting another feeding out soon, either around lunch or the late afternoon. You are eating many more solid foods these days. You’re still eating purees, as well as some kind of food that we are eating at every meal. You’re doing really well at feeding yourself, you just get really excited and forget to swallow and end up with a lot in your mouth if we aren’t careful. You are getting better about this.

Sleeping: Napping is different every day, but you normally take 2 naps around 10 and 2 for about 45minutes-just over an hour. Towards the end of this month your nighttime sleep has gotten consistently better. You’re down to at least one wake up if at all…YAY! You were mostly waking up once at random times and would occasionally sleep all the way through. However, we got a video monitor and I’ve felt more confident letting you cry for a few minutes if you wake up at night because I can see if you’re ok and if you are laying down or standing up. The first two nights we had it you woke up but fell back asleep in only about 20 or 30 minutes. The next few nights you didn’t wake up until the morning! We’ll see if this continues!

Personality: You have a great personality! You are so friendly to almost everyone you come across. You are generally in a good mood unless you are really hungry or really tired. You love to laugh and to smile and are content to play, climb, and explore. You are very inquisitive and will constantly point at things especially on our walks and we tell you what each thing is. You are normally busy and on the go, but there is always time for an occasional snuggle!

Likes: being outside, going for walks, swinging, eating snacks, juice boxes, most food, chewing on straws (and everything else actually), spaghetti o’s, being outside, the dishwasher

Dislikes: naps, oatmeal, getting your face wiped after a meal

Mobility: You’re crawling, standing unassisted, cruising along furniture, but not walking yet.

Favorite toy: Anything that you can climb and pull up on. So I’d say your “Aubrey Chair” in your room. It’s soft, just your size, and perfect for climbing on and off of.

Upcoming Events: Your first birthday!!!

New Explorations: You’ve been climbing on everything you can! You come running every time you hear the dishwasher open so that you can play in it and climb onto the door. You’ve started exploring the bathrooms, so we’ve had to watch you or make sure the door is closed. Basically you’re into everything:) Also since Easter you've loved playing with Easter eggs. You have learned to pop them apart and shoot one half across the room. You smile and bring us the two pieces and have us put them together...over and over again!!

Sounds, words, and communication: You are really communicating these days in all kinds of ways. You point to things you want and make little noises. If we give you the wrong thing you will wave your hand away. Its making meal time interesting as you point to what you want a bite of. You say all kinds of sounds these days b, d, m, n, y, and several vowels. I love that you are saying mama now, but I can’t tell if you know exactly what you’re saying yet. So, I THINK you are saying some words now…I feel like I should actually KNOW...oh well. I’m pretty sure you know who your Dada is. Also, when you throw something you say boom, and when you clap your hands you say yay! You’ve started waving when someone is leaving and you’ll say di-di. Not exactly, but you’re pretty consistent.

Teeth: I’m pretty sure you have 7 now, 4 on top, 2 on the bottom all the way through, and one that may have just broken through on the bottom…but it’s hard to tell because you poke your tongue out whenever we try to look!

Big girl tubby!

Bye Toomer's trees:(

She loved some spaghetti o's!

Chick-fil-a Original Dwarf House in Atlanta.

She was not impressed with the baby pool...

The new way we play with our barn...standing on it and gnawing on the roof!

Her new thing...blowing spit bubbles as she says "mwaa mwaa mwaa"

Happy 11 months sweet, Aubrey!!!

Aubrey's 10th Month

A little late (ok a lot late), but better late than never, right?!? I'll post the 11 month one soon, too:)

Firsts: Easter, Easter egg hunt drinking out of a big girl cup, food: chicken, watermelon, cantaloupe, ice cream

News Headlines: The Catholics get a new pope…Pope Francis

Mommy’s favorite: when I say, “give me kisses” and you suck your lips in and make a kissy noise

Daddy’s Favorites: watching you stand like a big girl

Milestones: You are standing unassisted for several seconds (I think you could stand a little longer than you do, but you think its funny to sit down or lunge at me)

Measurements: About 17lbs. and about 27.5 inches I’d guess. You are in such an awkward size right now.  Your Easter dress was a size 3-6 months, but most of your other 3-6 months’ are getting too small. The problem is you are long and narrow, so you are in the next size up (either 6-9 or 6-12 months) for length, but still in a 3-6 for weight in some clothes.  You wear size 3 diapers.

Like Mommy: You love juice boxes!! You look so cute when you are concentrating so hard to suck out of the little straw.

Like Daddy: You love spending time outside and are always greeting people you see.

Funniest Moment: You do little things every day that make us laugh. One example from this past month would have to be you swiping the goldfish. You’ve recently found a love for snacks and Mommy was eating gold fish. You reached for one so I would bite them in half and give you a tiny piece.  Apparently that wasn’t good enough because I looked and found you reaching your hand in the bag and eating the whole fish crackers very quickly.

Memorable moment: We gave you a chunk of cantaloupe and you loved it. You kept eating little bits, but you forgot to swallow. You ended up with a mouth full! I took the chunk from you so that you would stop eating it and you had a throw down tantrum. We had to scoop it out of your mouth because you were getting so mad and were crying so hard that we were scared you would choke.

Challenges: Working on eating non-pureed food.  You don’t love it always and we’re always afraid of you choking.

How we spend the day: You wake up around 7:30 or 8:30 and go down for about 2 hours later. Normally you will eat breakfast and play for a while in between that time.  We eat lunch around 12 and then you’ll take an afternoon nap. Now that its nice outside we’ve been going for an afternoon walk or going to swing at the park. We’ll play until about 5 or 6 and then you play with Daddy or in the kitchen with Mommy while she makes dinner. We eat dinner together and then its normally bath time.  You get your bath around 7:45, Daddy reads you and story, and Mommy nurses you and puts you in bed.

Feedings/Eating: You are nursing about 5 times in a 24-hour period. When you wake up, lunchtime, in the afternoon around 3 or 4, when we put you to bed, and then when you wake up at night. You are eating with us for three meals a day now and you also have snacks. Breakfast-waffles, yogurt, cheerios, or fruit; Lunch/dinner-a fruit or veggie and a little bit of whatever we are having; snacks-puffs, crackers, graham crackers, juice

Sleeping: You’re taking mostly 2 naps and thankfully they are getting a little longer. They normally total about 1.5-2 hours in any combination…good not great! You’re sleeping better at night and are mostly only waking about once.  There is, however, no rhyme or reason as to when you will wake up.

Personality: You’re very opinionated and continue to show us what you like and what you don’t. You will be laughing and smiling one minute, and then next second throwing a tantrum. You are so much fun to watch and to play with. You are getting to be so animated.

Likes: Swinging…you LOVE swinging and you laugh and smile the whole time, ice cream, puffs and yogurt bites, graham crackers (one of your current favorites), dancing, pulling up on things,

Dislikes: having your diaper change (Mommy’s dislike for the month too!!), not getting what you want,

Mobility: You crawl everywhere super quickly and are constantly crawling around and pulling up on anything you can get your hands on. You can easily cruise along the furniture and can even stand for a few seconds unassisted. I’m guessing that means walking isn’t far away! GASP!

Favorite toy: You really liked playing with the plastic easter eggs, but you mostly just like things you can pull up on. You also like to hold our phones and we will turn on the music and you sit and dance.

Upcoming Events: Daddy is going out of town, so we are going to spend a few days in Auburn with Aunt Caitlin and Rebecca.

New Explorations: You are into EVERYTHING! We really have to keep a close eye on you these days because you are constantly exploring you surroundings and putting things in your mouth. You are also pulling up on everything, so now things aren’t safe on lower surfaces like the coffee table and TV stand.

Sounds and words: You’ve been saying “dadin” a lot lately.  We have no clue what that is, but you say it enough that it is worth mentioning!  I think you can just say /d/ and /n/ really well so you’ve combined them.  You’ve been saying the /b/ sounds more, /y/ all kinds of vowel sounds, and I’ve finally heard the /m/ sounds!  That means you are getting closer to saying mama! J

Teeth: Still just the 6 teeth. I think you’ve been trying to get those 2 bottom ones all month, but no such luck so far!

You love goldfish!

First time drinking out of a big girl cup at Cracker Barrel. 

Yum!! Ice cream:)

GG's future student!

"My first Easter"

She was actually cracking up here because I kept putting the egg on my head.

Aubrey's 1st Easter basket.

Standing like a big girl!

Happy 10 Months Aubrey!!!

She's Engaged!

She’s engaged!!!

I am SO excited!!! A few weeks ago we found out about Kyle's plan of a surprise engagement party and, of course, that he was going to propose to Caitlin!  We went up a little early to enjoy a little lunch in Auburn...

It's so crazy to me that Josh and I went to Momma G's on our first "unofficial" date about 9 and a half years ago and now we are bringing our baby here! 

We met up with my parents and Madeline after lunch and then headed to Kyle's house.  His family was there and many of their friends...and some pretty tasty food! We hung out for a while and finally they came in...

They were just a little happy;)

We all had a lot of celebrating this special day together and can't wait to start getting everything ready for the big day...here's a few more pictures...

For more and some super fun pictures check out Caitlin's facebook page...I apparently don't have too many....but those were some highlights!!

CONGRATULATIONS CAITLIN AND KYLE!!!!!

All About Aubrey: 9 Months Old

I just realized I hadn't posted anything since last month's All About Aubrey...we've been a little busy and I took a photography class that took up a lot of my free time at night.  I'll do better this month and already have a few posts in mind:) 

For now...holy cow!! It doesn't seem like it has been a whole month since I wrote Aubrey's last post. This month has flown by!  I told my mom that these past 9 months have gone by much fast than the 9 before:)  If I had to choose a month where she's changed the most I think this past month would be it.  She's learned so many new things and seems to have become closer to a toddler and farther away from a little baby.  Some days I miss that little baby, or maybe I'd like to freeze time right now because you're at such a fun age! We love you so, SO much sweet girl!!  Happy 9 months, Aubs!!!

Firsts: cold :(, pulling up on the side of your crib (we had to drop your crib down towards the beginning of the month), crawling, eating pancakes, engagement party (it was funny because you knew it wasn’t about you and you kept blowing off Caitlin the whole night even though you normally really like her), waving bye-bye, trip to the park, swinging in a swing and sliding down a slide.

News Headlines: I’ve been pretty busy lately so I haven’t watch the news…don’t judge.  But big news in our lives…Caitlin got engaged to her boyfriend Kyle!!  We are all so excited for her.  We went to Auburn to surprise her for an engagement party.

Mommy’s favorite: I love that you dance to music…it makes me laugh everytime. I also LOVE when I build towers with your stacking cups.  You love to knock them down and you crack up every time!!

Daddy’s Favorites: When he pretends to chase you and you smile and try to crawl away.

Milestones: You have started doing so many new things this month.  I think within the past 2 weeks you’ve really taken off. You are now able to easily pull up, crawl like a little speed demon.  You have become so mobile the past month…we first found you sitting up in your crib at the beginning and now you can sit up, lay down, stand up, and crawl away. My little baby is growing up so quickly! You also started waving bye-bye today!!

*Measurements: You’re wearing all size 3 diapers.  Your clothes are such a mish-mosh of sizes. You can still wear some 3-6 months, but some are too small.  Plus the next size up is weird…we have the option of 6-9, 6-12, 9 months, and 12 months.  You can fit into some of all of these sizes, but some of the exact same sizes in the same brands are huge on you. So we just keep trying on things every day which you love…HA!  You have your check-up tomorrow so we will see your weight and length.

Like Mommy and Daddy: you love to eat snacks

Funniest Moment:  We were at a restaurant and whenever we are out and there are other kids around you try to squeal and talk to them really loudly.  Well a little boy started pitching a fit and screaming super loud. He was about 2 or so and Aubrey was just staring at him and squealing and yelling at him in her loudest voice.  It was hilarious and the table behind us was laughing at this crazy scene.

Memorable moment: You exploded your diaper of course when we were 30 minutes away from home about to eat lunch.  We had you in the trunk of the car and you had poop running down your leg…it was everywhere!!  We finally got you all cleaned up and put your clothes in a doggie bag from the trashcan outside of Petsmart and put your diaper in the doggie “oopsie” trashcan.

Challenges: Your stuffy nose was difficult for a few days…you were so pitiful! Your constipation problem took a 180 turn due to teething. Also diaper changing has become a daily challenge…you refuse to stay on your back for longer than about 3 seconds.  This makes for some interesting moments.

Feedings/Eating: You nurse about every 4 hours.  You eat breakfast sometimes, lunch, and dinner. If you eat breakfast it is normally yogurt and some cheerios with juice. For lunch and dinner you eat some kind of fruit and a veggie.  You are doing really well at eating things like cheerios, puffs, Mum mums or crackers or other dry bready items.  You gag or refuse to eat anything slimy like peaches, noodles, avocado, etc.

Sleeping: This changes about every other day…we just can’t get you on a schedule!!  Even if we put you down about 8 every night, you wake up at different times throughout the night and in the morning.  You were doing well and only waking up once and still sleeping in until about 8:30, but recently you’ve been waking up twice again.  Napping…sigh… You were sleeping about an hour or hour and a half at least once and then a 30 or 45-minute nap.  When you were sick you slept for about 2 hours and then another one-hour nap.  Now, its anyone’s guess how long and how many naps, and anywhere from 1-3 naps a day, and anywhere from 30 minutes to and hour and 30 minutes.  Also, I should add this to challenges, but you’ve been harder to get down for a nap ever since you learned to pull up on your crib.

Personality: I think you get a stronger personality every month.  You know what you want and you really let us know if you love something or hate it.  You have become so fun recently! You make yourself laugh sometimes and will look at us with a big smile on your face like you are just trying to get us to make you laugh. You can be so silly sometime, but you can also pitch a major fit if you don’t like something.

Likes: going outside, crawling around and pulling up on all furniture, dancing to music, eating snack food like puffs, mum mums, cheerios, graham crackers, etc., mommy and daddy, GG and Big D (you reached for GG even when you were with mommy the whole time we saw her and Big D peeked in on you in the nursery and you cried when he walked away…he liked it a little bit!), eating shoes

Dislikes: Saline drops, getting your nose sucked, eating mango and noodles, getting your diaper changed, taking naps, when mommy or daddy walk away, wearing shoes

Mobility: You have absolutely taken off in this area this past month.  You can now crawl very quickly and get where you want to go.  You are also starting to cruise on furniture once you pull up. This is pretty new though so you are still pretty slow.

Favorite toy: We have these stacking cups that are different colors that you love to un-stack. They were in a drawer and you crawled over, opened them, and pulled them out to play with. These are the cups you love to knock down!

Upcoming Events: Your 9 month check up. Going to Atlanta for a girls weekend and Aunt Madeline’s prom with Rebecca and Aunt Caitlin.

New Explorations: You are exploring the house all on your own now that you can crawl!  I’ve had to make sure all of the outlets are covered and the cords and such are up.

Sounds and words: You babble all of the time.  Still your go to /d/ and /n/ sounds.  You may have added the /b/ sound the other day.  But you mix them with all the different vowel sounds instead of just da da and na na.

Teeth: You now have 6 teeth!! Holy moly they came in fast! Both top teeth have come through now, and just the other day I was tickling her and saw she had gotten both of her next top teeth (not sure what they are called). I’m not sure when they came in exactly! I kept thinking you were teething, but never saw the bottom ones, which I thought were supposed to come in first. So…they were a surprise!

Yummy pancakes!

Finger painting with homemade finger paint.

Aubrey's first Valentine's Day

Poor little sick baby:(

Swinging for the first time...she loved it!

At the park with Mommy and Daddy

Greeting us by standing up in her crib.

Congratulations!!!

A real glimpse at a 9 month old taking pictures.

Happy 9 Months Aubrey:)

All About Aubrey: 8 Months Old

Happy 8 months Aubrey!  I can't believe how quickly you are growing and changing...you're becoming such a big girl.  We love you so, SO much!!!

Firsts: sitting in a shopping cart and a high chair in a restaurant, prescription, eating Gerber Mum Mums, sitting up in bed after a nap.

News Headlines: 5-year-old boy was held hostage in Midland, AL for several days in an underground bunker.  He was finally rescued by FBI!

Mommy’s Favorite: When you bob to music and clap your hands

Daddy’s Favorite: When you kick your legs like a dolphin and get really excited right before you eat.

Milestones: pulling up on Mommy’s fingers to a standing position, picking up small things (like Cheerios) using a pincer grip, you can drink out of a sippy cup all by yourself and are great at it!, you go easily from a sitting position to laying down, once we found you in your crib after a nap sitting up!

Measurements: You are wearing size 6-9 and 9 month footie pj’s.  Most of your clothes are 3-6, but they some seem a little snug and some 6-9 month clothes are starting to fit.  You are in size 3 diaper at night and during the day as soon as we finish up a few more size 2’s. You weigh 16 lbs. 3 oz. based on our home scale and are about 26.5 inches.

Funniest Moment: I can’t think of one particular moment, but you are so much fun to watch!  Everything you do makes us smile and laugh. We love watching you bounce in your jumperoo, listen to you talk really loud in public places, the fact that you go after everything with your mouth wide open, and its even a little funny when we take something and you get really mad.  This won’t be funny later, but for now it is a little bit because you’re so little and you have such a strong opinion about things.

Memorable moment: Not necessarily a wonderful moment, but memorable nonetheless! You had been having a little, um, issue with constipation…Poor babyL You had gotten pretty miserable.  We’d called the doctor, made a visit, and called back, We tried peaches, pears, prunes, oatmeal, and even a stool softener, but to no avail.  The final call lead us to buy some glycerin suppositories.  We called Steffani to come over and help us.  Let’s just say it was quite an experience.  I have basically never seen so much poop in my life!  Let alone coming out of someone so tiny.  Hopefully you are feeling much better now!

Challenges: Your constipation issue…sorry kid!  It has been so frustrating and I feel like we’ve tried everything.  We’ve eliminated foods such as bananas, all cereals because of the iron, and even apples.  We’ve given you prescription stool softeners and juice everyday.  The medicine started gagging you and making you throw up everything you’d eaten.  We are still working on this one.

How we spend the day: You wake up about 8:30 most mornings (occasionally 7ish if you’ve only woken up once during the night).  Daddy gets you up and changes your diaper and then mommy nurses you.  We play, eat a little breakfast, and then you go down for a nap about 2 hours later.  During the day we play, read, run errand (aka go to Walmart…), go for walks, and play some more!  Hard life! Some days we will go for a real adventure to Prattville so we can go to Target and grocery shop at Publix! You eat dinner around 6:30 and then start your bedtime routine around 7:30 or 8.  You get a bath, take your vitamins, get on your jammies, Daddy reads you a story, and then Mommy nurses you and puts you in your crib.

Feedings/Eating: You have done much better this month and are gagging much less.  You nurse about 5-6 times a day (depending on how many times you wake up at night), about every 4 hours. You eat yogurt, cheerios, and juice for breakfast and some kind of fruit and veggie for lunch and dinner.  You don’t always eat three solid meals, but we are working on it. 

Sleeping: You are (knock on wood!) sleeping a little better.  You are taking a little longer of naps.  You take about 2-3 naps a day and normally at least one is over an hour and only the 3^rd one if you take it is about 30 minutes.  At night you were very consistently waking up about 12 and 4.  Recently you’ve bumped the 4 o’clock feeding to about 5:30 and twice you’ve skipped the 12 o’clock feeding!  I’m not getting my hopes up though because you are so inconsistent.

Personality: You have such a fun, silly, and strong personality.  You have since the day you were born.  It is really starting to shine through.  You are so determined to get and do what you want and get mad and frustrated when you can’t.  You love to laugh, and sometimes you just look at us and giggle like you’re just waiting for us to do something funny to crack you up.  You love to play with your toys and you “talk” to your friends like Elmo while we ride in the car.

Likes: Mum mums, cheerios, puffs, yogurt bites, mommy’s fresh sweet potatoes, when we come get you out of your crib when you wake up, playing with your toys, playing in the bath, going for walks, riding in the grocery cart like a big girl.

Dislikes: avacados, sitting in the carseat, not being able to do something, having something you want taken away, when Mommy and Daddy walk away (you’ve started a little bit of separation anxiety recently)

Mobility: you are really wanting to crawl, but just haven’t quite made it yet. You will grab onto things and pull yourself across the floor.  Recently you’ve gotten very fast and you don’t stay in one place for very long.  You will push yourself with your knees, but you haven’t quite figured out how to coordinate everything yet. You are also love holding on to Mommy’s hands and pull yourself up to a standing position.  You try to do this with objects, but are still timid and can’t pull yourself all the way up yet.  You can go from sitting to laying down better now.

Favorite toy: shape blocks, Sophie the Giraffe, anything you probably shouldn’t have. You’ve recently start liking your paci, but not to suck on like a normal baby, you like to chew on the plastic part.  It entertains you for a while and is great while we are grocery shopping because we can clip it on so it doesn’t fall.

Upcoming Events: Mommy’s birthday, GG and Big D and Madeline are coming o visit

Sounds: Same sounds, na na na and da da da we hear all day long.  The new thing is that you have gotten so much louder.  It’s really funny because you have a lot to say and you are so loud, especially in restaurants. You also mix them all up and can have quite a conversation now.  You have the funniest expressions when you are talking to us.

Teeth: Your two bottom teeth are really coming in now and you’ve recently had one of your front top teeth cut through the gum.

Enjoying a MumMum

...and some cheerios

One of her favorite things...taking out all of her toys

2 little teeth!

gnawing on Sophie

She loved Chick fil A:)

How I found her after nap time on her 8 month birthday.

Happy 8 Months sweet, Aubrey!!! We love you:)