Visit to Baton Rouge

These are from a few weeks ago. Aubrey was so excited to go to Baton Rouge to visit Cousin Grace. She talked about it all week and knew that on Saturday we were going to see Grace. So Saturday morning when Aubrey woke at 6 am, the first thing she said to Matt was "It's Saturday - Grace!" and giggled. Brandon and Megan fixed a delicious lunch and Aubrey even helped Aunt Meg with dessert.





Tickling her toes!


Cooking with Aunt Meg

Geaux Tigers!

Nana and Pops with their beautiful granddaughters!

The Zoo and the Aquarium

We had a busy Labor Day weekend. We went to the aquarium on Saturday with Ashley and Ms. Jeanette. Aubrey got to ride the train and the carousel twice!

On Monday we took our 2nd trip to the Houston Zoo. We learned 2 lessons: 1) We will only go to the zoo first thing in the morning from now on. (We didn't really plan on going, just sort of decided that morning to go, so we didn't get there until almost noon). 2) We will never go to the zoo on Labor Day again - it was hot and crowded. (You can probably tell from my pictures and the lack of them. We did see more than 2 animals, though!)

Catching Up

Since I haven't posted anything in a long time, here are some recent pictures of my Big Girl!

Aubrey and Cousin Grace (She was so excited to hold Grace. She was very serious about it!)




Aubrey giving Gabby kisses

Aubrey and her airplane

It plays a song, so she's doing a little dance to the music. (It would have been better on video!)

Playing outside with Daddy

And this is what she looked like when I picked her up from school today - notice the partial moustache and goatee!

Going Shopping

Aubrey grabbed her hat and purse and told me she was going shopping. She is definitely my child. I love bags; I just don't normally carry 3 at a time!

Uh-oh

Where's Saban?


There she is!

Down!

Silly Monkey

The Little Gym

For the past month or so, we've been going to The Little Gym every Saturday. We go the parent-child class for 19 mo. - 3 years old. There's lots of musics, balls, bubbles, and running and climbing, and they get to practice skills such as forward rolls, hanging from the bar, and the balance beam. Aubrey has a great time. As soon as we pull in the parking lot she starts clapping and saying Gym! Here are a few pictures of our fun today...

Practicing on the balance beam (Aubrey's favorite!)

A backwards roll (1st time for this one)

Swinging on the high bar with Ms. Renee

Bubbles!

My Big Girl

Matt called me this morning after dropping Aubrey off at school to tell me today was her first day in her new class. Basically anytime between 18 months and 2 years the children can move to the Toddler 2 class, once they are ready and when there is space available. Her teacher had mentioned at the beginning of the summer that they were going to start transitioning Aubrey and a few of her classmates to the Toddler 2 class and she would probably be there full time by July. She had only been to the other class a few times over the past month and just last week we were told it probably wouldn't be until August when they moved her to the next class full time. So we were a little surprised to hear she would be moved so suddenly.

She had a great day. As soon as I got home, I asked her how her day was and if she had gone to her new class. She responded with "Dixie". Her new teacher is Ms. Dixie. Also, her friends from her Toddler 1 class (Kate, Alex, and Olivia) have also moved to the next class, so she's not alone.

Everyday we get a report from school that tells us what Aubrey did, when and what she ate, what time and how long she slept, and how many diapers she had. Today her report had a little extra written on it from Ms. Dixie telling us about her first day. It said, "Aubrey did great in Toddler 2 this morning. She was even correcting Alex when he was trying to do insert work. She has a great memory and remembered how to do the work that I had shown her last month! I really enjoy working with her. She responds so well. She is going to be a lot of fun!"

We are looking forward to meeting with Ms. Dixie soon to find out what's in store for Aubrey in this class.

Happy 4th of July

We had a fun but very hot long holiday weekend.

Friday morning we kicked the weekend off with a visit to Aubrey's class at the Little Gym, then she took pictures (see post below) in the afternoon, and then we had some friends over for dinner. Our good friends, Mike and Christie, had a beautiful baby boy, Ryan, a little over 2 weeks ago. Aubrey was very excited to meet Baby Ryan. I don't think she ate any of her dinner because she was watching him sleep, and then when he started to cry, she didn't know what to do. She held his hand and touched his hair and was very gentle. Here's a picture of them:


On Saturday morning we went to our neighborhood 4th of July parade and celebration. Aubrey had fun catching candy and beads. We only stayed at the celebration for a little bit because it was so hot, but it was long enough for Aubrey to play on the playground and go down the slide a few times. Then we headed home and ate lunch and went for a swim. We were trying to stretch her nap time because we knew it was going to be a late night.

After her nap, we went up to the Woodlands for dinner, a festival, and fireworks. It was too hot to enjoy the festival, but we walked around a bit and headed back to our spot to wait for the fireworks. Aubrey seemed fascinated with them. She sat back and watched.

18 Months Pictures

Here are a few of our favorites....

And here's the link to all of them...

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