Do you notice anything different?

Cruising Along

A few weeks ago Aubrey took 6 steps in a row. She is starting to take more and hold her balance better. Here she is in action...

Take 1:


Take 2:

It's Pajama Time

The cooler weather brought the first opportunity of the season for PJ's. I'm glad she got a chance to wear these before Halloween.

Cutest Tiger Fan

I think she likes it, what do you think?

Pretty in Purple

Weekend Fun

We had a fun weekend which included a few firsts for Aubrey. My work had a picnic at the zoo on Saturday, so it was Aubrey's first trip to the zoo. The weather was perfect, and most of the animals seemed to be sleeping, but we did see the elephants, giraffes, and monkeys. Sorry, I didn't get any pictures of the animals or us watching them. Here's a picture of Aubrey on the carousel (another first from the weekend).

And this is Aubrey right before we left. She was worn out and was asleep before we got to the car.

Today Aubrey attended her first birthday party. The party was at a children's gym, so there were lots of bright colors, mats, and things to crawl on. Aubrey had a great time dancing and playing.

Hurricane Fun

Here are some of the activities that kept us entertained those first few days with no power...

Hurricane Ike Update

We survived Hurricane Ike with no damage to our house. We lost part of our fence, the contents of our refrigerator, the basketball goal, and a large branch off of our magnolia tree. Overall we were very fortunate. We are still without power. (I'm at work today.) It actually flickered a few times yesterday, but I guess they were just teasing us because it never came on. We've been fortunate to have beautiful, cool weather the past few days. A cold front blew in after the hurricane. Aubrey has been so good through all of this. I think she's at the perfect age. She doesn't watch tv, none of her entertainment requires power, she's still sleeping and eating like normal. Once we get power back, I will post some of our hurricane activities.

9 Months

It's been a busy month for us, so here's a brief recap of what we've been up to since I haven't posted very much.

Matt started back at school a few weeks ago and that means football practice, football games, and a new schedule for all of us. Matt drops Aubrey off at daycare in the morning and I pick her up in the evenings. So our days usually start around 4:30 am. I'm usually at work by 6:30-6:45 am and I try and get out by 4:45 pm at the latest. I try and feed Aubrey by 6:00 pm, and then we play for a bit before it's time for a bath and bed. She's usually asleep by 8:00 pm. One night last week Matt came home and found our little baby dressed like a ninja. He'd had a bad day, so you can imagine this put a smile on his face pretty quickly. (I had this headband on my head and she kept grabbing for it, so I put it on her head.)

Aubrey is a great eater. We haven't found anything that she doesn't like. We've introduced Gerber Puffs to her-they're like Cheerios but flavored. She likes these. She puts 4 or 5 in her hand but then only 1 or 2 actually make it to her mouth.

Aubrey now has 4 teeth-2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. Here's a picture where you can actually see the ones on the top:

Over Labor Day weekend, we took a trip to visit Matt's family in Oklahoma. It was Aubrey's first plane trip. She did well. On the way there all she wanted to do was look out the window. On the way home, she wasn't feeling well, so she slept the whole way. While in Oklahoma, Aubrey met lots of new family members, including her cousin Abby. Abby is the daughter of Matt's cousin, Jeff, and his wife Jennifer. She's almost 3 and even named her baby doll Aubrey.

That's what's been going on with us over that last few weeks. We are now awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Ike. We have all of the necessary supplies and are staying put. We are very far from the storm surge, but we will probably get a lot of rain and wind. Keep your fingers crossed for us that we aren't without power for too long.