Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Loves her Babies

I really should be packing for vacation right now, but I'm loving watching Aubree play with her babies and just had to share it through my blog! For the last week or so, she is really getting into playing with "girlie" things such as her babies! I taught her how to "love" or hug them and she kisses them too! I am loving it! Check out some of the cute moments she has had with them.

This one is a little fuzzy, but it's so cute how she is carrying her babies







Thursday, July 23, 2009

30... The Big 3-0... THIRTY~~~~

Today is the day! I'm 30! I finally have to grow up! Being 30 does make me feel a bit more of an adult today!
I've been mourning my 20's for the last few months now. I have grown my hair out long and tried to shed a few pounds/tone up in order to make me feel better about myself and about turning 30.
Actually, I think I'm fine with it now! I am in a really good place with my life right now even if I'm in my 30's! I have the most amazing and helpful husband in the whole wide world, the best three children a mom can ask for, a fantastic family and some really awesome friends! I don't think that I could ask for much more!... well, maybe for my house to sell.... but that's about it!
Off to get ready to go on my birthday date to Target with my three cuties!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Caretaker Anderson!

Yes, Jennifer H. I still have an older son Anderson!!! :) Here he is as caretaker of Aubree. He brings her to me several times a day reporting what she is getting into! It's not that I'm not watching her constantly, but ... it's just that there are always a million other things going on too and that's when she likes to get into things! He's a good little helper! He's just learning to swim as well, but I don't have any pictures of that since Pappy taught him this weekend while he and Mattie were taking care of my crew while I had a little birthday get together! More about my birthday soon!!!!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

11 Months Already!!!!

Time flies!!! Precious Aubree turned 11 months yesterday. In honor of that my list this month will be 11 things that Aubree LOVES to do.
  1. Climb the stairs...when I let her. Her face lights up like Christmas morning when she sees that the boys have knocked the gate down! She does all she can to get to them before I do!
  2. Suck her thumb and play with her ear at the same time. It's her way of calming down. After two paci babies, I never thought I would get a thumb sucker! It has pros and cons, but at least we can't misplace her thumb!!!
  3. Play peek-a-boo. She gets so excited when she thinks you've found her!
  4. Beat on her brothers, especially when one of them is sitting or lying with me! She's such a little jealous gal!
  5. Climb on stools or boxes and try to balance! She gets so giddy when she does this! She will be a gymnast one day!
  6. EAT!!! She loves food, but prefers adult food. She'll attack anyone with a plate!
  7. Play outside. She will fight to get out of the back door whenever it gets opened so she can explore outside. I have just started letting her! She crawls mainly outside so she has to have on "Play Pants."
  8. Nurse! She's come a long way in 11 months from the sleepy little one that didn't want to nurse to now, where she is still nursing at least 5 times a day! We'll have to work on that one before our "mommy/daddy" cruise in October.
  9. Watch the boys and daddy play the Wii - she is mesmerized!
  10. For me to play piggies with her toes.
  11. Give big open mouthed kisses to me and Brandon! So yummy and slobbery! I love it!
I can't believe she will be one in only one more month! She has grown so fast and so much! Her personality really is sweet, sassy and clever all in one. We all love her more than words can say and couldn't imagine our little family without her.
Here are some of her newer pictures that I was taking of her trying to get a good one for her bday invitations.





Wednesday, July 15, 2009

He's Talking!

After a lot of debating, we decided to take Grayson out of speech at the end of May and end his services with Early Intervention. He wasn't making any progress with his speech therapist for many reasons, and Brandon and I didn't see wasting our money, time and sanity to have her come every Monday at 1:30..... Yeah, 1:30 right in the middle of our new found nap time! (He did start taking naps again... Thank you Lord!) He was so tired by that time each Monday, that he wouldn't cooperate or even try to talk. It was very frustrating for him, me and his therapist. I am glad that we found EI, b/c if not I don't know if I would have taken him to the ENT when I did. I credit Dr. Clyne and the surgeries that he had to go through for Grayson's emerging speech! I think clipping the tounge helped some, and the tubes only made things better! He is talking up a storm now! He has tons of words and even uses phrases now! The other day while Aubree was trying to get to the potty, Grayson said, "No Abee, My potty!" I feel like he's maybe a few months behind, but making great progress with us working with him!! It's so nice to hear him say that he's "Mommy's boy!" He may have some articulation problems, but we'll address those once he gets in school, so for right now we're loving his new found skill of talking!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Couldn't Help Myself!

Ok... so I couldn't resist! Aubree is just too much fun to take pictures of. She will cooperate unlike the boys, so I just had fun taking some of her! There are lots of things to blog about like noisy frogs keeping me up at night, $1.79 tap water from Zaxby's, swimming fun at Mattie's (see title picture up top) and loads of other things, but I just can't seem to find the motivation to do it! So, you get to see more pictures of my SWEET little angel!












Notice she is missing one of her top center teeth.... It's broken through, but not come down yet. She has the other one and the two beside them. Looks a little funny! If you click on the picture you can see it really well.