February 2011

This month was kind of crazy for us - we had an arctic blast early in the month that immobilized the city. This meant many days off of work and in the house with Aubrey, with no where to go. Early on the power went out at our house, and as the temperature quickly dropped we decided to pack everyone up and go to Bitsy's house. We stayed for several days; I stayed home from work and Justin went into the office when he could. Aubrey LOVED having all of her favorite people (and pets) all under one roof. I think if she had her way she would have it like that all the time. We played a lot, baked cookies, danced to music, and spent a lot of time looking out the window watching fools try to make it up the hill (only to slide right back down). Once it looked like the roads were better we went back home...for a few days. We had another round of bad weather which had us back at my moms. This time it worked out perfect - we were there for my birthday. Justin picked up my favorite pizza on the way home and we celebrated with pizza and strawberry cupcakes. That weekend we celebrated with dinner at Trulucks - which Aubrey thoroughly enjoyed. She was so entertaining and well behaved it was amazing. This year I had the best birthday I've had in a while.

Aubrey had a pretty good month. She is growing out of everything, which means a lot of shopping with mom and Bitsy! She is so active we have to make sure she has clothes that she can play in and get dirty. Her molars are coming in, as are a few more teeth up front. This has made her pretty miserable and nothing seems to help. She babbles all the time, I just wish we could understand what she is saying. She can still say Sadie, Bubba, Gigi, Momma, and Daddy. The only thing is now "Bubba" seems to apply to all dogs, not just Nugget. We are working on this. Even though she can't say more she clearly understands most things. She follows directions and knows the names of most objects. She can point to her nose, belly and feet. Aubrey is smart as a whip but also stubborn as anything. She has a mind of her own and will do what she wants when she want. She has even started throwing temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way (I am not amused). We are also working on this. She loves playing with her "little people" and ball popper. She is learning to use crayons and markers. Aubrey loves to be outside, especially when the dogs are out. I can't wait until it is warmer so we can be out there more often.

We are looking forward to March - we already have a lot of fun things planned! Check back later!