Aubree & Friends

Aubree opening her Christmas presents.

Aubree and her friend Sara at Gavin's 1st Birthday.

Gavin eating his Birthday cupcake.

Aubree and her friend, Taylor & Hannah.

Aubree and Hannah.

Travelling with a baby...

As some of you know, Chris and I are heading to Phoenix to visit my Mom and Dad the first week of February. This will be Aubree's 2nd airplane ride but the first time around she was only a few months old so I am alittle worried about how this one will go. I do not travel well as I get airsick so I take gravel which puts me to sleep, so Chris might have his hands full. She is at that age where she doesn't want to sit she just wants to walk around but hopefully there will be enough going on that she will keep her distracted.
I am also concerned about packing for the trip, I always over pack as I don't want to not have something that I could have used and Chris isn't much better so I am going to make a list of things we need and I am going to stick to it! I'm not going to take that much for Aubree because we plan on doing some shopping while we are down there anyways so she can wear some of those clothes. My mom and dad have a trailer down there so we don't have to worry about staying in a hotel room but still there is lots of things we will need for her. But it should all be worth it when we get there and it is nice and hot, I can't wait because with the weather here Aubree and I have been pretty much holed in. Hopefully it will be a bit milder when we get home and we won't have anymore deep freezes.
Yesterday, I was babysitting my nephew Deklan in the morning. It was lots of fun although I did realize that I have much busier times ahead for myself as he goes non-stop! He is also at the age where everything is his and he doesn't quite understand sharing and Aubree is at the age where she realizes when people take things from her. So after a few times of Aubree crying because Deklan wanted the toy she was playing with I decided I would put them on our toy car together. It was very cute and I got a great video, so here it is:

Don't worry no one was hurt, but it was hilarious!!

2009

It's been a while since I posted anything, with Christmas it was kind of busy and things are finally getting back to normal. We had a really great Christmas, definitely more fun with a little one around!
Aubree is getting bigger and now has 2 bottom teeth. She has also for about 3 weeks been sleeping through the night, from about 8 pm to 7:30 or 8 am. I can't tell you how nice it is!! Tomorrow we start Aquafitness again and then on Saturday she starts her Starfish and Duck swimming lessons. She is also now able to stand holding on to the couch or her walker, so that is definitely exciting, but she really shows no interest in crawling.
Being that it is the start of a new year I decided I really need to do something about losing some weight. Never an easy task but I am going to try my hardest as I am not happy at the weight I am currently at. Also I would like to lose it before I get pregnant again so that I don't have the extra pounds to lose again. It is really hard right now to get outside to go for walks because it has been so flipping cold, but hopefully it warms up to a reasonable temperature so that I can start taking Aubree for walks in her sleigh. My other goal for 2009 is to be more eco-friendly, generally Chris and I are very good at recycling but I would like to work on eating more organic foods, cutting down on our water use and just generally thinking more about what we are consuming and what impact it is having on our world.
I will leave everyone with this video of Aubree's first sleigh ride.