1st Pumpkin Carving

After picking out our pumpkins yesterday at the pumpkin patch...the obvious next step is to CARVE!!


Some of Aubree's favorite things right now are Mickey, Minnie, Dogs and Elmo.  When we finished up at the pumpkin patch yesterday, we stopped by Sam's to pick a few things up before heading home.  Ben found 5 foot tall stuffed Mickey's and Minnie's.  While I was looking at winter pj's for Aubree (with Aubree in my arms), all of a sudden she flipped out and tried to jump out of my arms.  Little did I know that Ben had come up behind me with one of the 5 foot tall Minnnie's.  Aubree couldn't get down fast enough and RAN to see her yelling "Minnie, Minnie, Minnie".  She giggled like no other, flew her self on to Minnie and didn't know how to control herself.  This child hasn't been this excited about ANYTHING like this before.  I really wished I had my video camera, but of course I didn't, so I try to explain as best as possible so you can get a hint of how happy she was when she saw that Minnie Mouse.  I was really disappointed that Ben didn't get it for her, but then again...$80 for a stuffed toy?? 

Ok, so back to Carving...obviously after how crazy she went over Minnie yesterday, I had to find a Minnie Mouse pumpkin stencil.  It's amazing what you can find online for free rather than buying them!  I've added a few pictures from her 1st carving.

Daddy letting Aubree get a feel for what she was about to get in to

She tried out the scoop, but I think she thought it was a spoon:  See next picture

Yummy!

Yeah, much easier to just use you hands.

She was even a good girl and put the goo in to the bucket!!

After such a LONG hard job of carving out a pumpkin, Aubree thought she needed to soak her feet with DeeDee.  Such a girly girl!

And...the final product:  Minnie Mouse

Patoka Lake

Aubree out at Patoka Lake in her new Minnie Mouse hat, gloves and jacket.  We went out to celebrate Myra's 30th birthday and to take Aubree on a Halloween walk, but it was FREEZING!  I could fathom putting her in her little 50's poodle skirt.  She was freezing all bundled up, so we made the decision to just skip trick or treating.  Hopefully we'll have better weather next weekend!  When we got home, we changed and headed out to a wedding reception.  I totally forgot to get Aubree's picture in her little red dress.  She looked so adorable.  I do think she was rather fond of the band playing.  She had as good of a time she could have since it was past her bedtime. 

Just a Few Cute Photos

Yummy!

So, I'm all in to making cakes now after making Aubree's 1st birthday ladybug cake...and I jumped right in and volunteered when I found out the twins were having a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party. I started the process tonight, and I do believe Aubree was excited that she got an early dose of what the cakes will taste like on Saturday night. See for yourself!

We Have a 15 Month Old? How's That POSSIBLE??

WARNING.....WARNING: THIS POST IS LONG AND CONTAINS A LOT OF INTERESTING DETAILS OF OUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE. PLEASE ENJOY!

Yep...our baby girl is growing up. (sniff sniff) Aubree seems to be doing more and more everyday! She's walking, talking, climbing, being mischievous, flirts...you name it...she's doing it! I just mentioned to Ben the other day that I needed to work a lot more with her on naming more obvious things like her nose, mouth, eyes or colors too. Mom had her at the doctor yesterday and had something blue, and Aubree kept repeating over and over "boo". So, I tested it out when we were home. I handed her a blue magnet and mom gave her a blue lid...and sure enough "Boo"! :) I swear she's a little sponge! My favorite (and I know I'll regret it later) is when I see her grunting or straining, I ask her if she just pooped. She looks straight up at me and says..."poo poo" or "poop". It cracks me up, but like I said, I'm certain I'll regret it later! We went to visit Grammy and PopPop this past weekend in Marion. They kept Aubree overnight on Saturday while Ben and I went out and celebrated our 2nd Anniversary in downtown Indy. Then Sunday they brought Aubree down to Indy so we could visit with Aubree's Uncle Jason, Aunt Alissa and Cousin Nic. Jason and Alissa haven't been able to see Aubree for over a year, so I'm glad we got to spend some quality time with them! Aubree really took to Jason right off! She would ride around with him in his wheelchair and he even showed her how to maneuver it. Her being our little "tech-y" girl learned fairly quickly how make it go, turn it off and on and how to honk the horn. She was having a ball.

Below are a few pictures from the visit. First is of Jason, Alissa and Nic all with Aubree...Jason couldn't quit kissing her! It was too cute!! The next one is of Steve and Linda's two grand babies together. Then there's Jason and Aubree together doing what she loved to do while visiting. I wasn't sure if she'd be nervous about his wheelchair or not, but it didn't bother her one bit. The last photo is of Aubree modeling the new fall/winter coat and hat that Grammy got her. She looks like a little Russian girl here! :)

So, at 15 months...here's an update of Aubree's accomplishments: -Walking all on her own, but cannon stand up from a sitting position w/o having something to pull up with -Climbing anything and everything in sight -Micmics almost any word we say to her -Eats EVERYTHING in sight! All I hear all day is "bite" -Has started picking up on a few of the signs that I do with her daily -Had eartubes put in at 14 months -Weighs 19.2 lbs (5th %tile) -Is 30 3/4 inches tall (60th %tile) -Still a soy baby, but I'm going to see about switching her back to whole milk to see if she can handle it yet. -Has become a biter at daycare to the same little boy. She's only bit twice so far, but the fact that it's the same kid kinda bothers me! -Loves to dance!!!! -Makes the biggest mouth possible when "dancing", "eating", "clapping", or "pounding" on anything! Here are a couple of the pictures I took today to document Aubree's 15th month. Enjoy! :)

Doesn't she look like she's laying down modeling here??She was looking up at Papaw...he was helping me entertain her while shooting.

Lastly...I could have put a video of her waking on here, but I had a few shots in a row of her walking, so I made them into a time lapse video. She's finally learned she can pretty much go anywhere now that she can walk.

I can't say it enough, she's just TOO cute! We love her to death and couldn't imagine our lifes without her! She may try to test us at times, but I know she's just learning her limits. Happy 15 months Aubree! WE LOVE YOU!!

My BIG Mouth Girl

Hope you're ready for a good laugh because that's what the following video will make you do. You couldn't possibly look at this child and NOT laugh after seeing her face. I'm not quite sure "why" she has to hold her mouth in such a way, but it makes for some funny videos...so why not! :-) I really tried to upload two other videos, but I waited over an hour and one of them hadn't uploaded, so you didn't get either! Sorry. :)

Rylyn Not Wanting Aubree on the Coaster Anymore...

Our Hot Mama's in Aubree's new sunglasses

I let Aubree play on the piano the other day and she had a BALL! Then a little later I saw a picture that someone had taken of their baby with a tutu on playing the piano, so of course I had to try it out! What do you think??

It's Gettin' There!

My First "REAL" Scare

So, I'm use to Aubree climbing on EVERYTHING as I have posted in previous posts. So, as we were telling daddy "nite nite" on the phone, her climbing out of my lap to climb over to the other side of the couch was really no big deal. EXCEPT...I wasn't thinking about the big pile of pillows on one area of the couch that I picked up earlier to sweep the floor. Obviously it was too much for her because it knocked her off balance, and she fell right onto the corner of the coffee table. I hung up on Ben to see what she hit/hurt, no blood in her mouth, no bumps on her forehead...I thought she was fine, maybe just scared her a bit. I sat her on the bar to play with her boo boo kitty cold pack, and that's when I got sick to my stomach as I saw blood running down her ear. OMG!! I can't stand blood, so this is the 1st time I've really freaked out over Aubree getting hurt. I can stand bumps, bruises, scrapes, etc...but BLOOD?? Just makes me sick to my stomach! Of course, she cried for about 15 seconds and was good to go...Me, on the other hand, still freaking out. I didn't know if she just scraped it or if it went through to the other side. My debate was on taking her up to the hospital to get stitches...that's how bad I thought it looked. No one else was here...so that all I could think of. Then, dad came back in the house instead of taking the trash up to the carlot, so I felt a little bit better now that someone else saw it and convinced me it looked ok. We put some blood stop on it a couple of times and I put a band-aid on it to make sure she doesn't knock it back open while she's sleeping tonight. So...here's her boo boo

Aubree's Paper Debut

Even though she came in 2nd at the Diaper Derby, she still made it in the good 'ol Tell City News!!! Yay!!