Aubree's 2nd Birthday DAY and Dora Party

Aubree was able to celebrate her 2nd birthday pretty much all week. In fact, yesterday (the 25th)...when the twins came in a saw her balloons still inflated, they wished her Happy Birthday again. So...10 days of celebrating isn't bad! :) I have a TON of photos from the two different days, and rather bore you with them here, I have just made the picture below a link to the album if you wish to look at them. Enjoy!

Happy 2nd Birthday Baby Girl

So...Usually I write my blog post about Aubree...but today, I'm going to write "to" Aubree. :-) First and foremost, Happy Birthday baby girl. I love you with all my heart! November 2007, when I found out I was pregnant with you, I didn't think I could get any happier. 7 months later, when you were born, I found out I was wrong. Seeing you for the first time made me the happiest Mommy in the world. You are the most beautiful thing ever. Over the past two years, you have continued to get even more beautiful than I ever thought possible. Your personality makes me smile every day, even when you get in one of your moods, you still somehow make me smile. I love when you run to me arms wide open, just to get a big hug and a kiss. Your smile and laugh is so contagious. You constantly say to me, "Hold you", instead of "Hold me"...and just so you know, I will always hold you. I will always hug you, I will always kiss you, and I will always tell you I LOVE YOU. You and your Daddy continue to make me the person that I am and I want to thank both of you for that. Happy Birthday baby girl...I hope you enjoy your special day today. xoxoxox Here is the attempt I made at getting 2 year photos of Aubree. As you can see...she was in one of those "moods" I mentioned earlier and didn't want to smile at me, or even look at me. All she cared about was that she was "outside". :) Enjoy:

Lots of Photos!!

The three of us visited Rochelle in Louisville so she could take family photos for us. Unfortunately...there was a "side"...a.k.a. as SLIDE that Aubree was determined she wanted WAY more than to take photos with Mommy and Daddy. So...needless to say, she wasn't in the mood to participate. Thank you Rochelle...she was a very fussy baby, so I'm surprised you continued as long as you did. :) Enjoy!

From here down, anytime you see Aubree's face...she's looking at the slide. We could NOT get her attention off of it for anything!!

My Baby's Almost 2...

I can't believe Aubree will be 2 next month. I'm so sad how quickly she's growing up. I'd have to say this is one of my favorite photos that I've taken of her, but then again, I love every photo of her just merely because....they're her.

She was NOT very happy about sitting up on the railing, so that's why you get a turned head shot. I do love photos where the subject isn't looking directly at the camera, but this one HAD to be this way. All the others she had a terrified look on her face.

This is pure happiness... Ben took this photo at our Mother's day dinner for Mom. I love the whole innocent look she has while sucking "butter"....yes, I just said butter...off of her finger. YUCK!!!

An attempted Mommy-Daughter photo on Mother's Day, but obviously failed of Aubree. I'd have to say I love this picture, just because of my eyes. Good shot Ben!!

Can't forget the fabulous Momma in my life!!! I love you Mom! Hope you had a great Mother's Day!

Aubree's 1st Haircut

So, I swore I wouldn't cut her hair because I do NOT want her to have bangs, but she will not...for the life of her..keep her hair back in a barrette or clip, and it's not long enough to tuck behind her ear yet. It's been driving me nuts hanging down in her eyes as it's also bothering her. She keeps digging in her eyes because of it, so it was time. I purposely brushed her hair straight down to give you a better idea of how long it was getting in the front. Normally I part it down the side, so it somewhat stays out of her eyes.

BEFORE: Wasn't too happy about me brushing her hair since she had something in it from Daycare to make it sticky.

DURING: Seriously was not a happy child about being held down. She kept yelling..."No...No", so daddy had to hold her head still.

AFTER: Ahh...yes, there are those beautiful blue eyes!

2010 Trip to San Jose

Aubree has been making the trip out to San Jose, Ca for the last 3 years over my Spring Break. Of course, the first time she was still in my tummy, but the last 2 years she has made that long flight out there and back and has been a perfect angel. I couldn't ask for a better flight traveling child. I had all sorts of tricks in her diaper bag, but only brought them out for a total of 45 minutes there and back. While there, Aubree really got to know her cousin Austin a lot better since they are very similar in age. He definitely kept up with her, and learned a few of her bad habits. Aubree ALWAYS takes her socks and shoes off when she gets into her car seat, and now Mr. Austin likes to do the same thing. I couldn't count how many times we said, "Monkey See...Monkey Do" while we were out there. They continuously copied each other. Heaven forbid if I was holding Austin...I HAD to be holding Aubree too. It was interesting watching how jealous she got of him. She also got jealous when DeeDee would be paying attention to Austin instead of her. The first time DeeDee picked up Austin, Aubree went over to her, held her arms up and said, "My DeeDee". Definitely jealousy there. We went to a couple of parks, Happy Hollow Zoo and Park, to visit Stephanie's Mom and Dad for dinner and the Mystery Spot with the kids. Of course, Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Kyle got to go Zip lining while DeeDee and Steph watched the kids. What a BLAST!!! I ended up with over 600 photos, but I'll spare you the bore...I've only posted a few (ok...30 or so) cute ones from our trip. Enjoy :)

Aubree cheesing on the playground at the park:

Austin and Aubree going down the dual slide, with help from Ben:

Aubree and Daddy enjoying the huge Sandbox:

Austin on the Horse at the park:

Aubree in 1 of 2 times outs she had to have while visiting her cousin. She bit him once and slapped him on the head for the 2nd one. I thought this was too cute, since we have never actually stood her in the corner before. We usually have her sit on her timeout stool. So, for her to just stand there with her nose in the corner...I had to take a photo of it.

Daddy and Aubree watching the animals at the petting zoo:

The inside of Kyle's 32nd Chocolate Chip Cookie 4 layer cake:

Kyle's cake before we dug in to it:

Sorry this one is blurry, but Aubree was dancing on the table while we were waiting to go into the Mystery Spot, and I thought her face was adorable in this shot!

All of us (minus Kyle) in front of the Mystery Spot:

Ben and Aubree on the Mystery Spot shed:

Us awaiting to go into the Mystery Spot:

Kyle, Austin and Me inside the Mystery Spot:

Of course we had to get a shot of all of us together:

The next few pictures are from an attempt at a cousin photo shoot:

Austin being a goofball during their photoshoot:

LOVE this:

Kyle, Ben and I awaiting our Zip Lining Tour:

Kyle, Ben and I after we finished our Zip Lining tour: