Exploring the inside

All weekend Aubrey was exploring whether or not she could fit into different sizes of objects and containers. It all began when she received a belated birthday present from a friend of the family. She and I unwrapped the gift while Bran was out getting us some Chinese takeout. The toy was cute. Your usual singing, talking, noise making toddler toy. However it was the box she was more interested in. As I was removing remaining twist ties and packaging from the toy I looked up to see Aubs intently trying to fit her entire body into the small box. Unfortunately all I had on me was my phone so you’ll have to excuse the poor photo quality.

Not satisfied with this position she attempted several more…

Of course I excitedly showed these to Brandon when he got home with dinner. We all sat down at the table and I fed Aubrey and myself at the same time. She raised her arms to let me know she was done eating so I took her out of her highchair to play on the floor while I finished eating. She was playing with the Fisher-Price Learning Kitchen she got for her birthday. Next thing I know she has crawled inside of something else.

Yes, she is perched inside of the dog food bowl. I’m still not sure how she got both feet inside it without tipping it over but there she is. Phoebe is at the door behind her probably wondering how she is supposed to eat that giant thing in her bowl. Aubrey was pushing the toast down over and over making it sing while waggling her butt to the beat.

Last night we hung out at Momo’s house and Aubrey found a few more things she could climb into, including…

…flipped upside down.

And the basket that is meant to hold the magnets for this toy…

Thought I would put up a picture of Aubs on the way to day care this morning having breakfast in her big girl carseat. She loves to make noises so I look back at her and then she laughs at the fact that she got my attention.

I was so excited to finally be able to see her face when I looked into the back seat that I jumped the gun. She still fits into her infant carseat just fine and it holds babies up to 26lbs. I assumed that she was close enough to that weight. The forward facing carseats all recommend the child be at least 20lbs. She had her one year check up on Thursday and it turns out she is 19lbs 4oz. Oops. Oh well, the harnesses fit her nicely and she seems to love being able to hold ‘conversations’ with Mom and Dad.

Everything starts with a D

Did you know that you can say pretty much anything with the letter “D”? I’m learning this as Aubrey practices talking.

On a side note, along with the letter “D” she has also mastered the various uses of the word “Yeah.” When we ask her questions she responds with, “Yeah.” If she wants to do something she knows she probably shouldn’t, like climb the stairs, she waits to make eye contact with me and asks, “Yeah?” If I say no she waits a few seconds and tries again.

The weekend before her birthday we were in the basement, as usual, and she was playing with the cap to my delicious coffee drink. “Dih”

Warning: Don’t remove something that is this much fun from her mouth just because you want a better picture.

Ok, she’s over it thanks to some one-on-one time with Dad. “Dada”

What’s over there? “Duhr.”

Oh! It’s a magazine! “Doy doy.”

Hey, I recognize that!

It’s a baby! “Daydee!”

Dada! Dih du dee dis daydee?

Birthday girl

Aubs had a great birthday turnout yesterday! I decorated the house while she napped.

She napped until a little past noon so she was not awake to greet the first few party people but once she woke up she made up for it. She had about 15 minutes of post sleep haze and stranger apprehension and then the charm came out. She turned into a party animal. She walked around greeting everyone and taking a few people by a finger for a tour of the house. After everyone got settled and we had something to eat we broke out the presents.

She sure loves Gavin!

After presents it was time for CAKE! My mom’s friend B made the most amazing cake. Perhaps you recognize it? It is the same cake I drew for her birthday invitations. I was so amazed!!! She is so talented. Of course Aubrey had her own cake to destroy.

At first she wasn’t sure that it was actually edible but once I let her taste some icing off of my finger…it was on like Donkey Kong.

After a good night of sleep Aubrey was ready to help me clean up.

She was also really excited to try out her new “big girl car seat” from G’ma Gieseman and G’ma C.

Thank you to everyone for making Aubrey’s birthday so wonderful and memorable!!! It means a lot that so many people showed their love for her. She sends baby kisses your way!

Bath time routine

I love bath time. Now that I can walk it is really fun to make Mom chase if she forgets to shut the bathroom door!

I do like taking baths though so eventually I come tell her I’m ready.

Next I have to look inside all the cabinets. There are so many fun things to play with in there. There is something white and tasty I like to eat but Mom takes it away and says, “Yuck, don’t eat deo drant.” Not sure what that means.

Once the tub is really full Mom puts me into my bathseat and we play and she washes my hair.

Sometimes I practice making noises and sometimes I practice making funny faces too.

I like to run my tongue across my new top teeth and say, “Luh luh luh luh.”

Last night I learned how to get out of my bath seat! That was really fun! I could finally reach all the toys that used to drift too far away from me. It was also really slippery and Mom put me back in my seat.

Surreal and beautiful

Oren Lavie Her Morning Elegance.

more about “Oren Lavie Her Morning Elegance Music…“, posted with vodpod

Aubrey and her bracelet

As promised…

I will try to get more video/pictures up this week.

Haven’t posted in a while

Last night I had a creative impulse that I get sometimes and decided to pull out my box of beads to see if there was anything I just had to make. I hadn’t been through the box in a while so I wasn’t sure what was in it but I came across a bracelet I had made several years ago. It isn’t anything fancy, just fat, shiny, maroon colored fake pearls on a clear elastic string. Since I knew she couldn’t swallow it, I decided to give it to Aubrey to keep her busy while I looked through the rest of the loose beads.

It turns out my little girl is quite the princess. She instinctivly knew just what I and given her and what to do with it. She scrunched her fingers together and slid the bracelet over her hand. She held her hand up to prevent it from sliding off and she proudly showed me her very own “pretty.” Well that wasn’t enough for my girly girl. She then climbed onto her musical chair, stood up, started the music and proceeded to dance the night away waving her bracelet adorned arm around in the air. It was beyond adorable. I tried to get some video of it. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to catch the whole thing because not only does she love her “pretties” but she is an uber-ham and can’t resist going for the camera whenever she sees it in Mom’s hands.

I will post it tomorrow if I can remember. It seems like I’m being stretched in so many different directions lately that I’m lucky I remember what foot each shoe goes on.

In the meantime, here is something that you might enjoy. I laughed so hard I almost cried. I would suggest headphones though if you are at work or there are small children around as the audio is NSFW.