Aubrey is cutting teeth! She has been attached to me all week and sooooo cranky. I've been giving her Tylenol and Orajel. There are two coming in, both in the front. One on top and one on bottom. I check each night before bed and I can see them coming in more and more. I hope this is over soon! I feel so bad for her!
--Amy
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Teeth
Happy Half-Birthday!
If you think I'm behind on my blog, you should see Aubrey's baby book. Updating all this stuff and photo albums have been on my To do list for a while. My list has finally gotten down to where I can do stuff like this now. Thank goodness! I am ready for a few "slow" months after the hectic months we've had.
On Christmas eve, Aubrey turned 6 months old! I simply cannot believe she is this old already. And she is growing so big! We didn't have her well-baby check up until Jan. 6, but the dr. was still impressed. She is almost 18 pounds and 27 1/4 inches. He said she is 95th percentile for weight and length and 90th percentile for head circumference. Her spitting up and decreased dramatically. Not gone, but much better. A lot of this is due to eating baby foods, especially oatmeal cereal. Most of the time, she would rather eat food than formula. She loves everything we've given her, although she'd rather have oatmeal cereal than rice cereal. I asked the dr. about her eczema and he gave us some tips to help. It's much better now and I give her benadryl for the itching. At the dr. office she really loved the mirror. She was kissing the baby in the mirror and putting her hand up on it. Really amazed and so cute! The only pictures I got are on my phone though. Overall, he said she is doing great! She got some more shots and was more upset this time. So sad!
She is really growing and trying new things. She is such a good baby! She doesn't fuss much unless she's tired or hungry. She's usually smiling and happy. She sleeps great, but has stopped letting me put her to sleep like a little baby. She likes to lay beside you and fall asleep with her blanket in one hand and the other hand in her mouth. She's very independent! She wants to hold her bottle or put her pacifier in her mouth by herself. She's not my little baby anymore! I'm so proud of her, but sad at the same time.
I guess it's time to start planning a birthday party!
--Amy
Aubrey's First Christmas!
I have been so excited for Aubrey's First Christmas. This is my favorite time of year and I couldn't wait to see her reactions. I know it will be better next year, but she actually did more than I expected.
We went to my mom's in Arkansas the weekend before Christmas. Since it is such a long drive, we decided to fly. I found a good deal on tickets, so it was just a matter of trying to get all our stuff and presents in suitecases. Plus, I had no idea how Aubrey would react. She was GREAT! She slept the whole drive to the airport, ate while we waited to get on the plane and went back to sleep almost as soon as we got in the air. I was so relieved! And everywhere we go, including on the plane, people just smile at her and say she is so cute. She really is adorable! Even I am amazed! She keeps us laughing. She is always making a funny face or doing something adorable. I don't know how she'll get in trouble because you just can't get mad at her!
At my mom's we had dinner and Christmas with her side of the family and Aubrey learned to open presents. I may not have mentioned this, but Aubrey LOVES paper. She will play with a napkin, a postcard or whatever I can find. So presents were right up her alley. She would put her mouth on them first and then after I tore a piece for her, she'd start tearing the rest. I really didn't think she would be so involved this year. These last couple of months she has really become more aware of everything and wants to be involved. Anyway, then we went to visit my dad's family, ate dinner, opened more presents and stopped by his gravesite to put some flowers. Then we had Christmas with my mom, sister, Aaron (Sally's husband) and us. Aubrey got MANY more presents and had such fun. She was really good on this trip and we all had fun playing with her.
We got home on the 22nd. I had a lot to do before everyone came to our house on Christmas eve. I made my husband go with me (again) to the super Walmart to get groceries. He really hates this place and I've talked him into going there at least 5 times in the last couple of months. Chad's mom and her husband always come and spend Christmas with us, then we go to his grandparents house in Brenham on Christmas afternoon. Well, his grandparents decided that it is now tradition (because we did it last year) for them to come up to our house on Christmas eve for appetizers and dessert. So, I had to find some food and get it cooked. Not to mention cleaning and laundry and, oh yeah, I have a baby to care for as well. It was a little crazy, but we pulled it off.
They finally went home and it was time for Santa. I really had a lot of fun stuffing stockings and putting out gifts. We shot video on Christmas morning, but I haven't edited any video yet. I also got some good pictures, but my memory card was full and some of them got deleted. Aubrey got a rocking horse, lots of new toys and new clothes. She is outgrowing everything! She had fun opening presents, but I think she was a little overwhelmed. She didn't know what to do first. But she's had a lot of fun playing with her new toys! We went to Brenham that afternoon for dinner and presents with Chad's family. Aubrey got a rocking chair from her great-grandparents. It was nice, but Aubrey gets tired of so many people. After all this, I have decided we will not be travelling anywhere for at least a month. Her schedule was so screwed up that she would stay up until 2 or 3 am! We've had time to calm down now and she's sorta back on a routine. At least she goes to bed and wakes up at the same times!
--Amy
December . . .
I don't really know why I've been putting this off. I think my excuse was that I needed to upload pictures, but I just realized that I've already done that. Anyway, Aubrey has been keeping us very busy! Since I'm so behind, I'll start with Thanksgiving/December.
We stayed home for Thanksgiving and I cooked the meal for us. Chad's brother Shane came over to eat with us. We watched the parade and ate and watched football. Aubrey had sweet potatoes and played with Uncle Shane. It was fun and I was glad to get to spend time with everyone. We watched the Texas/Texas A & M game last night. I like to support our local team and Chad has always been a big Texas fan, so it's always a fun time! A & M lost (as expected), but there's always next year.
December was a BUSY month for us. We started by getting out all the Christmas decorations and getting the house ready. We put icicle lights across the front of the house. Aubrey watched us from her walker and had such fun. She really loves to be outside and the weather was just the right temperature. However, that would soon change. It took me 3 days to get my tree up. I decided that I wanted a pre-lit tree, so I got one at Walmart. As I was putting it up, I figured out that it looked awful. So, back to Walmart we go (at 11 pm!) to return that tree and pick out a new one. Only they don't do returns after 10 pm. We bought another one and took the first one back the next day. If you're counting, that means that for a while I had 3 trees! And I dragged my husband to Walmart twice. He wasn't happy! I finally got it up and decorated and it was so pretty! Aubrey just stared at it. I could almost see her thinking Why is mommy putting a TREE in our living room?? But, this year at least, she didn't mess with it at all. I wish I could say the same for the pugs. It's never a good sign when you find dog hair under the tree when you take it down! Anyway, I didn't even put out half of my Christmas decorations this year. It just seems like there is not enough room. We have got to move!
On December 10th, it got really really cold. Chad's mom was visiting and she was playing with Aubrey while I tried to get some work done. Then we looked out the window and it was SNOWING!! At first little flakes, but as it continued (for over 4 hours!) the flakes got bigger and bigger! It ended up covering the ground and everything. It was so pretty. And so unusual for Texas in December. Usually we don't get weather like that until January. I found a fleece suit for Aubrey to wear and we took her out to take pictures of her first snow. She looked at us like we were crazy! (Seriously, you can tell in the pictures.) Well, it was fun for us anyway.
We took Aubrey to the Children's Museum to meet Elmo and Santa. Surprisingly, she didn't cry. She just sat on Santa's lap while I took a few pictures and then we left. I'm sure next year will be very different.
During all of December, Aubrey is really getting up on her hands and knees and rocking. We thought she would crawl at any time. Finally, towards the end of the month she started "army crawling" on her belly. She didn't get around too much until New Year's eve. Then she started trying to follow us around the living room. Once she got started, she really didn't stop. I'm just trying to keep up!
--Amy
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