Aubrey-8 months

Our baby is 8 months! Aubrey likes to eat, play with her sister and attempt to crawl. She's not on the move on all fours yet but I don't think it's that far off. The girl likes to rock on her hands and knees and she has figured out how to get into sitting position from laying on her tummy. Aubrey loves to be with her family, especially Emily. The two really do share a special bond. We love you baby!!

The birthday girl

Emily is four. Holy crap, Emily is four!! I can't believe that four years have gone by since we first met her. Its hard to remember life before Emily, although I'm sure it was filled with lots of extra time for napping and money for whatever we wanted!

Mothering has been the most challenging and most rewarding experience of my life. I wouldn't trade the hugs, kisses and "I love you"s for anything in the world. Her excitements are my excitements as she has given me the gift of experiencing life all over again.

Emily has become quite the jokester and entertainer. She loves to be with her family and friends and will defend what she thinks is right til the bitter end. She loves to make her sister laugh and is looking forward to the day that Aubrey can play with her. Emily is up for anything, you name it and her response with be "yes! Let's do it!". (Except running errands 😀 )

We love you Em, we look forward to everything that your future holds!

First of many thanks

Last weekend we celebrated our 8th annual Friendsgiving with friends. We're lucky to have such great people in our lives that we are able to celebrate the holidays with every year. The majority of us have been friends for just about half of our lives and for many more years to come, I'm sure!

Who loves bath time?

These girls do! ❤️

214 days...

Or 7 months, that is how long it's been since Aubrey arrived. We couldn't be more happy with her and the love she has brought into our family. She continues to like to try new food, play with her sister and try new sounds including "da-da-da". I am convinced that she knows Patrick is dada because if he gets up to leave when he's playing with her, she whines da-da after him. 

Aubrey likes to sit and play and is starting to try to pull her way up and over to things she wants. We're looking forward to all of her firsts yet to come! We love you babe!

School photos

2015 School photos. Two girls this year instead of one :)

Halloween - 2015

This year Emily wanted to dress as Milli from Umizoomi. You can't buy a Milli costume anywhere (except Etsy) so I decided to do a little DIY. I'm not very crafty, but it still turned out recognizable and the most important thing is that Emily loves it!

A little backstory about Aubrey's costume: when Emily first met her, she said "oh, she's so cute. She looks just like a baby gorilla". And that wasn't the only time that Emily has likened her sister to a baby gorilla. Flash forward 6 months and I thought we'd just have Aubrey dress up in Emily's baby costume, a pink bunny (which she did for daycare). But one day, a package came in the mail, I opened it and there it was: an infant costume of a baby gorilla. Patrick had ordered it and it's super cute! 

Emily had a lot of fun at her preschool Halloween party and her dance class party. We also enjoyed having pizza dinner, trick or treating and post trick or treating candy sorting/playtime with some new neighbors. 

The trick or treating crew!

Beginning of the night

End of the night with her haul!

The pumpkins! Emily requested a Batman pumpkin and a Caillou pumpkin. Odd combo, but whatever!