Happy Fall!

This was Aubrey's first time to play in the leaves, and she LOVED it!

my baby is getting so big... :)

my favorite!

havin a taste...

fun!!!

Lima trip

Last week, Aubrey and I made the journey up I-75 to Lima. My sister-in-law was going in to have her baby on Wednesday, so we went on Tuesday evening and stayed until Saturday afternoon. (Adam had a busy week with Youth Challenge, so he didn't mind.) Tuesday night, I went over to my brothers house and watched their 2 little girls, Olivia and Suzanna, while Megan went out to do some last minute running around. The girls had a great time playing together. Wednesday around noon, I went to their house again to watch them while her parents went to the hospital for the arrival of their 2nd grandson. William Eric Nichols was born at 2:22 pm weighing in at 9 pounds and was 21.5 inches long. What a cutie he is!! I was able to go to the hospital that afternoon to see my newest little nephew while my mom watched Aubrey. Thursday, I babysat 3 of the Burley kiddos while my sister had conferences then we went shopping. That was fun! Friday, I was planning to come back home, however there were some issues that needed taken care of concerning the house that we're selling. Ended up, I needed to stay until Saturday to get all of that done. Saturday afternoon, I headed back to Cincy to see my sweetheart. It was so good to be back home again. Aubrey and I missed hubby/daddy so much while we were apart.

*I thought my camera batteries were dead, so I took pictures on mom's camera instead of mine. Turns out, when I tried my camera it came on just fine...so this is the only picture I got on my camera. I'm going to get those off my mom's camera though, so hopefully I'll get them on here soon!

Fun Stuff!

Ok, so I hate messes. I have always fed Aubrey anything that tends to be messy or has potential to be messy, just to avoid the mess. She's really getting to the place though where she likes to try to use the spoon or fork. So, this is her first attempt. Chocolate pudding!

Burley kiddos visit

Pictures uploaded in reverse order...so, here are the girlies ready to take on the hour drive (ride)!

Playing some football in the yard before heading back home.
my sweet niece, Allison

Is it just me, or do these girls have the same eye color? Also, I'm thinking their chins look alike. Guess they are cousins, after all!

Kaitlynn and Aubrey enjoying watching Barney

Fall Retreat

Every year for the past several years "my" church has had a fall retreat held at the Beulah Grove Campgrounds in St. Mary's. With living out of the country the past 2 years I have missed attending this event. We always have a great time ...playing volleyball, softball, talking, eating, talking, eating and talking and eating some more! With Aubrey things were a bit different, as I couldn't just stay up around the campfire as long as I wanted (or do it at all, for that matter!) or make my own time schedule, but it was still great fun. She loved running around the place as well as playing in the jumping castle that was set up. We ended up staying at the campground for only one night and headed to my parents house for the other night. I figured it would be easier to get ready for church on Sunday having a bathroom down the hall instead of across the yard! It was a great time.

1st Birthday Party - at home - on her birthday!

Trying to make connection with Grandma and Grandpa so they can be part of this party, too!

Happy 1st Birthday, Aubrey...I love you!
Opening presents...

mmmm strawberry cake!

this is good!!

so innocent

Amy gave her a bath after all the mess.

Happy Birthday also to Jane Haylock who shares a birthday with Aubrey. She is one of our friends from Cayman -- she graduated from the school there our first year there and then came to GBS. We're happy that we can be together again. She and her brother stopped by after celebrating her birthday with friends for some cake. They also brought Aubrey a birthday present, which she LOVES! I put Aubrey's candles in Jane's cake. :)

Random Aubrey!

Aubrey loves "Cincinnati" - that's her daddy's Reds hat. :)

There is a box (I know, I know...) in Aubrey's room that has some of her old clothes in it. She always gets these purple striped pants and carries them around the house. One time, we put them on her head and she thought that was funny. Now she will bring them to us and then pat her head telling us that she wants to wear them.

Birthday party for Mom and Aubrey on 9/20

The birthday girls!

Bath toys from Uncle Eric, Aunt Megan, Livvy and Suzie

Her new princess car from Mama and Papa

Aunt Megan and Livvy

Allison, Aunt Stephanie & Suzanna

Getting ready to dive into some carrot cake!

Stopping for a kiss for daddy

Enjoying the moment. (Grandpa and Grandma Profitt were enjoying "being at the party" via the internet. We thank God for webcams!)

Livvy

Mom and Dad

Saying "bye-bye" to Grandpa and Grandma

Adam and I both got distracted for a minute and the next thing I knew...Aubrey was nowhere to be found. I immediately ran out to Granny's apartment because her door was open and thought Aubrey might have headed for her bathroom. On my way back into mom and dad's house I saw her sitting in the corner looking through a box of pictures!

Enjoying the new toy from Mama and Papa

Papa time!

Mama time!

4-generations

Update

Well, for some reason every time I try to upload pictures, that window freezes up. So, that's why there aren't any. Maybe a lack of memory? Not sure. Anyway, hopefully the problem will be solved before too long and there will be pics up for you to see.

But for now, here's a little update on Aubrey. She is walking everywhere now, which means there is not much "sit time" for us anymore!! She has two drawers in the kitchen that she knows she's allowed to get in - one is where I keep her bottles, etc., and the other is where I keep the lids. She likes to walk to the kitchen, get into the drawers and play for a bit, then drag various items into the dining room and living room and leave them there for me to take back to their proper place. She knows where her nose, ears, mouth and toes are and will point them out when asked. She is all too hyper and is very happy most of the time. Adam commented yesterday wondering if they give Ritalin to kids under 1 year! Haha (he was kidding, of course)! She loves playing with other kids and could spend all of her time outdoors. She loves water and swinging and climbing. She now has a full set of teeth and has been sticking her thumb all the way to the back of her mouth where her 2 year molars will be and has been just chewing away, so...hopefully those will wait for a while before trying to come through. She still doesn't care much for wearing socks or shoes, so is barefoot pretty much all of the time! That will change when the colder weather comes. But, for now it's pretty cute! She tries to talk all the time (it's her own little language mostly) and her words are mama, baba, dada, gaga (which meant "dada" for the longest time!), night-night, mammaw, pappaw, piggy-toes (said 4x at one setting, but not since), and nanna (which is for Christianna - but only said it once). She loves to give kisses and hugs. She also still loves to read books.

I must close this for now, as she's needing some attention!!

Hope you all have a great day!