Another Month Has Come and Gone- 7 month update!!

Aubrey is 7 months old! I can't even believe it! I feel like time has gone by so fast. She is doing amazing and is growing up into a beautiful little girl. She has grown so much in the past month is has been so fun to see her grow and develop.

Weight and Height: 16.8 lbs and 24 inches long. We went to the doctor for the first time since we put her on formula and she went from the 1th percentile to the 50th!! She is doing much better. She is a little shorty though just like her momma. She is only in the 5th percentile for height. Also she has a huge head. It measured in the 90th for head circumference. The doc said babies with these measurements walk a little later because they are so top heavy haha. We will see. 

 One of Aubrey's favorite activities is going on bike rides with mommy and daddy.

Personality: She is a very happy baby. She is giggly and happy all the time. She never wakes up mad. (it make waking up early with her easier even though it is sometimes at 5:30). She is very observant and looks at people that are talking. She loves to be the center of attention still.

 This picture was taken the morning her second tooth came in.

Likes: She still loves to be outside and going on bike rides. She loves sitting in her high chair in the middle of the kitchen and playing with pots and big spoons. She loves dancing, sitting on daddy's shoulder, and jumping in her jump-a-roo. She is getting to be a mover and loves to roll and army crawl.  She loves listening to books being read to her and eating the corners. She also loves going swimming. We so swimming in the spa and she loves to splash the water with her hands. 

 This is Aubrey's beach bed, she loved taking a nap to the sound of the waves crashing.

 Aubrey and I enjoying the warm beach day.

 She looked so cute in her swim suit. 

Sleeping: Aubrey went one whole week this month where she slept though the night. Then she got a sines infection that stopped that trend. She was waking up a lot and she is still trying to get over it so we will need to sleep train again.

 Milestones: Getting two teeth in one week. She can now army crawl. She just uses her arms, no legs and she never really gets her belly of the floor, but she can get to where she wants to go. Standing by herself when holding on to something. She can hold onto the ottoman and stand by herself. I sit right behind her so that when she lets go she doesn't fall, but she can hold herself up for a wile. Babbling much more.

 Proof in the pic!

 Mommy's proudest moment: Making it 5 full days without Chris while he was on a business trip in North Dakota, while she was teething.
Daddy's proudest moment: Aubrey started babbling much more and her favorite thing to say is da da da da. Chris loves that she says dada (even though she doesn't really know what it means).

Aubrey is our little angel. She has such a sweet spirit and we love her so much. I am the luckiest mom alive to have such an amazing daughter. I love her with all my heart.

6 Month Update

Aubrey is 6 months!!! We made it to 1/2 a year! I am so proud of Aubrey and all that she has learned. We have had a fun month. Let me just say it has been so fun to be in California. It is so beautiful all the time and Aubrey loves it. She loves being outside and in the sunshine. I mean look at these pictures... it is January and 74 degrees. We love it. Now to the Aubrey update. 

 Update:
Weight and height: she weighs 15.5 lbs and I an not sure how long she is. We are waiting on insurance to start before going in for her 6 month check up. 

Aubrey is teething and it was hard to get a picture with out her fingers in her mouth.

 Personality: She is still a happy and loving baby. She loves to be the center of attention and if she feels she is not getting enough attention she will laugh/cough to get attention. It is funny. She still will rarely play by herself. She is a social butterfly. She is a very content baby and is very alert. She will rarely cry. She loves her family.

Likes: Going outside (when it is not windy or chilly). Being carried in her forward facing baby carrier that I wear. She could be in that all day. Ducks haha she thinks they are funny. ROLLING EVERYWHERE! Sitting in her high chair and eating with the family. Her most favorite thing this month is her jumparoo. She love jumping and playing with all of the toys on it. She can jump in that thing for ever! Thank you Grandma Julie for getting that for us!

 Dislikes: Not too many still, but she doesn't like when my errands take a long time. Or when I am driving somewhere and she has to sit by herself in the back.

 This picture needs to be made into a meme "Say what?"

 Sleeping: She had her first cold this month and it has caused nights to be very difficult. Chris and I did a lot of sleeping on the floor in her room the past week. But typically she only wakes up once for a feeding. Occasionally she will wake up and cry about an hour and a half after going to bed though. Hopefully soon she will sleep through the night.

 She is so chunky it is cute.

Milestones: Rolling from back to belly the other direction, now she can roll both ways. Sitting up by herself. She still needs help sometimes but only holding on her feet or touching her sides. Teething. She has not gotten any teeth yet, but they are coming.

 We had a picnic at the park this month. 

 Aubrey loves her daddy.

 She loved the ducks.

These two are my whole world.

5 Month Update

Aubrey is 5 months old. Last month was one of the craziest by far! Our family has had many changes in the past month and Aubrey has been a trooper through the whole thing.
1. We decided that since my milk was dwindling and Aubrey was not gaining weight that it was time to start formula. I breastfeed her as long as I could until our move to California when we switched her completely to formula. (as you can see from the pictures, she is doing very well, and growing so much!) It took a wile to find a formula that worked with her, since she was dairy and soy free. Now she is on an organic dairy and soy free formula that is made mostly from brown rice, and not corn like all of the other nasty allergy free formulas.
2. Chris graduated and we had to pack up our house and move to California. That was rough!! But we made it and are feeling at home in California.
3. We took a trip to Salt Lake City with Chris's parents, then went to Park City with my parents. She was staying in 4 new places in the span of 6 days.
4. Chris started his new job at Business Financial Solutions.

Aubrey Update:
Height and Weight: Aubrey now weighs 14 lbs and I am not sure how tall she is. She has gained 3.5 lbs in one month!! She is not in the 1th percentile anymore!

Personality: She is a social butterfly. She loves to talk to and be around people. She needs to have attention all the time. If she is not getting attention she will cough to get someone to pay attention to her. She is super fun and has a sweet personality.

Likes: Laughing and smiling, going on adventures (errands with mom). Seeing daddy come home after work. Dancing. Bath time. Drinking her bottles, and eating solid foods. She loves bananas, sweet potatoes, and applesauce. She love trying to "feed" herself. She always has to have her hand on the spoon when she is eating. She loves rolling, jumping in her jumperoo, and playing with her toys. She loves being outside and in the beautiful California weather.

Dislikes: She doesn't have very many. She does not like it when the sun gets in her eye, or when there is strong wind. She also doesn't like it when no one is paying attention to her.

Sleeping: She is still sleeping well. She puts herself to sleep for bedtime and naps. She is teething right now so she is waking up a lot at night needing to be soothed back to sleep or having her pacifier put back in. She now takes all of her naps in her crib!! She fights sleep anywhere else though, which is hard :(

Milestones: Rolling from back to belly. She rolls all over the place now, but only to the left haha. Also, eating solid foods.

 Aubrey's face when she saw the SLC temple for the first time.

 "I love to see the temple I'm going there someday"

I am so proud of Aubrey and how much she has grown. She is such a beautiful baby and is loving living in California. She is a California girl now! I want to thank all of or family and friends that have supported us in our move and travels to this new and exciting adventure in our lives.

Better Late Then Never 4 Month Update

 Well the past two months have been crazy and I haven't written Aubrey's updates. She has grown so much in the past two months and I want to record it.

 Aubrey Loves to Laugh. She does a funny laugh that almost sounds like she is coughing. 

Updates: 

Height and Weight: 10.5 lbs and 23 inches long. She was in the 1% in weight for her age. And she only gained 1/2 a lb last month. Her doctor was concerned about her weight gain. I think the lack of weight gain was due to the fact that we found out she is intolerant to dairy and soy. So I was eating a gluten, dairy, and soy free diet... which means I was eating hardly anything.

Personality: She is a very happy baby still. She loves to laugh and talk to others. She loves going new places and seeing new people. She is starting to entertain herself and enjoys playing with toys. She is the light and joy in our house.

 Aubrey got to go to Daddy's graduation on December 19th.

 Likes: Aubrey love holding things and putting them in her mouth. She chews on everything. She loves her fingers and her toes. Her favorite song is the "I Love You" song from Barney. It will calm her even when she is screaming. She loves going on walks and being outside.

Dislikes: Sleeping anywhere but her swing. Staying at church for all three hours. She is pretty easy going though. 

Sleeping: Aubrey is sleeping great. We slept trained Aubrey by letting her cry it out. She only cried for three nights and never longer then 20 minutes. She now puts herself to sleep in just a few minutes without crying. It cut our bedtime routine from 2 hours to 30 minutes. It is great! And she now goes to bed at 8:00 rather then almost 11:00.

 I love this picture! You can see her skinny chicken legs.

 Milestones: Rolling over from her belly to her back has been her biggest one. She started when she was almost 4 months old. The Christmas photo shoot was fun because she kept rolling over. Actually enjoying being on her tummy, this is a milestone because it means she will start moving more, and getting ready to crawl.

Aubrey is our little angel. We love her so much. She is so fun and brings a joy and spirit to our home. I am so lucky to be her mom. I love her so much. I am working as hard as I can to help her grow and develop like she should so that she can do whatever she dreams of in life.

3 Month Update

Well we made it another month. Aubrey has grown so much in the past month it is crazy! She is really starting to get a personality and it is so cute! I feel like we have made a lot of progress and things are getting much easier for me as a mom. I feel like I am kind of getting the hang of things haha.

 Aubrey loves her daddy!

Updates: 

Height and Weight: Aubrey is 10 lbs and 1 oz. and is 22.5 inches long. 

Personality: She is still a happy girl. She has become quite the talker. She loves to talk to me and loves to laugh and giggle with daddy. She loves to be held and apart of what is going on. She does not like to be put down and will not entertain herself. Like at dinner, if she is not sleeping, she wants to be sitting on one of our laps. We have gotten pretty good at eating one handed. 

 She is getting so big!

Likes: Aubrey still loves all the things from last month. She really loves music. We do a music time every day, piano is her favorite instrument to listen too. She loves when daddy sings to her, especially when she is in the bath, her favorite song is "Your Song" by Elton John. She loves her fists still we have nicknamed them her "fists of furry."

Dislikes: Taking long naps.

 I love that she sticks out her tong when she smiles.

Sleeping: We have made some strides for the better in the sleep category this month. Two of the biggest improvements that have been made. 1st her "zippy" it is a sleep sack that I made to help transition her from her swaddle, because she hated being confined, yet her movements would keep her awake at night. So it is a funny looking thing that makes her look like Patrick Star from Spongebob. It works wonders for her. She can move and wiggle until she is comfortable yet is still restricted enough for her to be controlled and comforted.  2nd sleep training. We decided to do the cry it out method. We started this week and have been having great success. She has gotten the hang of putting herself to sleep and is sleeping so much better! Which means I am sleeping so much better... it is wonderful. She has become a happier baby because of it. It was hard the first few nights to hear her cry, but thankfully she didn't cry for too long. The first night I was all by myself because Chris had to work, I just sat on the couch and cried with her until she fell asleep.

 Milestones: Aubrey has had some milestones this month. I have some videos of them. Aubrey has started to hold her head up by herself very well. Aubrey has started cooing and babbling. She wants to talk so bad, she tries so hard to talk to everyone. It is so cute. Another one is laughing. She started laughing a wile ago and we could never get it on camera. We have finally gotten it on video a few times. It is the cutest thing. It melts my heart. Enjoy some videos of her talking and laughing!!

 Aubrey the chatter box

Laughing Aubrey

Chris and I have had so much fun this past month with Audrey. We have had some proud parenting moments. Mine was getting Aubrey to start sleeping better and making her "zippy." Chris's proudest daddy moment is getting Aubrey to laugh so much. She laughs for Chris the most. We really enjoy parenting with all the challenges and adventures that it brings. The little victories are the best part of each day.

Two Month Update

 This post is a little late, Aubrey turned 2 months on September 29th but better late then never. I have been wanting to write but Aubrey has been keeping me very busy. So much has changed in the past month. It is crazy how fast she is growing. I sometimes just want to slow her down. It is so fun seeing her grow and develop though. I am loving being her mommy. Our days consist of lots of feeding, play time, and naps on good days haha. She is getting a hang of this whole thing called life. She is such a smart girl, I can just see her brain observing and learning. I think sometimes she gets frustrated with being a baby and wishes she could be a big girl.

Updates on Aubrey:

Weight/ height: at her two months appointment she weight 9 lbs and 3 oz and was 21.5 in long.

Personality: She is a happy girl. She loves smiling. She is a very smart girl. She defiantly knows what she wants. She is a people person, she loves to where the party is.

Likes: Her most favorite thing is being held by mom or dad and bouncing on the yoga ball. If she had it her way she would bounce on that thing all day long. It is exhausting!! She loves her swing. Looking at herself in the mirror (she gets that from her daddy). Being held. Sitting up like a big girl. Bath time is her favorite time of the day. She loves music, especially when her daddy plays the piano. She absolutely loves her fists. They are always in her mouth or clenched up by her face.

Dislikes: being put down, when tummy time goes a little too long, being cold (Rexburg winter is going to be rough), being burped when she is not done eating yet, and pooping. She is a pretty happy girl and does not have too many dislikes.

Sleeping: It changes every night. She has slept through the night once but that has not happened since. Typically she goes to bed around 9:30-10:30 and wakes up 2 times to eat. She wakes up between 2:00-3:30, and then again at 4:30. She will then go back to sleep until 6:30-7:00. She has a really hard going to sleep after her 4:30 feeding so I typically take her downstairs and she sleeps in her swing and I sleep on the couch. I am hoping she will get rid of this feeding soon. I am typically too tired to rock her back to sleep or take the time to settle her down so the swing works well for me.

I am loving being a mommy! Aubrey is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She makes me so happy. Her smile can make the hardest day a good day. I am so lucky to have her in my life. I love our cute little family. I have the most amazing husband. I could not have survived the past 2 months without him. I am excited for the next adventures and milestones that happen to her in the next month.