5 Months and other fun

Part I in Aubrey's never-ending quest to be friends with all living creatures:

The best $7 I've spent on Aubrey - a bag of 1700 live ladybugs. We went to buy some plants and I saw this at the counter. They're supposed to eat other bugs that eat your plants (our cannas!!). So I bought it and Aubrey wanted to hold it on the way home. And of course she couldn't wait to open the bag once we got home. The bugs crawled all over her and she had a blast for the next 3 hours.

Charlotte is 5 months old! So crazy. Still the best baby ever. She slept all the way through the night last night. 10PM to 6:30AM. Ahhhhh.........

At 5 months she: loves oatmeal (we just added a swirl of bananas!), can stand as long as she wants as long as we help her balance, is just about sitting up, loves to talk and gurgle, wants to be asleep around 7:30 or she gets REALLY upset, loves to take baths with her sister and kick and splash around, and always wants to smile and smile and smile!

Part II in Aubrey's never-ending quest to be friends with all living creatures:

I caught a lizard the other day. He didn't move much. I think he was old and headed for the great fly hunting ground in the sky. Aubrey was thrilled. We put him on this leaf, he sat there and Aubrey talked to him for the next hour or so. She would get close...he'd just look at her. She'd try and feed him a flower. He wouldn't move. "my friend!!" she kept saying.

We left and he was gone when we came back. A week later, everytime we go near these elephant ear leaves she asks about him. "Where is my friend lizard??" "Daddy, go find my friend lizard?"

Some recent videos.

Catching Up....

Things are going well around here. Charlotte is just a joy, she basically smiles all the time and really only fusses when she wants to sleep. What a difference that makes!!!! She is getting so big so fast, I am a little saddened by that. I actually entertained the thought of possibly having another, and I evened dreamt about it - but that will probably not be a reality for us.

Aubrey is just awesome! Aside from the typical 2 year old issues like pushing and claiming all toys as her own, she is just so much fun! I really don't think that terrible two's is really a term I would use for her. Her speech changes every day, and she is so loving and sweet - I just look forward to every day with her.

I am still working, and have Kasey come in the afternoons to help me. She is fantastic!! Aubrey loves her and asks for her daily - I could not continue to work without her. I will try and find a picture. She is going to China this summer so we won't have her around and I am dreading that.

Anyway - here are some random pics........

March

Warm, cold, warm, cold. 70 degrees...freezing rain. And finally...some snow!! Being inside so much we've been engaged in arts and crafts. Like painting! This is Aubrey's new favorite thing to do. It's so much nicer to have her wake up and say "I want to paint!" than it is to hear "I want to watch baby einsteins!!".

Humidity. Or in this case...sweaty naps.

Charlotte, meanwhile, continues to mainly laugh, smile, sleep and smile.

This is "AUBREY'S TUPPIES!!!". But sometimes she shares.

Some Pics

Yesterday Charlotte turned 3 months! Yeah! She's getting big. She can stand like a champ. She loves to smile and laugh. Her favorite thing is when people sing to her. And she WILL get that monkey's foot into her mouth!

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