IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!

As you know we were not going to find out the gender of this baby, just like we did with Aubrey. Well, in the middle of the sonogram yesterday we just decided to find out! It was a really fun moment because it was so unexpected and Aubrey was there, and I of course burst into tears.

It was definitely a day I will remember.

Tracy's birthday!

Happy birthday Tracy/Bean/Momma!!!!! She turns....um....38 & 26/13ths today. Yay!! What we love about her? I love that after 8+ years she's more a best friend to me than ever. She's the best mother ANY child could ever hope for. Aubrey knows that. It's obvious. And she's the most incredibly beautiful woman I know. Not just for her age. Period. Happy birthday! Aubrey and I love you.

So smart. (daddy post)

We've wondered for a while just how much Aubrey understands and just how much of her babble we should understand...but don't quite get. Now it seems to be clicking. Yesterday she said "I see you!" as we played peekaboo. I think she's possibly been saying it for months. But now we get it.

This morning Tracy was in the shower and Aubrey and I were out at her fort chatting. I look over just in time to see Skootch fall into the pool. As far as I know, Skooth has NEVER fallen in. Luckily I was standing right there to help guide her to the stairs (we have a dog with very limited mental resources). Aubrey thought it was hysterical and tried to get in the pool then and there. So I strip to my boxers and take her jammies off and we get in. Last few times we've gone swimming Aubrey has had fun jumping off the top step into my arms. Same thing this morning...but with a twist. It took me a second to realize she was saying "one...two...three..." before each jump. I couldn't believe it. We've never worked on numbers with her. Not really. We say them all the time, I guess. But she just picked that up on her own. It was so cute. Genius.

Lately

Such a beautiful smile!

Aubrey really loves to play with the video camera.

We'll turn the camera so that she can see herself in the screen

and she'll smile and wave to herself.

Cones!! Cone. Cone. Cone? Cone? Cone?

That means she wants a snowcone. We make about 10 a day.

Her new fort!

Galveston

We went to Galveston last week, and I was looking forward to lounging on the beach for hours while Aubrey played in the sand. Well, it didn't turn out that way. Aubrey did not want to be at the beach, or the pool, or the hotel room, or outside of the hotel room......or anywhere else for that matter. She was miserable, and we ended up in a frantic mid morning packing session, cutting our trip short. We had run out of patience.