Butts Up

Last week we bought a video monitor to keep an eye on Aubri when she sleeps. It even has a handheld monitor to carry outside.  However, it still doesn't compare to seeing how cute she is with my own eyes.  Sometimes Dustin catches me standing near her pak'n play just staring at her.  He'll whisper, "can you believe she was IN your belly less than 4 months ago?" **Sniff sniff**

I could eat her up, she's sooo cute!

Gun's up!

Yesterday I took Aubri away from Dustin for a little bit to get some pictures of her in her new Texas Tech onsie from Uncle Brad. She's really starting to sit up, but is very wobbly.

Miss Prim and Proper

She's such a hamb!

She says, "okay, mommy, I'm about finished with this."

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Happy Father's Day!

Today was Dustin's first father's day. He is the best daddy and husband. I can't imagine taking this parenting journey with anyone else.

Opening presents

Bath time

Baby smooch sandwich

Bliss

Reading a book before bed.

Aubri likes to help turn the pages.  She loves to read books with flaps to open.

Enchilada Thursday

Aubri's uncles have been visiting for almost a week now and we've been having so much fun. Tonight Alex and I made dinner.  He made homemade tortilla chips and enchiladas.  Uncle Daniel made queso and daddy made pineapple salsa and guacamole.  Over Memorial weekend, we were watching an infomercial about a thing called the "Magic Bullet".  Alex said, "you need that!"   So we bought one. Now, we use it almost everyday to make smoothies, blizzards, salsa and guacamole.

Today, Aubri is 15 weeks old.  She's getting so big.  She loves going outside, so we're extending our back patio and having a pergola built.  Aubri has really started to put EVERYTHING in her mouth.  I knew the day was coming, but it seems like just yesterday when she would sit in my lap and didn't know how to reach out and grab my plate.  Now, if she's not asleep or in her highchair, Dustin and I have to take turns eating so she won't put food from our plates in her mouth.  My baby girl is getting so big!!

Helping Uncle Alex make dinner.

Birthday with a baby

Today was Dustin's first birthday as a daddy.  We met Uncle Chuck, Aunt Jacquelyn, and Uncle Doug for dinner.  Before dinner, we met at the Grapevine Botanical Gardens to take a quick family picture to send to Grampa and Nana on their vacation to the coast.

Uncle Alex was our camera caddy.

Right after this picture was taken, poop shot out the back of Aubri's pants.  It was amazing because it didn't get on anything or anyone.  We changed her diaper and continued with the fun.

Uncle Doug, Daddy, and Aunt Jacquelyn

NRH20

Today we went to a waterpark in our neighborhood called NRH20. This was Aubri's first public pool experience. We had a blast!

Showing off her new hat that daddy bought.

So precious!

Getting ready for her first swim.

Check out those cute swim pants!

All tuckered out after a quick dip.

Hanging out with the uncles.

Aunt Amelia visits

This week my best friend from grade school came from Austin to visit and go get Aubri's ears pierced. On Wednesday we went to Tom Colicchio's restaurant, called Craft, over in Victory Park in Dallas. Tom Colicchio is the head judge on Top Chef.

Aubri's bling

Today Aubri got her ears pierced.   My mom had my ears pierced when I was 6 weeks old, so I wanted to continue the tradition.  Aunt Amelia came along for moral support and to document the event.   Before we knew Shim was a girl, Amelia and I talked about what fun things we would do with a boy and what fun things to do with a girl.  We agreed that if I had a girl, Amelia would be present for her ear piercing.  So, today was the day.  Right before the gun snapped to pierce her first ear, I thought to myself, "oh, I'm such a bad mommy for deforming my baby!"

We went to the doctor's office.

The doctor started talking and Aubri was talking along with her.

Aubri was being a good little girl.

Then we started marking her little ear lobes.

She wasn't too happy about this.

We got into position and Aubri thought she was getting a hug.  Little did she know . . . 

Not happy.

Ready for the second ear.  The doctor was so quick.

Sad, sad baby.

Isn't she pitiful?

Sleeping on the way home.

Her earlobes are even cuter, if that's even possible!

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3 months old

Yesterday my baby turned 3 months old. I can't believe the time is passing so quickly. In the last month, Miss Aubri has been very busy. She learned to roll from her back to her belly, has started sucking her thumb and spent 2 full days away from me when I went to Austin.

She weighs 12.4 pounds and is 23 3/4 inches long. It's been about three weeks since we've swaddled her for bedtime. She has gotten too big and likes to suck her thumb, plus she sleeps on her belly and squirms around in her pak n'play all night. When we stopped swaddling her and she started sleeping on her tummy, she doesn't like to be rocked to sleep anymore. Dustin and I talked about how we didn't realize the last time to rock her to sleep would come and go so quickly. It's so bittersweet that our little girl is already so different from when we brought her home from the hospital.

Other highlights from the last month include:
- Aubri has started propping her self up on her hands and arms. Dustin says, "whoa, she's going to be crawling any day now!"
- We went to the Fort Worth Zoo with the uncles and Grama Cindy, and then to Dutch's for burgers.
- We've been to 3 playgroup meetings
- We're pretty certain her teeth are coming in, because she has started crying out at night and not sleeping as well anymore (thank goodness for orajel)
- Aubri has started cooing and "talking" like crazy
- She can sit and lean over to touch her feet and keep her balance with very little support
- She pooped all over me, herself, and the baby k'tan at my school yesterday
- Then she pooped all over herself and her highchair while we were hanging out on the back patio- it was oozing everywhere!
- We adore being parents and God has blessed us with the most precious baby.

Our baby model

She loves tummy time

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