Aubrey is 8 Months Old!

Aubrey, you are EIGHT months old!! I can't believe how fast the time has flown! You are still the happiest baby all the time. We drag you all over creation with your brother and sister, and you just don't seem to care in the least. Right now, it's T-ball season, so the weather could be just about anything. You just roll with the punches.

You still love going to "school" each day, and you are in LOVE with your teachers Mrs. Judy and Mrs. Linda. They both say you are the best baby all day, and you never get upset. Mrs. Wren, another teacher, was telling me that one day she came in to help with the babies, and you were a little testy about how quick they were about getting your bottle! She said that you very clearly yelled "Mama!" We have been working on that with you at home, but we haven't heard it yet. Maybe if I make you mad enough you will! 

We are working on clapping and crawling, although once you start, I'm sure I'll wish I could keep you in one place. You are the funniest thing when it comes to crawling! You get up on all-fours and just rock back and forth. You look down at your legs and it looks like you're thinking, "I know this works for Alex and Braxton!" We know you'll get the hang of it soon, and when you do, 'Katie Bar the DOOR!' 

Another funny thing is that you like being in your walker outside. We have been working out in the backyard on the "never ending pool project" for the last several weeks, just about every afternoon after work. Annaleigh is such a good helper with you, and so is Alden really. They bring your walker outside and keep up with you by attaching the dog's leash to it!

You are still eating about the same...and sleeping about the same, too! You usually wake up once per night. Sometimes, we try to wait you out on the bottle and see if you'll go back to sleep. That's also usually a waste of our time. Once you eat, you go right back to sleep. Spoiled? I'm sure. But you're my last baby. I'll wake up with you whenever you want. I can sleep with you're in college. 

Right now, you are still wearing a size 3 diaper, and size 9-12 month clothes. We can't wait for summer to get here so we can get you in the POOL! I might have already bought you several adorable swimsuits to wear, since we Baggetts live in swimsuits! I can't wait to get you in that water!!

Here are your 8 month pictures!

First try at pictures...I realized after a few pics that this bow was really HUGE!! But you were just so happy, so I included it anyway!

Close up of really huge bow on really sweet head...

Equally happy baby with a better bow...

A little tired of posing...

Getting ready to try to crawl off...

Time for a location change!

Azaleas! These only bloom in March/April and they are gorgeous!! 

They're called "Christmas Cheer."

Checking out the rocks...

If you look really close, you can see two teeth!

"Best pic you're gonna get Mom.

Now move, I can't see the puppies!"

"There the puppies are!!" Aubrey absolutely adores our two dachshunds, Abby and Alex.

Are you noticing a theme here? Annaleigh, Alden, Aubrey, Abby, and Alex???

"These rocks are dirty, Mama. You should clean them."

"They still taste okay!"

Aubrey is 7 months old!

Aubrey has changed so much this month! She was sitting up pretty well at 6 months, but now it would take a hurricane to knock her over! She is reaching really far for toys now, so when she does get off-kilter, she just gets on her tummy and plays. She is now to the point where she gets up on all-fours and rocks a little back and forth. I foresee a mobile baby in the very near future.

Aubrey is sleeping in her own bed, in her own room which has been painted, and decorated, and  "baby-fied". She has been known to sleep all night a couple of nights a week, but for the most part, she wakes up around 3-4am and wants to be changed and fed. We give her a bottle in our room, and most nights she spends the rest of the night in our bed. This seems to work well for us and her, since she sleeps like a rock while we all get ready in the mornings. This is an unbelievable feat, since our room is like Grand Central for 4 people getting ready!

Aubrey has also officially been weaned from Mama. I hated it, but mother nature had other plans. When I came back to school, I was pumping once a day during 6th period and getting between 9-10 ounces. About 8 weeks in, I was getting 3 ounces total, and that was taking all period! Aubrey took to the bottle very well, so we're all happy about how it worked out. As for the rest of her eating, she is a hungry gal! She likes table food now, and gravy and potatoes are her favs!

Aubrey's big news now is that she now has not ONE, but TWO teeth. They are the bottom middle ones! Believe you me, she likes to use them! In general, Aubrey is the happiest baby I've ever been around, and I don't say that just because she's mine. She never gets upset over anything. She has the most contagious smile that is so big, it makes her eyes scrunch together. She is completely enamoured by Annaleigh and Alden, and will pretty much sit for any length of time as long as she can watch them. Her big sister is the best helper ever, and I fully trust her to take care of Aubrey in any way. She's that good. Alden is in love with "sissy" as well. He can't keep his hands off of her and loves to play Patty-Cake, which is her favorite game!

Have you ever seen a HAPPIER baby???

Precious Profile...

I included this one because this is what she looks like when she laughs really hard! I know her eyes are closed, but it is the funniest thing to watch her! Here, Annaleigh is standing behind me making her laugh...

In general, we are all completely and totally smitten by Aubrey Jill Baggett, and I don't think that will end any time soon!

Alden's 5th Birthday

This has to be the most low-key party we have ever had. Everyone was sick, and I mean SICK! Actually, the party was the bright spot in the week...Pappy was already very sick and couldn't come. Jason and I had also been sickly, but not to the point of skipping the party, just miserable! The party, if you could call it that, consisted of our immediate family, Nana, Meemaw, Granny Dunn, and Uncle Culley, and Dawson....that's it.

Shortly after, like hours after, both Nana and Uncle Culley came down with what Pappy had, and within a couple of days, both of them were in the hospital!! To make up for such a pitiful celebration of my sweet son's life, we took two of his friends to Chucky Cheese the next afternoon. They really know how to celebrate!

Great-Granny Dunn and Aubrey

Uncle Culley and Dawson playing the Wii...

Meemaw and Annaleigh playing on the ipod...

The birthday boy and his LEGO cake...

Aubrey gets her some blue cake icing...

Party Decorations...I made copies of all of Alden's previous birthdays and included those so everyone could see how much he had changed! Next are the close-ups...

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday

4th Birthday

Opening presents...



Surrounded by lots of love!

Chuck E. Cheese with friends!

They were all so good...

...that we took them all to the primary school to play on the playground afterwards.

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

Aubrey is 6 Months Old!

How could it possibly be? 

My baby went from this...

To this...
In just six short months?

Just two short days after her six month birthday on February 8th, Aubrey Jill decided that she was tired of rolling around on her belly and back...

While I was trying some clothes on her for upcoming pictures, she decided she would just start sitting up all on her own...and here she is!

So, what are you up to these days Sweet Girl? 

Well, you are the happiest baby I have ever been around! You are simply joyful all the time. You are loving your teachers at school, Mrs. Judy and Mrs. Linda. You never cry at school at all. At night, you are sometimes sleeping thru the night, and other times you wake up and are hungry again. I usually feed you, but I let you stay in the bed with us after that. In the mornings, you lay in our bed and sleep while we all get ready for school. Then you wake up happy and ready to go. 

You are rolling over still, and now you are sitting up. You love to jump in your "Johnny Jumper" that has the musical pad under it. You still love your exersaucer, your walker (where you go backwards most of the time), and now you like to sit in the high chair and play with toys while we are in the kitchen. 

You are a big eater these days. You like carrots, apples, and pears the best. The only thing you aren't crazy about is peas! 

You like to go all kinds of places with us. You are happy anywhere we go, even seemingly all day Upward basketball games with Alden and Annaleigh! You sit on my lap and just watch all the action....that is when you aren't being passed around by all the adults in your life who adore you!

I am trying so hard to keep you little, but you are growing up before my eyes!

Birthday Girl Part 2

 

Happy Birthday Baby!

Birthday Bash - Alden's 4th Birthday

And finally, I am caught up to today...Alden's 4th Birthday!

For the first part of Alden's week in the fun zone, he wanted to go to Outback and have them sing "Happy Birthday" to him. This was prompted by an incident a few weeks ago at Outback in another town. There were 2 people there that had the birthday song sang special for them, and he couldn't figure out why they weren't singing to him! We remedied that problem!!

Also, before the restaurant, Nana, Pappy, and Annaleigh took him to Build-A-Bear to make this Batman Bear!

Blowing out the candle at Outback...

Opening a present from Mom and Dad...

(You have to open a present on your actual b'day!!)

He got two new "Ben Ten" toys...

Here's the party from this weekend. Alden really liked the cake.

Notice it is much better than last year's!!

We were thrilled with the cake!

Waiting to break into it!

A little shy this year with all the attention...

Opening presents...

He loved the Discovery Viewfinder that Mommy and Daddy got him. This one tells you facts about the animals you see pics of!

Excitement!

Getting help from Baby Claire who just turned two!

She's as excited as he is!

Opening his present from Great-Granny who is 87!

Taking time to pose with Great-Granny and "Humongosaur"...

At this point, Alden has really had it with sweet Baby Claire helping him open his presents!! We thought this was hilarious! She also kept trying to sit in his lap...now granted, he is 2 years older, but he only outweighs her by 3 pounds, so this was just too much according to him!

I finally find something that Baby Claire and I can do together! This way, she isn't helping Alden quite so much, and I'm loving it!!