More catching up......July

Finally a beach day!
Aubrey enjoying her new set of wheels.Doesn't everybody wear their princess dress and push their baby in the stroller while they walk by the beach?
I love this photo! Our little beach princess enjoying her ice cream cone amongst strangers.....
Happy 4th of July!

A look back at June

It's been MONTHS since I last blogged...where has the time gone? These girls keep us so busy!!! Here are some photos from June.
Sophie and Aubrey making Star Wars cookies for Ed for Father's Day.
Disneyland! Sophie LOVES to see the Princesses!
Aubrey's first time in the pool....and she loved it!
Sophie at swim lessons. A little timid at first but now she loves the pool and is so proud of herself that she can put her head underwater...it's the little things in life.....

And......we have a crawler (4 weeks ago that is)

Sweethearts

Sophie is hugging her sweet friend Ryan. These two are so cute together. Ryan is moving in a few weeks and we are so sad to see him and his family go.

Classic boy/girl. Soph is sitting on the Princess side of the bookshelf reading Princess books while Ryan is sitting on the Cars side reading books about Cars.
So sweet.

It's A Small World.....Sophie style

Eight Months Old

This is a photo of Aubrey at eight months old.....busy, happy baby.
This is Sophie at eight months old. Two girls, oh so different and both so special!

Weekend Fun

A few weeks ago we headed up to the LA Zoo to see the animals and meet Bert, Ernie and Grover who were visiting the zoo! Sophie was so excited to meet them. We stopped at my sisters house afterwards for some cousin playtime.


Busy and sweet girls.
I love this photo of Sophie and Isabelle. The girls were trying to see who could scream the loudest!

Sometimes Mom needs a nap!

Most Days.....

Most days, this is how I find Aubrey right after she wakes up from her nap....so smiley!

Happy 7 Months Old Sweet Aubs!

Eggs, eggs and more eggs!

Easter weekend began with decorating Easter eggs, egg hunts, more egg hunts and Easter dinner with family and friends. Sophie understood much more clearly this year that the point was to find as many eggs as possible and that there was chwacolate (chocolate) in them. Of course the egg hunts were so much fun, but Easter is such a significant time to remember that Christ died to save us all. He is Risen indeed!Sophie and her sweet friend Paige embarking on a very serious Easter egg hunt!
Sophie and Aubrey on Easter morning. We hid some eggs that morning for Soph to find...and for Aubrey to chew on.
We had Easter dinner at my sisters house along with their friends. 6 kids, three 2.5 year olds and three babies....yes it was very busy! This is a photo of five of the girls..Aubrey is missing.
Isabelle is very serious about her egg hunt.

6 Month Stats

This afternoon I took Aubrey for her 6th month checkup. (poor little angel has an ear infection and had to get 4 shots!) I thought for sure after comparing her stats to when Sophie was 6th months old that I would find that Aubrey would be much bigger! But they're 6th months measurements are very similar.Aubrey's 6 month stats: weight: 15lb 14oz (40th % percentile) height 26.75inches (75% percentile)
Sophie 's 6th month stats: weight: 15lb. 7oz (50%percentile) height: 26in. (75%percentile)

Six Months Never Looked So Sweet

OSCAR Ready

First foods......no thanks mom!

East Coast Trip

A little late on blogging, but here are some photos from our trip to the east coast. We had a fantastic trip; family, friends, snow and two trips to the ER....what a great and adventurous trip we had!

Doesn't Aubrey look so tiny on this couch!
The girls and their Grandpa, they LOVE their grandpa.
It snowed just a few days after we arrived. Sophie loved playing in the snow.
Sophie ADORES her cousins and loved playing with them.
Sophie's first trip to the ER. She pulled her elbow out of its socket (Nursemaid's Elbow) and a quick visit to the ER fixed it.
We spent a night in Maine with our good friends Darrell and Pippy and their sweet boys, Ian and Alex. It wasn't to long ago that it was just us four adults hanging out and now each of our families have doubled!
Here is Ian reading the Valentine's Day card Sophie made for him. Future lovebirds??????
Typical Aubs, happy as can be.
I spent a day in Boston with our friends the Hortons (thanks for having us!) and my friend Jess and her daughter Lily came to visit. The three girls played so well together.
Visit #2 to the ER, but with Aubrey this time. Poor sweet baby had a double ear infection.

Plane ride home. Ed left to head back to CA a few days before so the girls and I were on our own for the last few days of our trip. Poor little Aubs ears hurt her so much and I think she cried 6 out of the 7 hour plane ride. Thankfully there were some really nice people who helped me along the way. Thank you kind strangers!