Old Faithful & More Hiking Pictures

Above: Here you see Old Faithful....my family's motor-home. It used to be my grandparents. The whole drive Ben started talking about what our "home" would be like if we decide to get one in the future. He realized how much fun they actually can make camping.

Gorgeous Abraham Lake

Below : Finally found our hike - Siffleur Falls.

Above : "Okay, listen 'rents. I am tired, I probably have baby measles, and I am hot. Get a real backpack if you are going to take me hiking please. " (We think she did have baby measles...which is actually very mild and only lasts a few days for those of you out there who might be worrying.)

Above : Chillin out reading "Moo Baa La la la" after the hike in the "home".

As promised, here are the pictures from our little camera :) For all the round-about ways and blown down signs....it was worth it for the scenery. We ended up finding our hike after all...(the sign was blown down and we drove all the way to the Banff National Park boundary! )

Bears & Waterfalls

So this weekend we decided to just take off for a night and head west out past Nordegg, AB, Canada. It is in the Rocky Mountains, and absolutely gorgeous country! It is also bear country, big-horn sheep country, and cougar country. Thankfully we didn't see any cougars...and the bears we had to hit the brakes for in the safety of "old faithful" - the motor-home that used to belong to my grandparents. It was so exciting though! We enjoyed the scenic drive (that was extended by a couple hours due to: 1. telling Ben where to exit off the hwy about 30 min late; & 2. the sign for our waterfall hike having been blown down). Aubrey did awesome the whole trip - despite being a bit under the weather this last week - and she obviously loves the outdoors! It always puts her in a good mood :)

Here are some pictures, more to come from the "little camera".

8 Months Old

Aubrey Lynn
8 Months Old
18 lbs & 27 1/4 in
loves to give mommy very-wet-open-mouth kisses (and occasionally daddy too)
Making huge headway in the crawling process (can get on all fours from sitting and back)
loves music and to "hummm" along
loves giving hugs and cuddles
likes to move her tongue all around and poke it out once it awhile
likes to make the "t-h" sounds with her tongue and lips
went from a 7 am wake up to 5 am so she can hang out with daddy before work
discovered that she has toes and her big one is perfect to suck
loves prunes
loves blueberries
loves apples
LOVES dried pears
8 Months Old!!