Let's Eat

I heard my Great Grandma is enjoying these videos so I figured I better get a few more up. I tried to narrow down the videos of her eating to one or two but as you can see I posted a bunch. Once you start watching you'll know why I couldn't stop at one.

Singing Kisses

For all you who like video.

Our Friends [Jeff, Care & Hudson]

I'm sure I posted about my friend, Cara-Leigh, back around Mother's Day...we went to Palm Springs together...but here they are again! Our mom's were friends back before we were born, and it is so cool that we have remained such good friends all these years - we even made it through those tough high school drama days!

I had to post a photo of Hudson....WALKING! I am fairly certain he started walking all on his own around 10 months, by 11 months he is walking all over the place!

Check out my photography blogsite for more of their family photos :)

http://chelsaschaeferphoto.blogspot.com

Movie Time

Learning how to post video. If this is working on your computer please leave a comment. Thanks.

I am 9 months old!

As you can see I am becoming a very busy little girl! When I was about 8 1/2 months old I learned how to drink out of a straw...I love drinking water and of course my baby smoothies :) I also love smoothie popsicles. Blueberries have become one of my favourite foods among most fruits. I still gag on vegetables. Except sweet potatoes. Those are okay if they are the right consistency. But mom sneaks things like avocados into my smoothie and I like that.

I am also getting pretty mobile! I can get from sitting to all fours and back again, sometimes going on my tummy...mostly I can only go backwards at the moment which gets me into little predicaments...like sliding around under the table between all the chair legs, backwards.

Mostly I am just having a lot of fun, oh and I learned that I can scream - like high pitched squeals - and that is really fun! Especially during graduation ceremonies when every one is quiet. Then they can hear my beautiful voice. I LOVE music and bouncing and singing to it. That graduate who was singing just needed my help a little.

I can say "mamama", and pretty much know who I am talking about now. I finally can say "dada"...but i like to whisper it :) Because Daddy is so sweet. I get SOOOO excited when he comes home from work!

Until next time!

xoxo Aubrey

Carson's Graduation!

Carson we are all so proud of you! It is crazy to think that in a couple months you are off to play golf and go to university! We know you'll do amazing no matter what you do in your future, you are just that kind of guy. It has been so fun to be in Red Deer, hanging out with the family and getting to go to your graduation. We are so glad we were here for that!

Next up.....you're 18th birthday! What a fun year for you ;)



For more sweet graduation pictures, including photos of my cousins - Nicole and Becca - and family friend, Cassidy....check my photography blogsite out :) http://chelsaschaeferphoto.blogspot.com

Taylor's Graduation & Father's Day

Finally! Some of Taylor's University of Victoria Graduation photos! We had so much fun going to Victoria for 2 days for Tay's grad. We are all so proud of her and excited that she is accepted into Med School beginning January 2011. She has EARNED it with her hard work and perseverance over the years despite many setbacks and trials (one being back surgery).

Then we headed off to Kelowna, BC for an awesome Father's Day weekend...part of which we spent at a Car Show to celebrate the completion of the total restoration (it took like 4 years to rebuild) of my dad's 67 Pontiac 2+2 . More photos to come, this summer when we go back out there I can promise there will be a special photo shoot of our beloved Pontiac. If my mom can scan it and send it to me, I will show you all a photo of us as little kids in it...

MORE adorable photos of Taylor here!

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!!