Aubrey's First Birthday Party

We threw Aubrey a "Cute as a Button" birthday party the day before we flew from Canada to Australia. We had her party a couple weeks early so that we could celebrate with some of her family and friends. Auntie Taylor and Nana did LOTS of work, and it was a super cute party!

The big girls made crafts with buttons, and Aubrey got lots of hugs from her cousin, Arden. Aubrey LOVES big girls! She is always giving them hugs back.



Then we had cupcakes...made from scratch by Auntie Tay. So yummy! Bree and Huds share an inside joke before they have their delicious & healthy "cupcakes".



Making sure she likes it before she digs in.



Opening presents...things got a little crazy! Good thing the big girls were there to help. Huds is just standing off to the side watching....such a cool guy!



Thanks everyone for coming to celebrate Aubrey turning ONE!!! We will miss you all!


AUSTRALIA UPDATE

So we made it to the Sunshine Coast a week ago now. Aubrey did fantastic with all the traveling! The first leg was Calgary to LAX....it was right at her bedtime...did she sleep? Uh no. She was SUPER hyper! It was hilarious, she has such a fun personality. She was just laughing and giddy like a little girl. The flight attendants loved her...by the time we got to LAX she was pooped though. She slept almost the whole way to Brisbane. About 5 minutes left before the final descent, we let Aubrey watch a little Mickey Mouse. She really liked it. No more TV until her 2nd birthday!

Okay, so real quick, we are getting settled! We live 10 min to the nicest beach ever. We bought a car from a guy named Baldy. 97 toyota camry please treat us well!!

Something new

It's amazing that we left North Carolina and Aubrey couldn't even sit on her own. Now five months later and she has grown by leaps and bounds.

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Little Ballerina

I thought I would share some pictures of Aubrey today....this is her outfit :)



She loves my blackberry way too much. I don't usually let her play with it....but it always makes her happy if she somehow can get her hands on it. Same with Ben's iPod Touch. Yikes!

More Photos Of the Ballerina girl on my photography blog :)

Last Days of Summer 2010

Aubrey loves to look at pictures of her and Gramps.



My cousin's 3 beautiful girls enjoying the long weekend at the lake. Somehow they got Ben to play the role of the lake monster and for a while there was an entertaining little show for Aubrey to enjoy!



Aubrey watching the big girls jump and play.



Kayton



Arden

The other day she told Auntie Karyse that Aubrey is nice and is her friend. Arden is such a good helper with babies!



Auntie Karyse and the little guy :) The tennis court by our place is beautiful and I had been wanting to take some photos there....it was perfect to take some Belly Photos for her and Derek! They are posted on my Photography Blog.

11 Months Old

She loves to touch fingers



Amazing little crawler



Our little reader


Wow, 11 months already! Aubrey grew so much during our time in BC, Canada, it really is fun to look back to when we first got here and try to imagine her....just learning to crawl and still a little wobbly - sometimes falling flat on her face. Now she can even speed crawl. Here are a few other things...

20 -ish lbs
__ in long (I'll update that when I get her still enough to measure!)

Climbing all the staircases
Pulling herself up to standing
Saying "HI" to everyone!
Pointing at objects and people and saying "Wassat?" and "Wa is sat?"
Record sleep in (bed by 7pm-wake up 7am to nurse, back to sleep by 730am- sleep until 1030am).
Finding her bellybutton and our bellybuttons

OUR FAVOURITE THING about summer holidays :

Aubrey waking us up in the morning, daddy bringing her into our bed, and giving us all her sweet cuddles and kisses after she nurses.

There are more photos of her on my photography blog :)

FHV

Above : Green Smoothie lover!

We had a request for more dancing videos. (Note: turn off the blog music at the bottom of this page before watching). In addition to that we included a go big or go home video of the best ski wipe out of the season.

*If you watch it in slow motion it is hilarious.








It looks like she is watching something on the computer, but there is nothing other than the song playlist :) She is just figuring out which moves she wants to pull off next :)

Summer Friends

My friend Hudson came to visit me in BC, Canada!



We both got our hair trimmed by Nana Deb









I met some of my cousins (mommy's cousin's children) for the first time!! I loved playing with them. Big girls are so much fun!



I also had to say goodbye to Auntie Lindsay...she is going back to Peru, then maybe Berlin for work. I won't see her for a long time!

That's it for now. We are having so much fun with our friends from Red Deer! We meal planned some awesome recipes from the REBAR Cookbook - which is my all time favourite cookbook - and we have had some fantastic meals. I am putting more photos on my photography blog :)

Dancing Girl

I just couldn't stop taping. The first 45sec are the best.

Note : Pause the blog music before you start this video....scroll to the very bottom of the page to get to the music player ;)

Make You Laugh - My Spa Day

These pictures of Aubrey laughing make me laugh every time. This summer she started scrunching up her nose and face when she smiles or laughs...it is pretty cute.

Banana Hair Mask and Facial

Peach Juice Body Mask

Look, I can stand! A little exercise

Time for a Boathouse Bath

Sipping on Bathwater Coloda

I'm pooped....ready for bed

Birthday Wishes!! (And 10 Months Pics)

We get this face a lot :)

More photos on my photography blog!

So a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my BFF Hudson!! He turned ONE today, and I wish I could be there for his Monkey birthday party tomorrow. Things I love about my Hudsy, he shows me that kids our age can walk, and even talk! Sometimes he holds my hand. We always have fun together. Especially swimming, that is our favourite thing to do together. He has the best smile and best laugh! You are so much fun Huds!

Things to tell you about me being 10 months old :

- I am a great crawler now
- I love when mommy pretends she is chasing me, I laugh and squeal so hard!
- My favourite snacks are BC Cherries and BC Peaches....yum.
- I pretty much nap and swim and poop all day, it rocks.
- I am about 19 lbs and 28 in long
- I still squeal at ear piercing decibels...it's fun, mommy's trying to teach me to stop, won't it
be hilarious if i get into one of my squeal-a-thons on the 17 hour flight to Australia?
- I LOVE SWIMMING!
- My friend Joella taught me about eating brown rice noodles....my new fav dinner