One of our favorites...

This is Aubrey's favorite activity to play with daddy. Joe chases after her with the vaccuum and she runs screaming to the other end of the room. We've tried to hide the popper and vaccuum in various places in the basement; under the stairs, in the shower, in the Burley, behind the door, etc., but she always seems to find them and insist that dado play with her. When daddy is working, she'll settle for mom, but mom doesn't currently have the speed and agility that she wants and expects.

Family Time!

We loved having visitors last weekend! As you can see, Aubrey really enjoyed the extra attention.

Hanging out on the fireplace with grandpa

Doing puzzles with Uncle Brad

Making my hair beautiful with grandma

Shhh! Aunt Becca is sleeping...

Okay, it is time to get up, Becca. Wake up!

Time for a check up!

Reading books with grandma in my big girl room

Halloween

Aubrey really enjoyed Halloween this year. I was happy that Aubrey decided to wear her costume. We had a trial run before the big day and she wanted nothing to do with it. We even got her to wear the hat. It wouldn't have been nearly as cute without it. We were lucky and had great weather. During the day it was in the 70s and at night it was in the 60s. Aubrey was sweating in her costume when we took it off at the end of the night! She loved it when the kids came to the door and Micah started barking hysterically. It was very exciting to have so many visitors.


We went around in the wagon. Daddy was dressed up as a Brewer's fan (only acceptable on Halloween given our normal devotion to the Cubs). Mommy dressed up as a pregnant woman wearing black, trying to minimize her size. :)


We practiced saying Trick or Treat at home, and she did great! Unfortunately, when it came to delivering her line in person, she had stage fright. She had no problem, however, remembering to take the candy and put it in her pumpkin. Maybe we'll do better at that next year.


Aubrey stayed quite comfortable in her wagon. We brought snacks and water just in case the walk around the neighborhood got too long. She did great. She was very interested in seeing some of her neighbor friends and all of the kids dressed up walking up and down the street.

New Boots

Aubrey got new boots for the winter season. I tried them on her to see how them would fit. They are great, but I couldn't get her to take them off. She wore them for the next two hours until she was distracted enough to be able to sneak them off. She would have worn them to bed if we let her!

Aubrey likes the sound of her boots on the hardwood floors. She also loves to tote around her Halloween pumpkin!

Playing Catch Up

The next couple of pics are random and don't really have a theme. I guess there is a lot I have to include since I haven't blogged since mid August!


Hey daddy, look at me, not the football game!


Aubrey enjoys dressing up her Bitty Baby. Here she is with Aubrey's shoes, a Brewer's hat, and a watch.


Do you remember the jelly bracelets from the 80s? Well, I found some at Target and bought a 100-pack. Aubrey likes to pile them on her wrist in true 80s fashion.

Aubrey enjoys practicing golf with daddy. Joe's sure she'll be a pro someday. I enjoy watching Joe explain to her how to line up with the ball and follow through.

When we play in the front, Aubrey always has to wear her bike helmet. This time, however, she decided to add daddy's sunglasses into the mix. Since we don't bring Baby outside, we substitute with a kickball in the stroller. She pushes it down to the end of the driveway and then turns around and comes back. This provides us with endless hours of entertainment!

Here is Aubrey experimenting with hair accessories. Unfortunately, her hair is so fine that she pulls the clips right out as soon as we put them in, or they slide out!

Aubrey is lounging on her big girl bed with grandma and Annika. We spend many happy hours on the bed playing and flopping around. While I'm glad she likes to spend time in the room, but I worry that when it actually comes to sleeping in the bed instead of playing on it, we might have a hard time transitioning!

Finally... an update

So, I apologize for not updating our blog in forever! I find that since school started, I have little energy in the evenings to do anything extra. Between work, pregnancy, and family our lives our busy, busy, busy. I feel great and the baby is doing fine. Here are some pics to let you know what has been happening in the last couple of months.

Aubrey has really been into playing with her dolly. She loves to give her kisses and say, "Here you go, baby."

She is quite the mommy! I hope this continues when Baby Morris #2 arrives!

Another favorite activity is to play in my jewelry box. She loves to try on my rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces. When she finds my wedding ring, however, she runs to find me and says, "mama's" so I can put it on. Thanks to aunt Becca, we now have a green plastic hand on which to put stacks of rings.

Sometimes we even put rings on our toes!