One Year Old

 This cute girl has grown up from a tiny baby to a toddler now.....People always say kids grow fast, but its true...its toooo fast. Here are some pictures from her 1 year photo shoot.

 Love her little mischieveous look!

 Aubrie loves to clap.

 Her first birthday cake smash. She wasn't too sure about what to do at first, but with a little help from mom and dad, even her feet enjoyed the cake.

 Look how big she has grown...this is a 6 month difference

The past year has been full of joy, laughter, and a lot of learning for our family. Aubrie had a tough few months with lots of colds, ear infections and eventually tubes in her ears, and a trip to Primaries for RSV. Hopefully she will have a great immune system for when she goes to nursery in 6 months. She has brought a lot of learning experiences for us from having to feed a newborn every 2 hours, dealing with a colicky baby, learning to go out in public with a baby, learning how to take care of a sick baby, making baby food, learning how busy babies can be and move, and lots of diaper changes.

At 12 months Aubrie:
 * Has learned to say a few words: mom or mama, ball, hi, uh oh, mummm, vrrrmmm (for her 4wheeler),  kitty, (well more of a hiss/key sound) and dad. She has been saying na for the past month or two, but we can't figure out what it means.
 *Loves to clap when anyone is clapping or music is on
* Dances to music
*Waves and says hi to everyone
* Is able to sit to stand without pulling up onto anything and can stand briefly before falling
*Is so close to walking herself, but will walk if we hold her hand and walks really fast if she is chasing the cats
* Loves to be chased down the hallway as we crawl after her. She looks back at us to see if we are coming to get her and then she giggles as she crawls quickly away. She will stop and let you get her "tickle her" and loves it. She is learning to get us back.
*If you are not giving her attention, she will hang on your legs until you look at her and she will smile and laugh at you.
*Loves her bath time still and cries everytime she gets out
*Loves reading books. I will often find her with her basket of books just flipping through pages.
*She enjoys being outdoors doing anything, even if its watching daddy mow the lawn (she started waving at him everytime he passed by)
*Is becoming more independent with feeding herself and doesn't like baby food much anymore. We found out she still can't have bannans and now oranges (she got hives)
*Loves to sip out of a straw at restaurants and puffs her cheeks out to suck.
*Likes to look at pictures and point to the people.
*Finally sleeps through the night!!!! On her belly with her bum in the air.