15 months old

This little cutie is 15 months old already and no longer a baby at all. She had a fun and healthy fall filled with lots of new adventures.

At 15 months Aubrie:

*Weighs 23 lbs and is 30 inches tall
*Loves Loves Loves Pasta with Tomato Soup and cheese and her Gerber cheeto snacks
*Some other foods she likes include: peaches,pears and grapes (she still can't eat citrus or bananna)
  peas, green beans, chicken and stars, soups, and loves ham and chicken.
*She can say mom, dad, keee(kitty), ball, ho ho ho (anytime she sees anything related to Santa), hi, mmmm and makes a chomping noise when she is hungry or sees something she likes, woooah, hot, uh ohhh (any time anything drops). She also signs the sign for "more" but to her it means food. She also says "here" when she hands you something.
*She is very smart and catches on to things quickly...for example, we started saying prayers with her at night and folding her arms, well a week later any time we say " time for prayers" she quickly folds her arms and at the end say Amen and throws her arms apart and claps. We are still working on the clapping and closing the eyes part.
*She loves chasing the kitties around and giving them loves/laying on top of them while they try to escape and throwing their toys at them.
* She will bring your towel to you when you are getting out of the shower and says, "here".
*She loves coming out each morning in December to find "Elfie" hiding around the house and putting an ornament on her advent calendar.
*She has only pulled the Christmas Tree down twice this year...so far.
*She loves her Minnie Mouse couch she got for her birthday and unfolds it every morning to cuddle up with her blankets on.
*She loves to snuggle her blankets....specifically the fleece ones with the tassles I cut.
*Loves running away down the hall from us and giggles the whole time.
*Loves reading books and having them read to her every day.
*Gets really excited when she gets dropped off at daycare and sees Miss Sheena. She loves kids!
*Can crawl up/down stairs very well now and goes down the right way without us telling her.
*Finally is sleeping through the night (unless she is sick) and sometimes will even put herself to bed as long as she has her pillow pet lights on.

 This is the first time she fell asleep while eating dinner...she played hard at Grandmas house.

 First actual time playing in the snow....at first she didn't know what to think and then loved kicking and throwing the snow around.

 Playing with Daddy in the snow.

 This year, Aubrie wasn't a fan of sitting on Santa's lap, so we got to as a family. This was at Bluffdale Light celebration where Shannon performed. Aubrie would cry if she got close to Santa.

In other news, the weekend before Thanksgiving, Jeff got layed of from Fetzers. In a way it is nice, but it sure has been tough finding another job. Hopefully something will come through soon.

Weight Loss Update and Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to write this down so both Jeff and I don't forget how far we have come with some lifestyle changes. Back in April, we started Weight watchers Jeff was 241 lbs and I was 193 lbs. As of this week, Jeff is down to 197 and I am at 157! We have come a long way and feel a lot better now that we eat smaller portions and healthier choices. We still enjoy desserts and treats every now and then to satisfy our sweet tooth, but we have been able to loose this weight through diet change only. Our intentions were to exercise too, but with a 14 month old, and working full time, our time is precious. I love feeling better about myself and not feeling so sick and full after meals.


In other news: On Friday Jeff was layed off from Fetzers, right in time for Thanksgiving and the holidays...isn't that nice? In one way it is a relief to not have to deal with their dishonesty and ever chaning work schedule, but I am just hoping Jeff can find another position he will enjoy. I have had a few interviews with RPT in South Jordan, but didn't get the position, so I guess I am staying put for awhile.


Aubrie keeps growing like crazy and is always moving and doesn't like to sit still anymore. She got her two front teeth over the past 2 weeks, slowly but shurely they have been trying to come in for about a month now. She has learned very quickly how to say her prayers and will fold her arms and sit quietly for a few seconds and then unfold her arms and say amen and clap....it is adorable how she picked up on this within a week of us saying night time prayers. She also learned what Santa says....ho..ho..ho. It is so cute.

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at the Evans on Sunday and on Thursday I worked and then we went to the Baths. Afterwards we sat in line at Walmart for the Black Friday madness and also went to Kholes, Gordmans, Ashley Furniature, and Home Depot. I feel like we got a lot of good deals and a very spoiled little girl for the holidays!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

We made a visit to Gardner Village to see the witches around and enjoy the fall air (and a day off work :)

Aubrie is not too sure about this witch...

 I came out to the kitchen one morning and found this:

 We also went with my family to ride the Alpine slide in Park City. We didn't expect to wait 2 hours though...guess the nice weather brought everyone else out too!

 Trying to get a picture where Aubrie is sitting still and looking at the camera is pretty close to impossible these days.

This little girl absolutely loved playing in the leaves and was squeeling the entire time. She especially loved it when we would throw leaves into the air at her.

 This Halloween Jeff and I didn't dress up but had fun dressing Aubrie up in 2 outfits. She was a fairy for the Bath party and a Bee for Halloween night.

 Aubrie was very interested in what was inside the carved pumpkins and kept trying to look inside them.

 Trick or Treating for the first time in our circle with Dad.

 Aubrie and Uncle Ster at my parents house.

 My dad celebrated his 50th birthday this year and of course had his tower of Dunford chocolate doughnuts for his cake.

 These were our pumpkins this year. I ended up carving them both since Jeff wasn't feeling so well.

Fun in the Crisp Air of Fall

 We decided to visit Peterson Farms to pick out our pumpkins for this year. Aubrie had fun playing in the dirt and touching every pumpkin she could get her little hands on!

 Aubrie decided she wanted all of the pumpkins!

For our anniversary this year and since it fell on a Friday, we decided to celebrate it on Saturday and treated ourselves to a couple's massage, dinner at PF Changs, and spent the afternoon with our sweet girl at Cornbellys.
Here is some of the fun we had at  Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. I can't believe how big of an event this has become. We got ourselves lost in the U of U vs BYU corn maze, Aubrie danced to Gangnam Style with lots of kids, she played in a barn full of corn (up to our ankles), and had fun on the slides.

Some of the things Aubrie is doing at 13 months:
  * She can now tell you what sounds a cow makes and a dog
  *Is walking everywhere and doesn't like to be held anymore
  *If you turn your back for one second, she is into everything. For example: eating cat food, playing in their water dish, unloading the laundry buckets and toy boxes, and her new trick is unrolling the toilet paper and then tearing it into little shreds throughout the house.
  *Is drinking whole milk now but still likes it from a bottle. She still won't drink juice but loves water from a sippy cup.
  *Is becoming more and more independent with feeding herself and doesn't want baby food anymore
  *Loves to sing during church songs and dance to any music, with her very favorite being 'Gangnam Style'. If she hears you even say that name, she gets hyper and wants to watch the video. She even started doing the dance moves with her arms herself one day! She also loves a new song called 'What does the Fox say'.
 *Will come up to us and lay her head on us to give us loves. I especially love this :)
 *Loves her 4 wheeler and still says "Vrrromm" when she sees it. She also says vrromm when we push her in the shopping cart
  *Is learning to love going down the slide at the park...we had a new park built in our neighborhood that we are looking forward to spending time at.