Daddy's Little Charger Girl

Is this not the cutest cheerleader you've ever seen?

Aubriella and I like to wait at the front window until daddy comes home. She gets a huge smile when he starts coming up the walkway! Today we decided to make him extra happy and try on her cheer leading outfit. As usual, she was such a ham smiling, which was hilarious since she had her 3 month photo shoot earlier in the day and all she wanted to do was fuss and sleep!

I had her propped up on the couch and she tipped over! She thought it was funny!

My little petite baby is chunking up! Look at those rolls!

It looks like she doesn't have a choice- she's a Charger fan!

Little Velazquez

Last week Jose needed to go out of town for work. Aubriella and I were able to join him and she did pretty well in the car!

She loved her first night in a hotel!

And she loved meeting her great grandma! Jose's grandma lives in Mexico but was in Los Angeles visiting. We are so glad we were able to work it out so that they could meet. Jose's relatives all said she is unquestionably a Velazquez!

We were even able to stop by and see Jose's dad! He just kept saying how beautiful she was-- and of course that she looks like a Velazquez!

Aubriella is so lucky to have 5 living great grandparents! We don't take that for granted. The morning after we got home, we decided to go have breakfast with Nino and Nina (Jose's grandparents). We love Saturday mornings with them because it is rare that we get them all to ourselves (not to mention I LOVE Nina's breakfast potatoes!). We took along our camera and video camera to capture the memories we are so lucky to make with them!

Mother's Day

It was so exciting to realize I have a holiday celebrating me! I am so grateful for Aubriella and am so lucky to be her mommy!

I got to admit, it is a hard balance deciding how much the day is now about me , and how much it is still about my mom (and Jose's mom!). It wasn't without a lot of thought (and a little guilt) that I decided to spend the afternoon how I wanted. Now that we are pastors (just realized I haven't blogged about that yet!), we have to close up the church once a month so by the time we left church all I wanted to do was go home. After a quick stop at Trader Joes to pick up all the yummy things I've been wanting to try we had a great lunch at home and rested!

Later we went to my mom's house, and then Jose's mom came to our house!

Kisses!

Most of the time when I give Aubri a kiss I say "kiss" before I do it. I kind of think she may be starting to know what that means! Whether or not she understands, I still love kissing her soft little cheeks and letting her slobber back!

Future football fan?

This update is especially for Laurie Lee!

Aubriella has TONS of football and Charger outfits since her daddy is such a huge fan. I don't mind her being a football fan, but she has to look girly while doing it!

Look how tiny she was 13 weeks ago! This was on Superbowl Sunday.

Couch Potato

Here is another couch picture. I had to post it because it is currently my favorite picture EVER (at least until the next photo shoot!).
Seriously, I have the cutest kid in the universe. Let's not argue that.

I love my Nana!

A few weeks ago Aubriella began to cry when held by anyone but me! She even tried crying with her Daddy, but that didn't last long. Even if her Nana or Papa held her she would scream until handed to me! Babies usually don't do that until at least 6 months-- what can I say, she's advanced!

I was getting worried that her little stage wouldn't end, and Jose and I really wanted to be able to have my mom babysit. It was so sad to see how worked up she got with anyone but us! Finally, in the last week she has come around! It took her a little while to warm up, but she now has a handful of people she likes!

Yesterday my mom came over while Aubri and I were still in bed. I thought a burglar was making me breakfast!

All day Aubriella was cry free with Nana, and my mom even put her down for naps! Since I was finally convinced Aubri would be fine without me, Jose and I went on our first date baby free! We were gone less than two hours but we were able to go watch Date Night. I didn't even worry! I came home to a happy baby who had some crazy hair from Nana and Uncle Jesse playing with it!