Roly Poly

Aubriella is a littly roly poly! She has learned to roll from her stomach to her back and it is so fun to watch! She used to HATE tummy time, but now that she is getting stronger she is starting to enjoy it.

I love these big eyes!

Getting Ready to push herself over

Happy to have made it on her back!

She hasn't learned to roll from her back to her tummy, but she loves to tip over. This progression of pics cracks me up!

"Look at me grab my feet!" "Losing my balance!"

"Oops I tipped!"

First Hair-do

I'm laughing to myself that I am writing another blog on Aubriella's hair! I had to post these pictures of my attempt to put her hair in pony's. She was patient for a couple of minutes sitting in her bumbo but got tired after my fifth attempt! I better learn quickly how to get good at doing hair!

"I don't know about this mom."

"Ok. I like it!"

This was just for fun. She didn't leave the house like this!

Happy Birthday Adriana!

We are so proud of our niece Adriana for graduating high school! She is a beautiful, talented, smart girl-- or should I say 18 year old lady!-- and we are so happy for her! We are excited to see her future unfold!

She had an amazing graduation/birthday celebration. The theme "Graduation Princess" fit her perfectly. Happy Birthday Adri!

This picture cracks me up! These two are impossible to take a good picture of together. One is always looking away- and in this case crying!

She is a rockstar!

Uncle Jesse and Uncle Jasen are talented musicians! Aubriella loves when Jasen plays his guitar or ukelele for her. She loves music! The other day they were nice enough to let her join them for a little Rock Band. They held her attention for almost 20 minutes with their dancing and playing! I wish I had brought the video camera because it was too funny!

Dugan's come to visit!

We were so excited that the Dugans came from Vista to spend Memorial Day weekend with us! We met the Dugans through Matt and Amanda and we got to know them well coincidentally Memorial Weekend 2007. That was the weekend Jose proposed to me while at Hume Lake. For awhile we were able to visit them often, but we hadn't seen them since Ava was a newborn! We had a blast getting to know Ava and to watch her interact with Aubriella. I know they will become great friends over the years!

Sunday was HOT at the AG Strawberry Festival. I was so impressed with what a good sport Ava is even after missing her nap two days in a row! How big is Ava? Soooo Big!

Too bad Amy bought the most expensive chocolate covered strawberries!

Pictures!

If you know me at all, you know I LOVE pictures. I used to get teased because I carried my camera in my purse and took pictures everywhere. I love looking through albums, my scrapbooks, and I am even known for looking at the computer screensaver picture slide show for an hour!

In the four months that Aubriella has been born we have literally taken thousands of pictures of her! I've printed almost 500! It amazes me how much she has already grown and changed and I'm so glad we have the pictures to capture all the memories!

Even though we take plenty of pictures, we decided that we also wanted to invest in professional pictures. It is great to see what a pro can capture of our baby! We choose Christina Landeros (Moments Captured Photography) to take newborn, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and one year pictures of Aubriella!

The day of her 3 month photo shoot Aubriella woke up fussy- a rare occurrence. I thought for sure her nap would help, and when she woke up 30 minutes before Christina got here I thought we were safe. Nope! 5 minutes into the shoot Aubriella was already yawning and tired. I was disappointed after Christina left because I knew that Aubriella hadn't been herself and was nervous that there wouldn't be any good pictures (Aubriella ended up sleeping the entire afternoon!). I am pleased and relieved to have the pictures back and see that Christina was able to capture the baby I know- even the serious tired side!

Curly Top

I LOOOOVE that Aubriella's hair is getting wavier everyday. When her hair is wet (or sweaty!) it gets so curly and has the tightest little ringlets! Throughout the day it relaxes a bit, and usually I can manage to part it or tame it down. Sometimes though (like the day of her 3 month photo shoot) there is no way to fix the mess of hair and it does what it wants.

For example....

Here is Princess Sleepyhead when she just woke up:

And Baby Burrito after her bath about to go to sleep:

Sometimes the best thing to do is wear a hat:

Or just let it be crazy and LOVE it anyway!