Baby Unger

Our dear friends the Ungers are expecting another miracle baby! We were invited to their "Reveal Party" when they would disclose the sex on their baby. Earlier in the day, Joy had her doctors appointment and ultrasound. She had the doctor write the sex of the baby on a paper, and seal it in an envelope. That night their closest friends and family met at Klondikes.



I asked everyone to make a prediction on the sex of the baby by posing for the camera with a sign language B or G.

Canaan is thinking "Baby? What baby??"

And the verdict is......

Daddy is so much fun!

I get a kick out of watching Aubri and Jose play around. Aubriella is such an active little one that she just loves wrestling with her daddy. It cracks me up that she is cautious around me, holding on to furniture, carefully reaching from one thing to another, but with Jose she is all daredevil! She lets go and dives, thinks she can walk, and stands up on her own. She doesn't even mind the tumbles and falls that usually result!

The other day I was snapping away, taking pictures of the two of them laughing and rolling around on the floor.

Can you see the drool dripping from her mouth?

This girl loves her daddy!

Pierced

Torture or Treat? I've read several articles on the merits of early ear piercing vs. letting a girl decide to get her ears pierced. I've gone back and forth, wanting Aubriella to have cute diamonds, and wanting to protect her from the pain. Being grateful for my early first hole as opposed to the nervousness I felt getting my second hole, and being thankful for my mom choosing to pierce my ears, rather then resentful Jose and I agreed to pierce Aubri's. The decision didn't come lightly! (From the articles and polls I've read, I know that 52% of you are

strongly disapproving right now!)

Last Saturday, with her Nana, Grammy, Tia Emma, and Cousin Adriana we took Aubriella to get her ears pierced! All of us were nervous! Most places wouldn't pierce infants ears, and the ones that did would only pierce one at a time. Of all the places in the mall, the Mexican jewelry store Don Robertos was the only one who would do both.

Aubriella is a very tough girl! She cried even before it happened because she HATES being restrained. Then her cry barely even raised an octave for the actual piercing, and within a minute she was distracted completely! My mom handed her a sealed candy bar to play with and she was content!

I think it will be a fun memory to tell her about all the special ladies (and daddy) who wanted to be with her, and that Tia Emma paid for it. And to top it off, I didn't think it was possible, but she looks even more adorable then she already was!

Yummy for my Tummy

Aubriella has not developed a large appetite for food even with the introduction of all sorts of yummy things. I continue to make her homemade purees and cereals, but most days she doesn't eat more than a few bites. I constantly remind myself how much $$$ we would be wasting if we bought little jars of pre-made baby food just to throw it out after a few bites. I think I have spent less than $5 for 2 months worth of baby food- how awesome is that??? $1 went to a package of organic brown rice, $2 for a bunch of organic carrots at the farmers market, 57 cents for a large yam, and a bit more if I count what she has eaten of stuff I already buy! I think the rest of her food was home grown by friends and family... nectarines, peaches, apples, avocado, and mangos to name a few!

The best way to get Aubri to eat is by letting her feed herself. Most days she loves munching on the sucky net thingy (don't you love how technical I am?) or picking up little bit sized pieces of fruit.

She loves feeling different textures and smushing things between her fingers. It is hard to not get uptight about the mess that gets all the place, but to relax and realize she is learning through these discoveries.

Sometimes she makes the funniest faces when she tries new food! The first batch of applesauce was a little sour!

Daddy takes his turn feeding Aubriella. I turned around for a bit and the next time I looked she was covered in carrots! I told him it looked as if he was purposely getting her messy!

He was!

Meet Bob

Bob is Jose's dream come true. Jose's petunia pickle bottom. Bob is our new stroller.



Before Aubriella was born we went back and forth debating if the Bob's claims were worth the expensive price tag. Could this stroller really be worth the costs of two of our registered stroller, plus a car seat, plus an adapter?? I voted no, Jose voted yes...the decision was made by the generous gift of our registered stroller.



Even with our perfectly decent stroller, Jose has pined for a Bob- going so far as to fake cry every time we saw one. I kid not. He argued that a Bob would last for the remaining children we will someday have, and finally made a deal that he would work on call to earn money to buy the Bob.

A month later after taking a few middle of the night CPS calls, he had earned the money. Thanks to a great deal on Diapers.com, the Bob arrived 2 days later.



Without further ado, meet Bob...







Aubriella was laughing when we pulled her by her toes! That is how light it is!


I'm not gonna lie, Jose was right. This stroller is pretty sweet. If anything, his enthusiasm for the stroller has begun daily family walks- that in itself is worht it. Now if I could only get him to go on call to earn a certain Petunia pickle bottom...

On a walk with her cousins


Sharing a seat with cousin Jesse.

At the mall

Fashionista

If there is anything I hear more than being told Aubriella is beautiful or that she has "so much hair!" it is that she is never seen in the same outfit twice. I'd like to take this moment to thank her very generous Grammy and Nana (and her favorite girl cousins Adriana and Savannah who pick out things for Grammy to be even more generous) who have provided about 95% of her clothes. In stark contrast to her mother who has all of maybe 10 shirts that fit, all over 2 years old, Aubriella has enough clothes to dress an army of beautiful babies.



Here is a sample of some of her recent outfits:

I bought this baby Gap sweatshirt on clearance before I even knew Aubriella was a girl!



We love the tutu and jean jacket!


This is probably the most "boring" outfit she has worn lately, but still looks cute! Her Nana dressed her this day and did her hair (the hair was cuter before her nap!).

She loves to stand on and climb the stairs!!

Too cool for school in this argyle ensemble.



I love her overall dress and white leggings- this outfit has been repeated several times!

Grammy and Adri bought her the cutest Vans shoes and socks! Look at Aubri checking her feet out!

I love her beanie that Shawnee bought her before she was born.

Crazy Hair take two

Deja Vu! I feel like I have done this post before. It seems there are endless pictures of Aubriella's hair on this blog. That is what happens I guess when she has been blessed with such beautiful locks! We had a little fun with the shampoo during one of her recent baths...

She didn't have a clue why we were laughing!



"What is so funny??"