Playing Catch-Up

I have taken many pictures lately and I will combine them all into one post. I don't have as much time to get on the computer and blog like I used to now that Aubrey is here. Mackenzie had her class Christmas party where they decorated cookies and exchanged gifts. I also took her to the Happy Birthday Jesus party at church. This is always such a busy time of year.

Right before she gets to decorate her cookie at the Happy Birthday Jesus party.

Just a pic of one of the bulletin boards in the Sunday School rooms.

Here she is at school...there are only 4 girls in her class. They were pasing the gift around, and when the music stopped, whoever had the bag got that particular gift. They did that for each gift.

Santa's little helper opening her gift.

Great game! She is already enjoying it! She is also very good at memory games. Only 6 more days til Christmas! Of course, Miss M is very excited! It is such a blessing to be able to celebrate Christmas this year with 2 girls! We feel very blessed to have such a wonderful, healthy family!

Christmas Party

Grandma and Grandpa had a Christmas party on Sunday-it was a lot of fun! Good food and good times! It was fun to see family that we don't see often. Aubrey got to meet a lot of family and friends for the first time, even though she slept through most of the party. There was a mystery guest-Santa! Aubrey opened her eyes long enough for Mackenzie to introduce them and then went back to sleep. Kenzie couldn't believe Santa was at Grandma and Grandpa's--what a special treat! She was just mesmerized. She told him she wants 5 Little Monkeys jumping on the bed game and a snow doll. She also told him she likes Rudolph. The kids listened to stories, got candy canes, sat on Santa's lap, said a prayer, and then everyone got pictures with him. Quite a night to remember!

Kenzie was waiting for Santa with cousins Diana and Emily. Aubrey is on her lap. They didn't know that Santa was coming yet.

Crazy girl!

Santa giving out candy to the kids.

Everyone listening to the story.

Aubrey and Kenzie having their turn for pictures.

The girls with both of their grandmas.

A family picture!

Thanks for a great party grandma and grandpa! It was great to see everyone!

Purdue Christmas Show

What a holiday themed weekend! Saturday we took Mackenzie to the Purdue Christmas Show. She enjoyed the upbeat music and seeing Santa in the show. We got dressed up and had a day with her. Aubrey stayed back with grandma and grandpa. After the show, we walked to the union to meet up with KC, Mackenzie's swim teacher from the summer. Kenzie was excited to see her again. We could tell the feeling was mutual.

Aubrey with her baby doll before we left.

Mackenzie and daddy-she loves this scarf of mine and looks so cute!

Just the three of us....having a good time but missing little sis!

The backdrop at the Christmas show--so pretty!

Kenzie holding her bunny and dog that KC gave her. She is in front of Pappy's at the Union.

Stay warm! I will be posting soon about the Christmas party at grandma and grandpa's and the special guest--what fun!

Santa baby Aubrey

Here are a few cute pictures of Aubrey in her Bumbo with her Santa PJ's on--she does a super good job sitting in it and holding her head up!

Lookin' up to big sis!

Such a big girl!

Ho Ho Ho!

Here are a few pictures of her playing with daddy.

Showing off her tongue

Happy Friday! 23 days til Christmas!

Happy December!

Kind of a late post, but we took Mackenzie to the tree lighting downtown the day after Thanksgiving. It is becoming a tradition. Next year, when Aubrey is older, we will take her with us. It was pretty cold so we walked around the mall a little before heading outside. We had to stand pretty far back but that meant we were one of the first to leave so got in no traffic heading out. Here are some pictures of the evening.

What a fun evening!

One Month Old

Wow! I can't believe I have a one month old! I also can't believe I have an almost 4 year old!Time sure goes fast! I have had a lot to blog about lately, but I will admit it is hard now to find time with two kids. When Mackenzie has quiet time and Aubrey is asleep I want to relax myself!

Aubrey is doing great--she is only waking up once a night to eat and is a happy baby. She is strong too! She does a great job holding her head up and is adored by her big sister.

One month stats:

Weight: 10lb 8oz

Height: 21 3/4 inches

Head size: 14 1/2

She is perfect and healthy. Mackenzie is very protective of her and was very upset that Aubrey had to get a shot at her doctor visit.

Look! She is even blowing a bubble!

Happy Tuesday!

I will posting (hopefully tommorow) about our trip downtown with Mackenzie to see the lighting of the Christmas tree and her Advent Wreath that she made in school this week.

3 weeks old

I can't believe Aubrey is already 3 weeks old! It sure goes fast! Hard to believe next week she will be one month old. She has a lot more alert time during the day, but we are still trying to get on a schedule with eating. Sometimes she is eating at 2 hours and sometimes it is 5 because of a long nap during the day. We are also working on staying up a little later at night, as last night she slept til 3:30am and had a hard time going back to sleep. She also fell asleep at 7, woke up at 9:45 to eat then went back to sleep. After 3:30 she did go back to sleep til about 7:30 it just took her awhile.

As you can tell it is naptime at our house: Aubrey has just eaten and fallen back asleep. Mackenzie decided to take a nap on her trampoline. She had a full day of preschool with a field trip to the library.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Me and the girls

The fun thing with girls is being able to dress them alike--they look too cute!

Happy Friday!

Little Mommy

Mackenzie likes to "help" when it is feeding time for Aubrey so she gets her own baby doll and the little Boppy.

Had to include a pic of lil sis!

Kenzie actually wanted her hair up for school today--a kodak moment! Too cute! Our Princess in pigtails!

Halloween 2010

Aubrey got to celebrate her first Halloween this year and Mackenzie enjoyed trick or treating, as usual. Mackenzie chose to be Silvermist (Tinkerbell's friend) and Aubrey was a pumpkin.

Carving Pumpkins:

The girls on Halloween night:

Me and my girls:

The final pumpkin product: Daddy's is eating Aubrey's

Happy Halloween!

Happy November!

Getting Home

Mackenzie was very excited to ride home in the car with Aubrey next to her in the pumpkin seat. It was a very exciting day! One thing is for sure--Kenzie doesn't like it when lil' sis cries! We have tried explaining to her that that is how babies express themselves. Once we got home Mackenzie was eager to show Aubrey around the house, especially each of their rooms. Whenever she leaves and comes back home, the first thing she does is check on Aubrey--too cute! As the days go, Kenzie is getting more used to having a baby around and always wants to be where the baby is at. She is also starting to want to help out more and get things when needed.

The two sisters!

This is the little doggie that Mackenzie brought Aubrey as a welcoming gift--I looked all over for the soft feel of an animal like this!

This is the same size as Kenzie at this age. Wow!

Just Chillin'.

First Purdue Game

I had to take pictures of Aubrey's first Purdue game. Even though we did not win, it was still fun to dress her up in her Purdue.

Our newest Little Boiler Babe!

Aubrey is doing very well....I will be updating soon on her first doctor visit and stats. I also have some cute pics of her and Kenzie hanging out after we got home the first day.

Two Days old

Here are a few new pictures of our new baby girl....Enjoy!

Amazing how much better we are doing after #2! I will put up some pics later of us going home with big sis!