What a busy baby Aubrey has been this week!! Sunday was her first time in a pool and she LOVED it! She would swing her legs and swat at the water. Needless to say bath time has become easier.
Wednesday Aubrey played in her new excersaucer for the first time. Her feet are no where near touching the bottom but she has such awesome upper body strength (she blows me away with how strong she is!) that she held her whole body up right and enjoyed spinning some beads on a plastic bar. She loves being so grown.
Thursday Aubrey's Great Grandma Bland flew up to visit! She gave her tons of big, gummy smiles and plenty of sweet coo's. We also started a new bedtime routine which has eliminated her party animal status and she finally goes to bed at a respectable hour. We nurse, take a long bath, get lotioned and diapered up before putting on footed pajama's (she prefers the ones with monkey feet hehe), we make her bottle and talk or sing and then read a book (right now we're reading "Big Thoughts for Little People" by Kenneth N. Taylor, a favorite book from my childhood :)). Finally she gets swaddled and we rock in her room while she eats and listens to her new Fisher Price seahorse until she knocks out.
Friday was Aubrey's 12 week birthday and was full of fun. We took 4 generation pictures and hung out with the family at my mom's house. Unfortunately a few of our plans were rained out.
Saturday was exhausting. We met up with my family and drove an hour to North Georgia to visit the German (and tourist trap) town of Helen. Aubrey was carried around and received tons of compliments. On our way home we saw a cute store called Aubrey's and of course stopped for a mini photo shoot! We hung out at my mom's for a bit where Aubrey once again amazed me with her strength - my mom was holding her up under her armpits so she could stand up (her favorite position because you know, she's SUCH a big girl hehe) and Aubrey was literally taking steps. She understood how to lift one knee at a time and to place that foot forward. My daughter is a genius! Afterwards we enjoyed a wonderful "sunset cruise" on Lake Lanier. Aubrey did very well for her first time on a boat! The captain was very kind and took it easy - the only time she really fussed was when it was windy. She stayed up the whole time to my surprise because the boat was rocking just right.
My little bird is growing so fast. I cannot wait to see what this new week will bring...
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