Aubrey turns one!!!!

Aubrey with Kyle & Caron

Ready for cake!

Our complete family of 5 (and Pa in the background)!

Showing Aubrey it's okay to eat the icing!

She didn't want any help!

Andrew helping himself

Beating it with her scepter!

Princess Aubrey!

yum!

Full & messy = happy baby!

The smash cake was smashed!

Aimee Nicholson with Aubrey

gift from Livy!

Her first purse from Grandma!

She loves books!

Aubrey with Livy

It has is so hard to believe that a whole year has gone by and our sweet baby girl is now one! Thanks to Nana and Pa for hosting a great first birthday party for Aubrey! We had lots of family and friends from all over! Aubrey was so funny with her cake, she would stick her fingers in the icing and then wipe them on the tablecloth. We had to make her lick her fingers so she could see that it really was something to eat! Her brothers had no problems, though, and were perfectly willing to help her eat the icing! She had her one year well-check today and weighs 23 lbs, 10 oz and she is 28 in. long. We turned her around in her car seat before we headed to Tennessee and she is now officially off bottles and in sippy cups!!! Happy Birthday to our sweet Aubrey Claire!

Visiting with old friends

Stacy White
Troop 9
L-R: Stacy (White) Clark, Leslie, Susan (Jones) Sasser, Heather (Hemmer) Johnson, Catherine (Hitchcock) Metts

Jill (Jordan) Cooper with her daughters, Olivia & Emily, and Aubrey

My three with Mya (Charity's daughter) and Olivia & Emily (Jill's daughter's)

High school pals

Leslie, Jill (Jordan) Cooper, & Charity (Myatt) Thompson

Aubrey with Mya- they are 4 months apart.

During our trip to Nashville, I was able to reconnect with several old friends. I had dessert at the Cheesecake Factory one evening with several members of my Girl Scout Troop- Troop 9. Some of us hadn't seen each other in over 20 years! I also spent an afternoon with 2 friends from high school and we all brought along our children. For those of you not on facebook, I highly recommend it! I would have never gotten together with any of these friends had we not all reconnected on facebook!

July 4th

Ready for the bike parade!
"biking" in the parade in his wagon
"on your mark..."
Andrew & Hayden
Shannon & Hayden
Andrew biked hard and then enjoyed his snack!
We couldn't get Aubrey & Hayden to cooperate for a pic!
Aubrey with Matthew Vail
Kaeden & Andrew having dessert on the steps. Neither look too happy!
Willisia & Aubrey playing

The 4th of July was an eventful day for us! We started the morning off our neighborhood's annual bike parade then we headed to the pool with our neighbor/friend, Shannon, and her boys and we ended the day with dinner and fireworks at the Vail's. It was one of our best 4th's yet!

Aubrey's 1 yr pics

Aubrey doesn't turn one until next Friday but we went ahead and had her one year pictures made today at Picture People. This way, we can take them with us when we head to Nashville next week. She did great, all smiles! Her brothers had to tag along so we made their picture, too. You can tell they weren't dressed for the occasion, but they still had fun!

Aubrey's crawling!

After months of physical therapy, we are proud to report that Aubrey is crawling! This is so exciting for two reasons- she has worked so hard and she is our first real crawler! Davis did the crab crawl pretty late and Andrew never crawled- he scooted! In one week she hit 3 major milestones- rolling over from tummy to back, crawling, and pulling up to her knees! Way to go Aubrey Claire!

Nashville trip

This was our best visit to Nashville, despite the way it started. Sunday morning, Rick headed for Maine while the kids & I headed for Nashville for Nanci Carter's baby shower. We never made it to the shower. My car got a flat tire in Kennesaw, GA and we were stranded there for a little over 3 hours!!! Thankfully, my parents had agreed to meet us halfway to help with the trip so they were there when it happened. The Goodyear man was great, they tried everything to fix it and didn't even charge me anything when they couldn't! Our week got much better from there, we were able to spend lots of time with family and friends! Aubrey and I went to visit our good friend, Presley Ramsey, and his mom, Elizabeth. Aubrey adored them both! On Wednesday, we went to Granny White Park with my friend, Jill Cooper, and her girls, Emily & Olivia. Davis and Emily used to play together all the time when they were smaller and it didn't take any time at all for them to pick back up! We also spent a day at Grandma & Grandpa's house where the boys got to do their favorite things, ride scooters & bikes, and play in the dirt. Our week was capped off by dinner at Pie in the Sky Pizza with Jon, Nanci, & Zac Carter and Dale & Melanie Jenkins. The boys got to play with dough at the counter and throw it against the window. Melanie brought out wonderful cupcakes for dessert! What a great week! We're headed back in July to celebrate Aubrey's first birthday and we can't wait!

End of first grade!

Surprising Ms. Baker with her gift!
Andrew loved the drinks with the little umbrellas!

Ms. Salley, the reading specialist, with Aubrey.

Ms. Baker handing out awards.

It's hard to believe, but first grade is now over and we're ready for second grade. Ms. Baker ended the year with a fun luau-themed party. The parents got together and gave her a gift card to her favorite store and secretly made a photo album with all the kids' pictures and letters to Ms. Baker. We will miss her next year!