Friday Pics

Wearing Mom's hat. Go Cowboys!!!

Watching the kids play in the street

All dressed up for lunch with the girls.

First Meals

I bought a baby cook book when Aubrey started eating solid foods called "First Meals" by Annabel Karmel. She breaks up the recipes into age groups and it has been really helpful for me. I enjoy making Aubrey her baby food however I always have a few cans in the pantry for those crazy days when I don't have time to make something fresh. I normally make big batches and then freeze the food into smaller portions and that makes my life so much easier!
I made this meal last night and she loved it. I knew she would because this child loves yogurt and avocados (her two favorite snacks are yobaby organic yogurt and bananas & avocados mixed together). Anyways, I wanted to share the recipe from "First Meals" with my mommy friends because it was super easy and fast.

California Chicken (9-12 months)

1 1/2 oz cooked chicken (I have chicken frozen for her so I just thawed some)
1 tomato peeled, seeded, and chopped (I left some seeds its hard to get them all)
1 oz avocado
2 tbsp mild plain yogurt
1 1/2 tbsp grated Cheddar cheese

Chop the chicken, then combine it with the remaining ingredients. Blend the mixture to the desired consistency. Also, you can use the ingredients to make yourself a salad or sandwich at the same time.

Nutritional information
Rich source of calcium, folic acid, protein, vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc.

Did you say avocado??

11 months!

Aubrey Lynn is 11 months old today. I put her in her Texas onesie today, she might have been born in Virginia but this girl is all Texan:) We have been fighting a cold/runny nose (I think it's bc of all the pollen!) and teething these past few days, she should have two top teeth any day now. She still sleeps 12 hours at night (even when teething) it's during the day that gets rough because she gets fussy and just isn't herself. Some moms from stroller aerobics told me about homeopathic teething tablets so we are going to give those a try.

Texas Girl on her 11 month birthday!

Our little Turtle loves to eat grass & paper, Mom has a hard time keeping these things out of her mouth!

A few things going on with Aubrey this month.....

*She has taken her first steps on her own. I don't think she is in any hurry to walk but she will take a few steps back and forth to Nate and I.
*Her crawl has turned into a bear crawl, it’s really funny!
*She LOVES to read. Awhile ago all she wanted to do was eat books but now she will mimic words and read on her own. If I say "Aubrey bring mommy a book to read" she will go get one out of the toy box and give it to me!
*She loves to point at things, especially dogs.
*Aubrey loves to "reorganize" the Tupperware cabinet for mom and dad.
*Aubrey has started to feed herself finger foods, she still prefers us to feed her but she will feed herself snacks from her munchkin cup.
*She can waive "bye bye" and loves to waive on her walks around the block in her push car.
I could go on forever so I will stop now. She is really growing up; I can't believe my baby turns 1 next month!!!

Easter Weekend

 Aubrey had a great first Easter. We spent most of the weekend enjoying the weather, I just love spring! On Saturday we went to our neighborhood Easter egg hunt, and after church on Sunday we had brunch at a friend’s house. It was a beautiful weekend to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.

Aubs is excited its Friday that means more Daddy time!

Aubrey with her one egg she found at the hunt. Two sweet boys came by and gave her some of their eggs because they felt bad she only had one:)

Mommy and Aubs after Brunch

Easter Dress

(Aubrey got this from my friend Angie at my shower, I couldn't wait for her to wear it!)

Bunny Troubles

I took Aubrey to see the Easter Bunny today, it didn't go as I imagined, she was very unsure of the big white bunny. She loved pointing to him while we stood in line, but sitting on his lap, that was a whole different story! This was the best one I had.

HAPPY EASTER!!