Sisters!

Well crazy vet lady was totally off. We found out today we are having a GIRL! Nate and I are really excited that Aubrey and baby will get to share the bond of sisterhood. I didn't have a sister and always wanted that best friend that you can't get rid of:) Here is a picture of our little miracle.

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.
-- Isadora James

A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.
-- Author Unknown

Weird Vet Visit

So this afternoon Aubrey and I took Reba to the vet to get her yearly shots. It was chilly outside so I wore my huge winter jacket (this will be important later in the story) and you can't tell I am pregnant when I wear this jacket and I never took the jacket off in the office (again this adds to the strangeness of the story).

The vet was giving Reba an exam on the floor and Aubrey was playing around with them. The vet then looked up at me in a very weird way and this is how the conversation went:
V:  "Is Aubrey your only child?"
Me: "Yes, well no, we are expecting baby #2 in April."
V:  "I KNOW you are pregnant I just didn't want to say it up front, you are having a boy aren't you?"
Me: "We don't know yet, the ultrasound is actually tomorrow."

She then proceeded to tell me that she has NEVER been wrong and she has a power and can sense when ladies are pregnant as well as sense what the sex of the baby is.  She said as soon as she walked in the exam room she sensed I was pregnant with a boy. Weird. She hardly even looked at me and I was wearing a huge coat. I did have several people tell me when I was pregnant with Aubrey that I was having a girl by the way I was carrying (but I already knew the sex by that point).

I guess we will find out soon enough if the crazy vet is right! The ultrasound is tomorrow morning. If she is right I still won't believe in her psychic abilities but it was a funny pregnancy story I wanted to share.

Since Nate is gone we plan to have the ultrasound tech put the sex in an envelope and open it together on Skype later this weekend. I am really excited to find out, I am ready to start planning:)

18 Months!

Aubrey turned 18 months on Monday. I just realized I never did a 17 month update, oh well. A month never went by so quick until I had Aubrey! She had her baby well  apt yesterday and everything looks great! She was so good for the Dr. and he was very impressed with how calm and sweet she was to him. I know she misses her Daddy and having a man give her attention made her very happy I think. One thing she learned this week is how to count to THREE! I almost fell out of the glider when she did it the first time. I don't think she really knows what she is doing but we have this counting book we read a million times a day and she caught on and loves to count the animals, she proudly says ONE, TWO, THREE. Way to go Aubs you are one smart girl:)
Weight: 25 lbs 13 oz
Height: 32 inches

Here are a few pictures I took this morning to mark her 18 month birthday:)

One last beach trip!

I was able to score a free photo session for Aubrey with Kelley Stinson Photography (Thanks Patty for hooking us up!). Kelley is a fellow Navy spouse and a very talented photographer. I was a bit anxious about the beach shoot because it has been a few months since Aubrey has been to the beach.  Nate and I finally got Aubrey loving the waves by the end of summer but I was afraid she would regress and go back to being scared since its been awhile.  For the shoot she wasn't terrified of the water but she didn't want to play or really go near it. The water was very cold so that probably had a lot to do with it. I hope next summer she remembers how much fun she had playing in the waves this year. Anyways, back to the pictures....

The Aubrey point! If you are around her for five seconds you will see it!!

Picture overload!!! With the free photo session I got a CD of all the pictures Kelley took so it was hard not to share a lot of them!

So excited!!!

Daddy is coming to San Antonio to celebrate Thanksgiving with us! He only has 2 days off but we will take what we can get. I always show Aubrey a picture of Nate before bed, tonight I used the computer and found this picture....Aubrey jumped out of my lap onto the computer desk, grabbed the monitor, and kissed the screen. She kisses every picture of Nate but she almost broke the computer today:) We miss you Daddy!



Dress up

Aubrey has an obsession with shoes. She started trying on my shoes before she could walk. Every morning while I am getting dressed she goes into our closet and plays with my shoes. I should put them up on the shelves so I don't have to keep picking them up every day but she enjoys it so much I just deal with the mess! Today I caught her and snapped a few pics.

I said "Where are Mommy's shoes" and she pointed to them:)

Trick-or-Treat!

Aubrey and I had a blast trick-or-treating, I just love our neighborhood! The kiddos were out in full force and our neighbors went all out with decorations and really made it fun for the kids. At first Aubrey was a little scared to go up to houses with all the commotion but once she realized  people were giving her treats she was all about it! I never got her to say "trick-or-treat" but she did say "thank you" and "bye" at each house. Oh and I let her have her first piece of candy, a sucker, and she LOVED it! I think she has her mommas sweet tooth:)
I didn't get very many pics and none were that great but here are a few to remember our first trick-or-treating by. Next year Aubrey will have to show her bro or sis the ropes!

Checking out her loot!

Walking up on her own (with her first sucker)!

Checking out some of the cool Halloween decorations while gnawing on some candy still in the wrapper. The car she is in was the best trash picking I have ever done (well its the only trash picking I have done), we use it everyday!

Back home and still sucking, "Mommy why haven't you given me a sucker before?"

I took it away finally, she hardly made a dent in it!