IT'S OFF!!!!

Aubrey sayings

I wanted to post some of Aubrey's phrases she has been using lately. She has a ton of them b/c she repeats everything you say, but these are a few of our favorites...

"Big girl princess panties!" (started this during potty training, its what she calls her underwear)
"I dry!!" (she says this when she wakes up in the morning and from nap)
"Were Home!" (when we pull into the driveway)
"Go Home Depot?" (total Daddy's girl, loves to shop with him!)
"Watch George?" (She is obsessed with Curious George right now)
"Cool!"
"Play in sissy room?"
"Daddy Home!" or "Daddy Working" or "Daddy in airplane!" or "Daddy Farted!"
"More Time?" (when she wants to do something again)
"Play Princess Castle?" (this is how she asks to play on her swing set in our backyard)
"Hey guys" or "Hi (insert persons name), how are you?"
She has also learned how Nate and I call for eachother around the house and will say things like "Hey Jenn" "Hey Nate" or "Hey Babe"  it's really funny, if I don't answer her when she calls for "Mommy" she will say "Hey Jenn"!!
"Come here Reba" or "Go potty Reba" or "Chase her" (what she calls chasing/playing fetch with Reba)
I could go on and on but these are just a few and its more of the way she says it that so cute and funny!

Here are a few pics I took at the park today. She was driving me crazy today but these pictures make me forget about that:)

Shocked...

Aubrey had her follow up appt today to reexamine her elbow.  Since the cast was put on just as a "precaution," Nate and I were 99.9% sure the doc would tell us nothing was broken and the cast would come off.  After the new x-ray, I nearly fell out of my chair when the doctor told me it was "definitely broken"!! I couldn't believe it!  She went 5 days without a cast after the initial fall and only occasionally showed minor pain when using it. I feel even worse because several doctors thought it was Nursemaid's Elbow, and were trying to pop it back into place... OUCH!

I learned from this experience that Aubrey is one tough cookie! I try not to be an over paranoid parent but when she is showing any signs of discomfort I shouldn't question myself and should take her to the doc.  Also, children's x-rays are hard to read, and it's a good idea to get a follow up appt and get multiple opinions.

The good news is since she is so young she should only have to be in the cast for three weeks total. We have one week down and two more to go!

Here is the turtle playing at the park today for one of her friends birthday's. She may have a pink club for a left arm but she can still eat cupcakes and have fun!

22 Months

Aubrey is 22 months today! I can't believe she will be 2 years old in just 2 short months. I also can't believe we will have a new baby before then! She is growing so much and is like a sponge taking in everything around her. She repeats ANYTHING we say and her sentence structure is starting to form. Mommy is praying the cast comes off on Thursday, I can only fit short sleeve shirts around it and its really hard to clean those fingers poking out! I took these pictures of big sister today.... 

Pointing at the squirrels outside sissy's window.



This is her "Mommy that camera is really annoying" glare!

Laughing at mommy singing!

Aubrey bought herself a.....

PINK CAST!!! Well that's how the orthopedic surgeon said it to us in the ER last night!

To make a really long story short(er) she fell last Thursday from one of our kitchen chairs (we think...I was upstairs getting the potty seat at the time!) I took her to the ER that day and the x-ray was hard to read because of swelling (apparently children's x-rays are hard to read anyways bc their bones are still growing) but the doctor didn't think it was broken. He wanted me to watch it closely and go to a follow up apt with her pediatrician. The next day she got movement back in the arm so I didn't  take her to the pediatrician right away, I felt like she was healing up and it was just a bruised elbow. A few days later things didn't seem right with the way she was playing and she was in pain when making certain movements. I made an apt with her pediatrician who did another x-ray and she was very concerned and wanted me to go straight to the ER to see an orthopedic doctor. The ortho doc also couldn't tell on the x-ray but wanted to be cautious because if she did have a sprain/fracture/broken elbow and it went un-treated it could cause damage in her growth plate. He decided to be cautious and put her in a cast and re do the x-ray in a week. The swelling should be down by then and if it is broken she will have to stay in the cast longer if not the cast will come off and we will be on our way. I personally think its bruised but you never know...Aubrey has a very high pain tolerance so its better to be safe than sorry. She LOVES her pink cast and was so good for the doctors and nurses while they put it on. Hopefully next week we will have good news and this thing will be off!

(PS I am really tired from our long night in the ER so hopefully this makes sense and there arn't too many errors:)

The cast doesn't bother her one bit. I think it bothers me more! Bathing should be fun.

Reba sniffing out the cast

Aubrey saying "Aubrey's cast, Aubrey has owie"

Sissy sharing...

We finally got Sissy's crib painted and set up in her nursery, the nursery however is a work in progress! Aubrey loves to "go play in Sissy's room" and bounce in her crib with the stuffed animals I have designated as Sissy's (they are ones Aubrey had as a baby). Afterwards she kisses my belly and thanks Sissy for letting her play in her room:) I snapped these pics of Aubrey playing in the crib today, thanks for sharing Sissy!

The Letter...

This is for Nana, Mimi, and AJ!
Nate and I think we have decided on a name for the little one growing in my belly (who by the way is giving me major heartburn these days:). We are not going to tell what we have chosen so there is a chance the name could change but we have been calling her this name for a long time now and it just seems to fit.  We gave the initial for Aubrey so here it is for sissy......

I guess since I made this monogram for her nursery it is pretty official but you never know with us:) I got the idea from something I saw on etsy and the best part was I didn't buy anything to make it. I had the buttons & fabric and just painted an old frame white.  

Anyways back to the name.....we are sharing the middle name which will be Lee. Aubrey has my middle name and Lee is after my mom Janet Lee and Nate's mom Laurie Lee. Aubrey calls the baby "sissy" and each day she is understanding the concept better. We are really excited to meet her and become a family of four!

Oh and Grands don't try to play the guessing game because we ain't telling!!!:)