Happy Birthday, Daddy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!!

Today Alex turned 24. It's so weird to be married to someone who is younger than you. Only 9 months younger though. :) 

I made him birthday pancakes and they were so sweet! And I don't mean sweet like awesome, I mean melt your teeth SWEET! They were alright to me but Alex liked them a lot which is the important thing.

Birthday Pancakes

Pancakes:

1 cup Original Bisquick® mix

1 cup Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

3 tablespoons candy sprinkles

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs


 


Glaze and Garnish:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Additional candy sprinkles  

Prep time is about 15 minutes.

Cook time is about 20 minutes.
About 8 - 10 pancakes with this recipe. 

Later in the afternoon we went to The Cheesecake Factory. Mmm. I love that place! But let me tell you this one was set up so weird. I'm so used to big palace looking buildings when I go there but this one was so small and two stories. I thought for sure we would be disappointed. As we walked in there was an elevator and on the top floor it was the restaurant. So crazy! I've never seen that before in my life. I had the Chicken Madeira and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake and Alex had the fettuccine with chicken, a margarita that was straight up tequila and the Dulce De Leche cheesecake.

Excited for Daddy's birthday.

Coolest baby on the block!

I bought Aubrey her first pair of baby Converse. They are pink and so adorable! I can't wait for her to wear them out in public.

Not sure what to make of these yet.

So cute!

PARTY TIME!!

What a night! Aubrey woke up randomly at 2 AM and wanted to watch TV. How do I know she wanted the TV? That is the only thing that kept her quiet. Not a fresh diaper, not a bottle, not a story or cuddling. She really is developing her own little personality.

It's 2 AM, let's party!

This is the life!

I walked into the living room tonight after stepping out and this is how Aubrey was sleeping.

"Ah, this is the life!" She's so cute I can't stand it sometimes!

So long, Mirena!

Happy Birthday to my nephew Ethan!

We went to the mall to hang out before we headed down to Orange for Ethan's birthday party and Aubrey had a hat day. He he. We kept seeing cute hats to buy for her but it's Summer in Virginia. Not hat season. I also went to see my OB from when I was pregnant and had that devil Mirena removed. I never really talked about Mirena in other posts but I had it put in at the beginning of April and even right now, the day it was removed and I am STILL bleeding! It was horrible! I bled and bled and bled some more. Never really getting a break. Not worth it to me at all. It even made me crampy all of the time. I am glad it works for some people but it did not work for me. I know I will just have to be cautious now.

It also poured today. It was awesome! I've always loved the rain. I found it funny though that it rained so hard today and there were tornado warnings because when my sister had my nephew Ethan, it was the same type of weather. Thunder, lightening, pouring rain, tornado warnings and all the works!

First hat.

Second hat and my favorite!

My other nephew Connor after cake. He was a mess. :)

Rainbow after the storm.

I'm a big kid now!

We went shopping today at Kohl's and Aubrey was striking some seriously cute poses. She had one that cracked me up because she was leaning on the side of the shopping stroller doing a cool kid pose. Kohl's was having a really good sale so she got some really cute pajamas and Alex finally got some new clothes too.

Cool kid pose. What's up?

She's so photogenic.

4 months!

Aubrey is 4 months old today and ready for Summer! Where did the time go?


















I just realized today that it's already June. Duh, Gen! I mean I even already posted an entry in June and didn't even realize it, ha ha. This year is going by insanely fast. I mean, Aubrey is not even considered a newborn anymore. She's an infant. /:

Family celebrations

Today was my nephews birthday party and we went to Louisa to celebrate it. Aubrey even got a cute new outfit from my Mother. It's purple and zebra striped.

With her Great-Mema! One of my favorite pictures.

Party-pooped!

I have toes!

Today Aubrey has discovered her toes and Sponge Bob.

Her toes.

Watching Sponge Bob.

Found her toes again!

Pondering Sponge Bob.

A little family time

We went out to eat last night and Aubrey was so interested in every food item we ordered. It must be almost time for solids! I was going to wait until 6 months but I know they say 4 months is OK too so we'll see.

Give me those fries!!

Having a serious talk with Daddy.

Memorial Day

It's Aubrey's first Memorial Day and we celebrated it with a nice patriotic outfit and a cookout with her Daddy's family.

It was on the lake and Lake of the Woods and there were so many people there it was almost overwhelming for her. We left early but she was still a happy little girl when we left.

Happy Mother's Day!

Today was my first Mother's Day and I must say it was a good one. It would have already been good because I have my sweet baby girl but I actually got out and did stuff.

First, Alex and I went to the movies last night and saw Dark Shadows. Yeah, I know seems kind of high school but I love Tim Burton movies and what girl doesn't like Johnny Depp? I think I've seen every Tim Burton movie there is! Moving on...

Now for actual Mother's Day. Alex got me a card saying how much he loved and appreciated me, and Aubrey got me one as well. He he. We then went down to Orange to see my family. We went out to eat at a small restaurant with my mom, step-dad, some of his family, my two sisters; Michelle, her husband and kids and Holly and her kids, my Mema and Grandaddy and my Uncle Chuck. I even got a flower from the restaurant.

Hope everyone's Mother's Day was great too!

Front of Aubrey's card to me.

Inside of Aubrey's card.

3 months!

Aubrey is 3 months old today!

A trip to the E.R... no bueno!

We were sitting in the room with Aubrey last night watching TV and even snapped a really cute picture of her when all of a sudden she just started screaming. Screaming like she was in pain and wouldn't stop. She kept losing her breath and screaming harder so we took her to the E.R. They said it was Colic which I knew she had but I had never seen her act like this before. We put her in the car and she continued to do this and I just start crying. I was so afraid something was seriously wrong, especially with her gasping for air. The doctor said she was just crying so hard that she was taking her own breath away. Definitely a scary moment for sure!

Hanging out one minute, happy as can be on her phone.

At the hospital the next. ]:

Tiniest little hospital gown ever. ]:

Aubrey's first trip to the park

I took Aubrey to the park today and it turned into yet another mini photo shoot. I can't help it, she photographs so well! She seemed to like the swing but be a little confused at first. The slide was a little scary to her and she wanted nothing to do with the rocking horse.

Aubrey on the swing looking not so impressed.

LOVE

Aubrey loves her new play mat.

All the little things you never want to forget...

I did a mini photo shoot with Aubrey today and then created this collage. It was originally an idea I got off of Pinterest called, "All the Little Things You Never Want to Forget." Such a great idea and glad I did it.

Slumber party!

I walk into the room and this is what I see. So cute and so picture/blog worthy. I don't     know why Alex did this and why she is still awake but I love it!

2 months!

Aubrey is 2 months old today! It's crazy to think that 2 months ago she was so little and new. Tomorrow are her shots. ]:

Hello, Easter Bunny!

Aubrey met the Easter Bunny today. She did an amazing job staying so calm and taking a good picture. She was a little fussy when we first got their because she needed a diaper change and to be fed but once we did this, she was golden!

We had to find her a dress for Easter Sunday and we went to about ten different stores and none of them at her size of 3 months. We then went back to the first store and tried on a size 6 months and IT FIT! I was both annoyed and happy. Annoyed that we wasted all of that time to go back to the same place and have a bigger size fit that we didn't think would fit. And happy because we found a dress for Easter! She looked so cute in it! [:

Hello, Easter Bunny!