daniel & aubrionna

Some of you may recall that last year Dan won the Community Impact award at his work for his service hours as a Scout Master. With the prize came an invitation to the Annual Partners Meeting. Because it was so close to my due date last year, they offered that we could come this year and we did! I had a lot of people call us crazy for bringing our (almost) 1 year old to Walt Disney World. "Don't waste your money" "He won't remember it" "It's not worth it" and let me tell you right now THEY WERE ALL WRONG. Granted I probably wouldn't have planned this trip on our own but we were invited so we went and had THE BEST time! TL;WR Highlights (too long, won't read) + We had the BEST time at Disney! + Flight there was rough, flight back was great + Brooks loved the rides and did awesome sleeping in the stroller and new places + We loved swimming, it was HOT + Brooks made A LOT of friends and would smile and clap often + He als...

There have been a couple things I've accidentally forget to cover in my blogs for whatever reason. The first being WE BOUGHT A NEW (to us) CAR! Ever since we bought our house we knew our next big expense would be a new car. Our 2000 Maxima, who I affectionately call Max, was on his way out. He served us well for over 200,000 miles! Dan took the brunt of car shopping which I'm thankful for because to me... it's boring. We went back and forth between a larger 'mom' car or getting a sedan for Dan. We worked hard, saved up and paid for it in cash which feels SO GOOD. Living without debt is so freeing! I present to you our Toyota Camry. It's so pretty! (insert heart eye emoji) We weren't looking for lots of bells and whistles. We just wanted a reliable car that will last us forever. However new features to me, which have been kinda nice are the back up camera and bluetooth. We love it and much to Dan's dismay I'm still trying to figure out a name for it...

Growth Clothing: 9-12 months Diaper size: 3 WALKING (about 90% of the time) Claps and plays peek-a-boo, signs more and please Two more top teeth are breaking in. (4 top, 4 bottom) Likes Being on the couch PB toast Pushing and climbing Pulling all the wipes out of the package Doors Dislikes Carrots Cookies, cupcakes and donuts (whose child is this??) General I knew Brooks wanted to walk but he surprised me when he started at 10.5 months! Watching him learn how to walk is just amazing and so.. exhilarating ! Is that weird? He's getting braver and more daring every day and can walk across the room now. I'm interested to see what kind of adjustments I'll need to make in coming weeks. He has recently become more attached to me (which I love!) He's always been so independent, busy and NOT a snuggler. Just with in the last few weeks he'll come lay on my lap, sit with me or lay on my chest. It's so great for the fleetin...