Lots to celebrate

Good news and bad news.... good news is that I have been spending endless hours with Aubrey lately and we are having a great time. Bad news is the website doesn't get updated as often as we'd like.

A lot has happened since we've last written... we've celebrated Father's Day, Grandpa Sandberg's birthday, Grandma Kunert's birthday, Caleb's birthday and the Fourth of July. Aubrey is really enjoying her time out of the house whether it is shopping, visiting people or just running errands. She is such a joy and is adored by everyone wherever we go. She is becoming more and more alert these days and her little personality is certainly developing. She rarely cries unless she's really hungry or overtired. But, the biggest milestone of late is she's starting to SMILE!!! It is so cute to just watch her. If you start talking to her she will throw so many smiles at you it just melts our heart! We've yet to capture it on film but once we do, we'll be sure to add a picture to the website.


napping on Mommy

We also made a trip back to Orion to celebrate Caleb and Grandma's birthdays. Everyone was happy to see her again and couldn't believe how much bigger she had gotten. She first started her smiling and hasn't stopped since.


blowing out candles with Caleb and her cousins


spending time with Grandma


visiting Great Grandma Harkey

We also went to Denise and Jake's house for their Mexican fiesta party. It was a lot of fun.

at the party with Sarah and her friends

the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa


visiting Aunt Gail

Then last week we went to Grandma and Grandpa Sandbergs to celebrate the Fourth of July. After a preview of fireworks the weekend before, we weren't sure what to expect, but Aubrey loved them. She let her Uncle Gus carry her around while she just started at the brilliant colors in the sky. It was a relief to us so we didn't have to spend another beautiful night indoors!

fireworks with Uncle Gus

our family on the 4th

Coming up this weekend, Daddy is heading off to the Dells for a volleyball tournament while Aubrey and I are going back to Orion. Aaron and Lissy are due to have their baby any day now so we are really hoping to meet the new little one! It'll be so hard to imagine when Aubrey was that little and it's only been eight weeks! I hope to add more next week.

P.S. Thanks to Grandma Kunert for coming to stay with us for a few days. Mommy really needed the help and feels much better now! :) (originally posted on Babysites)