Random

-Green up your mailbox
A friend emailed me this website where you can unsubscribe to unwanted catalogs/junkmail. It takes a couple minutes to sign up, but it is free and I think it is worth it. I'm even unsubscribing to catalogs I like to look at (like Pottery Barn , Land of Nod, etc.) since everything is online and I hate to waste so much paper. One of my resolutions this year is to declutter, simplify & organize my house and eliminating my perpetual mail pile would be a great start for me!

- I got this book for Aubrey for Christmas and it by far the best children's Bible story book we've read. It is written by Sally Lloyd Jones and I love what she says about it: "You see, the best thing about this story is--it's true. It takes the whole Bible to tell this story. And at the center of the story there is a baby. Every story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle--the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture." I would highly recommend this book for your family!

More playtime with Nana

Super baby!

Aubrey got Peter Pan for her b-day from her great-grandparents and she LOVES it. She requests it everyday and loves to act it out -- here she is "flying"!

More super baby

Will had lots of fun playing peek-a-boo with Nana while she was in town last week. He's started initiating the game and loves to hide behind placemats, curtains, etc. He's also been doing other interactive things lately like clapping, waving, playing "so big" and signing "more". I can't belive how big he is!

Aubrey-in-the-box

Rocking with a lego box on her head!

Looking super cute in the baby swing

Birthday Party

We finally celebrated Aubrey's birthday with her friends today (almost a month late!). We had the party at a gymnastics place and the kids had fun jumping on all the trampolines, swinging from a rope into a big foam pit, and playing on all the other equipment. Then we had pizza & cake and came home and opened a few presents with the family. Aubrey had a great time and I think all her friends did, too!

Aubrey had a blast at her friend, Sophie's, Princess party on Saturday. She was very serious about making her princess wand.

The girls had a lovely lunch on china and Aubrey loved drinking her pink lemonade from a plastic wine glass!

All the pretty princesses! The birthday girl is in the middle on the bottom row.

Aubrey & Leah playing with wands that light up & spin!

The classic unrolling the toilet paper roll shot

"How big is Will?"

"So big!"

Check out the Barbie leg protruding from the push toy

November Family Picture Session

Once again, my friend, Andi, took some pictures of us back in November. I haven't posted them until now becasue I wasn't sure which ones I was going to use for our Christmas cards. Here are some more of my favorites.

8 months!

Trying on his new hat

"Walking" around the house

Smiling with Daddy

Christmas with Gigi

We had a great time visiting with Gigi when we got home from Dallas. She got to stay for 2 nights so we had lots of time to play!

Aubrey has already gotten pretty good with the mouse on her new Leap Frog computer

Teaching Will how to open presents

Playing with his new alphabet animal train from Gigi.

more Chrsitmas

Will loves to push his new truck from Nana around the house!

Opening presents in Dallas

Chewing on a coaster and covered up with a blanket knitted by his great-grandmother

Drawing circles on her new "glow board" from Nana

Some Christmas pics

Reaching for her stocking on Christmas Eve morning at home

Silliness while opening a Christmas story book

Will with great-grandpa

and great-grandma in Dallas for Christmas. We had a great visit with everyone even though it was short -- we were only in town for one night