Happy Birthday Sweet Aubrey Grace!

It is so hard to beleive our baby is one year old today! And to make this day more exciting: Aaron and I both woke up with pink eye and sinus infections! I am pretty sure Sid has it too!! So we will be going to the Doctor this morning! Because of that we didn't do very much today cause we felt bad- but these are the pics I got of her today :)

Aubrey you have grown such a personality! You make the sweetest faces when we talk and read to you! And what a smile!!

You are 25 lbs and wearing most 12-18 month clothes. Although some 6-9 month stuff still fits you!

Diaper size is 4.

Shoe size 5.


You have 6 little perfect teeth! 2 "downstairs" and 4 "upstairs" :)
You wake up about 7:30 every morning and take 2 naps a day, one at 10:30 and the other at 3:30~ you go to bed at 8:30, but you still wake up all through the night! I just don't think that is going to change until we move into a bigger house and you get your own room!

You are still nursing about 4 times a day- I will start weaning you once Dr. G gives the go ahead for cows milk!

You are walking just about every where! You only really crawl when you fall down, but usually you crawl straight to something, pull yourself up and continue walking. You love being on the move and you don't really like being restrained in your car seat or your jumper. You don't even like to sit in the bath tub- you just want to walk around the whole time I am bathing you!

You are busy and into everything! I have to redirect you 50 times an hour as you go to get into Bailey's food or Sid and Zoe's room or the sock basket or the kitchen cabinets!

You love to look at books- Brown Bear Brown Bear has become a favorite this month! And I have taken you to the library a few times to get you new board books!

Anytime we go anywhere in your stroller you wave to everybody like you are in a parade! You know to wave "hi" when someone comes over and "bye" when they leave. You give sweet kisses when we ask you for a kiss!

You make a big open mouth sometimes when you are excited- I think you learned this from me, cause I notice I do it all the time everytime you do something good or exciting!

WhenI holler for the big kids you look down the hall and yell really loudly "Ba! Ma!" And I think that is you trying to holler at them too!

You shake your head no as you get into something you are not suppose to be in, like the kitchen drawers or Bailey's water bowl!
You are such a sweet baby and love being around your family! You are too busy to cuddle, but will sometimes if you are really sleepy!

You are in the walking to two year old classroom at church- you don't really like it in there so this last Sunday I stayed with you a while and before I knew it you were playing and smiling and didn't seem to need me anymore!

You have lots of toys that you like to play with: ball popper, Vacum, lawn mower! You like to pull your snap neads apart, and place many small things in cups and tupperware. You just discovered teh joy of knocking down a tower that I make out of anything- cups, books, etc! I think blocks would be a perfect first birthday present!
Grandma has a braclet that you can pull off and you and her paky that over and over again! You pull it off her wrist and then slowly put in your mouth as she mocks surprise saying "oh no! Not for mouth not for mouth!" And you laugh and give it back to her and she puts it on for you to take off again!

We love you so much Aubrey Grace! You are such a blessing and I love being your mommy! Happy 1st Birthday!!

Bleesings A Plenty

When Mama Aint Happy, Aint Nobody Happy

I had a hard time deciding what to title this post. As if I don't have more important things to worry about. Times have been tough- I would be lying if I didn't say that I am completely stressed out and overwhelmed at least 87% of the time. Ok, probably more like 97% but you get the idea. I am pretty sure it has to do with the insanity that is Christmas time-

but that rationale hasn't really lessened my burden.

And for some reason lately when I am really stressing, I shop (again, could be the time of year)! (Also could be that I just got back from a few days at my sisters and I always shop after being at her house- she always has the neatest stuff that I just gotta have- ask Aaron its true). Anyways, God, home, family, ALL of it, seems to suddenly be on the back burner while I work these days. I just cannot get caught up!

I am not doing the best job of juggling it all. I work from 9-6, am up all night with a baby, drop kids off in the mornings at school (its a miracle I make lunches every morning for them) then I dash to moms to drop off Aubrey. A shower or make up seems unheard of these days. Everything is last minute or an afterthought and I don't do well when things are like that. And laundry? What laundry! I am suddenly so convicted about how fast this year is going by for our baby girl and that I am missing it! Pumping at work still, but I can barely keep up (she is a ROCKSTAR when it comes to eating ;)).

I feel like we are all suffering right now because I am being pulled in way to many directions. I am completely prayerful that God will provide away for me to be home even if just for a little while.

I want to be with my kids as much as I can. I know I sound really debbie downer- that is not the normal me. And I am just going through a rough patch- life is BUSY! But I hope to get some prospective and things slow down soon!

Cause I think we would all be happier if mama is happier, right? ;)

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

Life has been extremely busy! This time of year has always been, but even more so this year with a new baby! Who, by the way, is 5 months old now! I am frusterated that I haven't documented more, but I have kept little journals here and there about life at our house right now! SO I can fill in scrapbooks and blogs later :),

when I can finally catch my breath!

Sid celebrated his 13th birthday this month! We had a party at our house with my parents and cake and gifts! Cannot beleive he is actually a teenager! I have no idea where the time went or how to get it back! We are so thankful to have such a sweet boy! He really is a great kid!



In mid December we went to Arkansas to visit Granny and Gramps and all the Fulmers!
Granny loved to her hold her newest great grandbaby!




Granny and Aubrey

Here Nanny held Aubrey while Gramps talked to her.

He nicknamed her "skinny" which just cracks us up!

Shortly after we got back from Arkansas we had Christmas at Nanny and Pop Pops house. I love how Aubrey os never looking at the camera when we try for these sweet family shots! Such a little stinker!

We had Christmas at our own house on Christmas eve! It was so much fun!

Look this way Aubrey! Oh Well!

Next we had Christmas with mom dad, Sandy and the Hoover clan!

Never a dull moment with family!

Opening presents with daddy!

In Kansas!

Pictures of Turkey Day! Too Busy for Words!

Happy Halloween!

Jennifer and her family came to Texas for a few days at the end of October. We celebrated Ashley's birthday while they were here and watched the Texas Rangers in the World Series! (hence the red shirts below!)

Sid and Zoe are working hard on their pumpkins- over the years pumpkin carving has evolved a lot- I am always excited to see what the kids come up with.


Aubrey was suppose to be this flower for Halloween! That lasted for like 5 minutes! Its too hot here for this kind of costume- plus baby no likey!

Don't ask what the big kids were, cause they weren't anything- they were just "scary"!

This is how we looked before hitting the streets to trick or trea! I love Zoe's halloween tights! And Sid's mask overflows with blood if he squeezes a heart in his hand- which I am pretty sure he is doing in this picture! Creepy! Aubrey ended up wearing some pink leopard print pjs! I was a mom! Or Bella from twilight its hard to tell! So similar...

Aren't the pumpkins great?? Sid's is on the left and Zoe's is on the right!

Happy Halloween!