Seems like time has flown faster with Aubree since we brought her home than it did when we brought Autumn home! Some days I feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants while I'm at home taking care of these two girls. I daydream back to the days before we had any kiddos and seriously wonder why my house wasn't spotless and what I actually did with my free time.
Aubree is changing so much every day and is really beginning to outgrow her newborn baby features which really makes me sad already. When she's awake she's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 100%. We've dubbed her our little 'grunter & growler'. Pretty sure she's learned that from her sister and all the pups all the months in utero! (lol) It's a joy just to sit here and watch all her facial expressions while she's sleeping...those little eyebrows never stay still and her little mouth makes that perfect little oval shape that you just can't help but giggle over. She is getting a bit more hair & it's dark in color. Her eyes are still a very dark, deep blue and they are perfectly round and beautiful! Everyone is noticing that she has the hands of a piano player and takes after mommy with her toes and fingers. They are very long!!
I feel like I'm always snapping pictures and still never seem to get enough of these little girls & their rapidly growing moments in time. I know that if I don't get all the pics taken I'll soon easily forget the little things we've celebrated and laughed about time and again.
Autumn Marie is the best big sister we could have imagined Aubree would have. She never ceases to amaze us and what a kind and loving heart she has. From helping out with laundry, finding a lost binki (which is 99% of the day), picking up toys, throwing away diapers....and a dozen other things you'll always find Autumn helping Mommy out. She will randomly run up to Aubree (and Mommy & Daddy) and give hugs and kisses. I often wondered how you could possibly love another baby/child as much as you love your first. The moment I laid eyes on Aubree I quickly understood. There isn't a shadow of a doubt that I have so much more love for both of these girls now than the day before. With every passing day that love just seems to grow.
It's almost time to start planning Autumn's second birthday party. Going to keep it small this year and let her pick out the theme. Undoubtedly that has already been decided & it's Dora of course! She's bonkers about Dora so that's no shocker!! She's picked out a Dora cake she likes and I'm sure she's going to have a blast. We're still trying to get her eating patterns down which is just about impossible. Never know from one day to the next if she's going to be picky or if she's going to be the endless pit and eat everything in sight.
We put in new laminate flooring this past week and Autumn is just in love with it and how slippery it can be, unlike our old carpet. Watching her roll around and slide around on the floor is hilarious and comical! We have had the house in a disaster of a mess while we complete the flooring project...so you can imagine what a hayday Autumn has had with this. She thought it was a free-for-all and played hide-and-seek all day and night. It'll probably take us years (at least it feels that way) to get everything back in place and we'll be finding things she's hidden for a long time. Come to think of it, Travis left for work today without his work cell phone because he can't find it...pretty sure the culprit of that loss would be Autumn. 1/2 the time you can ask her if she took something & she'll say "yea!" and take you right to it's new hiding spot/home!! Silly girl keeps us on our toes 24 hrs a day.
While we get back into the grove of our day-to-day activities and do a lot of clean up around the house we thank God for the joys in life he gives us each day. We can't imagine what life would be like today without our girls. Even weird to think that it's hard to remember what life was like before Aubree arrived...when it was just Travis, Autumn and I. All I know is things are crazy hectic the majority of the time, there's not a lot of time to rest, the house is usually on the "well lived-in side" and a nice, hot shower doesn't last more than a few minutes (literally)....but I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. (Except for maybe the shower part, every once in a while, lordy that would be soooo nice!!)
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