Our Little Chatter Box

Aubrey has become quite the talker lately! Once he said "ball" for the first time a couple weeks ago, he has been on a roll (pun intended) quickly learning lots of new words. "Ball" or "a ball" is still is favorite but he also says "up," "puff," "bye bye," "bowl," "mom" or "mamma," and his newest words, "apple," "dad," and "dog." And we know he truly understands these words because he points out the correct objects. He also learned his friend Ella's name, whose 1st birthday party we went to this weekend! (Although it comes out more like "Ewwa.") And at daycare last week he was saying "Mooo" (sounding more like "oooo") when they read a farmyard book.

It's so funny to hear real words coming from that sweet little voice! He is just so proud of himself and seems to be a fast learner, so of course we are very proud of him too. Cue up the tears... he is becoming such a big boy!

Never too early...

To start helping with chores!

Conversations with Zoey

Remember that book series, "Conversations with God" ? It's written by a man who claims that God spoke directly to him to answer the questions we all have about modern life. While I can't claim that anyone in our home has spoken to God over the phone line lately, we have noticed Aubrey in "conversation" with Zoey and it's pretty amusing. Now that he is about to be a big 1 year old, he is curious about everything around him, including the dog. They have become partners in crime- they share snacks, toys and kisses. Here is how I think the conversation is going below:


Aubrey: Hey Zoey, wanna play with your green ball? We can roll it across the kitchen and you can chase me.
Zoey: Can't you see I'm trying to eat?!
Aubrey: *sigh*



Aubrey: Hey Zoey, how about now? Wanna play now?
Zoey: Dude, it's 5:30 am.. GO BACK TO SLEEP! And don't even think about climbing in my bed like you like to do.

Who doesn't love pancakes?

We have developed a new weekend ritual: pancakes for AJ. He loves them!

Piano Virtuoso

On our recent trip to see the grandparents, Aubrey discovered a musical talent (well, sort of)