4 Months Old

Aubrey Nicole, you are 4 months old!

You are 14 lbs 15 oz and 24 inches long.  You wear size 2 diapers and 3-6 and 6 month clothes.

Things you've learned/can do now:
 - Your hands are in your mouth constantly, but you still prefer your pacifier to go to sleep.
 - You like to "bite" your lower lip.
 - You have learned how to blow bubbles with your saliva.  This combined with the first 2 items mean your face and chin are constantly wet now.  Sometimes it sounds like you're blowing raspberries when you make bubbles.
 - You see toys and reach for them now and grab on to things (including my hair and necklace).
 - You have a great laugh but are a tough crowd.  I can sometimes do something to make you laugh once and then a couple hours later you stare at me like I'm crazy.
 - You love talking and have added a gurgle sound that I think is funny.
 - You like looking in mirrors and talking to yourself.
 - You are a champ night time sleeper in your crib (usually 10 - 10.5 hours straight) and have even let me put you down with your eyes open 5 times and fallen asleep on your own.
 - You still hate naps and mostly refuse any good nap (more than 40 min) unless you're in the car or being held.  You are so tired from day care that most days you fall asleep before I get out of the parking lot.
  - You have always known how to spit your pacifier out by sticking your tongue out really fast, but now you think that's how to get things off your face too.  When we play peek a boo and I put something on your face you stick your tongue trying put to get it off.

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Random

This post is just a bunch of random stuff.  I'm not good with transitions even when talking about the same topic so I'm not even going to attempt it with all these random topics.

I forgot to upload Aubrey's "artwork" and pictures from daycare for Easter.  She looked pretty cute with bunny ears!  The little chick is her footprint.

We are 2.5 weeks down with 49.5ish to go.  Right now it seems like it's going super slow, but I've been able to visit with several friends to help make the days less lonely.  I'm so thankful for friends who love us and enjoy spending time with us even when Aubrey's cranky.

I've started back to work and have hit the ground running.  My coworkers had been saving several things waiting for me to come back.  So much for easing back into it.  Some days I miss Aubrey like crazy and other days I'm glad to be around people that I enjoy working with.  I miss Matt like crazy everyday, but I'm learning how to continue focusing though it.  I think one of the hardest things right now is sleeping at night.  I'm exhausted from work and then Aubrey and then "chores", but it's still hard to fall asleep.

It's baseball season again!  I dressed Aubrey in Cardinal gear for opening day and the day care thought I didn't know what was going on.  They organized a Cards day for the home opener and didn't realize that it wasn't the first game.  She looked cute both days though!  Grandma Mary has hooked us up with all kinds of Cardinal gear so she'll always be ready.

Opening Day

This is what she thought of them opening on the west coast. 

Home Opener (I wish my double chin looked that cute)

She's only seen a little baseball, but so far it seems like she prefers basketball.  She loved March Madness.  There's a little more movement and crazy colors I think.

I can't believe she'll be 4 months old in a couple days!  That is all...

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Easter

Well we made it through our first holiday without Matt.  Overall it was a good weekend even though it was hard without my best friend.  My parents came up on Friday and Aubrey had a good time playing with Mimi and Papa.  Saturday we all went to church to celebrate the one word that made history, egerthe. That's Greek for "He is risen".

Aubrey looked so cute in her Easter dress.

Today we just hung out in our PJs till about noon and then played outside for a little while.  Grandma Mary got an Easter onesie for Aubrey so she was festive even though no one saw us all day.

 Aubrey loves her Daddy doll.  I gave it to her and turned around to get the camera and she had flipped him around and was licking his face. 

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Sending Off

Well the day I've been dreading arrived.  Matt has officially started his year long deployment.  He will be at Fort Hood, Texas, for the next approximately 3 months and then leave for Afghanistan.


We got to spend a couple nights with him at Whiteman AFB and attend a deployment ceremony.  Even though the snow almost foiled the ceremony, it was fun to put Aubrey in it for a little while.  She wasn't quite sure what to do. 

1-135th Attack Battalion Reconnaissance entering.

Matt!

The whole battalion (about 320 people) in prayer.

I woke up Aubrey from a nap to take pictures so she was a little sleepy.

Headed to Fort Hood.

This is how I'm going to track the time while Matt's gone.  

 He'll be at Fort Hood for approximately 3 months (left) and around 9 months (right) in Afghanistan.

I'm not looking forward to this year, but I know we will survive.  Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers and encouraging words.  We truly do have the best friends and family.

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