"Give me my Mohawk back!!!"

Apparently she is not a bow type-a-girl!

5 weeks....

Aubrey turned 5 weeks old yesterday, but we've been so busy we almost forgot :) I did, however, remember to take a picture. We were having some girl bonding time playing with her hair. This do is called a faux-hawk (Don't worry its held up by WATER only, no hair product for her just yet)! We had lots of fun seeing everyone this weekend. I think Aubrey got used to being held all day, though, because when I'd put her down she'd get a little mad when she realized that no one else was here to pick her up :) You've all spoiled her! Okay, okay... I've done my fair share of spoiling, but shes so cute, how could I not?! Other than that its been the same old thing... each week shes seems to get a little more personality and sass, is awake and attentive a little bit more, and gets cuter by the day. We're all having a blast watching her grow!

We all went for a little walk in the greenbelt yesterday and stopped to take a family photo! Look closely and you can see that our rebellious child (Bentley) had to be forced to sit for a picture!

1 month

Aubrey is already a month! She gives you a special treat to celebrate... a video of her smiling!!!

3 weeks

We had another doctors appointment yesterday. Aubrey now weighs 6lbs 13oz... but they are still concerned about her weight even though thats an average weight gain of an ounce a day since her last appointment. I almost got upset about the whole thing but I'm feeding her every time shes hungry and she has been eating A LOT! We figured there's not much more we can do so getting upset about where she falls on some chart will do us no good. The doc did say, however, that now is a good time to start pumping. I did last night and Jer was able to feed Aubrey for the first time! It was nice, but Aubrey definitely likes the real thing better!

Aubrey can do a magic trick...

...she can make sleep disappear! Does she look tired here? She should, because she just pulled an all nighter :) She was pretty much up every hour and a half to eat... it was exhausting! We really thought that she would sleep well because she had just followed that same pattern the whole day before. Fortunately, we got a nap in today so we should be all prepared to do the same thing tonight... though Mama would be totally happy with switching back to her twice a night feeding schedule!

In other news, she'll be three weeks tomorrow... that's unbelievable! Shes been awake so much the last couple of days and we're really enjoying it. It's so fun interacting with her regularly throughout the day. Shes even starting to grow into her newborn clothes... crazy since she was literally swimming in them when she was born. We're thinking in another week she'll be moving up to 0-3 months. Other than that we're just having fun and adapting to all the changes she throws our way. We're looking forward to a warmer week and plan to hopefully get out and introduce her to all the beauty that our little town has to offer!

We braved the elements today and took Aubrey out for her 1st walk. We got her all bundled up and ready to go, but as you might see she wasn't too happy with us. She stayed awake for the whole walk though. We kept it short because I think all of us were getting cold!

Aubrey went to the doctor yesterday and wasn't very happy about it as you can see. And being the good mama that I am I made her sit through it just a little longer in order to get a picture :) We thought she had an eye infection but its just a clogged duct. Doc said nothing to really worry about I just need to keep it clean so that it won't turn into an infection. Shes looking good though... up in weight since last time, now 6lbs 9oz!

Ah man... I caved and gave Aubrey a pacifier. The Dr. told me to wait until about 3 weeks and shes just over 2 weeks. I couldn't help it, she was using me as a pacifier and would get so fussy whenever I had to do ANYTHING. I finally just gave in because I needed to cook dinner. She loved it... and still nursed afterwards so I guess we're okay!

2 weeks

It's crazy that Aubrey can change so much in two weeks. Already shes getting her own little personality (which is quite similar to her Mama's, uh-oh). She's staying awake a lot more now, during the day though, so that's nice! The times vary, but she usually only wakes up twice throughout the night. So far there's just a lot of shuffling going on. She likes to make the calls while she's awake...
...demanding to be held by Mama...
...now by daddy...
...now she wants on her tummy mat (Thanks Tia Tabby!!!)...
...now in her swing...
...now rocked (at this point she doesn't care by whom)...
and the list goes on :) She gives me cute little faces and I can't help but say, "okay, as you wish little one!" So far we've had a very exciting two weeks and can't wait to see what next week brings us.

Bath time!!!
Aubrey 2 wks old
03.03.09

Aubrey and I got to wake up to this view this morning! It snowed a bunch last night and we got about a foot overnight, not to mention what we got throughout the day yesterday... putting us at a grand total of about 2 1/2 feet! Bentley loves it! It's so deep that he has to hop around everywhere. I'll leave the snow hopping to him... in the mean time Aubrey and I are planning for a nice relaxing day by the fire :)