Aubrey 16 Months!

Where on earth is time going??? I can't believe my baby is 16 months, and while I know I say this all the time, she just acts so much older. Which makes it that much sadder. It also makes it that much more fun!  This little lady is TONS of fun. She is seriously the happiest baby (when she's not teething), is always smiling, wanting to make us laugh, and just so much FUN!! We love our little 16 month old!

Happy 16 Months Aubrey Lynn!

16 Month Highlights:

 -We spent a lot of time outside this month because the weather was just so gorgeous! We played on our back yard swing set quite a bit, went to a few different parks, and just ran around our neighborhood.

This was the evening when you were naked (except your diaper) and I opened the garage to put something outside in the garbage can. I go back inside, close the door and had no idea where you were. You had gone outside, sat in your car, and were waiting to go for a ride! Ha!

This was let's play dress up and then go outside partly in dress up and partly in jammies Monday : )

I wish I had videod this b/c a picture doesn't do it justice, but you guys were running and "flapping" your fairy wings all around the neighborhood! So cute to watch you follow and do exactly what your big sister does!

Sweet sisters!

-You are your infatuation with black beans! I love that you enjoy them so much, but clean up is never fun b/c literally every single time you eat them ends up just like this!

-Transitioning to one nap was hard for you this month!  Sweet baby!

Sleeping: We officially transitioned to 1 nap this last month, not necessarily on purpose, but because we put our house on the market and had so many showings, our schedule only lended to you taking 1 nap.  You are still having a little bit of a hard time with it (AKA: falling asleep in the car or falling asleep in your high chair during lunch) but overall it has made our day a lot easier and more flexible!  Part of you still not getting the hang of it is also not really knowing how to consolidate your sleep, so some days you nap for 45 minutes and other days you sleep 2 hours (rare, but it still happens like once a week).  

Bedtime is still 7pm, and you are usually asleep by 7:30.  You wake up around 6:45 most mornings but we try and leave you in bed til 7:15 or 7:30 when we can! You don't love your crib like your sister did and usually once you wake up you just want to be out.  I don't blame you.  One huge victory this month though is you dropping your middle of the night feed....YAYYYY!!!  We give you a sippy cup of milk while we rock you before bed and you are good to go before you drink more milk once you wake up (which just buys us time til we can fix your oatmeal!).

Eating: Some days you amaze me with how much you eat, and other days you amaze me with how little you eat! You have also gotten pickier this month which has made mealtimes very interesting.  You love fruit but decided this month that you will absolutely not eat raspberries, blueberries or blackberries (things you would scarf down in the past!).  Oatmeal, chicken,  and other staples are also things you love one day and hate the next.  Things I can always count on you eating: runny eggs, the yolk of a hard boiled egg, squeezies, avacado, black beans, cheese, nectarines, & grapes.

Aubrey Loves:
-Being outside, running in the driveway, playing on the swingset

-Going to parks

-Music (favorite songs still are Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells)

-Sitting and reading (it's SO cute watching you climb on the playroom futon with your books and just reading!)

  Aubrey Hates:

-Having things on her head (hats, bows, even sunglasses)

 -Going inside after we have been playing outside

16 Month Stats:

Height: 29 in (25th percentile)

Weight: 20 lb 4 oz (3rd percentile)

Teeth: 12 total- 4 top, 4 bottom and 1 molar each side top and bottom!

*Wearing 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers