Aubrey 23 Months!

Wow, I seriously can't believe that we have had almost 2 years with this little lady. She is 2 going on 12, but we just LOVE this one fiercely. I guess that's appropriate because she doesn't do anything that isn't fierce, from basically potty training herself, to fiercely loving her sister, to fiercely feeling emotions.  Yes, she is our spunky, feisty, fierce one and we love her to death. But in all her fierceness, she is also so sweet (out little "shwee shwee"), cuddly, and loves to be held...a lot!  We couldn't oblige more.

Happy 23 Months Aubrey Lynn!

23 Month Highlights:

-You have grown leaps and bounds this past month. You pretty much potty trained yourself in the past few months, so when Mama finally got her act together and decided to do a 3 day nakee boot camp, you called it a day after just 1. You had about 2 semi-accidents on that first day, and after that you were a champ. Day two we even went to Bella's soccer practice, and then to a friends house for dinner, and not a single accident. I am amazed at how easy it was with you! 

 

This is how we potty train...nakee Friday turned into her wanting to wear several bows, and of course, boots!

-You get a treat for telling us you have to pee, and then going pee pee on the potty, and you usually choose chocolate chips. I started with one, but one day you caught on, and started bargaining. Now you always say "Two mama, two!" Girl after my own bargaining heart : )

-Hearing you pray is the sweetest thing ever, mostly because you start by saying "Dear Guy...." A lot of the rest of it we can't understand, but man oh man, the "Dear Guy" gets us every time!

-We had our annual Fall Family photo shoot, and while there wasn't a single picture that we all were looking at the camera and smilling, we got some decent ones.  I know the day will come all too soon when everyone is old enough to get a great picture, and I will long for the days of baby squeals instead of smiles, or little toddler feet pattering away instead of staying put.

 -Halloween was a ton of fun this year! We did Trunk-N-Treat at Isabella's preschool which was a blast. Isabella's request was that we all be princesses, so of course we went with that theme. Never in a million years did Mama envision herself as Cinderella, but being a Mama changes you!  

-On actual Halloween, Mama had to do a bit of convincing, and a promise to wear "make-up" (AKA eye liner designs) to dress up as something other than princesses, but you two turned out SOOOO cute!! Our little leopard and cowgirl.

-We trick-or-treated in Tia's neighborhood, and only went to about 6 houses. It was awesome.  Then, we came back home and had an awesome family bonfire with the besties/neighbors (AKA the leflers). You all loved running around with glow sticks, and the parents enjoyed a glass of wine and the roaring fire. Best way to celebrate Halloween ever! Oh, and somehow, miraculously, you both loved filling your bucket with candy, but never asked for a piece, and when the bucket was empty the next morning, you never even batted an eye.  That being said, you both got to have your first s'more...which of course you LOVED!

-You and Bella have been all about wearing the same PJs lately which is just too cute! Thankfully, we get all the twins hand me downs, and thankfully they were not the same size! We also started doing bedtime together as a family which has been fun and much smoother, and maybe a bit quicker. We alternate whose room we get to rock in, and that person gets to pick the bedtime story. Then we sing 2 or 3 songs, and pray. Then off to bed where you both get one last song individually (Bella tries to squeeze in about 12 more, but that's a different story!).  

-We took advantage of the amazing fall weather in Georgia, of course matchy matchy dresses. It was fun decorating our porch this year, and you both LOVED getting pumpkins, picking out a little scare crow man at the dollar store, and hanging the fall wreath. I love how much you get into holidays at such a young age!

  What would all the pics be without an outake, bc the reality is there are about 500 of these for every 1 decent pic!

-We finished up the first season of Sprouts Soccer this month, and I have to say, I'm pretty sure you are going to be quite the little athlete. You weren't registered so you didn't participate in all of the drills, but you always kicked your soccer ball around every Saturday on the sidelines. And the drills you did participate in, you were good! Like, rivaling many of the bigger kids good. I'm impressed. It may be safe to say you will be our athlete, and Bella will be our musical one. I could be proven wrong, but we shall see...

Look at the camera girl!

 

Sleeping: Bedtime is 7:30 ish, so we usually go up around 7 each night. You sleep until about 7 or so, and we try to let you hang out and play in bed until 7:30 or 8 (hallelelujah on the days you make it til 8!). You nap around 1 (or 2 on the days Bella has preschool), and sleep for about 1.5 hours. Some days you get about an hour, and the very rare day you get 2 or 3, so it's kind of all over the board. I can confidently say though, you don't need as much sleep as your sister. However, while she wakes up with a smile on her face, you wake up with a scream. Just the difference in personalities : )

Eating: Picky, picky, picky! And opinionated! Favorites this month: fig bars, plain greek yogurt, strawberries, rotisserie chicken, mac-n-cheese, mimi's black beans. That's about it. Chicken nuggets are hit or miss. Oh, and the ALL time fav this month requested at almost every meal = "coldee nani" (AKA frozen banana). Oh, and still can't get you to eat a vegetable other than sweet potatoes.

 

Aubrey Loves:
-SHOES! slippers, socks, anything on your feet

-Doing things yourself "Aubee do it!"

-coloring with markers

-stickers

-Singing, listening to Pandora's kids silly songs in the car

 -Favorite songs: twinkle twinkle, baa baa black sheep, wheels on the bus, jesus loves me, and to go to sleep You are my sunshine (on repeat!)

-Being outside, going to parks, running around, and you ROCK at the scooter!

-Reading...you LOVE reading!

-"Shows" favorites include you tube kids silly songs, sofia the first, super why, dora

Aubrey Hates:

-Being contained

-You don't love your carseat, I think it's the whole being contained thing!

-Not being able to do something Bella is doing

 

23 Month Stats:

-Height: 33 in (approximately 38th percentile)

-Weight: 22 lb 13 oz (approximately 10th percentile)

*Wearing mostly 18 month clothes, but you are in some 2T things (mostly shirts, that are more like shirt dresses on you)

*Wearing size 4 or 5 shoe depending on the brand

*Wearing size 3 diapers with sleep

*Wearing size 2/3 panties that fall off or sag on your little booty...SO cute!