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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

"My Light Sleepers"

A Walk Down Memory Lane

When Wade and I were dating, he invited me and a couple of my friends to spend time with his family around Thanksgiving. While we were in Utah my friends an I of course wanted to participate in the Black Friday shopping. Wade wasn't excited about the whole shopping idea, especially since we wanted to get up at 4:oo am. to hit all the best stores. Because he was still trying to woo me, he reluctantly agreed to take us. However, he did not think we were serious enough so he said that if he didn't have to set his alarm and we would wake him up then he would go. The next morning around 4am. I quietly crept up the stairs to wake him up. I found him curled in a ball on his living room floor. Trying to be a sweet girlfriend, I gently nuged his shoulder and whispered his name. All of a sudden, Wade jerked his face to look at me and he appeared as if he was looking at a monster. As he made a Shrieking YELP, he got up and began to run towards the kitchen. I didn't know what to do so I just stepped aside and watched the event. With his first few steps, Wades sock-covered feet slipped all over the tile floor. Then the inevitable happened: With a loud thump, Wade hit the floor as if he were a sack of potatoes. Sure enough, Wade's mom made her way down the stairs to see what the ruckus was. I'm sure I made a good impression when she came down the stairs to find her son's girlfriend in the room he was sleeping in at 4 in the morning with all the lights off. I tried to quickly explain the situation, but who knows how my word held up. Now when Wade tells this story, he has a completely different twist. Instead of me gently nudging him and sweetly, whispering his name, I violently shook him and growled his name as if I were the Devil himself.
After telling this story to Wade's family, I was bombarded with several other similar stories about Wade's humerous sleeping habits that have occured throughout his life. These stories range from his parents finding him crying alone in the backyard in the middle of the night; to, him ripping his shirt off and yelling "it's off already!" in the car when his family got pulled over by a police officer and they were telling him to put his seatbelt on. I must say that he has calmed down a little bit in his sleep since we have gotten married; however, I have a feeling that he has passed this "light sleeping" down to little Aubrey. When Aubrey sleeps she is easily startled by any little noise.

This video is to illustrate Aubrey's sleeping habits. Granted, Wade and I with the help of our friends helped to induce this reaction. However, she does this countless othertimes throughout each nap she takes at even the littlest sounds. Now, instead of making fun of Wade, I can make fun with both of them. Now I know it seems cruel to find entertainment in her fear; however, I hope you enjoy too!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Since Mom has left, we haven't done as many fun activities so we don't have as many fun pictures to post. However, we have not stopped taking pictures of our favorite little girl. Let's see... Aubrey had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday and weighed in at 8lbs. 11oz. that is over 2lbs. in one month! Today we are also celebrating her 1 month Birthday, we are so glad to have her in our lives. since she has been awake more she has become a little more high maintenance; For instance, she wants to be stimulated all the time when she is awake... so much for being productive. Although it is sometimes difficult to entertain her all the time, I will enjoy it while it lasts, because someday I'm sure I'll have to beg her to spend time with me.

Wade and I only have one week of school left, then we are off to visit everyone in West Virginia. We are really excited because she hasn't really met any of her aunts and uncles on that side of the family. Anyways, Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy them!


This is a little collage of Aubrey getting ready for church last Sunday. Aubrey absolutely loves the warm water of taking a bath, if you couldn't tell from the expressions on her face.


Here is Aubrey after her bath and dressed all pretty in yellow. I thought this dress was going to be too big for her; however, it fits quite nicely. Also, none of her bows fit her, but now they are beginning to fit. Our little girl is getting so big.


This is one of my favorite pictures, Aubrey loves her Daddy. There is absolutely no doubt about it, only love is in her eyes.

Getting tired of waiting for Mommy and Daddy to get ready for church... "Geesh, what were they doing all morning... I'm all ready, shouldn't they?"


Here's another beautiful outfit that we absolutely love! I wish I could just make her clothes my size.

Another beautiful picture of our little model.

So we decided that no matter how hard it would get we would not give Aubrey the pacifier, because we don't want our 4yr. old to be addicted to a pacifier. We will hold strong to this goal... besides, we have "will power."

Haha, just kidding! The pacifier has become a good friend of ours. Luckily Aubrey likes it, but doesn't love it... at least not yet. However, I do think it makes her look pretty silly. It looks like a big clown grin. She's definitely more beautiful without it.

So I really don't like this picture that much, because Wade took it when Aubrey and I were napping one morning. However, after looking at this picture I think Aubrey looks like me more than I thought. For instance, who's chin do you think she has?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Lots of Summer Fun!

Before Aubrey was born it was easy to update our blog even after months of not posting because we had very few pictures to incorporate. However, now that it's only been a couple of weeks since I've updated, I had to pick and choose from a slew of pictures. We have had so much fun in the last couple of weeks since she has been born and we want to share all of events with you. Since I last posted, we finished Aubrey's blessing dress after hours of labor. Aubrey had her 2 week appointment and measured in at 7lbs. 2oz.. I swear she has probably gained at least another 1/2 lb. since then. That same day we picked up Molly and Dad from the airport and had a blast with them in just the few days they were with us. We enjoyed swimming at Rigby Lake, Green Canyon, Date Night at the Rex, Aubrey's Baby Blessing, Fireworks and more. Unfortunantly, Wade and I dropped them back off at the airport with Mom on July 4th. We then enjoyed Independence Day with Wade's family as we went to the Parade, had a picnic, played softball, played games, and saw the Melaluca fireworks. Let's just say after all that fun we were exhausted! However, we enjoyed every minute of our fun and are excited to continue to have fun this summer. Aubrey isn't even 3 weeks old and she has already done more than most babies her age.

Aubrey playing dressup in the tutu Aunt Chambrae gave her!

How long do I need to hold this pose?

Aubrey trying not to smile... We caught her though... Don't you love the dimple?

Finally, she got to meet her Grandpa! The beginning of a beautiful friendship!

Yay, Aunt Molly!...I know she will teach me to be cool!

Aubrey's 2week appointment. She has the coolest Dr. Office, each room has a different theme... We got to go to Narnia this time. Although the room was cool, she didn't enjoy her visit very much... First off, she was starving, then they pricked her foot for the Newborn Screening Test. I have never heard her scream so bad, I wanted to cry. However, she was rewarded with boobie juice shortly after... it wasn't so bad after that. This was the appointment where she weighed in at 7lbs. 2oz. Her birth weight was 6lbs. 8oz.... Like I said she likes her boobie juice.

Molly, Mommy, Daddy, and Aubrey hanging out at Rigby Lake!

We had a blast in the paddle boats that we rented... We all got really wet trying to splash each other! Dad and Wade were ruthless!

We switched things up so someone could always stay with Aubrey, here's Molly and Mom being chased by Wade and Dad.

Ready for attack!

This is before we enjoyed the lake... we were all so nice and dry, not for long though.

Family picture in front of the lake.

This was the date night at the Rex... It was only $9 a person for unlimited bowling and billards, a pizza, icecream, soda and a new release movie... We watched "My Sister's Keeper." It was a really good, but depressing movie. We all had a blast that night.
This is Mom after almost getting a strike!

Dad's turn... looks like his ball is headed strait for the gutter... He kept blaming the lights and his inner ear problem... poor guy!

Sitting in the shade at Green Canyon... It was such a beautiful day... this was the same day Aubrey got her Father's blessing.

Molly, Wade, and Mom soaking up the sun!

Mom and Dad at Green Canyon, what a cute couple!

Here is Aubrey preparing to meet her Uncle Pat, she's already mastered her poker face!

Aubrey has spent way too much time with Aunt Molly and Grandma, she's already addicted to the phone like they are.

Aubrey helping mommy with homework... she wanted to hurry it up so we could go to Green Canyon before her blessing.

Right before the blessing and dinner with Grandma and Grandpa... she was dressed up so pretty.

Wade showing off his masterpiece right before we got her dressed.


Aubrey in her dress. She woke up and was hungry, but everyone was STRESSED for time so I had to cut her off and give her the pacifier instead... boy did this make her angry.

Right after her blessing, we took a few pictures. However, she was still angry about being cut off so we didn't get too many.

Another family picture of the 3 of us.

All of her cousins loved holding her! This one is of Alex.

Aleigha holding Aubrey with the blanket her Grandma Christensen made her. It was so beautiful!

Susie holding Aubrey!

Another picture of Aubrey before the blessing in her pretty pink dress.

We stopped by Rigby lake on the way home to catch the fireworks... Here is Dad holding Mom and Aubrey while watching the show.... Molly, Wade, and I were on the roof of the car.

Grandma got to hold Aubrey during the show... there are fireworks behind them but the camera didn't catch them that well... Aubrey did really good, she only jumped once during the show.

Here is a picture of one of the fireworks, Wade was able to capture it with a long exposure.
We took a little photo op' when we got home, because we didn't get many at the church... In this picture you can see the full dress... It was gorgeous on her.

Instead of crying, she slept in most of these pictures... I guess beggars can't be choosers, can they?

Mom and Dad holding Aubrey the night before they left. Can you tell she was pretty tired of the whole ordeal?
Are those eyes?!? Yay! we got a picture of Aubrey with her eyes open. She really does love her Grandma and misses her already.
This is one of our favorites, we love her little pouty lips. You can get a really good view of the bonnet mom made for her in this picture.
Still sleeping, but oh so precious!
She is such a blessing to us.

We caught her smiling in this picture... I think she was pretending to be asleep and was smiling at the thought of the idea.
Another smile, this time you can see her little dimple!
She opened her eyes for one minute and we took this as quickley as possible.

After we dropped everyone off at the airport, we went to IHOP. Aubrey ate first in the car, then Daddy and I got to enjoy our breakfast too.

Waiting to go into IHOP, making sure she got all the food she wanted... This is her content face, so I think we are good to go!

After the softball game at Wade's Aunt's house Aubrey and I took a nap and I took some pictures of her ity bity feet... I know I stole this from Chambrae and Emily, but who could resist?

Thos are my favorite feet... I love to kiss her little toes.
Here's the same picture in color... I just love it!

A little bit of tummy time, before we left for the fireworks!
I stole these 2 pictures from my sister-in-law, Andrea because I wanted everyone to see how beautiful it was where we waited to see the fireworks. We were sitting by the river across from the temple.

The firework show was amazing, it lasted about 30min. and there was not one dull moment in the show... We really enjoyed our Independence Day and are so grateful for all those who serve our country so we can enjoy our freedom and do all the fun things that we love doing! Thank you and you are in our hearts and prayers... God Bless You!