Aubrey's Been Home 5 1/2 Weeks!!

I know, I know, it's been a while since I've posted,but, things have been busssssyy!! Busy in a good way, actually a wonderful way, but flat out busy! LOL Let's see, for starters Miss Aubrey has been home for almost 6 weeks now, and boy oh boy have things changed in all of our lives! She looks different to me than the day I met her @ the Airport. I'm not sure if it's that her hair isn't as wild and out-of-control, or the fact that she has now lost a few ounces, but, something has changed about my lil' angel. The way she looked @ all of us the day we met her was with such excitement and curiosity that she was almost delirious. Well, now, when she looks at me, I can see her more @ ease and definitely more content. Don't get me wrong, when she wants something, she screams bloody murder, but, she has a more content look about her, like she is certain I am her Mommy and now she can relax!! Aubrey has brought more delight to this family than I could have ever imagined. She is beautiful, and when I say beautiful, I mean flat out gorgeous, everything from her demenour to her outside appearance! Her eyes are so filled with gentleness, and her lips, well, they still look like rosebuds, absolutely sweet! I can't imagine our lives without her, and still can't get over how incredibly blessed we are to have her!!



So, enough of me bragging, let me tell you what she has been up to in the past weeks. Well, she came home already able to roll over both ways. Well, now she is also able to crawl/hop/slide. It's not a full on crawl, but, she's almost there! She can, however, go from a laying down position into a sitting position all on her own, it's too cute to watch. I think she even shocks herself when she ends up in sitting position. She is eating lots of solid foods, veggies, meats, yogurt, you name it, she's eating it! I've been working on getting into a routine, and so far it's been working, so as anyone knows the routine/schedule thing works wonderfully, and so far so good!! She definitely knows her Mommy, Daddy and Austin for sure. Whenever somebody wants to hold her, she looks around to make sure I'm watching and close by. If she isn't too tired, she'll usually go to just about anyone, but if she's tired....forget it!! She is a screamer, and I mean, loud screamer! When she is hungry, tired, or just plain "over it" she screams!! We never went thru this w/Austin, he just whined a lot. So, the screaming thing is all new, and I'm thinking it's a girl thing?? Well, all in all, she is doing remarkable. When we are in places w/large groups of ppl, you definitely can tell Aubrey is not at ease, I'm assuming this has to do with the whole attachment thing. As some of you may or may not know, this is VERY common in babies whom r adopted, and more likely in babies that r not w/their family from birth. So, this is something we r very aware of, and r working every day on. We just need her to trust us and for her to know we r not going anywhere. We r her Mommy, Daddy & brother, and we love her! By the way, Austin is absolutely in love, as Aubrey is too! He is the best big brother and son, and I'm so proud of him and the way he just is, he's perfect too!

I'll try not to take so long next time to post!!

So, with that.....here's some recent pictures of Aubrey!!