Aubry's First Road Trip

As the title suggests, this past week we took Aubry on her first road trip. We went up north to Boise, ID for Rachel's wedding. You would think we would have lots of cute photos to post, but unfortunately the camera was in Chris's bag the entire time and we don't have one cute photo of the entire trip!! Dangit!! But it was still an adventure that needs to be documented. First off, we left Thursday and drove to Provo and spent the night with Krysta and Zac. The ride up there was pretty long cause we stopped over in Hurricane to visit Kelly and Chayse for the first time!! Kelly actually got a picture of us all so hopefully she will post that. After staying there a couple of hours we drove the rest of the way and were pretty tired. Then the next morning we drove to Idaho Falls and hung out with Chris's family. We had fun and it was really awesome to see everyone there and Aubry got to meet the whole rest of the family. Then we drove to Boise the next day and went to the wedding. Aubry met more relatives and had some fun. Then the next day we drove all the way back down to Las Vegas. Probably the longest drive every with a new baby.

It was a fun but exhausting drive and we all learned some valuable lessons about driving with an infant. Such as, you can never change a diaper too many times in an hour. If they have to go more than that, they don't wait for the rest stop. Or sometimes she just doesn't want to sleep no matter what. It was fun, but I am super glad that we are flying up to Billings on Sunday for the family reunion and not driving.

I got some really cute onesies for the trip. Long sleeve so she won't be cold. I am actually starting to pack already because I don't want to forget anything and because I am super excited!! So starting Sunday, there won't be any posts from me, but probably on Monday or Tuesday I will post some pictures and show you how much fun we had!!

PS. I keep changing my blog background cause it's lots of fun and I have a million different ideas to choose from!

Sunny Doty!!!

Sunny,

You left two comments on my blog and I can't click on your name and get to your blog or anything!! Kelly is having the same issue and we want to connect with you. Are you on facebook or have a blog? Please let us know=)

The Bear Suit

So I am posting the cutest thing I have ever seen. We are going camping the first week in August with the Godfrey clan. The camp site is in Montana so we were worried about Aubry being cold at night. The other day we went out shopping for a jacket and some pajamas for her. Babies R' Us had a sale going on so we looked at the fleece pajamas. They have a brown one and it had a hood. I thought this would be good cause it wouldn't show dirt as much. It is a little bear suit and Aubry is the cutest dang thing in it. So enjoy Aubry's new little bear suit=)

Sleep Deprived

Ren and Krysta were visiting this week.

She was so much fun and Aubry loved her.

Classic Aubry look. Wide-eyed and smirking.

I leaned her up in my chair and this is how she settled.

Chris was trying to get her to sleep. Him first.

Yeah, I know that when you have kids you no longer sleep good. But what I didn't realize is that Patience feeds off of sleep. So when I have no sleep, I have no patience. And patience is essential for raising kids. I hate feeling grumpy and irritable, especially towards poor Aubry who isn't at fault. I also hate snapping at poor Chris, who is just an innocent bystander, mostly. Hopefully, this weekend when we are in Boise and Idaho Falls to visit family, I can get a better nights sleep and be a little calmer. Then in about another week, we get to go camping with the Godfrey clan. I am so excited for that. I have been waiting for 3 years to get to go back again. Finally, circumstances are favoring us and we can go. We bought Aubry some warm pajamas and a jacket today, because we are camping in Montana.

Aubry is still not sleeping the best. She likes to sleep on me, but I have stuff to do and can't hold her all the time. When I set her down she usually wakes up and then fusses. And it seems that when she falls asleep laying down she doesn't sleep as long. Grrrgh. Hopefully, we can make sleeping on her own a routine shortly. I don't want to be a glorified mattress for the next year.

Well, I have a bet going with my brother in law Neil. They weight their new baby on Friday at 8 pounds 1 Ounce and if she is bigger than Aubry, who gets weighed tomorrow, then Neil owes me Coldstone. But if Aubry is bigger, then I owe him Coldstone. Wish me and Aubry luck!!!

The New Daddy

I have to tell you this story. It was so cute and sweet, it made me fall in love with my husband all over again. Sometimes Aubry cries and we don't know why. All part of raising kids, I suppose. Well at times, both me and Chris can become rather frustrated. Wishing to rid ourselves of an uphappy child (returning her to the hospital is not an option apparently=). But in those not so rare instances now, where she is smiley and happy, we find ourselves loving her and remarking about how freakin' cute she really is.

The other day I had Aubry asleep on the couch, laying there all cute like. Chris comes in and observes her for a moment, always checking to make sure she is breathing (it's cute that he worries=). When he looked at me and said, "Sometimes I get so frustrated with her, but then when I see her just sleeping there looking cute, I can't be mad at her at all." It was so cute the way he said it. I, of course, knew that as she gets older he will most likely always be a push over, cause she is in fact a, daddy's girl=) I love them both and hope that they will always be close.

New Items

There hasn't really been that much going on lately. We blessed Aubry on Sunday and that was really nice. She looked really cute in her blessing dress that Carol made her and she didn't even cry alot when it was happening. Lately we have been trying to get her to sleep in her crib and me sleep in my bed. It has been kinda hard cause she doesn't seem to sleep that well. Suggestions on how to get her to sleep soundly would be appreciated. I went to the doctor on Monday because my wrist has been bothering me since I was pregnant and it turns out I have tendinitis. I have to have physical therapy because I am breastfeeding. Not really that fun. Next week I am going to moapa and meeting Kelly hopefully so we can finally have our daughters meet. Chayse is almost two months older than Aubry which seems like alot now, but really isn't that far apart. Kelly and I are almost a year apart.

My favorite grocery store is closing. The Vons next to our apartment complex was sold or is going out of business or something. I am so mad!! It was so nice having it there and now we have to go to Walmart or Smith's. There really isn't another close grocery store that I like. I actually hate all the other ones. Even in Spokane, I would go to Safeway, which is the same thing, more than any other store.

Well, Aubry has been asleep for almost a half hour so I am going to take a nap finally and hope that she sleeps for a couple more hours.