Happy Mother's Day to all of my family members, friends, and expectant friends as well! I hope you all had as great of a day as I did. This mother's day was of course my first and it was an unexpectedly emotional experience for me. It was so wonderful to be able to spend this day with my family.
Things around here have been changing every day. The biggest two changes are smiling and sleeping (for me they go hand in hand!) You can see in the pictures above that Aubrey has discovered how to smile and is doing it all the time! It is so absolutely adorable to see her little lips form that cute smile and sometimes she even laughs a bit. To hear that little giggle of hers is an especially fun experience. As far as sleep goes it appears that we have reached a new territory of "sleeping through the night"as they call it. For the last 4 or 5 nights Aubrey has been sleeping about 4 hours and then waking up to eat and then sleeping another couple but last night she slept a whole 5 before waking me up! This is so exciting to me because I am finally getting into REM sleep again which means I can feel really rested during the day. It was so weird to notice that since I wasn't sleeping long I was never having any dreams! What a blessing this new sleep pattern is!
Besides smiling and sleeping Aubrey is doing lots of growing up. She is fully into 3 month clothes and honestly probably won't fit in them much longer because they are about maxed out on her as it is. She is also very active, as she always has been. She doesn't like to be held like a baby anymore being cradled in your arms, she always prefers to be sitting up or even standing by her own strength. I am waiting for her to just stand up and walk around one of these days! It's scary how strong she is! She also slept for her first nap in her crib yesterday which is the picture of her in the black dress. It is exciting to see how my little girl is growing and developing so well (and early in many cases) I just hope she stays my baby girl for a little while longer!
