Thursday, December 17, 2009

Aubrey's Baptism

as you all know, we had aubrey baptized on sunday! the day started off with a bath


her hair is getting so long!

she did very well at the ceremony (meaning, she slept half of the time):


she liked when the holy water was poured over her head:


and even when she was awake, she was too focused on the ceiling fans at the church to be loud and talkative:


after the ceremony, we went back to aubrey's godparent's (who happen to be my sister and her husband!) home to celebrate.


i didn't see much of aubrey once the party started. there were so many people there who wanted to see and hold her!


aubrey got so many nice gifts from our family and friends. she got quite a few books (yay!), clothes, a few toys, picture frames, and keepsakes, not to mention some lovely cards.

after everybody left, we got her out of her dress and let her (attempt to) crawl around and play.




did you, or do you plan to, get your baby baptized? it was such a beautiful and spiritual ceremony and i am glad we did it!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Grateful Friday

this week, i am grateful for...


another year with my mother! yesterday was her birthday. i made her a strawberry cake with cool whip topping. we went down to her apartment and gave her a card with some scratch tickets and enjoyed our little dessert..


aubrey had a tiny bit of cool whip, too!

this weekend is going to be a busy one. keith's mother is coming down from maine to spend the weekend for aubrey's baptism, which is on sunday. i also need to get the food ready. i am doing a fruit platter, tuna & chicken salad finger rolls, and crock pot kielbasa. :)

what are you thankful for this week?

Friday, December 4, 2009

Grateful Friday

this week went by very quickly.

things i am grateful for this week...

i have no picture, but i am loving that we are getting our first snow storm of the year tomorrow! the past couple of days we have had such warm weather that i had to open the windows and enjoy the fresh air!


i'm grateful for winter evenings, which mean warm jammies and lots of snuggling by the tree


i'm grateful that aubrey is now just big enough to wear these pajamas. i bought them when i was pregnant, just a day after we found out that we were expecting a girl! i absolutely love them!


i'm grateful that madden is so good with aubrey. it takes him a long time to adjust to people, but the moment we brought aubrey home, he's very protective over his "little sister"


what are you grateful for this week?