Time is flying by!

I am embarrassed that my last post was her 5 month post!

At six months Aubrey was already proving to us how much of a mover she is. She scooted around everywhere and never sat still. She ate just about anything that you put in front of her and she wanted to do it BY HERSELF!!!!

At seven months she learned how to sleep in her OWN BED in her OWN ROOM! The heavens rejoiced on that one! She also learned how to sign "more" which she has now stopped using because she has found that banging on the table gets her what she wants as well. We could title this month "A Healthy Appetite" because she loves everything that you put in front of her. She doesn't care about textures or flavors or anything. She thinks that if you are eating it she needs to be as well. It's a good thing she is such a mover...

Which brings me to Aubrey's eighth month, the one which we will title "I've Got Places to Go". This kid can MOVE. She does not sit still. She can climb steps. She stands up. She cruises around furniture and cabinets.

She will take some steps while holding onto your hands. She constantly flips over when changing her diaper, which I don't remember Ella doing until a few months later, and then I just started changing her diaper standing up because it was easier. It probably won't be easier this time around with the cloth. We've kind of regressed with our sleeping, but I think a lot of that had to do with Mommy going back to work. During orientation I worked 4 nights a week. I am hoping it is going to settle back down only working a shift or two a week.

And there you have it folks. Aubrey's last three months in three short paragraphs! I can't believe how fast time is whizzing by. Jimmie is finished writing his proposals and will soon be applying for jobs. I can't believe we have lived in New Haven for over a year. I can't believe that (hopefully) this time next year we will be settling into new routines in a new state. I can't believe that Ella starts school in less than a week! Sometimes I think that time has flown by and others I feel like this last year has dragged on.

It's funny how life changes and you don't even realize it until you look back. This time last year I didn't know how I would even make it. I was lonely, I missed my family and I wanted to go home (to either Kansas or Oklahoma-either home would have worked a that point). I was pregnant and scared and unsure of how I could even begin to think of taking care of 2 girls, one was difficult enough. We have gone through a lot this last year, but as Jimmie reminded me the other day, we have always had all of our needs met. When we were lonely we met good friends. When Aubrey was crying and we didn't know if we would make it to the next day those friends were there again and He provided the strength we needed to keep going. When we were running out of money and unsure of how we were even going to buy groceries, I got offered a job. When I am tired and having a bad day, when I am feeling like a horrible mother, when I am lonely and just want to go "home" if I can remember to look to the one who has consistently and abundantly provided I can usually pull myself out of my wallowing pit and face reality again. For that I am truly grateful, because time is going to continue to fly by and life is going to continue to happen.