Thanksgiving

We had a great time having a bunch of our friends over for Thanksgiving. Ben and I got the turkey cooked and carved on Wed along with the dressing and rolls done. Thursday morning was spent getting things in the oven to be reheated and making the potatoes and spoon bread. Everything turned out great!! Poor Kristina was put in charge of the kitchen when Aubrey mysteriously spiked a 103 temp. Kristina and her husband Robbie were friends of Rachel and Brian. We didn't know them before they walked through our front door. I felt so bad leaving her to make everything in a kitchen she doesn't know, but looking at the guys with their beer in hand didn't seem like a better option. Rachel and I had to run down to Walgreens on Thanksgiving Day to get medicine and Pedialite. It was quite the experience. Kristina did a great job keeping everything flowing in and out of the oven on time! The food was sooooo good and we even had some leftovers!

It turned out that even though Aubrey had a 103 temp she wasn't sick. She cut her first tooth! The next day she still wasn't feeling all that great. She spent a lot of time just lounging and chewing on my finger. She bit down and it actually hurt! That's when I felt her tiny tooth! Aubrey is feeling much better and hopefully will have a few more come through before Christmas hits. Our little girl is growing up. LOL.

FINALLY.....

It took me a little longer to find my camera cord than I thought, but after a few weeks of searching I finally found it. Here are a few pictures dating way back to Halloween. I hope you enjoy and I will try to get back on track with everything here soon.

Aubrey has a classic face for daddy while she's getting ready to eat.

This one was after Aubrey's dedication at church. We had a great time and she was adorable in her polka-dot dress.

A perfect picture of our little Gopher fan. She loves watching football and hanging out with daddy. (I think that's going to be their thing).

Any kind of flying and Aubrey is there. She loves to fly, "fly" around the house, and sit in the cockpit with daddy when she gets the chance (which has only happened once).

I love going in after her nap time and being greeted with a big squeal and a smile! She is so happy when she wakes up (most of the time!).

Happy Halloween! Here's our little Bumblebee. Daddy was in Washington for SERE training and missed Halloween. Aubrey still got all dressed up for pictures and to go out to eat with Mommy, Grandma Kim, and Grandpa Ken.

She loved her pumpkin!! At least I like to think so. I guess I made everyone a little nervous while I was carving it. Almost lost a few digits, but made it through in one piece!

Aubrey is getting to be such a big girl and loves to sit up on her own. She doesn't want anything to lean against anymore. This one was a test run to see how the dress fit for her 6 month pictures. I decided it was a little big still and had an excuse to go buy her another one. Now she just needs a little bit of hair to put a bow in!

This next picture needs a bit of explaining. After a couple of different conversations and trying on his Christmas present he decided he wanted to shave his head. I wasn't against it, but reminded him of the maintenance and that he would have to shave it everyday to keep it smooth. He decided it was a little much for him and went for the incredibly short cut. No guide on the trimmer for him. This is as short as we could go. I LOVE it on him!! No more high'n'tight cuts!

Thanksgiving is going to be so much fun this year. I am so excited to have our friends over and make dinner for everyone! Aubrey gets to have her first Thanksgiving and we even have Turkey and Veggies baby food for her to have with us! Since I'm not pregnant this year I get to enjoy a nice glass of wine with my dinner. Can't wait!!! I'll put pictures up after the party!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Ben and I have so much to be thankful for this year...

Too long...

Ok. I know y'all have been looking for an update and more pictures, but things have been a little crazy around here. Ben got back from SEER training all in one piece. He said it was the best/worst training of his career. Great training, but not something he would ever want to do again. That was about all he could tell me about his training...kind of the "if I told you I'd have to kill you" sort of thing.

After packing for the first week he was gone I headed up to WI with Aubrey to visit grandmas and grandpas. It was a long drive, but we had a good time. Ben was able to fly into Appleton and drive back down to MS with me. The day after we got back it was moving day!! We signed the lease and started making trips with our car. Getting everything weighed was a little tricky, but it all worked out.

We have been settled in our new house for almost a week now and things are finally getting back to normal. Aubrey has been sick for what feels like forever and Ben didn't waste any time getting back into the cockpit. He is flying and I am (trying) to keep the house working. :) The only thing I have left to go through is the few boxes we have of office stuff, but since we don't have an "office" anymore I don't feel very rushed. The only problem with that is that my camera cord is still in there. Hopefully I'll have a chance to get to it this weekend and get some pictures of my little bumblebee from Halloween and our new house up.