14 months!!!

Now, when they tell you, that kids grow fast, believe them, they do! Our little baby girl is more than a year old!!! We moved this May and Aubrey got to celebrate her 1st birthday in our first house! She had her firends over for the party at the Lembi Park. Well, her mommie's friends to be exact:) Both grandma Julie and grandma Sofiya were there for her very first birthday! A couple of days prior to her birthday, Aubrey took her very own couple of steps and now at the age of 14 moths, runs like the wind and does not wish to stand still for a second!!

AUBREY WITH A PRESENT FROM AUNT ANETTE AND UNCLE STEVE.

She says the word "dai", which in Russian means "give me" and also yells out"DA" , when her daddy comes from work.  Taco is labeled ''dada":) Nobody knows why, but every time she sees a doggy, it is "dada".

Aubrey loves all the play grounds that are so close to our house. We go outside every day. She enjoys the swing and climbs on everything!! She is particularly fascinated by curbs, stairs and book shelves.

Aubrey with mommie and grandma Sofiya

Dad takes Aubrey to swim classes and she loves them so much! At the end of the lesson, it is imossible to get her out of the warm pool. She wants to keep jumping in. She also prefers warm water to cold in the pool, just like daddy. We went to the hotel swimming pool today and Aubrey did not like it at all. However, when I put her in a hot tub with very warm water, she wanted to stay there for a very long time.

Aubrey and dad, swim class in August 2011

My baby girl plays Russian patty cake, when you start rhyming. She also will take my hand and put in on an object that she wants me to do something with. It is pretty cute. At first, she asks, then, if I don't react, she reaches for my hand and "asks" that way. She is very stubborn and will not get distracted from what she wants.

 She enjoys the walker that her grandma Sofiya bought her when she came and is also warming up to a horse that her grandma Julie got her for the her BIG ONE:)