Aubrey -19 months

Aubrey weighs 22 lbs. She says : moma, daddy, dodie ( doggie), bye, ball, hi ( if she is in the mood for it), titja ( breasfeeding), apple, George ( in reference to Curious George), uh oh, thank you ( tank you),no, yeah, juice ( something similar), more ( if you ask to repeat it), nose ( rarely) and will repeat a lot of words you ask her, but rarely volunteers to say anything by herself. There is no need really, since she learned that pointing the finger and moaning impatiently gets her what she wants most of the time.

Aubrey loves mom's purse and knows that a purse is an important part of any lady's wardrobe. When we visited the doctors' office the other day, she, after being called to the examination room,  attempted to grab my purse and follow the nurse to the room.

The same day mom and Aubrey went purse shopping and Aubrey wanted to carry mom's new purse on her shoulder in the store. Then she refused to be carried and wanted to walk to the car by herself with the purse on her shoulder.

At 19 months, Aubrey is quite a dancer. She loves when mom and dad dance with her though. I think she likes Johny Cash. One day dad came home and put in a blu ray with his songs. Aubrey danced with such enjoyment that me and George both had a great time watching her.

Aubrey likes to clap. We were listening to the radio сampaign of Newt Gingrich, people were clapping when he was done. Aubrey clapped in her car seat. Although, we usually vote for democrats, Aubrey might be the first republican in the family. One never knows...

Aubrey's favourtie toy now is her baby doll. Her dad bought at Costco. It was love at first sight. She wanted to read her baby a book, wanted to dance with baby, even tried to feed her cheerios. She now sleeps with her baby and periodically goes and finds it during the day, just to make sure that the baby is around. When it is time to read a book, Aubrey has a strict protocol. First, mom sit down, then Aubrey should sit in mom's lap, and her baby doll should sit in Aubrey's lap and all of us should be covered by a blanket.


Aubrey has been having nap issues again :( After what seemed like a good run, where she slept for about11.5 hours at night ( waking up 1-3 times) and 1 hour nap, naps now are a battle. It has been like that for 2 weeks now and hopefully will go away quickly..

Napping on her way to Chicago ( 12.21.11)