wow, it has been a while!

wow, i haven't posted in a really. long. time!  it's not a coincidence that the pause in posting occurred at the same time that i a) started a (great) new job and b) the A monster is displaying record levels of energy.  we're having a blast together all the time, but MAN does she keep us busy.  i don't have anything deep or profound to say here because i can tell that she's about to wake up from her nap -- but i wanted to get some pics up for anyone who has been checking!

our life is really full right now, but mostly it's full of great stuff...i just don't often have the opportunity to sit down at my computer (which is a shame, because i miss photo-editing!).  all of these pics are SOOC (straight out-of-camera) -- maybe someday i'll be able to play around with them.  :)

oh, and also?  she's 20 months old.  TWENTY.  like, in four months she'll be TWO.  oh to the em to the gee.

alright, first up...aubrey cheering for the jets in the playoff game.  (she's thinking "mom, are you seriously going to take pictures while daisy eats my ET?!?")

next up?  this is the awesomeness that happens when i leave her with daddy while i get a pedi:

here are my two faves in the reflection of the piggy bank.  (can you see 'em?)  she thinks it is hiLARious how her face gets distorted in the mirrored image.  seriously, she cracks up.  it's awesome.

next pic:  i just think she looks cute here.  you know how sometimes you'll look at a pic and you see a glimpse of what you think they'll look like when they're older?  yeah, THAT.

another from the same day:  (& i think i like putting tutus on her because i think it's funny when she says "mommy, please no tutu...no tutu..."  heh.)

this is her overly dramatic response to my suggestion of "honeybear, do you want to lay down and take a picture next to your baby?"...

fun with sunglasses after being snowed in for like a month:

daddy's little helper:

she cracks herself up wearing my shoes:

a personal fave...this is what she does when you ask for 'blue steel'  (a la zoolander):

and another personal fave...she is constantly asking for "one more" but she uses the most serious, subdued voice...she's already learning how to manipulate us.

and last but not least, my casual little lady (based on body language, she looks like a teenager here...NOOOOOOOO!):

i hope that isn't too much of an overload!  she actually just woke up so i'm going to get her for an afternoon snuggle...but as you can see, we've been having fun!

cape may

So, for the Hubs’ birthday, we all trekked down to Cape May for a few days together as a little family.  It was AWESOME to get away for a bit and just spend time relaxing.  Long walks, a visit to the zoo that made Little A squeal in delight (and then cry like crazy when she’d had enough), ice cream, sunshine...all ingredients for a great few days.  In Bad Mommy Moment #347, Little A fell off the bed.  Yup, that’s right.  The guilt has been running through my veins HARDCORE, but it just happened SO quickly that I didn’t have time to stop it.  I was literally standing right next to her, and shifted my eyes for a second and she sat up, spun around freakishly fast, and launched herself backwards onto the floor.  After a major tear session and a short nap, we realized that she couldn’t crawl.  But, long story short, we brought her to the doctor and it was just some minor bruising inside her shoulder that is ALREADY healed, and she’s crawling like a champ again.  Good one, Momma.  I am slowly getting over it, but MAN, the guilt is bad. 

That aside, we had time just to be silly and hang out together, and this video is an example of that.  The Hubs is being SUPER hilarious (as usual, of course) and Little A is getting a real kick out of his comedy.  If you like watching baby giggles, you’ll enjoy this clip.