Together we make a family...: I felt like blogging a little bit :) and have LOTS of pics!

We have a new addition to The Dorris Family and his name is Joe. He is a very cuddly border collie. Brent brought him home Sat. morning and Aubrey had just layed down for a nap but we brought him up there to her and she didn't have a lot to say about him...I think b/c she was half asleep. But anyway, when she woke up from her nap and was laying in her bed she kept saying "dog" over and over. She didn't get to see him much that day b/c we were running around, but on Sunday she got to spend time with him along with Will and Emma too. They all loved him.

Aubrey never, and I mean never sits still on the couch, but for some reason if you put Joe on the couch, she doesn't move. They were watching Dora. (And Joe is an outside dog, but we let him come in some to play with Aubrey and the kids since it was so cold out on Sunday.)

We had a "Party" Sat. night as Will was calling it. The kids had the best time and acted so well. Emma and Brent have a special bond you could say, she likes sitting with him b/c he always has something good to eat.

So, Saturday morning Aubrey was eating some Cheerios and drinking some choc. milk and I wasn't paying much attention to herb/c I was washing dishes and I kept hearing her say "yum" so I looked around and somehow she had gotten her choc. milk out of her cup and was dipping her Cheerios in it. She must have thought it was great b/c she ate all of them and then wanted to lick the highchair where the milk was at. It was too funny...and too messy.

Friday night she was helping me cook and thought she needed to get in the pan herself, but then couldn't get out.

I don't know if you can tell these are her curls and how much her hair is growing. I just thought it was cute and I wanted to keep a pic of her little curls b/c one day they might be gone.

I was trying to take some pics of Aubrey in her Valentines outfit to send with her Valentine cards, but she had a different idea. We never got a good shot, but she had fun anyway.

Except in this pic. She was about tired of me trying to take her pic.

I wanted to take her pic on her bench that she sits on and watches TV, but she just wanted to watch TV instead and not worry about the pics. So that was ok.

She likes drawing and while she is drawing she says her ABC's...well not all of them. She can say them up to G. I suppose she is learning this at Daycare along side the other kids. I guess she figures while she is there, she might as well listen.

This is one night earlier in the week...actually the night it stormed so bad...which we are so thankful for us not having an damage...but our hearts go out to those who weren't so fortunate. She stayed up until 9:30 that night...which she normally goes to bed at 7. Aubrey and I fell slept in the den floor until it was ok to go back upstairs. Scary night!

Since we haven't had very warm weather since she got her wagon for Christmas, we have to make due with using it inside. She loves it. Mostly climbing in and out of the wagon.

We are still working on feeding ourself...getting better, but not quite there yet. But she refuses to let you feed her anymore. I guess you got to learn somehow!