Heart Week 2015

Wishing you a happy HEART week!

February 2015 week 1

Monday: Hunkering down for our six more weeks of winter (with our morning waffle). Thanks for the heads up Mr. Groundhog.

 

Happy Groundhog Day! My firsties vote, shadow or no shadow!

So thankful for this sweet picture as this handsome boy turned six on February 2nd. Seems like home to me! Toby is enjoying a lazy night at home with his new family. So thankful for a family that would share this picture moment with us.

 Tuesday: A great reminder!

Our Mama Tuesday took us over to the Fant house where we enjoyed a babe dance party with our Fantlet friends. I sure love this special time with my bestie and her babes.

Wednesday: I must have all my animals when I get out of bed. Love my morning chats with baby, Ah-Dog and dear!

A special pick me up after school date with the husband.

Thursday: Sometimes your day calls for a sweet pick me up!

Friday: I surely loved Bryson's special greeting to Auby.

Our Zellner/fantlet hang out while the ladies were at the IF Gathering.
Saturday: 

  IF Gathering.

I am so thankful for our God's moving in our lives.

 ABF Brunch and park play with our bible study group.

Happy 16 months to our beautiful baby girl!

Auby's Month-iversary Series: 16 Months

Dear Auby,
Each day you continue to amaze me sweet girl and I fall more in love with each and every day. Being your mommy has been my greatest wish fulfilled and I am truly thankful. Auby we love you sweet baby beauty. This month we have seen baby giggles, smiles, belly laughs, as well as tears and tantrums. I have to say this may have been your hardest month so far in regards to teething, biting, pulling hair, sickness, and just not being yourself sweet babe. We've definitely had a few cases of biting and pulling on friends at both church and daycare. But this too shall pass and it has. I mean this face, I could eat you up. But we have also seen great growth this month with new words, new abilities, and so much love. You can be shy and outgoing. You are a cuddler as well as completely independent. There are so many beautiful sides to you sweet girl and we love watching you grow each and every day. I wish you such a beautiful month filled with fun and friendships and so much love!

Date: 2/7/2015
Age: 16 months
Measurements: 22+ lbs and growing. We will know more at her 18 month appointment.
Clothing:You are officially in 18-24 month clothing. Your little legs are so long like your daddy's. I have loved your little leggings. Our favorite places to shop are Old Navy and Target. We are so thankful for the sweet hand me downs from friends.
Eating: At the beginning of the month, you were a bit of a picky eater. Foods that you enjoyed were simply not being eaten. But now you can definitely eat a fair share of food. You enjoy broccoli (love it), blueberry yogurt (you say blilillies), black beans, cheese sticks, waffles, rice, chicken, cookies (you love saying cookie), pancake Saturdays, and so much more.
Sleeping: Your bedtime each day is 7PM and typically wake up at 6AM each weekday. It is hard to wake you up during the week (which is one of my favorite times of day) because you are so not ready to be woken up. You have been a champ sleeper on weekends. You will sleep to 7:30-8:00AM on weekends. I am assuming you are making up from your busy week. I love our morning and night time routine. In the morning, I sing your special name song. You are such a cuddler. You tuck your arms underneath and lay your head on my shoulder. We open the blinds together and look at our day. You like to name things like the house, tree, and light. You love turning on the light and reading a few stories as mommy gets your outfit together. As we make our way downstairs, you like to hold mommy's hand as you slide your little self down the stairs. Usually you are saying, go, Mattie, or daddy! It is absolutely adorable. You give daddy big hugs and kisses before you walk to your chair and drink your milk.

New Activities and Random Tidbits: 

- words: Baby girl you say new words each and every day. Here are some of your favorites: mommy, daddy, Mattie, nigh-nigh, wawa (water), bok (book), nak (snack), ready, go, waffull (waffle), coo-kee, (cookie), Emi (one of our baby besties), Marley (student from school), gentu (gentle), nice, up, dow (down), ello (hello), yay, pay (play), doggies, mows (cat), jackie (jacket), off, ot (out), hey, shoe, sock, pez (please), tatoo (thank you), Mickey, walk, apple, blilly (blue berries), beans, beyee (belly)
- Sliding down the slide independently
- running hugs
- You can point to body parts including ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, head, hair, fingers, hands, toes, feet, belly, belly button, and tummy. You always point to your ears when I ask you where your eyes are
- You love rasberries on your tummy.
- You are starting to unzip your onesies and jacket.
- You attempt to put on your socks and shoes.
- You found a paci this month and threw the biggest fit when it was taken from you.
- Help mommy make pancakes on Saturdays. You like to stir the batter.
- Attempt to dress yourself and like to pull clothes off when changing
- You say hey or hi every time we open the door to get you from your car seat
- You wave your head back and forth and pop your body up and down when you dance
- When we count, you love saying two.
- You love watching Mickey and Sofia the First
- Attend daycare and will be moving rooms in the next few months
- Mommy and daddy will be officially dropping your bottle and moving to a cup this Valentine's weekend (pure laziness and a bit of refusal has made this a longer process than we would like, but we have a date set to say bye bye to the ba-ba)
- This month we have attended a lot of baby birthdays, play dates, breakfast brunches.
- On Sunday's you go to the preschool area and do a fantastic job. Your teachers say you are so talkative and talk ALL.THE.TIME! I wonder who you get that from?  

Likes: Mommy and Daddy, pancake Saturdays, parks, rocking horses, "reading" books, playing with friends, food, snacks, stuffed animal friends- deer, and Ah-dog, straps that click, walks, being turned upside down, silly faces, mimicking mommy and daddy, pillows, playing in the cabinets with plastic cooking utensils, pots and pans, dancing, music, twirling your hair, showing your belly,

Dislikes: Car seats, not getting food/snack/bottle fast enough, being woken up too early, having anything taken away from you.

Watch Auby Grow!

 {12-16 months}

Jabob's Pump it Up Fourth Birthday

This Saturday we celebrated Jacob's Lego themed 4th birthday in Pump it Up style. From blow up bounce houses, slides, baby besties, sweet lego treats and a whole lot of blue icing, we surely had a super sweet time.

 {Sweet treats and handmade Lego toppers}

 {The birthday boy shooting hoops with Ray}

 {Auby jumping with Kristin}

 {The birthday boy & his friends}

I just love how Bryson takes care of Auby. What a fun relationship they all have together.

 

After a bit of afternoon bounce time and a whole lot of fun, the kiddos worked up an appetite. Pizza, chips, juice boxes, and of course a sweet birthday treat were a delicious addition to the party.

 

Could it have gotten any sweeter? And our little girl definitely enjoyed her sweet treat and quickly became a sweet mess. She was definitely covered from head to finger and face with blue icing. I have to say she gave the party two thumbs up!

Happy Birthday sweet Jacob! Thank you for letting us celebrate your super sweet day!

Perfect January Ending 2015

Monday:  My bed head beauty loving on her Bama and books this morning! She melts my heart!

Tuesday: I love these sweet first grade "LOVE" notes!

Stealing baby kisses on a gorgeous 70 degree afternoon in January.

 Wednesday: A little church buggy ride to end our night of bible study. This picture was taken before the water works and fit as I had to take her out so we could go night night at home!

 Thursday: A little afternoon math fun with my firsties!

 Enjoying a little breezy park day fun with my little at Hope Park!

 

My daughter is RESOLVED!

  

Friday:  I love my school's spirit!

I loved my Friday afternoon date to the Cheesecake Factory with this handsome guy! Thankful for this extra special time with my best friend!

 

Our 3 dinner favorites including blueberries, beans, and broccoli!

  

Saturday:  We love pancake Saturdays at the Zellner home!

 

We celebrated Jacob's 4th birthday at Pump it Up with besties!

Tonight we celebrated Cassidy's first birthday. What a beautiful little snowflake. I just love these two and am so thankful to work Cassidy's mom in first grade.

Pump It Up! Bryson Turns FIVE!

On Sunday January 25th, our family of three joined our Fantlet friends to celebrate Bryson's 5th birthday at Pump It Up! From jump houses, obstacle courses, and large blow up slides, from black lights, pizza, cake, ninja turtle themed pieces, and birthday besties, I have to say we would give this party a full FIVE stars!

 

 {Love these ladies and babes}

{Kristin & Auby}

We definitely loved our time with sweet friends. Little girl was a bit unsure of the blow up houses, but quickly became acclimated and didn't want to leave.

 

{My little bouncing munchkin}

 {Haley & Auby}

 

After our time in the play rooms, it was time to celebrate the birthday boy with pizza, presents, and a delicious dessert.

  

I just loved watching our big girl sitting at the big kids table. She loved her slice of cheese pizza and cake! Plus it was fun sitting next to our sweet friend, Ellie.

Happy Birthday Bryson! We give you a big hug and a high FIVE for five amazing birthday years!

Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Sweet Saturday

{Double Baby Shower at Breadwinners}

Our Saturday was filled with sweet moments of celebration and silliness.  My morning began loving on our baby beauty. After a few hours of play it was time to get ready to celebrate two sweet friends in our ABF and their baby girls that are expected to arrive in mid March. It was such a special brunch to celebrate sweet friends and adorable baby girls. 

Once I arrived back home after our little girl's afternoon nap, we enjoyed an afternoon of play and dress up. Auby chose these adorable little accessories. I couldn't help but have a little photo opt & dress up during snack time.

  

{Tutu Princess}

  {My Spunky Monkey}

 

From upstairs play, dress up, and snack time, we had a fun afternoon inside. A few hours later, we decided to make our way outside and enjoy a little baby play on the patio.

 

My heart is absolutely full! I'm thankful for sweet Saturdays. Thank heaven for little girls!