Sunday, December 29, 2013

Whoops.  So I just realized that it's been a while since I updated anything here.  The holidays, work, being a married-single-mom...life, you know? Anyway, we're all doing fine.  Aubrey is still trying to walk and still not quite there yet.  She's doing a lot more cruising on the furniture and is lifting and moving her legs so much better when we hold her hands to walk.  She got a new walker toy for Christmas and started using it today without us hanging on to her.  I have a feeling she'll start walking like she started with the bottle--one day she'll just decide that's what she wants to do and will do it.

Her shirt was a gift from our friends who went through the NICU with us; it says "My first Christmas at home."

We were able to do a few normal Christmas things this year that we didn't do last year, like going to the gardens where Adam and I got engaged to see the Christmas light display.  We couldn't really tell if Aubrey was overwhelmed or underwhelmed...either way, she was her happy-baby self the whole time.

At the gardens to see the lights

 We had a pretty good Christmas.  Adam had to work, of course, and as a policewife (PW) I know that this happens all the time (as in Adam worked every single holiday there was last year).  And we PWs often have to move holidays to a different day.  That doesn't always work seeing as the rest of the entire family has already had their holiday on the actual day and can't all get back together 2 days later to have it again for the cop that was working.  It's tough being the only person in the entire family who is at every holiday gathering without their spouse; on the flip side, it's tough for Adam to miss all the gatherings too. And I learned this year that being a "single mom" on Christmas is exhausting.  Whew.  Adam and I exchanged a few presents on Christmas Eve and got to spend a little time together.

Using her new walker toy

Anyway, we got Aubrey an outside swing for Christmas, and Adam put it up a few days before.  She LOVES it.  I try to take her outside for a little while every day, and this gives us something fun to do.  She can see the dog (whom she laughs at) and doesn't seem to mind going high (but just for a second).  She got lots of other fun presents from family too. Aubrey really just enjoyed playing with my nephews all day on Christmas and wasn't worried about unwrapping things.  I'm thinking this might be different next year. :)

Yep, I think she likes it.

We don't have to go back to PT/OT until January 15 since they are closed for all the holidays.  I think they're sort of expecting Aubrey to be walking by then, but we'll see.  She's always done things in her own time, as we are all aware of.  Today she has a little bit of a runny nose and a even littler bit of a fever (like a degree high), so I'm not sure if she's getting a cold or is having teething issues (she hasn't had either symptom with teething before, but I know some kids have those problems).  I hate to think that she's getting sick, but, if she is, no doubt she can handle it like a pro. Mama, on the other hand, might need a valium or something. ;)

-Keli