Aubrey, our BIG GIRL now!!!!

Aubrey, since the day we were waiting for her to be born, has always done things on her own timetable. No amount of persuading/convincing/bribing will do the trick, unless she says "I do it my own self" then odds are she won't do it! This last month has brought us to many big ticket milestones in her little life.

She is now completely potty trained. Aubrey thought that the week before Neal and I left for Cancun was the prime time to really get gung-hoe about this process. Occasionally we have an accident, but all in all we are very proud of her and she is proud of herself. She will tell us "Yay, I pottied in big potty like you(me)/Ella/Amah/(insert whoever she has seen that day.)" On those occasions when she doesn't make it to the potty, we try to be firm with her but also understanding that she is trying to avoid accidents. Her latest phrase makes it hard to laugh when she has an accident just because she is so darn cute; she will say "I SOO SORRRY mommy for potty on you floor." ---Forgiven!

Last week she also decided that she is now done with the crib. We had offered in the past weeks/months to let her sleep in the twin bed in her room, but she wanted nothing to do with it. "I sleep in my crib." No debating, that is that. Then for nap she suddenly wanted to sleep in the twin bed and hasn't been back in her crib since then. We haven't had nearly the battle with her that we did with Ella; no need for locks on the inside of the door, or spankings for continuously getting out of bed. On Saturday night, she did test the limits just a little bit after bedtime. She was all tucked in, I closed the door and barely get into our room when I heard her open her door. "I gotta tell you sumthin. I gotta tell you sumthin." I lead her back to bed, get her tucked in again and she tells me the all-important news "Nemo touched the boat." My night is now complete, I can go to sleep now that Aubrey has filled me in on this news (despite the fact that I too, have watched this movie 10 times in the last week along with her!). She tries this game one more time that night, but other than that...she is all moved into her big girl bed.

Definitely bitter-sweet to have her 'all grown up' but we know that now the real fun is just beginning =)