Her own little ideas

Aubyn is 15 months now and growing more into a little girl everyday. She almost seems to be growing faster than Trey, because she thinks she can do everything Trey does. She wants to draw, color with markers, run, play tag, hit the ball off the tee and run the bases, ride bike, and do all sorts of big kid stuff. And with her determination she almost does a good job at over half of these things. In fact, today she lugs the markers, crayons, and coloring book bag out of the cupboard and brings them to me. I ask her, "do you want to color?" and she gives me a big smile and claps her hands. Here we are on the counter coloring with markers and colors! She is spoiled!

Aubyn may not be able to say a lot of words but she sure has no problem letting you know her ideas and what she wants. She can say, "mommy, daddy, tey(Trey), tate, woof, meow, hi, josie and I have heard a few more words, just not ones that she uses consistently. On vacation I heard, "my turn (as her and breslyn were taking turns on a little slide), robbi, and her normal uh, uh." But like I said before she will let you know what she wants even if she can say the words or not!

Aubyn loves to imitate. If you do a little dance, she will do one too and laugh. If you make a funny face she will try and laugh. If you run around, she will do it too. If you shake your head up and down side to side, she will grin and do it too. She is a funny little girl. On vacation with the Boogerds we learned that she loves to play ring around the rosie. She would hold our hands, act like she was singing, and when the time came to fall down she was on her butt and then her back rolling around. It was so funny! At home she still would grab my hands and want to play. Also on vacation Robbi brought a baby stroller, diaper bag, and doll. Aubyn loved caring around the purse, taking things in and out, and pushing her doll in the stroller. I think we know what we need to get her for Christmas! It was so fun to see her act like a girl!
On vacation we also put her first little pony tail in on top of her head. It stuck straight up but she left it in. When you would ask her about her pretty, she would touch the top of her head very carefully. It was awesome! Then when we got home, she had to go to Aunt Michelle's for a day while I was at work. Michelle was doing her girl's hair in the bathroom and Aubyn came to her and started going uh uh and hitting the top of her head. Aunt Michelle asked to you want a pretty too? Aubyn smiled and giggled as if saying, "Yes!" Its amazing to watch girls turn into little girls!