Gobble Gobble

Just in the time before November is over, here is a little bit about our Thanksgiving in Big Bear.  

Some friends of ours invited us to Big Bear along with their family.  They rented a nice open cabin just down the street from the ski slopes (which surprisingly had one slope open.)  Luckily our dogs get along so we were able to bring Kai along for the trip, which was nice.  

I was really excited when we arrived to find out they are holiday puzzlers as well.  We normally just do a Christmas one so I was excited to do one before December came.  We collaborated on the meal and personally I think it turned out really well.  Aubrie made some new friends while we were there and quickly went around hugging everyone and the dogs.  

We only spent one night but the day we were set to leave we took a quick trip to the local zoo.  We were pleasantly surprised.  We thought there were only 10 exhibits but it was packed full of animals (wolves, bears, tons of birds, pigs & deer.)  Aubrie really enjoyed the zoo; made me think it was time to take her back to the San Diego Zoo now that she shows a little more interest.  All in all I am really glad we joined them for Thanksgiving and we had a really great trip with the whole family. 

New Addition

We found out in late September that we are expecting baby #2.  We are all very excited and can't wait to find out if Aubrie will have a baby brother or sister.  My gut is leaning towards boy but I have also had several dreams that it is twins which we know it isn't...so who knows how much truth there is to my gut instinct.  Our little bundle will be arriving in May 2012 and we are excited for the next few months to prepare Aubrie to be a big sister and to see how great she will be with her little sibling come May.  This time around Gil is home for the pregnancy as well as the first 7 months so it will be different and very exciting for all of us to experience all of this together as a family in the same country, state, house!

2 Year Snapshots

I finally got around to taking Aubrie's 2 year photos; 2 months late but now is better than never.  I created a chalkboard with some facts about her for her birthday; I haven't erased it yet because I wanted to get pictures of her with it.  Today I finally decided we were going to get this done since I have another idea for the chalkboard.  I dressed her up in the same dress from her party and we went outside in the sunshine for a few photos.  She isn't really into photos right now so I didn't get many but here are a few of my favorites.  

We celebrated her birthday with just the family on her actual birthday.  We had a yummy breakfast, skyped with grandparents while she opened presents and just had a relaxing day together as a family.  The next day we celebrated with friends.  One of her friends came over and a few of Mommy and Daddy's and we had a nice time eating and opening all her fun presents.  We had a good time and I think it was a great 2nd birthday for her.  Thank you to all who came and helped us celebrate.

I have a few more posts in mind and hope I will get to them soon.  Stay tuned.