Our Baby is 1!

What Aubree has brought to us in her first year:

*Joy. More than we could ever imagine!
*Laughter. Laughter at the things we do to make her smile and the things she does that make us crack up!
*Thankfulness. JD and I are so thankful for the gift that is Aubree. We used to pray nightly that God would send us a bundle of joy. We never imagined we would get so lucky!
*Love. Maybe its the 100 kisses or 100 hugs we give her a day but we have the sweetest little girl! She is so affectionate (for now!) and we love it.
*Togetherness. I don't think I truly appreciated the word "family" until Aubree was born. Family time is the absolute best and we are so blessed to have the best there is.
*Smiles. Just the thought of Aubree brings smiles to our faces and anyone who has met our punkin knows that she has a smile herself that is super contagious.

We love this little girl more than words can explain! This first year of her life has been the absolute best of mine and JD's. We look forward to watching Aubree blossom and to many more birthday celebrations!

Here's some pics of Aubree's wonderful party! The words of the song playing on the slide show sum up so much of how Aubree makes us feel and the crazy things she can make us do. If you only knew how many times I've danced like a fool! And my favorite part of the entire song....."I see the best of me inside your eyes." Oh you make me smile! :-)

This slideshow personalized with Smilebox

This slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Surprise, GiGi!

A few weeks ago (yes, I'm running a bit late) GiGi got a big surprise! A dinner was put together in her honor to celebrate being cancer free for 10 years! Leslie and G-Paw were super sneaky for a few weeks and GiGi never even had a clue. JD called her to ask if they wanted to "meet us for dinner." It wasn't very hard to convince her that we wanted to go to Los Cucos which happens to be her favorite restaurant! Although she never had a clue that there was a surprise for her, she did think something was up with JD and I! She wondered if JD and I were going to announce that we were expecting again! We are definitely not expecting but it was kind of comical that the surprise was of a completely different kind. Despite all the secrecy, the dinner went off without a hitch. We are so glad and lucky to have been able to celebrate such a wonderful milestone. We love our GiGi!