Along Came Aubrey: Shopping and New Food

Aubrey had her first experience at a flag football game this week. We went to Waterloo to cheer on cousin Caleb and his team. It was quite the experience and Caleb did such a great job. The weekend was very relaxing because Daddy wanted to just spend some quality time with Aubrey before he left the next week for his annual work trip to New York. All three of us went shopping on Sunday to get some new clothes for Daddy. Aubrey was a trooper and seemed to enjoy herself. She seems to really like people-watching. Or could it be because we already have a shopper on our hands? Uhoh....Daddy is in trouble!

This week was also full of some new foods. We make sure to wait 3 days before trying a different food, but Aubrey is sure curious and anxious for meal-time. I have decided to make Aubrey's baby food and to use pre-packaged food only if needed. I feel like Aubrey is eating healthier knowing where the food came from and how it was made. Hopefully it won't be too much of a hassle, but so far it's proven to be fun preparing her meals. So far, her favorite is sweet potatoes as seems to be the norm for quite a few babies. Peas are far down the list, but she will eat them if I mix them with some cereal. So glad that we have such a good eater! We want to make sure we move up in those percentiles when we go in for our next check-up.

And good news! Aubrey is only going to the chiropractor once a week now since she has been improving. We might be able to stop soon, but we don't want to stop it altogether until we know it is unneeded. Stay tuned....

Also, welcome home Grandma and Grandpa Trost! We are so happy to see them back from their Florida trip. I know they had such a great time with Uncle Bryan, Aunt Amanda and the kids. Aubrey sure missed spending her Fridays with them, so she was especially excited this Friday to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa.

One last thing...we went to Vala's Pumpkin Patch this week. We had a great time and really lucked out on great weather. Can't wait until next year when Aubrey can run around and enjoy it even a bit more.