Along Came Aubrey: Aubrey's 1st Christmas

Merry Christmas! I think Mommy and Daddy were more excited than Aubrey was. First off, we received some amazing news. Aubrey has a new cousin that was born really early this morning! Brylee Jean was born 12:36 this morning, which makes her a true Christmas baby. We were so excited to meet our new niece, so we hurried up and opened our gifts as quickly as we could, while still enjoying Christmas morning. Aubrey had a great time opening her gifts, but she was a little overwhelmed by how many there were. We had to take a few stops and redirect her attention to the wrapped gifts because she just wanted to play with her new toys. It was still a very fun morning!

As a little side note, I don't know if I mentioned one of the gifts Aubrey and I gave Daddy. We had a little holiday photo shoot with our photographer (the amazing Niki Manning) a few weeks ago and gave Daddy one of the canvas pictures from it. Some of the photos are below....and he loved the picture!

After we unwrapped all the gifts, we packed up the rest of the gifts for the Cave family and headed to Lincoln. We went to Aunt Jami and Uncle Nick's house where we had a quick lunch, then took turns visiting Baby Brylee, Aunt Kellie and Uncle Joe in the hospital. Baby Brylee is such a beautiful little girl and we are so excited to see her grow over the years. It will be so much fun having her and Aubrey so close in age. It is still so crazy that all four Cave grandchildren are girls. I wonder when the first boy will be born??!!

After the trips to the hospital, we opened up gifts and relaxed a bit before we had to head home for work the next day. Aubrey came down with a bad cold today so she wasn't feeling the best towards the end of the day. The poor thing had such a runny nose and watery eyes. Hopefully daycare will go okay tomorrow. Only two days at daycare this week, then we will have another long weekend.

I cannot believe Christmas is already over. We get so excited and anxious for the day to come, then it is always over in a flash. What a great first Christmas for Aubrey, filled with lots of love and family time. Christmas is truly my favorite holiday with all the lights, shopping, decorations, snow, laughter and love all around. Hopefully each year will be special. Next year we will have to start our own traditions....I cannot wait!

And to my dearest daughter - Merry 1st Christmas sweetheart. We love you so, so much and are excited for all the many Christmases that we will have together!