6 Months Old!

We started the week on a relaxed note...Mommy didn't have to work on Monday, so we spent most of the day chilling...we didn't even do Ari's hair...
Tuesday, wasn't much better for the hair...we were just calling it a natural hair day!
As you can see...we've handed Aurelia a sippy cup to get her used to it...for now she thinks it's a great chew toy! The mouth piece is rubbery and you can hear her squeeking her gums on it! We did attempt to put some water in it, but its a spill-proof cup so she actually has to work at it and really isn't too interested in that. Her new food for this week was green beans and apples...LOVED them both!
Here she is saying "hi" from her changing table! She now makes a high pitched "hiiiiiii" its kinda cute! I don't think its quite a word yet but she repeats it when we do it...
Yes, ANOTHER month has flown by and our Aurelia is 6 months old! We had the chance to have a nice lunch with Grandma Bena and Grandpa Steve today!
Mommy had Friday off and we enjoyed the beautiful weather! Here she is before we went out...Totally passed out! I think she knows she needs to be resting up for later...
Our little family enjoyed a great evening walking around Lake Calhoun and enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. Even Frida was excited to be out!


It was another weekend that Mommy had to work, but it was still a nice weekend. Saturday, we did some grocery shopping with Daddy and on Sunday, Mommy made all kinds baby food...Ari tried zucchini this weekend...and liked it! Not too much that she's fussy with...yet anyway!

Wuelo's visit...

We started off this week doing a little cleaning and cooking...Aurelia tried (and loved!) butternut squash, as well as apples (REALLY loves!). Here is Ari watching Mommy make her squash...
Tuesday, we spent the morning at the VW dealership, while Mommy's car was getting some maintenance done...here we are enjoying the family room...
We spent most of Wednesday, slicking up the house for Wuelo's visit on Friday...here's Ari, waiting for her lunch (thanks to Auntie Chels for the cute onsie)
Thursday...Mommy ran around getting last minute stuff done, while Ari chilled in her crib!
We also got a chance to catch up with our cousin Arthur who was passing through on Thursday. It was a really nice visit and dinner! It was great to catch up with him...it's been too long!
Friday morning we were excitedly waiting for Wuelo's flight to come in from Houston...here's Ari, dressed warmly on this odd cold July day!!!
We spent most of our time indoors, since it was pretty chilly out...it was perfect weather to do a little shopping...Aurelia got some new wheels (a new jogging stroller!) Thanks Wuelo!!!
Here are some more pictures with our visit with Wuelo...
Wuelo got to feed Ari...
Ari was showing off a little in her favorite toy...
Wuelo and his Baby Vail...
We had such a good weekend...can't wait for Wuelo to come back!!!
THANKS WUELO!!!

1st Week in July...

We started out our week by going to the Dr's for Aurelia's DTaP booster shot. She did great as always. She now weighs just shy of 14 pounds at 13 pounds and 15 ounces. She's still 24 inches long and is now in the 25th percentile for her age group. Little peanut! After her Dr's visit we got some groceries and spent some time making some of Ari's food and freezing it. Here she is watching Mommy make her peas! Aurelia and Mommy decided to go try out a new stroller strides location in the afternoon...here is Ari, ready to work out!! Thanks to Tio Ramon and Auntie D for the cool sneaks!
Tuesday was a pretty relaxing day, considering that Mommy had to work in the afternoon. Here is Ari, feeling pretty good...full belly, just played with Frida, read a couple of books, and is now ready for a good nap!
I do have to say that our Babies have quite the life! Below is a picture of Tio Ramon and Auntie D's fur-baby, Petrie in their bed...followed by Ari in our bed!

Thursday seemed to get away from us and we totally forgot to take a picture!!! I think we had so many errands to run and we must have been so excited to have Grandma Bena spend some time with us!! Here are a couple of pictures of Ari after her bath...

Friday, we (Grandma Bena, Aurelia, and Mommy) spent the morning at the Como Zoo. Ari LOVED the animals! She got so excited with the monkeys, giraffs, and the colorful fish! Here we are for a quick break in the visitor's center... Here are a couple of other pictures from our visit to Como...
Looking at the flamingos...
VERY excited about the ducks!
Grandma Bena and Aurelia and all her new friends...
Mommy and Ari...
Aurelia LOVED the fish!
Looking a little tired...Thanks, Grandma Bena for a fun time at the zoo! After the zoo we met Daddy for a yummy lunch at the Tin Fish at Lake Calhoun... Followed by wedding dress shopping with Tia Bria!! It was so much fun watching her try on dresses...she's going to look like a princess! We left St. Paul and met Daddy and Grandpa Steve at the Depot in Minneapolis. We had a light dinner and then Ari and her Daddy went home and Steve took us ladies to a Twins game. We had a really great time! It was kinda fun letting Steve take us out on the town and just hanging with Mom and Bria...We need to do that more often!


Saturday, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Bena stopped by in the morning before heading home and Ari and her Daddy had the afternoon to themselves since Mommy had to work.
Sunday, we enjoyed a fun time with the Wands and the Wuebkers at Tony and Deb's place. I think Aurelia was excited to see everyone...since she was in such a good mood and hadn't had a nap all day. We were just bummed that we had to leave the party early, so that Mommy had to work again...but it was still fun to see everyone!

Our 1st 4th of July!!

Monday was a little hectic and so we forgot to take a picture!! New this week...Ari is now eating pears...and not too sure if she likes them. We've noticed that she does seem to like them better mixed in with her cereal. But she does really like her sweet potatos!
Here's Aurelia and Frida playing in our basement on Tuesday morning...Ari now likes to sit and "talk" to Frida and surprisingly...Frida sits and "listens"!
We spent most of Wednesday getting things ready for our weekend at the Lake...Aurelia is quite the little co-packer!
Aurelia has been such a great baby and is always in a great mood...even in the morning waiting for her breakfast! She has been quite the little traveler too! We decided to leave for the Lake tonight and try and beat most of the weekend traffic.
The weather at the Lake was not the most pleasant...it rained all day on Friday and Saturday. So we did most of our shopping then. Here is Aurelia ready to go!
Saturday was another gloomy day, so we did some more shopping. Here are some pictures of everyone on Aurelia's first 4th of July!

Our 1st 4th as a family...
Yaya and Poppa with Ari Vail...
Yay for Poppa!!!
Ari and her Auntie Chels...
She loves her Trevor!!!
We were lucky that the weather cleared up in time for the fireworks. We were so excited to see Aurelia's reaction to the fireworks, Aurelia must have been so excited too that she wiped herself out and slept through the whole thing!! But Daddy and I enjoyed them!
Sunday we were able to enjoy the sun and had some dock time! I think she was so excited that the sun was out!!!!

Mommy and Aurelia...
Even Frida got in on the action with her little life jacket!!!

Hope everyone had a good 4th!!