Welcome Aubrey Lena Frank

Baby Aubrey was born January 26th, 2011 at 6:22am. She was 7lbs 7oz and 20 inches long and more beautiful than any other baby girl I've ever met!

My sisters water broke at 6am the day before, leaving us with about 2 hours of sleep until the next evening. After the sleepless night and the long hours at the hospital, I still managed to miss the actual birth of Aubrey. Since Andy was gone on a trip, I had to get back to my house by 6:15am to be with Carter so Uncle Mikey could make it to work. Of course, baby Aubrey was stubborn and still barely peeking her head through when I had to leave and she entered this world while I was gone. If you saw how excited I was about her birth and the turmoil I put myself through to make sure I was there, this will be humorous to you. I'm still not laughing...it's the story of my life. To make the story even better, Uncle Mikey realized that he didn't need to be at work until 7:50am that morning AFTER I made it home...

Summer Summer Summertime...

Well, alot has happened since our last post. Carter's first birthday, Christmas, Easter, trips to Indiana, and just our normal daily routines. I'm going to try and make an effort to post more but we have also been very bad at taking pictures...I'll put that on my husband's list of chores. :)

Carter has started daycare and for the most part he loves going. He loves his teachers, the kids and all the daily activies. It's amazing to us how much he has learned since he started at the Goddard School.

Some of Carter's favorite things: Water, specifically playing in it
Thomas the Train
Wow Wow Wubbzy - it keeps him occupied when mommy needs to concentrate on work
The dogs
Playing outside

Carter has also started talking more, which is nice because we are starting to understand his needs a little more. Some of his favorite words: Banana, Dog, Kitty, Bubble, Cookie, Mommy, Daddy, Fish, More, Please, Yes, No, Oh-No, J.J., Auntie, Nonna, Hello, Bye-Bye, Nigh Nigh, Wow Wow Wuzz, Choo Choo Train, Tractor, Bath, Wa (Water), OK, Tucker, Dakota, Applesauce (hard to understand), Elmo, Bunny and others that I don't have on the top of my brain at the moment.

Below are some pictures of Carter enjoying the summer sun!

Cabo San Lucas

We had a nice long vacation in Cabo in November for 10 days with the family. We had a great time and after a few days Carter began to enjoy being in the pool. The rest of the photos will be on facebook for those of you who want to see more of Carter in action on vacation...

Hello Santa

I've decided that all children under the age of 1 are afraid of Santa...