There was always someone to play with her and she could run around. When she got grouchy, we'd put a movie on and she would have someone sit by her.
And Aubrey was fabulous!
Now, I'm totally going to forget things. The days went by so quickly and events may be left out.
But one afternoon we went to Temple Square to see the lights. We got there very early though and the lights weren't on. We took advantage of the sun still being out and we got a great family picture with just Jared, me and Aubrey.
Here are the pictures we got!
We love to see the temple!
To waste some time, we went to the City Creek Mall and walked around for a bit. It was fun. Once it got dark, we went back to see the lights. But I forgot the stroller. Whoops. Aubrey didn't care for being held so long and got cranky. She got even more cranky when she couldn't pull on the lights. She really got upset when we wouldn't let her get in the fountains to play.
We decided to end the night a little early. Everyone met at Kneaders for dinner and Aubrey was very well behaved for that!
Laura (Grandma La La) would give Aubrey some of her food. Aubrey loved it so much she took the fork and kept dipping it in to La La's food and then into the salad dressing. It was so funny!
Overall, it was a great day. Few grouchy moments with Aubrey, but it was such a fun family night.
The next day was more fun for Aubrey. More running around, more snacks, more of people being willing to play with her.
Everyone was super great too and worked around Aubrey's schedule. We had lots of late lunches because we'd go out after Aubrey's naps.
For Christmas Eve, we went to The Cheesecake Factory and it was awesome. Aubrey ate broccoli, french fries and little pieces of rice and peas from people's food. And she'd make a walrus face by bending the french fry in her mouth and having both ends sticking out! I couldn't get a good picture, but it's easy enough to imagine her doing it!
Later that night, we did the Christmas eve presents and the program. Aubrey handed everyone their presents and we'd applaud every time she gave one! She was a great Santa's helper. She'll do almost anything for applause!
After we all put our pajamas on, we went downstairs for the Christmas Family Program.
For those who don't know, every Christmas eve, the kids in the family put on a program. They rewrite songs, create dances, or reenact movie scenes. It's a tradition and is a present to their parents.
Aubrey wouldn't do the songs we practiced a few weeks before (Jingle Bells and Once There Was A Snowman), which I expected to happen. But when her aunts and uncles and father would do things, she'd run out and watch them. It was funny.
It was time to put Aubrey down for bed because we kept her up for the program. Jared and I stayed in the guest room near Aubrey, but the other kids slept in the basement (another tradition).
Christmas day will have to be another post. I don't mean to drag this out forever, I just want to document most of the important things that happened.
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