The Wyatt Family: Catching Up

Tomorrow it is back to the real world! Aubrey is 3 months old and it is back to work for me. It is going to be so hard for me to leave this little one. I really enjoy my job and look forward to seeing my co-workers and all my little students at school, but I will miss this sweet face! Let the countdown to summer begin.

We have stayed busy over the last month. My neighborhood friends threw Aubrey and I a "sip and see" shower. It was actually for us and for another friend and her baby that is about a month younger than Aubrey. It was so sweet of them to do that for us. We had fun showing off the babies, visiting with each other, and opening presents. Two of my good friends in the neighborhood just had their third girl also. It will be so fun to have our NINE GIRLS grow up together. (What is really funny is that Ava and Macy are the oldest of the 9! Talk about crazy times when we are all together!).

We also spent some time in Arkansas visiting family. We got to show Aubrey off to my grandparents and a few others that had not met her yet. While we were there, I got to spend some time with my girlfriends. My friend, Stephanie, got married so we threw her a shower/bachelorette party in Little Rock. We also had lots of time with Grammy, Pawpaw, Aunt Em, Uncle Jon, Presley, Landon, Gigi, and Papa. Ava and Macy got to go to Presley's 4th birthday party which was the highlight of their trip. She had a princess party and "the REAL Rapunzel" was there! So much fun for them.

Digging in the dirt at the park

Yucky Hands!

Little sister slept through most of the park

Snow White (aka Ava) and Rapunzel

Cinderella (aka Macy) and Rapunzel

Ava, Macy, and Presley have a "team cousins" cheer that they did over and over while we were there. They were lucky enough to have Rapunzel join in and do "Team Cousins" with them. It doesn't get much better than that.

Wyatt girls with Rapunzel

Meme and Papaw Bob with their 6th great-granddaughter. No great-grandsons yet!!

I have tried to make the most out of my time off of work. One way I did this was by taking Ava and Macy out to lunch separately on two different days. When it was their special lunch day, I picked them up from school and took them to the restaurant of their choice. It was SO special for each of them to be able to leave school and have lunch with just me (and Aubrey). I was able to give them my full attention and there was no fighting over where to eat and who gets to sit where. I can truly see their different personalities when they are not together. For example, Ava picked Arby's for her restaurant. That girl loves a roast beef sandwich! : ) She sat in her seat, ate all of her lunch without me having to beg her, told me about the science project at school and what sight words they were learning this week. Then she cried when I dropped her back off (I didn't actually see her cry but she told me later that she did). Macy picked "Old McDonalds." She ran back and forth between the play area and her nuggets the whole time. She talked non-stop but I can't even tell you what she talked about. She just makes noise constantly. : ) I had to beg her to stop talking (or singing) for just a second so she could eat. Then she attempted to lock me out of the car as I was loading her back in after lunch. Luckily, her attempt was not successful! It was really fun for me to give them that individual attention that I know they need but so rarely get.