Auby's first Christmas

We had our first round of Christmas before we left Germany. Thanks Mom and Dad and Kyle and Melissa! We enjoyed all the cool stuff you brought us.

Auby getting ready to open her presents!

The aftermath and Auby enjoying one of her presents with Daddy!

We celebrated Christmas with all the Hills in San Diego. Auburn had no idea what was going on Christmas morning, but seemed excited. I think all of the excitement was too much, she took a nap in between opening presents.

We ventured to Coronado for a few days with the family. Thanks Brad and Lupe!

Auby loved getting to know her cousins, Samuel, Brandon and Caleb!

Comments

SJ said…

It was great celebrating Christmas with you all. Samuel sends this message:

"This the pobotipo..."

Caleb says " We liked being with Auburn. It was nice being with you."

January 10, 2009 at 11:49 AM

Barbie and Craig said…

What a cutie pie! I didn't know you guys made the long trip over! Auby is getting so big! She is too adorable! Can't wait til we get to meet her!! We miss you guys!

January 11, 2009 at 10:15 AM

Prague

So this week Simon's parents were in town visiting, and we decided to take a little weekend trip. The night before we left we decided on Prague. None of us had ever been there, we didn't have to drive over the Alps, and it was relatively close only about 3 and half hours away. Before we left we had to make sure that the rental car could drive to the Czech Republic, because apparently not all rental cars can, they have to be a certain type. I still don't know why. To make our adventure even crazier, the bag with Simon and my stuff in it somehow didn't make into the car. We did not make this discovery until we were at our hotel. Luckily, Auby's stuff made it and we had our coats and gloves. We did however, miss our thermals it was very cold. I'm sorry that there aren't more pictures of Auburn. She was bundled up in her stroller. Prague is a really neat city and has a lot to explore. Here are some of pictures..... St. Nicholas Church, where Mozart once played t...

reading

Auburn has been asking me to teach her to read. So, I decided to try and just see what would happen. She just barely turned four and I didn't want to push her, but she was excited so we started. I am also not a fan of German Kindergarten (preschool here) and I know that she needed some extra stimulation. Thank heavens for the internet and a knowledgeable sister-in-law. We have been doing word family crafts, a sight word caterpillar and working on phonics. There are so many wonderful resources out there to make learning to read fun. She is really reading now and loves it. She picks up books and reads the words she knows and asks us for the ones she doesn't know. She is sounding words out and totally amazes me. Right now she will read to anyone that will sit down with her. reading to Uncle Seth and Conley This is a common scene at our house, and makes me so happy.

movie of our trip to Mexico

Simon made a video of our trip to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Since I haven't gotten around to posting about the rest of our trip (that happened a year ago), I am just going to post the link to the movie on youtube. Hope you enjoy!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnUgh7HfbM

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