Legoland with the brats

This past weekend, we took the kids to Legoland. This was Gerard's second trip to the area, but both his and Aubrey's first times there.

I will say that the place is much more worth going when the kids are bigger. At the same time, we wouldn't have had time to get to every ride in one day. We had just enough time in the day to drop by all the age-appropriate attractions for them.

We had a real fun time. Gerard became a crybaby on a couple of attractions. Aubrey enjoyed the only 2 rides she was able to get on, and poor babygirl also bled from the mouth at the Duplo playground from bumping it.

The rides to and from weren't the smoothest. On our way there, we left on Saturday afternoon and we were mostly met with snow and rain. On our way out, it was all sunny but both kids seemed brattier than ever. Whatever Gerard had, Aubrey wanted too. And then Gerard wanted whatever Aubrey had as well. They cried and whined, and we had vomiting to take care of, but all in all, we got home in one whole piece.

I would totally do it again.

Walking

It is with much pride and joy that we announce, after 14 months since birth, that Aubrey is finally walking! While we didn't invest in much time teaching her how to walk, I got a little concerned that at 12 months, she wasn't picking it up on her own nor was she showing signs that she wanted to walk. We gave her more time to do it naturally, but she relied too much on crawling.

We then began to encourage her to walk more, and she much preferred to try with her indoor shoes on. Then one morning at the Farmer's Market, I let her walk while holding my hand. She enjoyed walking that she got mad when I picked her up, and when her brother tried to hold her hand. Later that day, we took her to the Marina park, and there, she really went off at it. She walked long distances on her own, and since then, she's been more courageous about walking.

Go Aubrey!