I feel so bad for not blogging enough. There are so many things happening. This whole summer passed and I rarely shared much.
Well let's see here....
Gerard is going to a pre-school 2x a week. He seems to like it a lot although he got lazy today about going because he wanted to play with the Delorean model car.
Aubrey has been snowball learning phrases. She is showing signs that she knows who her loved ones are because she doesn't like leaving any of us behind. If she thinks we are leaving someone, she'll coax them with "come on, _______, let's go!" Though her and Gerard bicker, she loves being with him. When she is separated from him on the days he's at school, she cries. I am told that she calls out to him all the time. I wish they could stay together the whole time but it can't be.
Recently, a friend of mine passed away. I attended all 3 days of memorial service, and on the 3rd day, I brought Aubrey with me. I had hear wear her punk rock gear because I once posted a picture of her in the same clothes and my friend gave it a thumbs up. I figure it was only appropriate -- he never actually met the kids except through my numerous pictures.
I also got to spend a whole day with just Aubrey. She was sick so I called in sick for her just to be able to comfort her. It worked -- she was happy and atleast for that day, I don't think she felt awful because I was with her. First we took Gerard to school (she wanted to stay), then we went to grandma and grandpa's house to eat breakfast and play with her cousin Bea for a bit. After that, we both attended the funeral of my friend where we met up with her BFF Bryce and ninang Bern, and she also met a bunch of my friends that have not met either of my kids. For lunch, I took her to Redwood City to meet more of my work friends and we ate a buffet. We winded down the day at her papa's work area, as he spent his lunch break with us at nearby Jack Early Park where we took pictures and just enjoyed Aubrey's company. Then we separated from papa and picked up Gerard from school, and that's how our mama-Aubrey day went. Would like more days like that.. She deserves it.
As of late, she's getting better about not crying for her milk in the mornings. Sometimes, she'll just wake me up saying "hungry!" other times she'll whine it out and start crying she's hungry. But it's nothing like the ear-piercing cries anymore. She had a bad case of that as an infant. I didn't think she'd get past it. Well, she did...and I didn't notice when it happened.
Gerard has been working on art projects at school and also now being potty trained there. Every morning, he's been using the grown up toilet (with papa's help) to pee, so he's on his way.
