http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com Our Beautiful Daughter Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:47:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever read a book that just makes you cry over and over and over?  Well, until now every book Aubrey Ann has read has made her happy.  That is, until tonight.  So what is the saddest book according to Aubrey Ann? Is it Lord of the Flies?  No.  Is ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/the-saddest-book-ever/ Have you ever had anyone tell you that things go in circles?  Like fashion, one day everyone is wearing acid washed jeans and shoulder pads, and then suddenly it is out of style. Then twenty or so years later you see it creeping back in.  Well, I have learned that ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/p-r-i-v-a-c-y-tell-you-what-it-means-to-me/ So today I went through the frustrating circumstance of not being able to find my cell phone.  Surely, all of us have experienced this at one point or another. However, if someone who wasn't a parent to a toddler lost their phone, they would check the usual places.  The car, the ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/how-i-know-i-am-truly-a-mother/ Aubrey Ann LOVES to go to the park, so even though we were all exhausted, we all headed to the park the day after Thanksgiving.  We had a blast, and Aubrey Ann loved going to the park with Charlie and Grandma Nita.  Aubrey Ann also loved picking up all sorts ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/park-fever/ This Thanksgiving was fun and LONG. It started (for me, cooking that is) Tuesday night, and didn't end until, ummm is it over yet? So, I started cooking on Tuesday night, just getting all my prep work done. I did this after Aubrey Ann went to bed. ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/gobble-gobble/ I can finally admit it.  I am the mother of a toddler.  She is 18 months old, and there is no denying that she is a full-fledged toddler now.  I still won't say she isn't a baby anymore, but I will admit that she is both toddler AND baby. So, what ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/life-in-toddlerland/ I figured everyone was wondering what Aubrey Ann's new panties look like, so here they are.  Who'd of thought that panties could be so multi-functional? [caption id="attachment_458" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Big girl panties!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_459" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Big boy hat? And yes, they are clean. In Daddy's defense, it was very ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/big-girl-panties/ On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, our family was blessed to have two overnight visitors from Uganda.  Our church asked us to keep two girls visiting with the Children of the World Choir, and we gladly accepted. We brought them home where they immediately began running from room to room turning on ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/our-guests/ This morning as I got my little sleepy-head out of her crib, I asked her the same questions that I normally ask her every morning.  Our conversation went as follows: Me:  Did you sleep well? AA: Ya. Me: Did you have dreams? AA: Ya. Me:  What did you dream about? AA:  Daddy pee pee. Me:  Daddy pee ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/aubrey-anns-dreams/ I have been excited about many things in my life.  Christmas as a child, graduation, going to college, getting my first teaching job, marrying my best friend, and of course giving birth to a beautiful daughter.  Well, I must say, a recent event that has taken place is right up ... http://www.aubreyannhopkins.com/success/