Last weekend we took a mini-vacation to Las Vegas. We met up with a bunch of my cousins and Aunt Annette and Uncle Larry from Michigan, and Aunt Bobby and Uncle Ted from San Jose, along with my dad, to celebrate Annette and Larry's 50th wedding anniversary. It was a great trip! It was the first time the family from Michigan met Aubrina, and of course she loved all the attention she got. It was also her first time on an airplane (she did great! not a peep out of her!) and in the swimming pool.

It was great to see everyone - hopefully we can get together again soon!!

First plane ride

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The fam outside of the Venetian

From Las Vegas 2009

Dad and Aunt Annette

From Las Vegas 2009

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Last weekend I finally got around to making my own baby food. It's something that I really wanted to do, and then after starting work I kept putting it off thinking it would be more effort than it was worth. I'm happy to report that it really is not as much work as I thought it would be!

In just a couple hours on Sunday I was able to make green beans, squash, apples, and pears from start to finish (washing the fruits/veggies, chopping/peeling, steaming, pureeing, and then freezing). As an added confidence boost, Mark wasn't home to help me watch Aubrina so I did it all while taking care of her at the same time!

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Considering how little time it takes and how many meals you get out of it, I'm now a believer that home made baby food is the way to go. I put each batch in ice cube trays to make it easier to store and then later prepare only what I'll need. Each cube is about the right serving size right now anyway, so it works out perfectly. I was able to get between 24 and 48 servings of each type of fruit or veggie, so it's definitely time well spent.

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The best part is that Aubrina likes it!

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When Mark posted the last video of Aubrina to YouTube, he found some more videos on his phone from when she was only a couple weeks old. It's weird to see how much she's changed since then - it's almost like I've forgotten what she was like just a few months ago, and that makes me sad. I'm sure I'll be feeling that way her whole life.

We'll have to post some better videos soon, especially now that she's rolling over and grabbing at everything :)

This one is when Aubrina was 6 days old:

And in this one she's 10 days old:

Here's a cute video we took a couple weekends ago. Aubrina was cracking up at the dog, Annabelle, who she was watching through the window. Anabelle was so excited to see us at the door that she started jumping up and down, which Aubrina thought was funny.

The quality isn't very good because we didn't have the video cam handy, so Mark took it on his phone.