Aubrey's Birthday

Today was Aubrey's very 1st birthday. We've been anxiously awaiting her arrival for about 3 weeks now since the doctor was sure she'd be a couple of weeks early and instead, she chose to arrive 3 days late. She was worth waiting for though. At first I thought her hair was dark, but when we took a look in person, we could see that her hair will probably be similar to her big brother's hair. Maybe in the sun there was a slight tinge of red highlight. Maybe.

To our surprise, when we arrived to meet her for the first time, she was wide awake!




Of course Aubrey's big sister waited all day for her chance to meet and hold her for the first time. She was pretty enchanted with the whole thing. Well...almost the whole thing. When we got to the door into the rooms with newborns, the lady (guard) asked if the children with me were the baby's siblings. Non-sibling children are not allowed to enter at all! When I told her they were, she said they had to wear special armbands. The blue armbands said "Big Brother" on them, while the red ones said "Big Sister". The problem is that 'big sister' does not LIKE armbands and won't wear them! Finally the lady just said I had to keep it with her at all times.



Big brother had no such problems. He was happy to wear an armband for the privilege of meeting his new sister for the first time.



Happy Birthday, Aubrey!