Aubrey is 16!

It sure doesn't seem like it has been 16 years since I first saw this girl with the big cheeks, red skin and black hair. The nurses at the hospital couldn't get over how much she looked like a little eskimo. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and she was really cute.

That little baby with red skin and black hair turned into this cute girl with white skin and blonde hair. She was spunky and determined. She knew what was what, and if you weren't OK with that, she didn't care.

I love the above picture because it was Aubrey's third birthday. She woke up that morning, and told me, "I'm 3 now. I don't wear diapers anymore." Sure enough, she put on undies, and she was done with diapers. That was a happy day.

This picture is from today. Aubrey had her birthday yesterday, and then went this morning and got her drivers license. She is an amazing driver, and has been from the first day she sat down in the drivers seat. She has had dreams about driving her entire life (ENTIRE!) and somehow she just knew what to do. She always has watched me drive, and told me when to change lanes or signal. Now it's her turn.

Another big thing for Aubrey was that she got a cell phone today. We have made it our family rule to not give the kids phones until they drive. Aubrey is one happy girl today. Driving and a phone...but not at the same time, of course.

I now have two driving slaves to run errands and drive kids around. Tomorrow Aubrey will drive herself to her harp lesson!! After 7 years of driving her weekly across town, and waiting, it is her turn.