Aubrey Turns Three!

Yesterday was sweet Aubrey's Third birthday. We were lucky enough to share it with my extended family in Michigan. My Aunt Judy made adorable princess cakes for her that she loved! She opened presents and had a great day. While opening a present someone said there was more inside and Grandpa said "a hundred." Ethan picked up on it right away and exclaimed, "You mean 100 dollars!" It was really funny and we all just laughed. Aubrey is a such a cute age where she really enjoyed her birthday. What a treat to be able to share it with everyone. We flew home last night and both kids fell asleep on the way to the airport. Ethan was not very happy to be woken up and would not push Aubrey's stroller, so my Grandma helped us get to the check in. After some pizza and waking up a little the kids were fine. It was a late flight and they were both exhausted from the weekend, so they both slept on the plane. We arrived on Orland around 10pm and got our luggage and were on the shuttle to go to our car. This is where the fun began! Aubrey has still sleeping and struggling to get comfortable on my lap. The driver said we would leave in 5 minutes, so I was trying to soothe Aubrey and get her comfortable. Without any warning, she sat up (facing me) and threw up ALL OVER BOTH OF US!!! It was horrible. The nice driver got us some paper towels and I took her off the bus to the trash can and tried to clean us up a little. I had a sweater on over a shirt and both were soaked. I did the best I could and got back on the bus...we had to get to our car. I apologized profusely to the poor people on the bus with us. Luckily, she only got the two of us and not the floor or anyones luggage. Let's just say it was the LONGEST shuttle ride ever! The man dropped us off first and again I apologized to everyone, but really what could I do. Aubrey was so discusting that I did not want to put her in the stroller to go to the car becuase then I would have to clean that too. So, I opened the suitcase and got out her jammies that were on top. Right there at the shuttle drop off I stripped her of her clothes and put her pajamas on. I had two suitcases to pull and Ethan to manage the stroller to the car and nowhere to put her nasty clothes, so I left them right there on the bench. Ethan was mortified! It was 11pm and nobody was around. I told him that it was fine, I was going to come and get them after we got to the car. He was sure we would get in trouble and that somebody would take them! What, I assured him that nobody wanted those clothes. After a little convincing, we made it to the car and I found a bag to put her clothes in and swung around to pick them up. The bus driver pointed out a bathroom there that we could use. So, I went in a stripped down and put my pajamas on...there were the first thing I could find and I was not about to dig around in the suitcase. We were NASTY! So, I stripped down, even my underwear was soaked and got cleaned up. The worst part was the bathroom was OUT OF SOAP! How discusting! I was not about to stop at 11:30 at night in a rest area or anything so I got the wipes out of the car and wiped us down the best I could. At least we smelled better. The drive home was long, but at 1:00 am I finally pulled into the driveway without any more incidents. First thing I did...took a shower! It was a very eventful end to our nice trip. Aubrey was fine and is today, so the verdict on her getting sick is too many sweets. The little birthday girl drank more Coke and ate a lot of cake this weekend and combined with less sleep than normal, she just could not take it. The joys of being a mother! Now, I just laugh and am thinking of the postitive things.
1. It did not happen right before we got on the plane.
2. It did not happen on the plane.
3. She did not throw up on anyone else. Ethan kept saying how glad he was that she did not get him.
4. We had clothes to change into.
Our clothes are washed and life is back to normal at our house. They were so nasty I considered just throwing them out, but she was in her birthday girl shirt that she needs to wear for one more party on Sunday. These are the last pictures today, I promise!