Aubrey Lynn

Yesterday was Aubrey Lynn's 3rd birthday.  Aubrey is our 3rd great grandchild and our first great granddaughter.  I snapped these pictures at her very first photography shoot with Beth.  As you can see, she was beautiful from the get-go.

As was her entire family.

 She is now a very important part of this large family.

An even more important part of this large but not as large family.

And an EVEN MORE (if that's possible) important part of this even smaller, large family.

Now that we've established where Aubrey stands in the family, here she is 'through the years'.  (These pictures were taken approximately every six months.

I love that the pictures show how she's changed and that although adorable when she was born, she's become even cuter and prettier as she's grown, but the pictures don't show her incredible, endearing personality.  They don't show what a deep thinker she is and how loving and helpful and clever she is. And although it's a day late, we're wishing this incredibly sweet little girl a happy belated birthday, which we hope to celebrate with her very soon, and an amazing year ahead.  And before I close, I do have a picture that shows a lot about Aubrey.
Here she is feeding Great Grandma's koi.

You can see that she takes her job very seriously and she's thinking very carefully about what she's doing.  That's just how she rolls.  For this reason and many, many more, we're wishing her the best year a 3-year-old could ever have!

So happy birthday, Aubrey.  We love you very much!