Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Part 2 & 3

We celebrated Christmas with Jeff's families last night and today and Aiden got lots and lots of toys! I love Christmas time- it just puts me in the best mood and now that I get to watch Aiden enjoy it, it's even better.
Our family picture by the tree. Aiden will have to share the spotlight next year, we will soon be a family of 4!
He is admiring all of his toys and thinking "which one should I play with first?"
I think this is the favorite this christmas- the toy laptop!

Aiden is so blessed to have such loving grandparents. They were our "Santa's" this year and Jeff and I are so thankful. The older I get the more I realize that having such great families like we have is very rare. This was a great Christmas for our family and I know they are just going to get better as our family adds one more. I hope you enjoyed celebrating the birth of our savior. Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas Part 1

We are so blessed to have such a big family that we get to split Christmas up. This past weekend we celebrated with my family at my parents house. Aiden had a lot of fun with his cousins, as always and got lots of toys. This was the first time he actually opened the gifts himself. I believe my grandparents picked out the loudest toy they could find and that's what they chose as his gift. It's a steering wheel with many many loud noises! Thanks Nana and Papa! :-) Aiden also got a huge Tonka dump truck, a Packers outfit and a lego car.

Family picture by the tree.
We are looking forward to celebrating again this week with Jeff's family!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Turkey Day in PA

We had a blast in Pittsburgh visiting family the week of thanksgiving. The week was filled with activities and great food. With the exception of me getting sick Wednesday, all went well. Aiden did great on the plane and loved all the activities with so many people. Aunt Jill was an amazing host! It will be a memory we will never forget. Here are some pics that highlight what we did throughout the week.

On the sidelines at the annual turkey bowl. Aiden wanted to play with the big boys, but he had fun at the park instead.
At the bowling ally, watching everyone bowl and rooting them on.

The Gin tournament- mom and I in the first round and she beat me. Still not sure who the final winner was ?

Playing hockey in front of the house in the street. Aiden loved running through the middle of the game. Jeff got a little too agressive, but managed to score a goal! ;-)

A great time to celebrate Thanksgiving with family!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Teething . . . again?!?!


So I thought we were done with teething for a while, but the past week or so Aiden has constantly had his finger in his mouth and has been drooling all the time. I knew he had his full set of 16 baby teeth (shown) and at first I passed it off as tooth shifting; some of his teeth aren't completely in, and maybe were coming through more. Well after some research I found out that children can get their second molars as early as 22 months. I had heard from friends and family that they usually come around 2 1/2 or 3, but evidently Aiden's are coming soon! (he's almost 21 months) His baby teeth came in early- the complete set by about 18 months, so this isn't surprising. Like I said, I just thought we were done for a while. The diagram shows the full set of "baby" teeth (20 total). Currently, he has all but those second molars, but they should be popping up any time now!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Block Towers

Aiden loves playing with his blocks. When he first got them he loved to watch Mom or Dad build a tower and he could knock it down. Now he can build the towers himself, but the best part is still knocking them down. Sometimes he just likes to scatter them around the entire living room. He is such a boy!


Monday, November 9, 2009

Birthday Party Fun


On Saturday we celebrated our friends daughter's birthday at The Rock Ranch! It was such a neat place. Aiden loved it. It's a huge farm where families come and enjoy lots of games and shows. Aiden got to see and pet lots of stinky farm animals- he even rode a pony and fed a goat. We went thru a corn maze- or attempted to go thru anyway. Aiden got a little bored and it was really hard- lots of ways to get turned around. There were so many activities for kids, we only got to a portion of them. Aiden loved running around exploring everything. Of course we sang "Happy Birthday" to Bailey and had yummy cupcakes too!
















Monday, November 2, 2009

Football

Although this isn't our year, we are faithful bulldog fans. Here are some pics of us rooting for our team!



Two of Aiden's favorite words right now are "Uga" and "Georgia". He knows them well and is a true bulldog!