It's snowing cookies?

My cousin Mike gets married this April, so while he is in from Germany and his fiance is in from California they thought they would have their bridal shower now. My Aunt Mary Jo asked me to make cookies as the favor at the shower, who knew it would be 90 of them!! My mom came out yesterday to help me. THANK YOU MOM, I'd still be in the kitchen if it wasn't for you.

Merry Christmas Take Two

Aiden must have been a good boy this year because Santa left a ton of gifts under the tree for him.





After opening gifts it was time to get ready and head to Grandma & Grandpa's for breakfast. Grandpa made us all a great breakfast and then it was time for gifts again.

Uncle Matt played the fishing game with Aiden while we waited for the fun to begin...


Aunt Angie and Uncle Tim got Aiden a huge firetruck...

I wonder who is having more fun with the firetruck? Aiden sits back and watches as Uncle Tim and Uncle Matt play with his firetruck...


It was Chloe's first Christmas, I think she enjoyed herself...



They had me practicing for what's to come in a few months...


Finally who wouldn't love this face...

Merry Christmas Take One

We headed to Aunt Jessica's new house to open presents with Papa, Papamom, Aunt Jessica, Uncle Tony, David and Kyle. We tried the one present, one child at a time but finally gave up and let them just go at it.







And who knew getting Mom some pretty bowls would make her cry...


I think this is one of the first pictures of all of us....

Snow Day

Aiden and I took a ride out to Papamom's to play in the snow with David and Kyle. It seems like it takes forever to get three little boys dressed and ready for outside.

All dressed and ready to go...


Now let's play...



Kyle loves to have his picture taken and always wants to see it when you're done...


David thought it was fun to roll down the hill in the backyard...


After a whole whopping 10 minutes Aunt Lindsey was cold and tired from carrying Aiden, who refused to walk through the snow, so in we go.

Jingle Bells

Some Christmas singing for your enjoyment!

It's a......

Today was our big ultra sound. We were very excited to have it on Aiden's 2nd Birthday. We dropped Aiden off with Grandma and Grandpa while we went to our appointment. The ultra sound was fabulous. Little Sprout was curled in a little ball head down at first. It took a little coaxing and me bending into some odd positions to get the little one to move. After some movement we got a ton of pictures (over 15 to be exact). The tech zoomed in on a potty shot and asked us what we thought we were having, it was obvious what we were having. Aiden is proud to announce that he will be welcoming a new baby brother in May 2008!


 
 
 
 

It's a boy!!

Aiden's 2nd Birthday Party

Well today was suppose to be Aiden's birthday with the grandparents and aunts and uncles. Mother Nature had other plans in mind when she decided to stop by with a winter storm and about 6 inches of snow. When the wind would blow we had blizzard like conditions. We didn't want family out driving in such horrible weather so we decided to scrap the party but since we had the cake and most of the food Gary's side of the family braved the weather and came to celebrate with us. Thanks Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Tim, Aunt Angie and Chloe for coming to our party.

The Birthday Boy!


He got Aunt Angie to read him his top 6 books


Grandma & Chloe


Opening presents




We tried to get Aiden and Chloe together for a picture but Aiden was only interested in Pat Pat Rocket...


The Birthday Boy couldn't keep his fingers out of his cake...



Blowing the candles out...


Cheers for blowing the candles out...


It was a small crowd but a great birthday....



We missed you Papa, PapaMom, Aunt Jessica, Uncle Tony, David, Kyle, Nana Ethel, Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Bill, Billy, Emily, Meghan and Rodel....we'll see you at Christmas!!

A Clue??

Brighton High School's mascot is the bulldog, so there are a lot of cars around town with a window decal of a paw print. Everytime we are behind a car with one Aiden shouts "CLUE". Blue's Clue is starting to become a new favorite show around here.

Who keeps stealing the candy canes??

Well I found the thief who kept stealing the candy canes, or as he calls them "candy cames". Notice what he is standing on....sorry if the gift you get this year is in a few more pieces than expected.

Cookies

I think we have started a new tradition among friends. This was our second annual cookie bake. Brye and Melissa were able to make it out even with the horrible weather we had the night before. We only managed to burn a tray of cookies and a batch of chocolate, Melissa, my microwave smells horrible everytime I use it now! Jake and Aiden were both very good boys. I think we are going to be outnumbered by kids next year.






Aiden Sharing his cars...


The three of us....