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....

Santa's Workshop

In case you didn't know Santa has a new workshop where all the toys are made....

O Christmas Tree

Tonight we finished decorating the Christmas Tree. I had already put on all the glass bulbs but left the "fun" ones to do as a family. After dinner we threw some cookies in the oven to snack on while the tree was being trimmed.






An attempt at a family photo....


Some of the tree up close

Thanksgiving Day Surprise

 
We woke up to snow on Thanksgiving. It continued to snow all day at my parents. Looking in my parents yard it was so neat to see everything covered in white except one tree still holding onto it's yellow leaves.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thansgiving was wonderful! It was so nice to spend time with the family. The food was great as always!



Aiden found a place to sit right between Uncle Pat and Rodel.


I tried to get a picture of the three little monkies by the christmas tree but David insisted on doing a "cool" pose. This is the best I could get.

Light Party

I found glow stick braclets at Michaels for $1. Aiden thinks they are so much fun. Tonight we had a "party" in his room. He is sure is Mr. Polite, when I asked him if I could have one his response was "of course". Melts your heart!

Raking Leaves

Aiden and I attempted to rake some leaves in the yard yesterday. We got one pile raked up, played in it and then called it a day, it was too cold out.

PapaMom Spends The Night

PapaMom came and spent the night Tuesday night so she could watch Aiden for us on Wednesday. Aiden had a buddy to play with all day and I hear the phrase of the day was "Come here PapaMom".





Ok, the pictures weren't from PapaMom's visit, I forgot to take a picture. Thought I would throw a few of the two of them together on anyway!

Kirby-derby-doo

Kirby has picked up some new words lately so I thought I'd see if I could get them on video. He's a non-stop chatter box until the camera comes out. I didn't get as much as I wanted but did get some new video.

Some phrases from video one:

Be a good girl
Can I have a kiss Kirb
Kirby-derby-doo
Hey Kirb Kirb
Aiden come here
Hey Kirb Kirb
Hey Kirb
Kirby-derby-doo


Some phrases from video two ( you can hear Aiden playing in the background and Kirby was listening to what he was doing):

What's the matter?
Hey Kirby-doo
You can hear Aiden throw a toy car and there is a bang
Uh-Oh
You can hear Aiden start whining
What's the matter?
"Screeeeechhhhhh" - Kirby has taken to screaming like a little someone in this house
You're ok


Between Aiden's screaming and Kirby's screaming it's enough to drive you bonkers during the day. I wanted to get Kirby doing his Choo-Choo and saying I'm going to go take a shower. But of course when the camera is on he is quiet!

Happy Halloween

We all had a great time trick or treating. As soon as Aiden figured out that the cute costume and the pumpkin basket got him candy he was all about the trick or treating. The weather was perfect, a bit windy but the rain held off until we were done. Gary wasn't too sure how many houses Aiden would do but we made it around the block in the sub across from Grandma and Grandpa's. Aiden never asked to go home and walked most of the time. He was a polite little guy and said thank you at each house. He even tried to give candy back at some houses.

Aiden and Daddy


Aiden and Mommy on their way to the next house





After trick or treating we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's. Baby Chloe was waiting to get her picture taken with Aiden.

The bumblebee and the lion