Suckers

For Aiden's birthday this year my cousin Meghan got him a bag of 300 dum dums (one day she'll have kids and I'll remember this) so suckers are a treat around here. Gary thought he'd see how Owen liked one the other day. After quite a lot of drooling mom ruined the fun and pryed the sucker away.




Owen's hair is getting long and curly in the back but I just can't cut it yet. I know I'll look back at pictures one day and wish I did but I'm enjoying the mullet he's sporting right now.

Jumperoo

One of Owen's favorite things is his jumperoo. Days that he is at Grandma and Grandpa's he must go through withdrawals because when we get home in the evening the kid could jump for 30 minutes non stop. He even jumps when you hold him up to standing. Look what we caught him doing this morning.....jumping and sleeping at the same time.

Playtime

When I found out I was pregnant with Aiden, who was such a great baby, I would constantly get comments like "Oh just wait till the second one" or "Good luck, you won't get two good babies." There was a nurse at the pediatrician's office who shared a piece of advice with me about such comments and it was, that it is possible to have two good babies and those who say differently are just jealous. Well who would have known that baby number two would be so easy going. Owen is at such a great age right now. He LOVES to just sit and play. You can dump a pile of toys in front of him and he's good for almost an hour. My mother in law thought it was horrible the other day when I said I don't want him to crawl yet (he's getting so close, up on all fours and rocking away).

Christmas Festivities

Christmas Morning was packed full of activities. The boys got up and opened presents and then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's to open gifts there and have breakfast.



Chloe opening the play kitchen we bought her.


After breakfast it was time to pack up again and head to Papa and PapaMom's.

David and his stack of gifts

Kyle

Owen and Papa opening up gifts. Owen is such a Grandpa/Papa boy.

PapaMom showing off the calender we made for her.

Only Papa would bring his peacock in the house. Well actually he was showing us how the male is getting his pretty feathers.


We joked that he should bring a goat in next......and HE DID. Thank goodness there was no pooping on the floor. The boys thought it was soo cool, they ran around the house with the goat chasing after them.

Christmas Morning

I don't know who was more excited for Christmas this year, Aiden or myself. This year Aiden actually understood what was going on and couldn't wait until Christmas morning. We made sure to put cookies and milk out for Santa and a few carrots for his reindeer.


My boys on Christmas Morning




The only thing Aiden wanted was the Wall-e movie. Santa left Aiden a Wall-e themed stocking complete with movie, figure and tooth brush.

Mr. Blue Eyes!

Family

It's so hard to get a picture of the 4 of us, this might only be the 2nd or 3rd picture of all of us, I think it's because I'm usually the one taking pictures. Lauren was sweet enough to take a few pictures of us for me on Christmas Eve.

Birthday Party

I was hoping we wouldn't have a repeat of last years birthday party and get snowed out again. Wouldn't you know it, a day before Aiden's party we got hit with a snow storm, but luckily it was cleaned up enough for everyone to make it this year.

The kids table...


Uncle Tony, Emily and Owen

Present time!! Aiden was so sweet, after he opened each present he thanked the person that got it for him.


Chloe was a little unhappy that she couldn't be in the present mess...

Look at all those gifts and kids!!

Aiden's invitations this year had a cupcake on them so I thought I would make a big cupcake cake. The pan didn't come with much directions so it was kind of trial and error.

My big boy!!

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that came out, I'm so glad you were able to share in such a special day. It means sooo much to us!

Happy 3rd Birthday

I can hardly believe that my baby is three already! Time has just flown by. Aiden woke up bright and early the day of his birthday so he could open his birthday gift. We got him the Geo Trax Grand Central Station, and he has been loving it. He gets a little frustrated when the train falls off the track but has been using the controller to drive the train back and forth.


That night we took him out to Red Robin for his birthday dinner. He thought it was so cool when the servers came over to sing Happy Birthday to him. He was thanking them before they were even done. He even shared his ice cream with his mom...

Papa's Boy

Lately I've been getting comments on how much Owen looks like his Papa so while I was at Mom and Dad's yesterday I went searching for a specific picture. Mom's picture organizing might need a little help seeing as they are all just in a giant bin and we had to dig. Of course after looking for a good 30 minutes David stuck his hand in the bin and pulled out a picture and said "This one looks like Owen". It was the exact picture I was looking for. So if Owen is anything like his Papa he is going to grow up a handsome little man for sure!

This One Is For Aunt Carolyn

While digging through the picture bin I came across this photo of me with my towel Grandma Bubbles made for me. I thought since I've been sharing pictures of the boys with thier towels I'd throw one of me in too!