Camping Trip @ Collins Lake

So our first camping trip with Aiden was a success! He seemed to love every minute of it, and the adults had a great time too. Aiden went to bed every night, with no problem and slept through the night. The boys took good naps during the day, even though they were taken in random places.



Chef Brian made sure we were WELL fed with pre-planned meals









GLO - STICKS!






Girl talk after the babies went to bed


Breakfast time for Aiden


My only complaint was how much stuff we had to un-pack when we got home (ok, so some is still sitting in our hallway) But seriously, the amount of stuff we needed with for Aiden was craziness. I pack with the motto - "Better to be safe than sorry". Needless to say we can home with tons of unused outfits, diapers, blankets, etc, but you just never know. Can't wait to do it again!

Toothy Update

Tooth #2 made it's appearance yesterday!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. We are off to our camping trip!

More High Quality Vids

Aiden is so curious about everything. Especially if he sees Jeff or I doing something, he is RIGHT in the middle. This was one night when Jeff was working and we had nothing else to do, so of course we decided to paint our nails. Well I painted mine and Aiden helped.




Aiden recently acquired this lovely toy (thanks Inge). It is a "Wiggles" guitar that plays LOUD Wiggles songs. Completely obnoxious. Well it was one of those afternoons where I quite literally had lost my ability to hear even one more jam from this thing. I come out of the kitchen with every intention to give this back to it's right full owner. But I come around the corner to this:


Needless to say after seeing this, this is a permanent fixture in the toy bin.

Toothy McTootherson

Saturday morning, Aiden popped his very first pearly white! I haven't been able to get a picture yet.......this is a challenge for another day. But, it is his bottom, front tooth and I think the second one is not far behind.

Toothy McTootherson just sounded to me like a perfect name - sounds like a little old man. And let me tell you, he acts like a little old man when the poor dear is teething. This weekend we spent the majority of Saturday together since Daddy had to work. He was very good for the most part, nothing a little Baby Orajel couldn't cure, or so I thought. But come Saturday evening, the cranky old man came out. Anytime I would tell him "no" for something, he would turn around, scowl and growl back at me. It was all I could do not to die laughing. I wish I would have gotten it on video. I will be more prepared next time. Goodness knows we will be spending a lot of time with Toothy in the near future.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Then & Now

LABOR DAY 2008


LABOR DAY 2009
"Thanks for the life vest Granpa Lemon!"




Angus' little face in this picture cracks me up, and of course Aiden with his tongue.


Sleepy babies.

You getting sick of seeing boating pictures? Good! I'm getting sick of posting them. But I guess that's just how we roll.

10 MONTHS

I cannot get enough of his gummy smile. And gums is all it is, we still have yet to pop a tooth. Doctor says not to worry, as the later that the teeth come in, the healthier they tend to be. (Guess at 5, 6 and 7 months the statement, "he must be teething", wasn't appropriate/accurate....)
I was trying to come up with some clever captions to put with the pictures but I am too tired/lazy today. I have no idea why, it's certainly not like I over exerted myself this weekend. We had a nice, relaxing three-day weekend.

Aiden @ 10 months:
* loves to stick his tongue out
* crawls all around the house - when he wants to crawl REAL fast, he puts his head down and charges (less wind resistance I suppose)
* walks around and around the coffee table
* doesn't have much interest in feeding himself yet, he prefers that I do it
* loves to play peek-a-boo
* when daddy comes home at the end of the day, Aiden smiles and flaps his arms at him like he hasn't seen him in weeks
* terrified of the vacuum
* thinks burying his face in blankets and making noises is SO funny
* still wears some 3-6 month clothes, but 12 - 18 month shoes
* his new thing is dive bombing my chin and gumming it
* gives hugs and kisses
* still loves to watch Sponge Bob Square Pants
* likes to play with any kind of ball

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Aiden's first game.

"Why in the world do I have to wear this hat?"

"Yeah, get your pictures now cuz this hat is comin' off."

"Umm mom....I don't think the Cubs are even playing."

"Look at me....wrong team MOM."

"Get me outta here Granpa, I'm so embarrassed."

"Betcha can't do this..."






Granpa Kevin and Gramma Paula were in town this past weekend and got to join us at the game. This was the first game that Jeff and I have been to this year and of course Aiden's first game EVER. It was really nice to just get outside and relax in the great weather we had that night. The rest of the weekend followed suit in the relaxing category.
And now it is Monday again (bleh). But wait....3 day weekend coming up. I can make it. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

* yes, I meant to spell "granpa" and "gramma" like that. I know some of you caught that.

T . G . I . F .

I haven't been this excited for a Friday in a long time. This week has been utter chaos it seems like. Hope everyone has as relaxing of a weekend as we EVERY INTENTION of having. Right, Aiden?

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~ Mother Teresa

side note: don't take this the wrong way, by no means am I comparing myself to Mother Teresa.

{ our baby }

"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." ~Barbara Kingsolver

{ friends }

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose." ~ Tehyi Hsieh