Our Christmas Tree

Aidan flying high at the tree farm

Aidan liked petting the trees


Aidan and I with Amanda and baby Avery in her tummy!

Us with our tree before we cut it down

My blue and silver tree


Aidan had to investigate the tree


Aidan likes to try and pet the tree sometimes a little too hard!

We went to the tree farm yesterday with our friends Justin and Amanda and their family. We had a really good time and Aidan picked out a really good tree!

We are also attempting to put lights up outside this year for the first time. Picture to follow on Tuesday.

Aidan will be 1 in 3 weeks!!!

My Christmas Elf!!

So I took Aidan to get some Christmas pictures done at Picture People. And he did great! He is such a little ham. He would stop and pose every time the lady held up her camera. He was so cute they asked if they could put his picture on the wall. So he is a little model now.

So it is officially less than one month until Aidan's 1st birthday. I cannot believe how fast the year has gone by. I am having so much fun planning his party, which is going to be rubber ducky themed.

Next weekend we are going to go and cut down our Christmas tree which I am excited to do. I have a feeling that I will spend the next 3 weeks keeping Aidan away from it. lol.

Aidan is all over the house getting into everything lately. He loves to open and close all cupboards and turn off all light switches. He is also really good at playing by himself which is great!

Anthony is doing well in school only a few more weeks and then he starts respiratory therapy classes, which he is excited to do.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Pumpkin Patch!

After the pumpkin patch
Daddy and Aidan
Flying baby!

I want this one mom!

Going on the train ride
Aidan loves his Grandma

Aidan loves the animals!

Mom I do not like the pony!
We all went to the Hoffman Pumpkin patch in Canby on Saturday.
I tried putting Aidan on the pony ride which was a big fail, but maybe he will like it next year. Aidan did love the petting zoo with all of the animals.
And of course Aidan picked out his own pumpkin

Update!

Aidan loves to eat remotes and anything electronic
Getting into trouble!
My favorite toy my activity table
Aidan likes to watch the dogs when they are outside
Aidan riding his Hippo mobile
OK so I have been a bad blogger and not updated in quite awhile. So here is what has been going on...
Aidan is officially mobile and into everything. He started crawling about 1 month ago and is all over the house. His favorite thing to try and get is the cat and dog food in the kitchen at least he has not eaten it yet! He has also started pulling up in the last couple weeks which he likes to do on objects and furniture that is not stable and give me a heart attack!
It is really cute to see him standing in his crib in the morning all smiles! Aidan is also finally sleeping thru the night after a little sleep training.
Aidan learned really quickly after one night that he sleeps in his crib and he can even put himself to sleep! Which I am very grateful for since I am now getting some more sleep!
Aidan will be 10 months old tomorrow which I cannot believe, time has gone by so fast, in 2 months he will be 1 year old! Everyday I see a little more toddler and a little less baby, which is sad and exciting at the same time.
While I was away I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out which was not very fun but at least it is over with and I wont have to do it again.
Anthony is doing good in school, he is in his second term and getting into the groove of school, work and family. Which I think he is doing a very good job juggling.
I leave you with some recent pictures!

Update!

It has been awhile since I last updated. Aidan has been teething like crazy this last month. Which means for us a lot less sleep! But I think we are doing better at the moment. He has about 3 or 4 teeth coming in on top, I know a lot! Aidan is also trying really hard to be mobile. He can get up on his hands and knees and rock and then he falls on his tummy, it is so cute to watch. He can roll all over the place which he prefers to do on our beds.

He loves to stand still. And he is getting better at it. He can stand at his activity table and the couches pretty well without falling. So he should be moving around pretty soon. Guess it is time to seriously baby proof.

In July we took Aidan to the zoo twice. The first time we went with Anthony's dad brother and stepmom. We all had fun and Aidan liked looking at the animals. Then the next week we went again this time with my mom, sister Elizabeth, older sister Jennifer and her 3 kids. A little more chaotic but still fun! So Aidan has gotten his fill of the zoo so far, hopefully he will enjoy it even more next year.

In other news Anthony is doing well at school, he is done with his first midterms and they went well. So he is still treking along with his schooling and work.

I have had the joy of many visits to the dentist lately, and next month I get to have my wisdom teeth out. But luckily Anthony will have a few days off.

Last night we went to a wedding reception which was Aidan's first. He was really well behaved and he got to meet a bunch of Anthony's friends that we have not met yet.

And of course I cannot leave out that last week we had more pictures done by Kerri and there are great as usual.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I will be 24. I cannot believe how much we have done in the last year. It has been a great year learning how to be a mommy. So Anthony Aidan and I will spend a nice day together tomorrow.

Enjoy the pics!

7 Months old and teeth!

At his first concert

Practicing standing
That is better mom
I think something is missing mom


We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks. I bought Aidan his first baby pool so he could stay cool in this horrible heat. He did really well except for one slip under the water which he did not really like.

Aidan also went to his first concert last week. My coworker Jan's son is in a band called Intervision. Me, Aidan and my mom went and saw them play at West Linn Park. Aidan enjoyed being outside and hearing the music. We also got to see a few other coworker's little ones.

On July 27 Aidan turned 7 months old and on this exact day we saw for the first time that his 2 bottom teeth are coming in! So that would explain the fussiness and waking up at night. So he has a constant supply of tylenol, baby orajel and baby teething toys.

Also in the past few days Aidan has discovered that he does in fact like to roll around. The only problem is that he likes to do it most when he is sleeping and he will roll onto his stomach and then wake up crying. He is like a windmill in our bed, he will roll over and as soon as I put him back he turns back over! lol. He also likes to face dive into things. Which is kind of scary for me, he has had a few dives into the floor and his toys which ended with him crying.

In other news Anthony had his first week of school this past week, and so far so good. He seems to be enjoying it and he is getting used to being home more, especially in the evenings.

So hope everyone is staying cool with our temperatures getting up to 105! I will leave you with some recent pictures of Aidan.

6 months and new beginnings

Aidan had his 6 month check up last week and he is a healthy growing boy, here are the stats

Weight 19lbs 2oz 72.9%

height 26.25 inches 37%

Head 17 inches 29%

So far the soy formula seems to be helping with his reflux. He is not spitting up quite as much. He is also enjoying many new foods. He loves when I put food in his little food net. He has oranges, grapes, peaches and bananas all of which he loves. He is also enjoying baby yogurt a lot.

He is sitting up on his own now for about 2 weeks, he loves to sit and play with all of his toys and throw them just out of his reach.

In other news we are having some big changes at home. Anthony is going back to school as of July 27 to become a respiratory therapist. It is a 1 1/2 year program. Today Anthony also put in his two week notice at Verizon since he will not be able to work full time and go to school also. He is looking for a small part time job to bring in a little extra money.

So exciting and new things are happening. I can't wait for Anthony to do this program and finally have a job he enjoys and a schedule that works better for our family to spend more time together.

It will be tight the next year and half but we will make it work! So here we go on our new adventure! Wish us luck!