Aidan`s first football game

Bryan and I took Aidan to the Furman game a few months back. He was excited to be there, and see the Gamecocks play in person, and especially to see Cocky and get a picture with him. He was incredibly well behaved and sat still most of the game.

A little Halloween preview...

The cutest giraffe I`ve ever seen.

They love yogurt and Dora

A couple of weeks ago Aidan and Colton both wanted to have some yogurt and eat it while they watched Dora after their nap. They never took their eyes off the TV the entire episode.

More Posts To Come.....

The bulk uploader on slide.com isn`t working tonight, but I`ll update about Halloween, Mama and Daddy leaving, our recent zoo trip, and fall photo shoots soon.

Anna`s 10th birthday

Colton is 3!!

He sang Happy Birthday to himself but no one was able to get it on video. It was so funny.

Helper boy

One day a week my nephew Colton stays with us, and a couple of weeks ago, he walked up to me and told me that Aidan had a dirty diaper. I told him to go tell Aidan to go lay down on the rug and I would be right there. A minute later, when I walked into the room, I saw this:

He must have been really hungry...

I went to run errands one day, leaving Aidan at home with Bryan, and when I got home, they showed me this picture:

Busy Day

Aidan and I left the house at 10:00 this morning and went to Edventure, where we played for almost two hours. After that we went and ate lunch at the new Chick-Fil-A in West Columbia, where Aidan was excited to find out that they had built a toddler playplace with steps that he could actually climb. He played for over an hour and I`m pretty sure he forgot I was there. When we left Chick-Fil-A we went up to Babies R Us and then on to Target, where Aidan had the worst meltdown of his life, and four childless women stared at me until I got him calmed down. Target didn`t have what I was looking for, so I went to Kohls and found it there, and then we went to Publix to get Bryan`s birthday cake. On our way home, I realized that both Target and Publix had overcharged me and Aidan was grumpy, so it`ll have to be dealt with another day. We came home and sang Happy Birthday to Bryan and gave him his Gamecock flipflops to match all his new USC shirts. We were gone more than eight hours, the longest I think Aidan has been out and about in one day, so the single meltdown was probably a miracle. After about ten minutes of trying to keep him awake on the way home, I gave up and pulled over, laid his seat back and he was asleep in less than 30seconds. It`s no surprise, though, with all the time he spent running around at Edventure and Chick-Fil-A.

First trip to Edventure

A couple weeks ago we got a family membership to Edventure and took Aidan for the first time. There are so many things for kids to do. It is an amazing place. Aidan wanted to do absolutely everything and had a blast.

Recent Happenings

AIDAN:

-Learned to count and say his ABC`s
-Learned to say lollipop and I`m going to get you.
-Loves birds, trees, Dora, and Nascar.
-Does not like flavored milk.

and today, for the first time, ate his fair share of dirt

KELLY:

-Began reading the Sherlock Holmes stories.
-Decided that I am over having a sewing needle break off in my foot four years ago and am now ready to sew again.
-Discovered that sewing is not something a lot of people my age do anymore, making it hard to find what I need to make Aidan a toy bag for church. FRUSTRATING!
-Became addicted to Happy Town.

BRYAN:

-Has begun summer school.
-Lost 20 pounds.
-Redone Grandma`s flower beds.
-Taught Aidan his ABC`s.

Graduation

Bryan graduated from Midlands Tech last month. Woo Hoo! He`ll start business school in the fall. We are so proud of him. He has worked so hard!

Aidan loves...

any baseball hat. He wears one every day.

Aidan`s second birthday

Aidan`s second birthday party was on April 17 at Virginia Hylton Park. We had never been there before, and Aidan and all the other kids had a lot of fun exploring all the new things to play on. It`s a good-sized park. The party was jungle themed like last year with an awesome Madagascar cake. Aidan loved all of his presents and being able to play with family and friends.

Slip and slide with cousins

During spring break we had a slip and slide at the top of the hill for all the kids. This was our first one of the year. We do them all summer long, but it was nice that the weather was warm enough for one while all the kids were on spring break. Aidan played on them last year, but was so young that it really wasn`t fun for him. He liked it better this time. The first time he walked down the plastic, he slipped and whacked the back of his head on the ground. He laid there stunned for a little bit, and then did it over and over.

Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday we discovered that the Easter Bunny had come to visit Aidan during the night, and put Aidan`s easter surprises in one of our toy baskets because Aidan`s Easter basket was lost in the move and I haven`t found one I like yet. Aidan played with his new things, then we watched the first session and then had lunch at Mama and Daddy`s, where we sang Happy Birthday to Bestemor and Aunt Becky. After lunch we watched the second session and then Aidan and his cousins looked for easter eggs. All the pictures from that are on Jill`s camera because we forgot to take ours up there. I`ll put them on Facebook when I get them. It was a fun day, and the weather was really nice.

You would think this would be uncomfortable...

But he does it all the time!

Aidan`s Easter Outfit

Bryan`s mom made the smocked outfit that Aidan wore on Easter Sunday. I can`t remember if it was for Bryan or for his nephew Blake, but she used to make a lot of clothes for them, and Aidan gets to wear those outfits now. This one had eggs on the front. He looked so adorable in it.



He was saying cheese as I was taking the picture. That`s one of his many new things.

Zingmark Zoo Trip

Bryan`s sister Rebecca came down from DC the week of Easter, and before she left she and I took the three youngest grandchildren to the zoo on Good Friday. It was packed and hot, but the kids had fun riding the carousel and feeding various animals. I think Aidan was most excited to feed the giraffe. These three kids don`t get together much, so they enjoyed being able to run around together and bond. Aidan enjoyed finally being able to keep up with them. Becca and I enjoyed getting to spend time together also. We`ve really missed her since she moved. After Becca and the girls left, Aidan and I went to visit the penguins and the aquarium, and then our last stop was at the gift shop where Aidan got a toy lion and a toy giraffe.

Multi-functional furniture

Halfway there

Only two years to go!

Tagged by Stacy

My friend Stacy tagged me on Monday, so here goes. Facts about me in 4`s:

4 shows I like to watch:

1. Brothers and Sisters
2. Lost
3. 19 Kids and Counting
4. The Forgotten

4 things I`m passionate about:

1. Healthy food
2. Twilight
3. Scrapbooking
4. Not allowing Aidan to hit

4 phrases I say a lot:

1. Stay out of the dishwasher.
2. Did you go poo-poo?
3. Drink your milk.
4. Go find your lion.

4 things I have learned from the past:

1. Hug your grandparents.
2. Wear shoes if you have a little one who scatters his toys around.
3. Mama always says you get more with honey than with vinegar, and she's right.
4. Count to five(sometimes 10) before you discipline your child.

4 places I would like to go:

1. Italy
2. France
3. Hawaii
4. Spain

4 things I did yesterday:

1. Talked to my friend Heather
2. Ate grilled chicken and rice and green beans for dinner
3. Watched Lost
4. Played with my dog

4 things I'm looking forward to:

1. Bryan's graduation
2. Warmer weather
3. Eclipse
4. Aidan`s birthday party

4 things I love about winter:

1. SNOW!! (on the rare occasion that we get it)
2. Jackson`s birthday
3. Ashley`s birthday
4. Mama`s birthday

4 things on my wish list:

1. whirlpool bathtub
2. A yukon hybrid
3. trip to the beach
4. new dining room table

4 friends to tag:

1. Laci
2. Melissa Smith
3. Christi Mayo
4. Lacey Costner

Today`s Happenings...

-Aidan said hi for the first time.
-I found organic yogurt that has servings of vegetables in it, brought one home for Aidan to try, and he loved it.
-Aidan did not empty his dresser drawers.
-I discovered that Mobile Web is harder than I thought to use.
-Aidan can now say Daddy, so I`m holding out for Mommy.
-Bryan and I cleaned the church building
-And then waited in line for a year at Walmart
-My friend Christi had her baby-SO CUTE
-Thought for half a second when I saw the baby pictures,"Oh, how sweet. I want another one."
-And that's how long that thought was appealing.

Inspired By Cousins

Two of my cousins recently did posts on internet and blogging safety and keeping our kids safe in the digital world. They had a lot of good tips on how to do this and links to a lot of great articles about these topics. Since I would like to keep my blog public as long as possible, there are changes that I'll have to make on here. I'll remove our last name until I decide to go private, so if anyone has suggestions for blog names that don`t include any of our names at all, then I'd love to hear them. I'd also love your thoughts on blogging safety. The last thing is something that one of my cousins mentioned in her post about this, and that is to please not use our last name in any blog posts or on a list of blog links or give out any of our personal information. I'm pretty sure that I don`t have to worry about that, but you can never be too careful. Thsnks for understanding, and thanks you two for your blog posts. Now if there was a way to be safer on Facebook. I hate that I get friend requests all the time from people I don`t know.

Blogging Funk

It has been a while since I blogged. A lot has happened, some good, some not fun, and some sad. I`m trying to sort through pictures that I want to post, so bear with me.