Growing up so fast

Our babies are getting so big, it's hard to believe how quickly time passes. Aidan is reaching and grabbing her toys now. She hasn't rolled over yet but we have a couple of "almosts". She has been sleeping through the night for over a month now. It's hard to swallow that she will be four months old next week. She is our little angel, so happy - very rarely upset (usually only when there is a bottle in the near future) Chad and I have had many conversations wondering the kinds of things she will be interested in. Ty just celebrated his big 2 year b-day with cake and a few friends over, but his big party won't be until next weekend. He is having a Thomas birthday and we are having it at a park where all the kids can ride a small train that circles around the park. We are potty training now and he is doing amazing. He is more like his daddy than any of us knew. He out smarts the system and will go on the potty just enough to get his jelly bean and sticker then he will go back 1 minute later and repeat. This goes on 3-4 times, until he has gotten quite a sugar high from all his jelly beans. Mommy is pulling one over on him though, we have recently replaced the jelly beans with small little ginger cookies. Still a treat but much less straight sugar. This Saturday we take Ty to open house for soccer, if he likes it he will be playing for one month out of the summer. Just can't believe how big our babies are getting, we are so blessed.

Oh the things our children do and say

We have quite a little collection of the funny and cute things our children do and say. Aidan, although only 3 months, has developed little habits that are so funny. She loves, LOVES, to watch tv. So much that she will stop eating until you turn her head so she can't see the tv anymore, then she will begin eating again. She gives out this ear piercing scream that can be heard around the house when she is excited. We play this game with her, where daddy holds Aidan and she trys to find mommy. I call her name and when she finds me with her eyes she lights up and just starts laughing and talking. She can't go to sleep very well unless she has a blanket that she can hold onto, too cute. Oh Tyler, where do we begin. We aren't sure where he comes up with some of the things he says. When I change his diaper often he will say "good job, changing Ty's diaper mommy". It's so nice when you son approves of your diaper changing skills. The other day while dad was here we went to Ikea to get Ty his new table. On the way home dad drove while I sat in the back with the kids. Ty had his panda bear in his lap and he held on to his panda and said "hold on panda, papa's driving car". We just burst out laughing. He says such good prayers now and loves saying them. His prayers usually consist of "dear god, mommy, daddy, Aidan, Bailey" but then he will put in friends or family he has seen recently. While nana and papa were here he would say "thank you , nana and papa over to Ty's house". During the day we love to have music on to dance and sing. Ty still loves to dance around the house and does so often. We like to spin and dance in the kitchen. He loves to sing and we do most of our singing when we are driving in the car. The most common song that he starts is Jesus loves me and he really does sing most all the words all the way through. It's hard to believe that Ty turns 2 on Tuesday and Aidan turned 3 months last Tuesday. How do they get so big so fast.

Another family visit

My brother, sister-in-law, and neice came over for the weekend. They have been anxious to get over and visit to see their new neice/cousin Aidan. We had such a good time hanging out. We all packed up first thing Saturday morning and headed out to Ikea for breakfast and a little shopping. After that we got home in time for Ty and Aidan to grab a nap before we went over to enjoy the 60 degree weather at a near by park. We made our routine stop at Sonic on the way home to get the amazing cherry limeaids. The weekend goes by too quickly when you are enjoying family time. Uncle Jim and Aunt Faye gave Ty is birthday presents over the weekend. He got the cutest shark to go in his surfer room along with one of his favorite puzzle toys. They of course loved their time with Aidan and cuddled her every chance they got.

Fun in the snow

The snow began falling at about 7:00pm Sunday night. Ty was so excited to see the snow, he watched it out the window until it was time for him to go to bed. This morning we all woke up to a beautiful white winterland. Chad didn't go to work due to the weather so we were able to have daddy all day. Papa was also stuck here, and unable to make his flight home today, which he was really upset about :). What an amazing day we had all together. We all ate breakfast, then dug out our warm clothes and headed out in the snow. Papa and Ty built a snowman and had the best time throwing snow balls. After the fun in the snow everyone was in to drink hot chocolate and eat gingerbread cookies by the fire. I can't wait for the day to see Aidan and Ty play together in the snow. Aidan has been playing in her bouncy seat by the fire all day. She sqeals out in delight as she watches her bright colored toys. She is becoming quite vocal, laughing out loud. It looks like the snow will be gone by tomorrow but we enjoyed it while it lasted.

Nana and papa visit

Nana and papa flew up to visit. They have been very busy spoiling their grandchildren. We have had bad weather this weekend so there hasn't been much chance to get out and play. Nana and papa took Ty to Monkey Joes on Saturday morning so he could get some much saved up energy out. He had a blast, of course. They have been busy spoiling Aidan, toys, clothes, and just round the clock attention. She is a happy girl. They both had their professional pictures taken together on Friday morning. I'm so anxious to see how they turned out. They took some really creative pictures. They took some beautful pictures of Aidan and of Ty they got some great shots of him catching bubbles. We have had such bad weather that church services is cancelled for tonight. Nana has been making some homemade gingerbread dough so when Ty wakes up from his nap they are going to roll out the dough and make some gingerbread men. Eating warm gingerbread men by the fire, I'm not sure it gets better than that.