OUR BIG BOY!

I was making pizza for dinner last night, and as I was putting the last few pepperoni's on, and Aydan came up to me and said, "Yummmmm! Smells delicious mommy!" So sweet! I couldn't help but throw the pepperoni down and hug him with my greesy fingers! What an angel! I think I was mostly shocked at his vocabulary...It gets bigger and bigger everyday. He used to have to work on words before they actually came out right...now he just says everything!
Another funny thing that he did to me the other day was...We were having some kind of argument over something and I wanted the conversation to be done...so I stopped looking and talking to him....(one of those things where no is no...no matter what!) Anyway...Aydan grabbed my face and said, "Look at me mommy! Look at me in my eyes!" Then he got really close and said, "Listen to me!" "Use mommy's ears!" Cracks me up! That's exactly what I do and say when he is ignoring me! I love it!
Also, Aydan has been wearing underwear at night time ( Aydan's choice...he won't wear diapers anymore.)...with no accidents...for almost 2 weeks and a half! What a big boy! I would say he is about 90% potty trained...(there are a few accidents during some days still.) We are so proud of him! The only problem is he is getting too big too fast!

OUR BIG NEWS!!!

Yep...Aydan's going to be a...BIG BROTHER!!!! YAY!!! We are so excited we can hardly stand it. We found out we were expecting awhile ago, so it's been a nice secret between us!! I will be 10 weeks on Saturday, which makes the due date November 21...but we have already decided with our doctor that I will have another C-Cection...so that means the baby gets to come a whole week early! So we are looking at November 14thish...YAY!! What a great early Christmas present!! YEEEE!! I'm so excited writing about this new baby! I've wanted to post about it forever!! So AYDAN told pretty much everybody (all our close family) by his sweet shirt I made him. It says.... BIG BROTHER IN TRAINING...and on the back it says...NOVEMBER 2009...We are very excited for Aydan!! He is going to be an awesome BIG BROTHER!!! I just know he will make us proud!! When Justin and I told Aydan that mommy was going to have a BABY...he was not so happy. He kept saying, "nooooo" "I don't wanna be a big brofer!!" But he has heard enough of it that he is warming up to the idea!! Now he says "ok" when we say mommy's going to have a baby, in a rather... if you have to...tone of voice!! Pretty funny! Aydan also got to hear his baby brother or sister's HEARTBEAT last week!! He was so quiet...and listend closely...then as soon as he heard the tiny beat, a HUGE grin crossed his cute face! I don't think he really knew what was going on, but that sound and that special moment was very COOL...not just for A-bug, but for us too! Also he has been carring his blankie around calling it his baby brother...so I don't know we will have to see!! Of course everyone asks the question, "What do you want? A BOY or a GIRL?" Well...either would be awesome...isn't that the point?! But it would be extra fun to have 2 boys...to rough and tumble with. But....on the other hand...a girl that looks like Aydan....COME ON!! He! He! Ugh...6 1/2 more months of anticipation!!! Does it really have to be that long? HA! HA! Just kidding...grow baby grow!!

YAY!!! IT'S FINALLY WARM OUTSIDE!!!

Thank goodness it's finally getting warm outside! I was going crazy! (I hope I don't jinx the weather!! Although I think we're in for some more rainy days....) Anyway...we went on a picnic together and it was so much fun...and made us realize that we are going to need some new sunglasses! We packed sandwhiches and soup...and a couple other things and then headed to the park to play! We tried to force the rule of..."you must eat before you play" on Aydan, and he did well but mostly took his sandwhiches with him to eat on the go. Funny...and it works!





Aydan LOVES it outside....Yay! I can't expressed how excited I am that good weather is here and will stay for awhile....I love to be outside!!!

Easter Weekend in Pindale!

Pindale, Wyoming is where my Grandma and Grandpa live. It is a beautiful country town that's looked upon by huge gorgious mountains. This year we decided to go to their house for Easter. As a kid that is where the Easter Bunny visited me! We left Friday and that night we had my Grandpa's famous smoked ribs! Yum! Yum! We also got to gaze at my Grandparent's new wildlife addition....their moose! It finally was up and hanging on their wall. He is huge and a very pretty black color. It's different than the mountain lion....but a lot cooler, because it's theirs!

Saturday morning we woke up and had french toast covered in cornflakes....once again..Yum! Yum! At ten o'clock we went to the town Easter Egg Hunt at one of the parks. It was a mad house! There were a ton of little kids! Of course the Easter Bunny was there! Aydan freaked out and thought we were giving him to the Easter Bunny! It's funny how things go...at age one...it's like... sure Santa I'll sit on your lap...or sure Easter Bunny you can hold me....at two years old...it's like get that thing away mom and dad! Funny!

There were so many kids there that Aydan didn't get very many chances to grab an egg or piece of candy up...so we had to be on the look out...and claim on fast! Once we found one, we had a couple anxious kids try and take it away but we kept it safe! Funny, funny little boy.....So after we found the first egg, Aydan opens it up with excitment and looks down into the open suprise and says, "Mom!" "It's money.....!?" in the most disappointed, confused, and hurt voice EVER! He threw the worthless quarter down and put the cutest punk face on! PICUTRE TO PROVE IT! I think I stressed that there would be candy in the eggs too much. Justin and I laughed forever! What a great memory and story!
YAY! I found and egg!

On my way to find more!

Maybe I'll just open it, and see if there really is candy in it!

PUNK FACE!! (My newest favorite picture!) We eventully found some candy...then I think he thought we weren't lying to him anymore!


So this time of year is the time of year in which little baby calves are born! Many of my Easter weekend in Pinedale memories is watching my Grandpa deliver calves or perform c-sections on cows! (He is a Vet! How lucky am I?) Anyway...we got the chance to feed a bum calf. ( A bum calf is a calf that does not have a mommy...due to her dying after giving birth. Bum calves are bottle fed until a mommy cow that had a calf that didn't make it comes along. Sometimes the mommies will take the bum calves to replace their baby that didn't make it.)

This stinkin' cat was so friendly! She got right up in your face!

Here's me helping Aydan feed the baby calf. He was so friendly too, and was really hungry!

Poor guy! He looks so sad without his mommy!

My boys being cowboys! He! He! It was fun to share a little bit of what my memories are from staying with my grandparents with my boys! And it's always fun to get a little dirty too!


This is the Wind River Range and what my grandparents look out at from their front window almost everyday! B..E...A...UTIFUL!!!!
Here's Aydan Mychal Easter morning! The Easter Bunny left 42 eggs for Aydan to find! They were all over Grandpa and Grandma's house!

Looking...Looking...here's one!

So excited! Probably on a sugar high by now also!

Here's some more!

Look the Easter Bunny hid my basket behind the TV! How silly is he?

Look at what he brought me! Bubbles, sidewalk chalk, candy, and a cute stuffed bunny!





Happy Easter! Thank you so much for a wonderful Easter weekend Grandpa and Grandma! Love You! It's a wonderful holiday to share with the ones we love! To everyone we didn't get to see...you were not too far away from our minds! We are so incrediably blessed to have you in our lives! We love you!