Happy Birthday to Monkey!!

Wow!  Three years have flown by.  Where is my little 5 1/2 pound peanut that I held so tightly?  We have been on some grand adventures these last three years... some incredibly fun and some incredibly scary, life-changing.  But all worth it in the end.

On Aiden's birthday, I took the day off work and we partied hard all day.  I started off the day singing a huge happy birthday and he just beamed and giggled for a full minute.  It was priceless.  

We started off our day with scones from Sill's Cafe.  Aiden loves waffles, but we had to find something special.  So, we headed to the local grease joint.  

Aiden ate the whole scone and then proceeded to eat all the honey butter.  On any other day, I would have put a stop to such behavior, but hey, it was his birthday.

Then, we headed down to the Frontrunner Train Station.  I know, I know... how could Aiden love trains so much and we had never ridden front runner?  Because I am a neglectful mother.  BUT Aiden LOVED the train and it was way too short for his tastes.

We rode down to the Gateway and saw many trains on the way down.  Cute little bug was glued to his seat.

We walked to the Gateway and decided to cool down by watching a movie.  We watched Brave.  It was an awesome movie, but Aiden was a little scared at some parts.  He did fine, though, and ended up really liking it.  

After the movie, we headed downstairs to the Happy Sumo where we got Aiden's favorite... sushi.  He was totally goofy with his chopsticks...

I wonder where he learned it.

Halfway through sushi, Aiden crashed and slept for a while.  Chris and I stayed quiet and enjoyed the cool air of the sushi joint.

We headed to Build A Bear after his nap and he picked out a tie-died seahorse.  The helper lady asked him what he wanted to name his seahorse.  He said, "Gary."  ??? We don't really know a Gary... well... okay then.

Aiden and Gary getting ready to head home on the train.  

We were hot and tired from the long day, but Aiden still loved the train.

We headed over to Smedleys because Aiden shares a birthday with Aunt Kari.  They gave him the coolest ball and bat, 2 outfits and a baseball mitt.

Check out the face.  Pure excitement.  His best friend, Nana, helped him open his present.  

Then we headed home with a Thomas cake and pretty awesome ice cream.  We shared it with Uncle Chris and gave him his present... a Thomas at the Diesel works.  He loved it!!

Someone crashed HARD.  With Gary.

Aiden had a great day and I was able to think back to all the wonderful times we have had as a family so far.  I love this little man and remember there was a time when I thought I was okay to not have children.  How wrong I was!!!

Happy Birthday, Monkey!!!

Remembering...

Three years ago today, I was in the hospital getting ready to have a baby.  Granted, I wouldn't have this baby for another 48 hours, but I didn't know it then.

The next two days were so hard and so intense and so wonderful.  I was surrounded by many people who loved me, who supported me and those same people have loved and supported my little man.

The biggest cliche is that a baby changes your life.  But it did.  And my son saved my life.  We have been through one hell heck of a rollercoaster ride since he was born, but every minute of it has been with a little wonderful man by my side and have never once looked back.

So, blog posts will come about his upcoming birthday SLAM, but this one is about the joy of being a mom.  More than that, it is about being Aiden's mom.  I love being Aiden's mom.

All Aboard!

Yesterday, we started the potty train.  It did not go so great.  But we are determined and, let's face it, he looks pretty darn awesome in his lil' white undies.

Another Perfect Day

I know that this blog mostly consists of happy, wonderful occasions.  Well, I have been accused of only posting the happy times.  Well, my friends, our life is pretty happy overall and I have to think that it is because our little family tends to be pretty darn optimistic.


And today we had another perfect day.  That makes 4 Saturdays in a row.  A day at the beach is Aiden's perfect day.  We spent about three hours there, but he loved every minute of it. 

This little girl was two days older than Aiden and they had so much fun.  

Okay, so one bad thing happened this last week.  I was the LUCKY recipient of the worst haircut of all time.  And now I just have to wait until it grows out.  

Well, I guess life can't be awesome all the time.  

Hot Dog!!

This video is specifically for Jessica, who is on a mission in Rome.  When she left in November, Mister could barely be understood.

Here is the most awesome rendition of the Hot Dog song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Enjoy.

Scottish Fest 2012

TA DAH!!! Welcome to our annual Scottish Festival blog post!!!  Oh, MAN we had fun.  We didn't have anyone with us this year - and that was sad.  No Shiree, no Uncle Chris, no Smeds.  But we had fun, nonetheless.

Remember our first year...

And last year

Two solid years of happiness.  This year, Shiree wasn't able to play.  So we still did it.  We tartaned the heck out of the Festival.

 

After a well-timed snooze and a change out of the nifty kilt (that is still too big three years later....), we went to see a movie.  Madagascar 3.  It was hilarious and my little buddy did great.  It was his first movie all the way through and he loved it.  We have been hearing "Circus Afro" for the last few days.  Oy.

Memorial Day 2012

Happy Memorial Day!!!  Okay, I know I am a bit behind on the blog, but here is Memorial Day.  We were so lucky!  We spent some time at the lake with the Smedleys who were sweet enough to take care of Mister.

It was freezing and windy, but SO fun.  Shiree even took Aiden on the tube.  Thanks, FEE!!

On the ride home, Breanna rode in the car with us and found some eyeliner.  She quickly transformed by beautiful blonde boy to Frito Bandito by the time we got home.  We had a BBQ with the Smedleys and a fire by the fire pit.  What a great day!!!!