Cat in the Hat

Today I took Aiden to meet this guy...
He was so excited when he saw the cat. He talked about it non-stop while we were waiting in the line for pictures. Then, I felt it was a repeat of Santa when a few people from the cat Aiden no longer liked it and wanted to leave. I tried to set him down next to the cat so I could take a picture but he kept his legs bent so I couldn't. I ended up having to be in the picture. Blah! I was not planning on any pictures of me being taken today as you can tell!

Merrin and her daughter, Avery, joined us and as you can see in the below pictures the kids enjoyed the picture of the cat much much more than the real thing!
And of course...
THING 1 AND THING 2
I guess that even though they did not like The Cat in the Hat they still loved running around and playing with the other Cat in the Hat stuff so I will still count the trip a success!

Other Aiden happenings...

I have fueled the Thomas the Train obsession by purchasing this... (honestly, this just means that now he carries McQueen in one hand and Thomas in the other!)
We are encouraging Aiden's artistic abilities by allowing this... :)
And I just think Aiden is at the funnest age! I absolutely love playing with him and watching him interact with the world. I am so grateful we have our fun little peanut!

Valentine's Celebrations

To celebrate Valentine's day I decided to make Ryan a yummy dinner. I found new recipes I hadn't used before (why do I always do this?? you would think I would want to play it safe, but I never do!) Luckily for us, it all turned out super, super tasty. (I think the dessert was my favorite part... raspberry fudge brownies... sooooo good. Ryan and I fought for leftovers!)
The night before Valentine's day, Amber hosted a party for all of the family. She decorated super cute and made us all yummy chicken fajitas. Aiden found his love in the playroom and was very upset when we finally had to pull him away to go home.
Aiden's love...
Doug's birthday is Valentine's day so the grandkids sang him happy birthday. (Aiden just stared not quite understanding what was going on.)
We then tried to get a picture with the 4 grandbabies... did NOT happen since Aiden was not a happy camper at all (remember that fabulous train table?? this was just after we pulled him away from that.)
Happy Valentine's day! I love all of you and I am so grateful for such wonderful friends and family! XOXO

Playing at the Park

=] ( Cousins: from far left in bottom picture... Damian, Reagan, Brody & Aiden)

I feel like I have been out of the blogging world for too long, but when I looked over the last month to see what we have done I realized.... we really haven't been up to much!
Aiden's grandma (Baba) came to visit last month. Aiden did not want her to leave. When I told him she was leaving he said "Noooooooo!" We met her and Aiden's cousins at the park that weekend and he allowed her to chase him around the whole perimeter of the park. Yes, my child doesn't actually play on the park equipment. He just explores everything around it. :)