11 Months

Aiden's favorite walking toy.

Aiden and his buddy Daniel


Aiden and Daniel swinging at the park.





Our Mr Aiden...just being himself.

He is Risen!!!

I love this time of year...from Palm Sunday through till Easter. I love everything about Spring, but most of all I love what this time of year represents!
Christ is Risen...and He reigns forever!!!!
I love to hear the story of Christ's death and resurrection...it always gets me that He was so selfless to give His life so we could be forgiven and have eternal life.
There is this song we have been singing at church the last few weeks..."My God Is Mighty To Save" and He truly is and has! We were blood-bought and heaven-made...Jesus rose and conquered the grave!
This is such a crazy world...filled with good and bad, right and wrong..but God is always the same no matter what is changing around us. There is no fear in life and no fear in death because Jesus is here with us on both sides. We are never alone and it will be a glorious day when He calls us home.

Here are some pics from Palm Sunday and Easter...can't wait to get scrapbooking! :)

Scavenger Hunt

Jeph and I love games...and we figured since our bible study gang loves games too we would plan a scavenger hunt that would end with a sort of birthday dinner for me.
So March 20th we did it...Jeph and I planned it all out and everyone showed up...it was rainy but really fun!
We had them do a few challenges and take pictures and collect some things, and then dinner at the Bite... it was fun to have everyone involved! Justyn and Courtney won the race...it was a good time by all! The pictures are great and I can't wait to scrapbook it!
We are so looking forward to the next one!

Aiden is 10 months!!

Wow, I can't believe our little man is 10 months already!! This first year is flying by, I wish it would stop or at least slow down. :) I have been really enjoying every moment of our little man's life, and of course documenting the best I can, I don't want to miss anything!
He is constantly amazing me every day...he weighs in at 17+ lbs and over 28 inches long...he still has Jephs amazing blue eyes, and the sweetest little face with an amazingly electric smile!!! :)
He can get anywhere he wants to go and so fast, he eats lots of food(such a little pig), he would rather drink from a cup than a bottle, he occupies himself for extended periods of time...sometimes I just find him playing in his room, everything at everyone's house is something to be pulled up on. Lately he even is taking a few steps at a time towards things while standing...cruising is just about here.
He loves to read...books are one of the best things to keep him satisfied, being outside is one of his greatest joys, dogs make him giggle..he loves, loves dogs!!
He is such a social butterfly and loves to hear his own voice...he can say hi, yeah...once in a while I hear a da...but I'm hoping for a mom! :)
He is in teething process(so not fun) but he sleeps through the night most every night(and has since about 6 weeks or so.
We are so blessed to call him our Mr Aiden...God knew what he was doing when he gave us Aiden!

Happy, Happy Birthday to Me!!

"Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me!"
Today is my 29th birthday and I'm so loving this time in my life. I love the idea of my last birthday in my 20's...I am counting on the fact that I will get wiser with age and continually learn new things. My 20's were spent learning, loving, hurting and changing...the health obstacles alone have severely plagued me, the desire/loss/gain of a child has molded me in ways I never thought possible. I can't believe that I have been married almost 8 years...I am not the same girl I was when I turned 20 that's for sure...I'm so glad for that!
I am in constant changing mode it seems these days...I am thankful for my 20's and all the things learned in them, and as I cross over into this last year of my 20's I pray I grow/change even more into the woman of God that He has always intended me to be.
I will never be perfect and neither will my life...but I am always going to strive for a great and every progressing relationship with Christ, an even more wonderful marriage(I am truly a blessed woman), a good mother/child relationship, even better/closer relationships with friends and family.
I also have several goals for this fine 29th year:
*to get over my thyroid issues and back into my skinny jeans!
*get pregnant again!
*learn to sew and make 2 quilts!
*be more hospitable
*journal daily again
*get dressed and put at least mascara on every day
*be more involved in MOPS
*run a 5k/half marathon
*camp at least 3 times this summer
*save lots of money and use lots of coupons
*read one new book a month
*make my own magnets
*visit family out of town more often
*exercise 6 days a week
to name a few:)

As I accomplish these things, I will blog about them.
So, this morning I woke up to an amazing birthday day...my sweet son Aiden was up at his usual awake time between 7 and 7:30, he was sitting up in his crib, squeaking and talking holding two birthday present bows in his hands and smiling...next to him was his card and present(so precious, I totally cried). :)
Then Jeph got me breakfast, my friend Chanel brought lunch and we hung out and talked, and tonight I get to have an evening with the hubby! He brought dinner home and I got a few hours without kiddo to just be with him! This weekend I get to just craft from now until Sunday whenever I have time, I'm so excited about that!!I also got an ipod station for the car(which I have been dying to have)!!! :) So far an awesome birthday, I will post about the scavenger hunt/dinner birthday party goes!! :)
T

Frump a Dump Girl??

Have I become a frump a dump girl??? No, not me...I would never do that. Or so I thought...since having Aiden, I find I only get presentable when I have to go out somewhere, otherwise I hate wasting the time and effort only to be spit up on.
I hate frump a dump girl...it's not me and although it's comfortable it's really quite pitiful. It makes me long for the days of even wearing jeans and a tshirt(without spit up on it). :)
I am determined to remain a frump a dump girl much longer. Even if it's as simply as showering after my morning workout, getting dressed in jeans and a shirt, maybe even a little mascara. :)
Being a frump a dump girl is ok for some people...but it does not make me feel good at all. I am shedding this current frump a dump girl..for a little of the old me but much more of the new me.
I'm getting back to being the fashionable girl I am!!

9 months old!!!

Happy 9months Aiden!!! I feel like I just posted an 8 month blog...wow, it's going by so fast!!
These last 9 months have been exhausting, amazing, a learning experience, and have challenged Jeph and I both in so many ways!!! We had wanted kids for so long that it is still amazing to us that we are even here...within a few months we are going to be celebrating Aiden's first birthday!! This last 9 months has flown by and he is has grown and changed so much. There have been times of worry for sure but mostly joy and contentment!! We are so blessed to have been given Aiden and we are so thankful for his life!!!
9 months old has brought a lot of fun things...he is pretty much eating 3 meals a day plus snacks, and bottles only really before bed. He is crawling everywhere and into everything..I can't turn my back for a second, he is off and into something. He is really starting to pull up on things and being interested in what's out of his reach, his love for Jett is growing...he gets the giggles every time Jett leaps for the ball, it's so funny!! I have a feeling cruising is not far behind...and although I'm excited for upcoming milestones, I'm in no rush...my baby is disappearing so fast.