Family

Chris and Amanda are in town and so we met up at Chads house to hang out.

Actually, we didn't know that Chris and Amanda were in town already, we just happened to be up there to see Greg and Lois and we all found out that the newlyweds were in town.
Showing pictures of their elopement/honeymoon to Paris and Barcelona.

So we all hung out for awhile.

And played with the dish soap.

Watched a little bit of the financial news. Yeehaw. (And Chad cried)

The happy newlyweds.

Aidan hanging out with Grandma.

Since Shawn wasn't able to be here in time...

I tried to take a lot pictures to make him feel like he was there.

Sort of.

Chad says "Hi".

That's all I've got.

It snowed ALL day today. Aidan STILL wants to be outside ALL the time so he'll stand by the door and cry. The End.

Time Flies

Yesterday Aidan came in the room with this.
It's a cereal bar, apparently it was snack time.

And then he took me into the kitchen to show me what he'd done and where he found the cereal bar.

We cleaned up that mess so that he could ...

Make this one!

Aidan is officially 1 and a half as of yesterday and we had a doctors appointment with his pediatrician. Aidan is 31' tall and 19.1 lbs, so he's still a little peanut. He was weighing about 21-22 pds in December before he hit a growth spurt and started walking. We're not worried it though since he's such a good eater. (And Dr Cannon said that his growth percentage was right on track to be my size. Ha. ha.)

The better news though was that he had his blood drawn and his neutraphils levels are still climbing (slowly but surely) and they are at 1.1 now. Normal is above 1.5, but Aidan's were as low as .3-.5 during December -February last year. Last August they had risen to .8, so atleast it's a steady climb. That is good news! Hopefully by the time we test again in 6 months it will be in the normal range.

Dinner with Friends

I'm pretty sure I'm losing my mind. I remembered at 5:30 this morning that I had a doctors appointment later on, guess it's a good thing I remembered BEFORE and not after. I wasn't too happy about it since they were saying we were supposed to be in the middle of a blizzard. Luckily those weather guys can be wrong and Aidan and I only had to drive in a little sprinkle.

Last night we invited Dan, Melanie (and kids), Jesse, Chris, and Nick over for dinner.

We ate lasagna, garlic bread, and 4-layer delight. Yum.

Afterwards everyone sat back and relaxed.

Cary loves the camera and I, lately. (Mostly cause he knows the pictures end up on here) ;-)

Nick enjoying his food.

The movie Eight Below (love that movie!) was playing on TV so everyone got into the movie and we all laughed and cried together.

Ha, ha. Not.

At the Park.

Well, the weather was slightly above freezing and the snow has mostly melted, so we decided to brave the park.

We met up with Dan, Melanie, Ethan, and Sam.

It was actually REALLY cold since the sun kept hiding behind the clouds, but the boys didn't seem to mind.

Aidan kept wanting to eat the woodchips.

When the sun came out it actually was somewhat bearable.

Even Sam was braving the cold weather, wearing his sunglasses. :-)

New Stroller

In preparation for the new baby we bought a double stroller.

Aidan was very excited about helping put it together.

Cary took him outside for a test ride.

He looks pretty thrilled. :-) Who am I kidding? I'M the one excited about the stroller!

Playing With Grandma

My mom came for a visit
Aidan always enjoys company

and getting people to play with him

One of his favorite things to get people to do with him...

He likes his books.