Ayden at the Zoo

Hey everyone! Here are a few things that have been going on in our household.

On a sad note, Bob and I recently were at my granny’s (dad’s mom) funeral. I just wanted to mention a couple things about my granny. She was such an amazing person; she always had these funny one liners, she was so caring, extremely thoughtful, and she was always a giver (I guess that is where my dad gets it from). Granny was on dialysis for over 20 some years and a few weeks ago, decided she has had enough. She has lived an eventful life and she will be missed by everyone. May she rest in peace and know that we love her.

On a happier note, Ayden has been at the zoo a few times this past week. He went for the first time last Monday in which he went with Mimi and Pop Pop (Bob’s parents). They said he had a great time and really loved the giraffes and the choo choo train. Here are some pics.

Mimi and Ayden

Pop Pop and Ayden

Then this past Saturday, he went to the zoo again with Bob and I and we also went with Kevin Parks, Erin and Tyler. It was such a nice day, but the zoo was packed. We still had a great time. The kids were totally worn out once we left.

To complete our weekend on Sunday, we took Ayden to his first baseball game to see the Phillies. Bob and I got season tickets for every Sunday home game. Ayden actually sat with us in our seats for 7 ½ innings. He did really well. He sure did eat a lot which kept him occupied, but he loved it. Everytime we cheered, we would clap his hands and get very excited. He of course said hi to everyone around us about 20 times each person. It was a great day.

Here are some other pics from Easter.
Uncle Devon, Mommy and Ayden

Birthday Party

So we had Ayden's Birthday Party over the weekend, and it was REALLY fun. He had such a good time with all our family and friends, and of course all of the new TOYS and gifts that everyone was so generous in giving. We gave him his own HUGE cupcake to go at it, and he barely tried to eat any of it, but sure did get dirty. It was really cute. Here are some pics from the party.

Our Birthday Prince

How is the cupcake Ayden?

Tyler Parks and Ayden in the Ball Pit

4 Generations

Ayden at the park going down the slide...wow did he love doing this over and over

Cadence and Ayden on the swings

Another slide down to Aunt Leah

Sorry it is a short blog, but I just wanted to put some pics up from his party.

Ayden's One!!!

I cannot believe Ayden is one year old today! It has been such a great year, and he is just so amazing. We are so lucky to have him in our lives and it is such a joy to see him grow up. (just too fast for my liking). So, for Ayden's birthday today, Bob and I both took off work and went to the aquarium. It was very special because Ayden was able to spend his birthday with my mom, Bob's mom, Bob's sister, our friend Abby and her daughter Cadence and son Jack. We had such a good time and the kids seemed to really like everything that was going on. We especially liked the shark tunnel.

When we got home, we all had dinner and Ayden played with some new birthday presents. He really loves new toys. Ayden and I made cupcakes last night, so we sang Happy Birthday and he was able to eat his first cupcake....well I guess not eat, just smash.

I also wanted to play this little game with Ayden that someone told me about for his 1st Birthday. You are supposed to put out a book, a dollar bill and a cup. Once that is all set up, you are supposed to put Ayden in front of them and see what he picks. If he picks the book, he is supposed to be smart when he grows up. If he picks the dollar bill, he is supposed to make a lot of money when he grows up. And, if he picks the cup.....he is supposed to be a drinker. I was a little nervous to see what he would pick because he just LOVES cups. So, we had Ayden face the the items and he goes right for the book. YEAH!!!! After he had the book in his hand, he dropped it, picked up the cup and took a sip. He then dropped the cup and took the money and walked away with the money. I am not sure what that is supposed to mean, but it was so funny.

Well, here are some pics of our fun day.

Here is Ayden enjoying the scenery at the Aquarium

Isn't he a cutie!

Here is Ayden and Cadence...isn't Cadence beautiful!

Here is Aunt Leah with Ayden seeing if he will pet the sharks!!! I couldn't do it.

How cute are they?

Ayden as a shark.

Here he is kissing himself through the glass. LOL

Right before we were going to sing happy birthday.

For the past month or so, we would always say to Ayden, How old are you going to be? He would stick out his ONE finger and smile. All day today, I was trying to get a picture of him doing this and had a difficult time. Here is my best shot.

Ayden's new bike that he LOVES!!

Here is Ayden's new chair (Lightning McQueen)

This is a long video, but this is us singing Happy Birthday and Ayden eating his cupcake, kind of.