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.

First Haircut

Ayden’s hair was getting pretty long and I was trying to hold out cutting it as long as I could before his birthday. So, on Saturday Bob and I took Ayden to a kids hair cut place. He sat in this little yellow sports car and was very good while the lady cut his hair. He reached up a couple of times to get her hands away from his head, but there were no complaints and he did a great job. It took less than 5 minutes to get the job done, but WHAT a DIFFERENCE. He looks so cute. They gave us a certificate for Ayden’s first haircut and also gave us some of his LONG hair to keep for his baby book.

There are a couple new things that Ayden is doing now. Besides walking all over the place, he loves to say hi to everyone. Whenever we go out anywhere, he picks up his hand to wave and says “Hi”. It is so cute. We were in the grocery store yesterday and Ayden just sat in the cart and basically waved his little hand up and down the whole time. As soon as someone came near him, he would say HI, really loud. Big crowd pleaser as he made many new friends. At least it kept him occupied and allowed mommy to shop.

Ayden also started shaking hands. When I came home from work the other day, Bob called him over and said “Ayden, can you shake my hand?” He reached out his hand to Bob’s, shook it up and down, and laughed. I love this kid!

Here are some new words Ayden is saying:
Deer (every time he looks out our window, he points and says deer…most of the time they are there)
Dirty (he will usually say this when he sees the dogs toys)
Stinky (so funny to hear him say this – he will say this to people’s feet and shoes lying around)
Turkey (he has a toy food set with a microwave at Bob’s parents house …if you ask him, he will put the turkey in the microwave to cook and then take it out and eat it. He will then give it to you to eat as well.)

He definitely is getting to the stage where he really tries to say what you are saying. It may not come out the same way, but at least he is trying.

Here are some new pics of Ayden:

Before his Haircut

During the Haircut
Smile for the camera
After his Haircut...isn't he so handsome!

Are you looking at me?

Here is Ayden walking around the yard

In his little play house

Ayden also can tell you No in his own cute way.

Almost A Year Old!!!

I cannot believe Ayden is almost a year old already. Time really does fly. It has been such an amazing year with him in our lives. I don't want him to grow up yet and get into his "toddler years", because I am enjoying every minute of the sweet innocent Ayden.

As we get ready for his birthday, and I now know how to get videos up on my computer, I went a little crazy with the videos this time. I just wanted everyone to see some of the funny things he does. At least, I think they are funny!

About a month ago, Ayden started giving kisses whenever you ask him. I think it is so hilarious to see his wide open mouth smiling whenever he does this.

Here is Ayden with his best bud Koda. He always tries to pull his tail and ride him like a horse. Check it out!

Ayden with the phone again! This kid is loving the fact that he is walking because he is walking everywhere.

I also just wanted to show you a video of Ayden's crawl. He still crawls occasionally and he has such a funny crawl I had to put it on the blog.

Video of Ayden Walking.

I finally figured out how to get videos online. Probably because we bought a new computer and everything is so much easier. I hope you all enjoy. Excuse my squeaky horrible voice in this video and any future one I add.

Ayden's Walking!!

It has been a big couple weeks for Ayden. Just this week, he started walking. He took a few steps around and it went from there. I actually didn't get to see him do it until this weekend. He walked at Bob's parents house and every time I came home from work he was to tired to show off. He is so proud of himself when he does walk though... I love it! He still does his crazy crawl around the house and will stand and walk when he is comfortable enough. Ayden also got to play in the snow from our snow storm. I bundled him up so good, he looked like the kid in Christmas story because he couldn't really move. We played outside for a little bit and then he fell over and got snow all in his face. He didn't seem to care, but we went inside after that.

Since we have been having crazy weather, this weekend it was really nice. So, it was great to get outside and have Ayden play around in the yard after all the snow melted. He really loves to be outside. Bob gave him a ride around the yard on his quad. After they drove around a little bit, Bob stopped to let him off and Ayden started jumping up and down trying to get his Daddy to do it again. Bob started it up again and drove around a little more. He really liked it and he would wave when he saw me...so cute.

Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks.

Father and son on the quad

Ayden playing with an acorn

Here he is in the snow storm

This is right before he fell over into the snow