New Years Pic

I wanted to take a minute to show a new picture that our friend took of Aidan, on New Years Day. He is doing so good. He is army crawling around and I think he is trying to pull himself up to things. He likes to get into things that he shouldn't, like electric cords and brothers toys. We can hardly believe that he will be a year old next month. He is weighing over 18 pounds and is over 26 inches long. And he is so cute.

A visit from Santa

Tonight we went to Kristin's house for a Christmas party. She had invited Santa to surprise the kids. Aidan was not to sure about him, but Ethan thought that he had brought him a vacuum. That is all that he asked Santa for tonight, well he did say a lawnmower too. Santa thought he would take him to the North Pole with him so that he could do some cleaning up there. Ethan was thrilled cause Santa had him do a special job and hold his glove while he read the kids a story. We all got to sit on Santa's lap. Even Papa Rob sat on his lap. We all had a great time.

What's been going on

Yesterday Aidan had his first of six shots to help prevent RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus). It will help prevent the bronchitis or pneumonia. It is kind of a like a flu shot, but the shot wears off every 28 to 30 days. So a visiting nurse comes to the house to give him the shot. When she was here yesterday he weighed 15# 10 oz. What a chunky monkey. He has little rolls on the back of his legs.

Tonight we are taking Ethan to his first movie at a theater. We are going to see "Bee Movie." We thought we would go to a smaller theater and then work our way up to a bigger one. I know he wants to see the movie, but he is still unsure what a theater is like. I'm sure he will love it. Nana LouAnn is going to watch Aidan and Ethan has asked that she watch his "babies" (his stuffed dog and duck) too. He was concerned that they would be all alone and he wanted her to know that they eat at 8:30. So I will have to let you know what happens at the movies and how many times he wants to run out for more popcorn and candy.

New Cousin Abby

I wanted to take a minute and welcome the newest member of out extended family. On Nov 10 at 5:40 pm, Kristin and Todd Ferris welcomed Abigail Carrie Ferris into the world. For those of you who do not know Kristin she is Matt's step-sister. And I am pretty sure when she finds out that I put this picture on the web she will kill me. But I had to show off my niece. She weighed 6# 5oz and was 20 inches long. Robin and Lou Ann are thrilled to have a granddaughter. And it will be nice to spoil a little girl. I can't wait to meet her. Congratulations Todd and Kristin.

Aidan's Halloween

Here is Aidan on Halloween. He was a"Little Pumpkin." He didn't get any candy, (Nana LouAnn gave him baby food custard). He loved walking around the neighborhood and enjoyed the warm weather. 71 on Halloween is not bad at all.

My son the Dirt Devil

I wanted to share the pictures from trick or treating last night. Ethan wanted to be a Dirt Devil vacuum. After he figured out the candy part of Halloween, he was ready to go. He liked to make conversation with everyone. He would ask if they had a vacuum, what kind it was and sometimes he would push himself inside the door to look for it. His favorite phrase was "I'm going to suck them up." We only made it down a couple of streets, but he was happy with the amount of candy he got.

He has decided that next year he will be a smoke detector. Hopefully he will forget about that by then.

New Picture of Aidan

Just an update of how cute my miracle is. We start physical therapy tomorrow.