Category: Holidays


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Ok, so it’s been a while since my last update of actual stuff going on. And as you can imagine I haven’t had much time. So get off my back… OKAY? hehehe…

So Scarlet is growing, she’s awesome! She started daycare on Tuesday so we could get her used to it a bit. Good thing too… her first couple of days were rough and I got some phone calls with questions, etc. I can’t imagine having to field all that on my first day back at work… hello stressful!

Oh yah, I go back to work tomorrow morning! I am going back a week early… why not, eh? It will be nice to get back into the swing of things.

Aidan is super funny lately – even more than usual. Very cute with his little sister as well. Tonight he grabbed the baby’s hand and closed his eyes and prayed… “Dear Jesus… thank you for today and mommy and daddy, etc…. AMEN” how cute – he prayed with her… awwww! :) He said more than that… just giving the short version.

It’s so neat to see him grow. He’ll be 3 very soon (less than a month) and it puts all the stuff with the baby in perspective. It reminds me all the screaming will stop and become different screaming. But 3 year old screaming is ok because you usually know why and you are allowed to put them in a time out. No time out for a little baby, hehe.

Scarlet will be 7 weeks old tomorrow, woo hoo! Time flies.

Sorry for the bits and pieces… I know there’s more… more happy little nuggets of goodness but I can’t remember it all now, Scarlet is crying and I still need to eat dinner…

Have a good night all, and Happy Mother’s Day to my momma friends and to my momma momma Angela.

I am taking us all back in time by a couple of weeks to catch you up on my updates :)

Easter

For Easter we actually did not go to church. Maybe we made up for all the people who only go on Christmas and Easter? hehe ;) Anyway, it was the day before my c-section and the baby was on my sciatic nerve and there was no way I could sit somewhere that long. Plus with all the colds and stuff going around I was not up for it.

Aidan went to church with Nick’s parents that day and got jelly beans and did other fun stuff at their church.

We did go to Nick’s parents’ house for “dinner” (why must holiday “dinners” be at 3 pm? Who eats dinner at 3?!). Anyway it was delicious! We ate outside in the back yard since the weather was so nice.

It was great hanging out with Don’s family (Nick’s step-dad has the COOLEST family!).

We were going to do an Easter egg hunt but it was kind of hot and Aidan had been running around a ton and we just thought that plus no nap spelled disaster. He got his eggs later though. Grandma also colored eggs with Aidan the night before.

One of the neatest things was that Anthony (Don’s son-in-law / Nick’s step-brother-in-law hehe) brought a cool kite and got it flying SUPER high. Aidan was very thrilled with the whole thing. Too bad I forgot my camera and got no pics of anything from the day. Aidan loves Anthony sooo much and would just follow him anywhere. I think the feeling is mutual though as Anthony is always so happy to see Aidan and he always shows him something new or does something to just make Aidan’s face light up.

It was a little weird because Aidan spent the night at Don and Sharon’s on Saturday and Sunday… so when we went over there on Easter Sunday and were leaving for the night, Aidan thought he was going with us. We kept telling him what was going on, but everytime we said bye to him he said, “bye grandma” hehe. Of course he did ok when we left (he only screams when OTHER people leave, sheesh!! :P )… but we were sad to leave him there again. We missed our buddy.

Oh yah, and Easter dinner was the last time I had to give myself an insulin shot! :)

I am hoping I don’t end up on it again after my follow-up with the endocrinologist in May. I am not sure how my sugars are actually doing because I am sick right now, so they will run a bit higher until I am better. It’s only been 2 weeks, so time will tell. I am trying to get back on my good eating track though.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my friends and family!

We had a great time at Robb and Olga’s house and Aidan did great. I can’t believe we stayed till midnight! Aidan was throwing his hands in the air jumping up and down shouting “Happy New Year” and he even did the countdown. We started at 10, 9, and then he got it and just started counting down… it was pretty funny.

Now Nick and I are just chillin out for a while.

It is SOOOO windy and dry. Ick… my throat is sticking to itself. Off to drink more water I go, hehe.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. God Bless you!! :)

BABY….

that’s right, my baby wouldn’t show the goods today. Initially, the tech said she was leaning more in the direction of a girl because she didn’t see any obvious boy. But then she thought for a second she saw something that was looking like a boy but it moved away too quickly.

So… there ya have it… we don’t know yet ;)

But when I start my fetal monitoring (starts at about 28 weeks) then I am sure at some point we’ll be able to see something on one of those weekly ultrasounds. If the same lady who was doing it when I was PG with Aidan that will be cool, she rocked. But most maternity floor folks are pretty cool so I am not concerned either way.

I’ll scan the ultrasound pic when I get a chance… you know just like I’ll tell you all about Sea World. Sheesh… I need to log some computer time to blog :)

One other thing, today is Aidan’s 2 1/2 yr old b-day. Yah it doesn’t count, just don’t know how else to say it. And I think it’s kind of cool that he’s going to be 3 in only 6 months!!! The time FLIES! And the new baby will be here in just 4 months!!! Craziness!! :)

Ok, heading to my work Christmas Party tonight… I vow to not forget my digital camera this year. :)

Halloween Photos

Aidan was a pirate this year and had lots of fun playing around in his costume.

As usual, we went to Nick’s parents’ church so they could see him in his costume and hang out with him.

Here’s his funny John Travolta move shot… have no clue where he got that from… kids are so funny! :)
Click here to see the rest of the photos.

I am so ecstatic today is Aidan’s birthday. It’s 11:20 pm and I’m sad it’s over already. I felt better today than if it were my own birthday.

So I now have a two year old and he is anything but “terrible”. I love him so much – he is my heart walking around outside my body.

Sunday we’ll have a little party for him at Nick’s mom’s house.

He LOVES Thomas the Train and anything train related… doesn’t even need to be Thomas. So we’re giving him a “Choo Choo” theme. If you come to the party and you want to get Aidan a gift, he needs 24 month old clothes for summertime and he loves trains. However, yourselves are all we care about, so come and enjoy lunch and CAKE! :)

Family and friends: if you didn’t get my evite, email me or comment here and I’ll get you the info if interested.

Oh yah, that’s right. The coolest nails. Argyle. This place can hand paint a million things. And they are nice, don’t talk smack in another language in front of you about you, and not only are the pedicures good, but even the manicure rocks. I got this done last Saturday when Terri came to visit. Olga took us there… so awesome. Now the only time we’ll go to the place @ the Block is if we have to … hey they’re open till 11 pm – can’t get that just anywhere. This place closes @ 6 on Saturdays. Eh, what can ya do?
Happy Memorial Day from my Toes to your Toes
-Anna

I haven’t gotten a chance to post recent pics, so here ya go :)

Matthew feeding Hannah @ El Torito when we celebrated Nick’s b-day…

Nick and Aidan in the morning before we head out for the day… Aidan loves his guitar… sometimes we have to work around it with diaper changes, haha…rockstahhhhhhhh
Aidan putting on Daddy’s Chevy’s hat from when Nick’s co-workers took him to lunch for his birthday

Christmas Day Photos

Aidan sure figured out how to open presents! Check out the photos…let the wrapping paper fly! :)

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