Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving at Mom and Kenny's this year.  Aaden got to sit at the table like a big boy (in a booster seat). He was so excited and proud of himself! 

Emmy, Me and Aaden



He was obsessed with my mom's fruit bowl that was on the coffee table

(aka within reach) for the day. 

 He pulled out a few pears and apples and took some bites out of them. 

 He was nice enough to put them back in the bowl after he was finished with them ;) 

(I'm sure my parents found partially eaten fruit in there for a week afterwards!)

This is his new favorite thing to do at Emmy and Papa's -

pull up on this bar and also crawl under and sit in the little space. 

You can see the front of his shirt is soaked with pear and slobber. 

Complete with chunks of pear from his fruit stealing excursion

Eating Thanksgiving Dinner

Sweet Boy...at Aunt Krissie and Uncle Danny's later.

More eating...

Still hungry?  Going after gourds the next morning...

Oh and the turkey hat he made at daycare!

(I about died at how cute he was with this on!)

Bear - The Protector

Who knew when we got this little ball of fur that he would become our protector?  Here we always thought Kona was the above average one and Bear was just the big, clumsy brother.  Poor guy, we didn't give him enough credit.

We quickly learned that Bear is quite extraordinary.  Bear was the one that would follow me around while I was pregnant and just stand by me and stare.  He knew there was another life growing inside of me and that I should be protected.  He also started sleeping by the front door when I was pregnant, I suppose to ward off any intruders that might hurt his master(ette) and the new little life that was about to be.

The other day, Aaron's Dad came by to introduce his new dog, Mattie, to our dogs.  They were very friendly and playful, as they are with any other dog.  I was holding Aaden and Mattie was interested in seeing him, so she stood up with her front legs on me to sniff him out.  As soon as Bear saw this, he came over and growled at Mattie and jumped in between her and I and pinned her to the ground.  He was worried about Aaden and did not like what he was seeing (even though Mattie was not posing any threat).  Aaron and I both looked at each other amazed.  We knew he was protective we just hadn't seen it in action.  Good dog.

Buds

Storytime at Emmy's...

Daddy's Birthday!

Aaron wanted to go to sushi for his birthday - so a few family and friends joined us at Miyako's to celebrate his 31st.

Aaden, of course, was the center of attention rather than the birthday boy - but we're used to that now :)

Aaden & Eddie

 Aaden and Emmy

(I love this picture!)

 Aaden and Grandma

 Eddie singing "I love you, you love me" to Aaden

(yes, the Barney theme song! Haha!)

 
 Aaden & David - one of the sushi chefs

 
 I think he's practicing to become the next host

 "Hello, Miyako Japanese - may I help you?"

 


First Haircut!!

I've been putting this off.  I was worried about what he would look like after he got his haircut, plus I was a little worried his ear might accidentally get snipped off.  My worries were put to rest after all was said and done.  Aaden did ok during the haircut although he didn't hold as still as we would have liked - but no injuries or crazy snippets of hair missing, so all in all, good.  And he looks as cute as ever with his new 'do - such a little boy now, not so much baby.

Getting ready...

Does NOT like the water spraying on his neck

 Grandpa helping to hold Aaden still

 The finished product

 Thanks, Grandma, for my first haircut!

Jeopardy?

Yep. Jeopardy. Aaden won't watch tv but he was glued to it when we were watching Jeopardy. He would even clap when the audience would clap. Silly boy!

Copy Cat

I love how Aaden is starting to copy every.single.thing we do. 

He sees me turn the lotion bottle upside down to squirt some lotion out to put on him and then he turns the bottle upside down and starts shaking it.

He pretends to put chapstick on and use the make-up brush just like Mommy.

He pretends to talk on the phone and says "hi".  If something resembles a phone, he'll put it up to his ear - usually it's the remote.

He does a fake laugh if he hears us laughing while watching tv.

There really is truth to the saying, "Monkey See, Monkey Do"  But I need to be careful about what this little booger sees.  Earlier tonight he pushed a kitchen chair against the cabinets today and was going to try to climb on it.  He sees me do that to reach stuff on the top shelves.  Yikes!

Blurry but here he is pretending to talk on the "phone"

Halloween! 2011

Aaden dressed up as a monster for his second Halloween.  He definitely fits the part :)

Halloween morning, ready for daycare. 

He loved the beads I was wearing

Trick-or-treating at Emmy's work

With Aunt Kerry

And with Emmy

(she was surprised that he wasn't afraid of her)

Trick-or-treating at Grandma & Grandpa's.

(He actually got to have some candy there)

Visiting Alivia! ♥

Aaden trying to kiss Alivia

 

And finally at Aunt Krissie's - here he is with Gam