Why Mommy?

This is one of the newest phrases to escape my baby boy's mouth! I think it's hilarious! He is growing into a little boy so fast! He already LOVES to take off his underwear and run through the house w/ a huge smile on his face, again part of me thinks it's hilarious! He keeps us laughing over here. He already has a great personality, and a wonderful sense of humor. He likes to get on his hands and knees and chase Adam, "I'm donna dit you Daddy!" It is so cute!

He is learning new things so fast, we can't keep up. The other day we went to Old Navy. While I was checking out Adam and Aiden were talking. Adam was asking him what the letters were on the floor. He knew A and O - that wasn't surprising, but he also knew D; which we didn't know he knew! He does little things like that to shock us all the time it seems!

Aiden is doing wonderfully w/ potty training. He can wear underwear all day w/ out any accidents on most days. We still aren't pushing too hard, giving him the chance to do it on his own. He hardly ever poops in his pants anymore!! They grow up SO fast!

We're enjoying having Daddy home this week. Spending LOTS of time playing with our new toys, and just having 'down' time together. We're ready for the holidays to be over so Aiden can return to gymnastics. He has missed it so!

I guess that's about it for us! Hope you are all doing great!

Merry Christmas!!!

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I can't believe it's already time to bring this year to a close!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas! The celebrating started Christmas Eve at Aunt Kay's house. She SPOILED us this year. It took bringing my truck to haul all the gifts home and Adam's car to bring him and the kid’s home!! We got WAY too many things to list, but the highlights: a pink Kitchen Aid standing mixer for Mommy, a GPS thing for Daddy, Spiderman 4-wheeler for Aiden, and a HUGE kitchen for little Ryann. After we opened gifts came the YUMMY food!!! Then "drinks" and dessert.

We came home and played for a while. Daddy read the kids the Night before Christmas

Then we put out cookies for good Ol Saint Nick!

Santa was very good to us all! The kids got more stuff than they could ever want! Santa brought a small jump house, wagon and some other goodies! Mommy and Daddy got Aiden some drums, and Ryann a baby station, along w/ other goodies! My WONDERFUL hubby surprised me with the thing I wanted MOST - a bike and trailer to pull the kids in! I still have no clue how he got out of bed, set it up and didn't wake me - sneaky sneaky!!

After playing at home it was off the Gamma and Papa's home! More yummy food, and great gifts! We all got SO much stuff! I got the long pink coat that I've been drooling over!

It was a very Merry Christmas! We got to keep Ryann till the 26th, we hated that she didn't get to see her Mommy and sister on Christmas, but because of other family planning conflicts this was just the way it HAD to work :( We dropped her off yesterday; I know she was happy to see that side of family!

Adam's off till after the first! We get some MUCH needed family time before he heads back!

We hope you are all doing great!

Check out www.dropshots.com/naborsfam for all the pictures!

Santa Clause is coming to town!

And Ryann CAN'T wait! She has a count down going on her calendar, it's very cute. I love that she is finally old enough to really understand what's going on. I asked her the other night, "Do you know why we celebrate Christmas?" She said, "No" I told her, "it's Jesus' birthday" She then says, "We can't get HIM anything!" It really was funny. Aiden will tell you, Santa brings my toys! That's about as much as he cares to understand at this point.

We're going to be BUSY, BUSY over the next week or so. Tomorrow we'll start making our Christmas cookies. Ryann is really looking forward to that part. We've got things all ready for the big day!

Not a whole lot more to report. Life is hectic, but we're hanging in there. The kids are still growing too fast to keep up with. We've already started planning for Aiden's SECOND birthday, so mark you calendars for Feb. 17, 2007 @3pm. I can't believe how fast these almost two years have gone!

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! We'll post some pictures over the next few days! Stay safe and warm!


LOTS OF LOVE,

Mommy, I love you!

Now tell me isn’t that the sweetest thing to hear! Aiden started saying those sweet, sweet words on his own today. He's been able to say it back for a long time now. Today we were in the car, and I hear, "Mommy", "what Aiden", "I ove YOU!!!" It made my heart melt! I wanted to pull over and give him a great big hug! He is talking up a storm these days. Most everything he says is very clear. Even people who don't know him, or spend much time with him understand most things he says.

Aiden is doing wonderfully in gymnastics. His coach has been very impressed with how quickly he has learned. He really loves going. When I tell him, "time to go to gymnastics" he throws his arms in the air and says, "whew-who! play! I want to jump!" (they start the class on the trampolines).

Christmas is right around the corner!!! Everyone is very excited, but I'm wondering - where did this year go?! Time has FLOWN!

We hope you're all doing great! Please be careful as your traveling during this busy time of the year.

Merry Fuson Christmas!!!!

We had our first Christmas celebration on Saturday. Some of the Fuson clan came over for good food, and great fun!!! It was so great to see everyone who was able to make it. It's crazy to think how much our family has grown - and so quickly! We are now up to EIGHT grandchildren! Colton, (the oldest) will be NINE next month!!! It seems like only yesterday he was Aiden's age!

I made my first and second turkey - they turned out really good! I was so scared I was going to ruin everything. I worried all day, but in the end everything was eatable! LOL!!! Everyone who came brought some yummy food too, so needless to say we'll be eating turkey, ham and brisket for the next week or so!

We were all so excited to have everyone over. Ryann asked ALL day when her cousins would get there. She couldn't wait to play with everyone! She told us 100+ times, "I want them to get here, I miss all my cousins SO much!" It was so nice to visit with everyone. We all live less than an hour apart, but life with kids keeps us too busy to visit very often. My cousin Jennifer and her boyfriend John were able to come this year, it was great to have them too! Uncle Frank and Aunt Brenda couldn't make it after all, we missed them; and hope to see them soon!!

The kids couldn't wait to open gifts! Ashelynn got to be "Santa" this year. Once she was done handing out gifts and I told the kids to tear in - they did! It was so funny; I wish we had video to share. It was like they had been waiting to open that first gift all their life... funny! Ryann and Aiden got some great gifts! After opening gifts we visited for a while longer, and then everyone headed home. We had a wonderful time visiting and playing with our family and can't wait to do it again!

After having Ryann for a little over three weeks, we took her back to her Mommy today. We were sad to see her go, but know she has missed her "other" family and was ready to go back. We'll pick up again real soon - she'll be her Christmas morning, and we can't wait!

New pix in our albums!

Wonderful big sister!!!

Aiden is the luckiest little boy in the whole wide world! He was blessed with a wonderful big sister. When they woke up from their nap today they asked to watch Bambi. Sometimes the thunderstorm scene scares Aiden. I heard him start to fuss, but I always try to let him work it out before rushing in to "save" him. Then I hear Ryann, "It's okay Aiden. Here, come sit behind Sissy, so you don't have to watch. It'll be over in just a second....... see it wasn't that bad, was it"? Is that not the SWEETEST thing EVER?!!!!! She is so loving! So sweet - you could just eat her up!!!!

Visiting Santa!!!

The kids went to visit Santa today. Ryann told us before we left the house, that she did not want to sit with Santa. We told her that was fine, turns out she didn't want to be anywhere near the big guy. Aiden on the other hand, has made a friend for life! He LOVED Santa! He sat there and let us take all the pictures we wanted.


We're off to see Happy Feet.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!!!

ABCD......

Aiden's been working on getting down the alphabet song. For the longest he's just been able to sing A-G. Saturday night we were all sitting around the coffee table, talking and coloring. Ryann said something about her ABC's and Aiden sang the WHOLE song! Some of the letters he kinda 'melts' together, but he gets most of them in there! It's about the CUTEST thing ever! He has the sweetest little voice!! He is also learning to recognize written letters and numbers. He knows A very well, and the number 8 is getting easier. He blows us away!

We think Ryann has developed a slight case of motion sickness. When I picked her up a little over a week ago she got sick in the car on the way home. She told us that long rides in the car make her feel bad. Driving to see Gamma and Papa Yesterday morning - it happened again. Poor girl! After she throws up she feels better, so I guess that's a good thing. She is doing great! She is getting SO big! When ever Aiden starts doing something new we think about when Ryann started doing it too - seems SO long ago :(

We've got a busy week ahead of us, but it should be fun! Saturday we're having the "Fuson" Christmas at our house! It doesn't happen often, but both my brothers, my sister and I, (along spouse and children) will be under one roof! Our cousin Jennifer and her boyfriend John will also be joining us. Uncle Frank and Aunt Brenda maybe making the long drive from San Angelo to be with us too!!! We can't wait! There will be 19 of us!

Hope you are all doing great!

Baby it's cold outside!!!

BRRRR!!! WOW, you would never think that only yesterday it was 80+ outside! We are loving the change though! It is absolutely beautiful outside. A little too cold to really enjoy it, but beautiful! The kids did get to get out in it for a short while. They both LOVED it! This is Aiden's first time to see "snow", and I think it was love a first sight! Ryann liked it as long as it didn't get on her face. The minute I opened the door she took off running, and didn't really stop till we came in. (so not too many pictures of her).









Here is one of them in front of the tree....


Not much new to report. Ryann has been with us since last weekend and will be here until the 10th. We are so excited about this extended visit! She is amazing! Aiden had gymnastics Tuesday. He is doing amazingly well. His coach thought he was much older, she said he has caught on incredible fast. He got one of his stuffed animals this morning; Sam wears an A&M shirt. Aiden pointed to the A and said, "See, A". I was blown away! I had no idea he could recognize written letters!!!

Hope you are all doing great, stay warm!!! I'm going to try to talk Adam into lighting a fire tonight!

Transitioning....

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!! We sure did! Ryann knows how to eat herself through the holidays. LOL!!! We spent Thanksgiving Day with Gamma, Papa and the rest of the Nabors clan. Aiden entertained us all with his drumming/singing skills! He LOVES Uncle Brent's drums, and he LOVES to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - those two things put together made for some great entertainment! I was able to get a lot of work done, the kids got to play with their Grandparents - and not much makes them happier! Adam got to eat and be lazy - it was a wonderful day for us all.

We came home early enough to get our tree put up/decorated. The kids had a blast!


Aiden got to put the star up this year. Our little boy is getting so big!!

This afternoon we put up the lights on the house. Ryann says, "It feels like Christmas here. I'm so excited about our tree, and presents!!!" We completed all our shopping, and have just about everything under the tree, which means we've already heard about a THOUSAND times, "I wanna open this one... It has MY name on it!" We still have tons to do to get the rest of the house "ready" for Christmas, but I have to agree with Ryann - it's starting to feel a little like Christmas!

We hope you're all doing great, and that you enjoyed your day(s) off for Turkey day!!!

So how did you celebrate the Aggies big win?!

The holidays are here!!!!!!!

Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!!!! We'll be at Gamma and Papa's tomorrow celebrating. Ryann CAN NOT wait, she has been asking her mom, when is Thanksgiving since Sunday.

We've been busy! Aiden started his gymnastics class at ASI last night. He did really great! It's amazing what they can teach such small kids. The only thing he didn't really like was the balance beam, but that's because he wanted to jump off it instead of walk on it ;) Ryann is also in tumbling and I think she likes it. She doesn't talk about it much, but she seems happy!

I can't wait for tomorrow to be over. I'm not a big fan of Thanksgiving; the day feels like it DRAGS to me. I'm planning on getting some work done, so that'll be good. My photography business is booming right now, which we are thrilled about! I have multiple shoots every weekend, and a few during the week. It makes for hectic times, but I do love it; so it's worth it. Not a whole lot to report, the kids are growing like weeds - shocking us everyday with how smart they are. Adam is still working second shift, but that should be ending pretty soon - just in time to start school! I'm busy with the house, Aiden, mom's group and work. Things are good, we have TONS to be thankful for this year - God has blessed us in so many wonderful ways!!!!

Kinda late but, Congrats to Patrick and Jayme on the purchase of their first home! We are so excited and can't wait to see it!!!

Another Congrats to the Ensey family who just welcomed new baby Elizabeth Marie into the world. Mommy and baby are both doing well. Jenny said this delivery was much eaiser than with Chandler!!! We love you guys, and are so happy for you - can't wait to meet her!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, PLEASE be careful if you plan on driving/flying for the holidays!!!!

Worst case of diaper rash.....

I've never seen it end up on someones head before!!!!

Yeah, leave it up to our son!! I was doing laundry, left him alone in our bathroom for MABYE a minute, and this is what I return to find! I walked back and he met me at the door, handed me the tin and said, "See - Mommy, medicine!" Adam said he's head must have itched! We've already washed his head four times and it still isn't out completely. You can't see it anymore, but if you touch it - well it just feels nasty!!! Anyone run into this problem before? I would LOVE some ideas on how to get it out!

Hope your day is going better than ours!!!

Learning to manipulate!

I think it's so funny that this is something learned so early in life! I've noticed when Aiden wants something, that he knows he isn't suppose to have he will try to butter you up. When I talk to Aiden I'm always sure to make eye contact, sometimes that means "getting in his face". When that happens he uses it as a chance to work me over.... he'll gently grab both sides of my face, look at me all sweet and say things like, "I uv Mommy", or " I hold you Mommy" or "Mommy's baby". It's SO hard not to give in!

So much!!!

We've got SO much going on these days. Adam and I seriously see each other in passing, which is taking some getting use to. He did get to work a "normal" day yesterday, so last night he, Aiden and I had a BLAST playing together. It's been forever since we both got to sit and play with him- you could tell Aiden LOVED having us both here.

We got some good news today -

"Dear Adam,

Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you have been unconditionally admitted. Thank you for pursuing your graduate studies at The University of Texas at Arlington."

(Not that anyone doubted that this would happen!) Yay Adam, we're so proud of you! He will be working on another masters degree!

Following the new pattern - today was BUSY! I got my hair cut for the first time in EIGHT months! Well, just trimmed. I really need to take the time and do things for me every now and then - but that's just not fun!!

We picked up Ryann tonight. Her class is taking a field trip tomorrow, and Melony, Adam and I did not feel safe sending a 4 year old on a bus ride over an hour away from any of us, so we opted to get her a day early. She is so amazing! I know I say that a lot, but seriously - she is so smart, pretty and sweet - she has it all!! Including a little brother who just about worships the ground she walks on! Those two couldn't be any crazier for one another! The ride home was full of little giggles. I don't think Aiden ever laughs as hard as he does as when Ryann is here. Ryann is still doing awesome in school! I really think school has helped her come "out of her shell" a bit. She doesn't seem as shy with new people like she once was. She is just amazing!

Aiden is also doing great! You wouldn't believe how much this kid talks! It is nonstop! He picks up on new thinks hourly, just blows my mind sometimes. He is a lot like Ryann, he doesn't forget ANYTHING! He met my friend Monique, and now asks about her all the time, he also asks about the baby in her tummy! I let him answer my cell phone occasionally, so if you call don't be surprised if you hear the sweetest "Hello Daddy!" no matter who it is that is the first thing he says, then "Hello (insert name here)!!" He started singing all of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star today. For the longest he has only sang one verse, today he knows it all! He also said rectangle. If I can just get him to say square, he'll have all his shapes down! He knows all the basic colors. He still gets a little confused with pink and purple, but that's not bad! He also is just amazing!!!

We're getting ready for the upcoming holidays. This time of year flies! We've just about completed all our Christmas shopping, so we can sit back and enjoy the rest of this year! Life is good! At this point, we couldn't be happier!!!

And for those intrested, I'm still working on getting the older pix up on our albums - it's a slow process since I don't have a lot of time to work on it, but it'll get done. I have added a lot, you'll be amazed at how much/fast Ryann has grown and changed!!!

Back to the grind...

We're home! We had a WONDERFUL trip, but glad to be back with our little man! The trip was great. The Villa at Messina Hof was SO nice. It really didn't even feel like being in College Station. Our room was beautiful. The staff was wonderful, the food was excellent, and the wine was tasty!! I did much better than anyone expected. I missed Aiden terribly, but it was easier than I thought it would be. I really think a lot of that was because was with his Aunt Kim, and that really helped to put my mind at ease. Adam and I enjoyed the Villa and all it has to offer. We visited some old favorites in town, and found some new ones as well. Both of us were blown away at how much has changed! That place is really growing! We had a good time at the game too, despite our lost - it was fun just being there!! It didn't get as cold as I thought - which I was happy about! We ran into old friends, here and there. It was a great trip! Adam didn't want to go back to work, but I'm happy to be back at "work". I enjoyed my time away, but won't be doing it again anytime soon. I missed Aiden!!!

This was taken as we were leaving, a little tired from a late night at the game! To see more pictures from our weekend be sure and visit our photo gallery!!!

Headed to College Station!!!

We've been waiting for this weekend for what seems like FOREVER!! Adam and I head to College Station tomorrow. We are so ready for a whole weekend to ourselves. We've only really seen each other in passing for the past two weeks. This weekend is much needed!! Although I'm not sure how I will handle a whole weekend with out my sweet baby boy! He'll be with his Aunt Kim, so I know he will be in good hands. He'll be just fine, just curious how I'm going to deal. This will be the first time we've spent more than a few hours apart.

While in College Station we'll be staying at Messina Hof Winery, in the Romeo and Juliet room.

Friday night we'll go to a wine tasting, then dinner, and maybe a "night on the town". Saturday morning we'll tour the winery, and then head to the game!!

Kim, keep your cell charged - I'll be calling as often as Adam will let me!! LOL!!! Take care of my baby!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful day and night! Our day started out ruff. Aiden picked up a runny nose and cough, and boy was he feeling it this morning/ afternoon. After a 3.5 hour nap, he was ready for some good 'ol trick or treating! I have to say, I am SO happy we moved to a neighborhood that is so family friendly! Aiden had a wonderful time! He never would say trick or treat, but he did tell everyone "Happy Haween!" and he was really good at remembering to tell everyone thank you. I was surprised at how well he did with some of the scarier decor - such a big boy!!! Little Peter Pan got enough candy to last till next year! After we were done trick or treating we took Aiden to Chick-fil-a, where he played and had a wonderful time. No doubt he was ready for bed. I think he was asleep before his head it the pillow!

Making some changes...

I've changed our photo hosting site yet again. I think this one is going to work better. I have unlimited uploads, so now I won't have to pick and choose which photos to share. There are some new ones up already so check them out. I'll take me a while, but I'm going to put up all our old ones too, so check back often to take a stroll down memory lane. Anyone can post comments on this site, and you can also purchase the photos you like.

We've been BUSY lately! We had Ryann and Kamri this past weekend. We started celebrating Halloween since Ryann will be with her mommy on Tuesday. First all three kids got to open Halloween gifts from Aunt Kay. We went to a Fall Festival where they got to ride ponies. This was Aiden's first time doing so. He had SO much fun, unfortunately I didn't have my camera - bad Mommy!!!

Then Saturday night we went to Boo at the Zoo. This was our third year to attend. The kids got a TON of candy. We all had a great time! Aiden LOVED asking for "tandy" he always told the person giving it to him, "thanks man" Ryann was Tinkerbell, Aiden was Peter Pan, Kamri was a ballerina, Daddy went as a soccer ref, who was attacked, and Mommy was a cheerleader.

Sunday we did some more Halloween celebrating at Gamma and Papa's house. The kids all had a great time playing with their grandparents! We took the girls back to their mommy and came home.

Aiden is talking more and more, not much he can't say. He now knows most of his shapes, colors and lots of letters. He is just amazing!!!! He is minding his manners so well these days, always saying "please" and "tank you" - too sweet!!!

Miss. Fuson

Halloween Pumpkins!!

Aiden experienced carving a pumpkin for the first time today! This was always something I LOVED doing when I was a kid. From past experience with Ryann, she isn't too crazy about it. That is why we painted our pumpkins last year. Aiden had a great time. He didn't know what to think at first. He reached in and said "yucky!" and quickly pulled his hand out. I showed him what he needed to do. After that the fun started!! We cleaned it, and then I carved the word 'boo' in it. When the letters fell out Aiden said "oops" and started putting them back. Once we got it back inside and put a candle in it, he was mesmerized!! Spending time with him is SO much fun these days. He is a real character!!

**Oh, please excuse the fact that Aiden is just in his undies, this is pretty common these days - makes our frequent trips to the potty a little easier!**



Looks kinda like BOD- oops!!

Little Miss October!

As promised here are a few pictures of the newest addition to the Fuson family!!! Isn't she beautiful?!!



I think she looks most like her big sister Taryn!

BUSY, BUSY!!

We picked up Ryann Thursday afternoon. Friday we had a play date, and the kids had a blast! My friend Kelley has some what of a zoo in her home. We got to see two Sloths, the are SO cool!!! Aiden thought they were monkeys. To my surprise Ryann was not scared of them. Among her many other pets they have a grate dane, which Aiden thought was a horse!

While we were at our play date Adam was busy taking the GRE. He did wonderful - which we all knew he would! He plans to go back to school; very part time, starting in January. Life as a married couple will soon feel like life as a single parent. We'll manage; always keeping in mind he is trying to better our situation, and his career.

I had a scrap book thing Saturday morning, and then Gamma and Papa came over. We all had a great time visiting and watching the A&M game - WHOOP!!!

Today, we headed to Kamri's birthday party. These kids are growing up WAY to fast! Aiden had a great time playing with Ryann and Kamri and the rest of the kids. He slept the whole way home, and was ready for bed at eight o'clock right on the dot! Adam is crashed already too. I on the other hand am dealing with restless legs. I've got a doctors appointment on the 25, but not sure if I can wait that long. I've woken up two nights in the past week crying because of the pain and discomfort, gotta get this under control!

Hope you're all doing great!
New pictures are up!

Big boy haircut!

Aiden went in today for his first real big boy hair cut. We visited Cool Cuts 4 Kids. That is a w0nderful place. Aiden had fun playing before his hair cut. During his hair cut he watched the wiggles and got to sit in a yellow taxi. He was very excited about his yeyow tar (yellow car). He did really well, didn't cry - just had a look of concern on his face the whole time. He looks more like Adam now - I think. Don't get me wrong, he still favors Mommy, but you can see more of Daddy now.

to see all the pix from today visit www.dropshots.com/naborsfam

Home Sweet Home!

Adam returned home last night! Aiden and I are SO happy to have him back home. Sounds like he had a good trip. Got lots of work done, plus he got to see most everything he wanted to see. He came back with some souvenirs for us all. We'll all be sporting our I love NY shirts soon! He isn't really home though, he had to get up and go ref some soccer games; so I guess real family time will start this evening.

I'm sure Adam feels like he missed a lot of Aiden growing up this past week. Aiden has picked up on A through G of the alphabet song! He also can tell you what a circle and triangle are. He is recognizing more colors. Never getting yellow, pink, white, black or brown wrong. Blue and red are getting better, but he refuses to say green. Oh, big step in potty training yesterday. He had on his big boy undies and was playing. I heard "Uh-oh, tt Mommy - POTTY!!!" He ran past me on the way to the potty. I noticed a tiny wet spot on his undies. I sat him on the potty and he finished. He actually was able to hold it! BIG STEP! Yay Aiden!!!! Aiden has also decided he is a huge football fan. I turned on the A&M game and he sat on the couch and hasn't moved. Every once in a while I hear "go man go, ball!!" I guess he likes it! LOL!!

Check out more pix from New York http://www.dropshots.com/naborsfam

Welcome baby girl Fuson!!!

She is FINALLY here!!! Chris and Adrian couldn't be happier! Daelyn Avery Fuson was born today. She weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 10oz, and 19inches long. She came to us by c-section. Mommy and baby are both doing well. A little exhausted, but that's to be expected. Ashelynn and Taryn are so proud of their new baby sister! Aiden LOVED her. He wanted to hold her SO bad, but took playing with Uncle Tis (Chris) instead. I don't have any pictures to share YET, (Adam has my camera in New Jersey) but I'll post some as soon as I get my hands on a camera. If you would like to call or send flowers contact me and I will be happy to give you the happy family's contact info. They will be coming home from the hospital Saturday, I'm sure they can't wait! I'll keep you all updated on our newest member of the family!!

In a blink of an eye....

Aiden is proving everyday that he is no longer a baby. He continues to amaze me with how smart he is. It's funny, because those things bring nothing but joy to me. I get so happy to hear a new word, song, letter, color.... but to watch him actually change from that tiny little baby into this little boy, well just make me sad. Aiden started wearing 'big boy' underwear yesterday afternoon. He wears them during waking hours while we are home. He has had only one accident while wearing them! Aiden really enjoys using the potty. He loves running into the next room and telling who ever he sees, "I tt potty!!!" I get so much joy from his happiness. Today we converted his crib into a toddler bed. He was SO excited to be apart of what was going on. He had a great time jumping on the mattress while I put the bed together. We went potty, put a diaper on, washed his hands and teeth then I watched as he climbed into bed all by himself for the first time. It was so sweet, but I couldn't help but cry. Our baby is really growing up, and it's safe to say I've got mixed emotions! We read a book and then gave hugs and kisses. He turned over and went right to sleep. I walked out of the room thinking, where did my baby go? It's so true; they really do grow up FAST!

Sorry these pictures aren't great - they were taken w/ my phone Adam has my camera out of state!!


First time in his 'big boy' bed!!

Dancing in his undies!!LOL!!

Our weekend with 3 kiddos!

What happened to the weekend?! It went by SO fast!! Friday afternoon we picked up Ryann and her little sister, Kamri. First thing after dinner, we got our home ready for Halloween. The girls had a great time putting up black and orange lights, ghost, pumpkins and the rest of our not-too scary decor. Saturday after my photo shoot, a friend of mine; who has girls about Ryann and Kamri's age came over. All four of the girls, and Aiden had a BLAST! Later that afternoon I took Kamri and did some birthday portraits - she was a wonderful little model. She told me the whole time, "this is fun, I like this!" When we returned home all the kids got to work on making a Halloween picture frame. We had a late night of playing!! Today was our usual Sunday, spent with Gamma and Papa. The kids had fun, as usual! Aiden LOVED having both girls here this weekend. He really bonded with Kamri, who by the way - is the most well mannered child I have ever met! She is really a sweet girl!


Not sure whats up w/ Aiden's smile, but aren't they cute?!

Silly kids!

Aiden and I are preparing for a week with out Daddy. Adam leaves for New Jersey tomorrow. He will return Friday, the sixth. Not sure how we are going to handle this "alone" time. Aiden is very attached to his daddy, and is use to seeing him everyday - so we'll see.

Aiden is still amazing us daily. He is just so awesome! I LOVE being his mommy! He is getting better and better at recognizing colors. Yellow and pink are his favorites, he never gets them wrong. Red is becoming easier for him too. He now will tell you, " I wanna count" and then goes on to do so. He is doing very well with potty training, asking more frequently to use the potty.

Ryann is doing great! She is just so grown! She is now enrolled in an after school program, starting officially on Monday. She will be doing tumbling - which I am THRILLED about!

Hope you're all doing well. If you would like to see more pictures from this weekend, check out our photo gallery!

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!

Has it been two years already?! It's almost hard to believe! Our life together has been full of love, excitement and adventure! I made the comment to someone about it being easy. That is truly how I feel. God has blessed us in so many ways that I can actually say life as a married couple and parents has been easy! Praise God!!!!!!

We have really enjoyed this anniversary so far. Saturday night we celebrated together, first we opened our gifts. The second anniversary was made for us! The traditional gift is cotton. Adam got two express shirts, and I pair of gaucho paints and sweat shirt form Victoria's Secret as well as a BIG, comfy blanket! Adam also got a pair of tickets to the A&M/ OU game in November.
We went out to dinner and had some yummy sushi!

**before going out Saturday night**

Sunday Adam's parents came over. We opened our gift from them, and then went to dinner.

Today, we had a picnic at the Botanic Gardens and then walked the Japanese Garden. Ending up at the exact place we got married, two wonderful years ago! Before leaving we stopped in the gift shop and got a sake set to help remember the day!

**Standing in the exact spot we said I do!**

We'll do a little more celebrating tomorrow with Adam's aunt. Then in November we'll travel kid FREE to College Station and celebrate some more. We are both really looking forward to this trip. We stay SO busy these days we don't get much time together. I am a little anxious about being away from Aiden that long, but I know he'll be in good hands - just hard, because I've never even spent the night way from him! We'll be staying at Messina Hoff in the Romeo and Juliet room - It's going to be great!!

**New pix up**

When Daddy is in charge!

Just kidding. This could have just as easily happen to me, but it didn't so I can pick on him!! I was out and about this morning and I got a call from Adam asking how to clean up baby powder. Aiden had gotten into his changing table drawer and pulled out his bottle of powder and dumped the WHOLE thing out. First he pulled out some of his PJ's so they got covered with the white stuff too. I told Adam to close the door and I'd take care of it when I got home. It wasn't as bad as I imaged, looks like he had a good time though! LOL!!!

Learning so fast!!

On the 7th of this month Aiden helped Kay count to ten. Today he did it all by himself! on, tu, tee, fo, ive, six, seben, eight, nine, en!!! I can't believe he picked up on it SO fast! He is also picking up on more letters in the alphabet. He seems to favor B and P. He knows right where they go in the song too! He is learning how to say his own name. Sometimes it's as clear as day, others it comes out a bit more like aihen. He no longer calls himself baby when looking at pictures he tells you "that me!" I'm sure I'm forgetting something, since he does something new and amazes me every two to three minutes! Oh, but I do have a funny story....

We were at Kay's house, (a while back). She had gotten out her check book to right a check. Aiden brought her a pen, and said "A-I-D-E-N" She took the pen and continued what she was doing, then he brought another pen handing it to her again he said "A-I-D-E-N". He did that about 4 times. Then today Aiden got into Kay's purse, took out her check book and pen and started to "write", spelling A-I-D-E-N. Apparently he thinks Kay owes him some money!! LOL!!

Is it Friday yet?!

It’s just now nap time, (just after lunch) and the day already feels so LONG! Aiden and I got up early this morning and went to the doctor’s office, only to find out that he is NOT sick. He HAD to inherit his daddy’s allergies! We got a RX for some Zyrtec, which he'll have to take daily at least until the first freeze. Then on our way home a very sweet man waved me down to let me know my rear passenger tire was flat. I pulled into a gas station and it was COMPLETELY flat! SO, Aiden and I had to spend a few more hours away from home to have that fixed. Turns out there was a huge screw stuck in it!

Our weekend was much better than this morning! Ryann was home, and we LOVED it!! We picked her up Friday, and returned home to go to the homecoming game. We didn’t stay the whole time, ‘cause boy does this town LOVE it’s football. Seriously there wasn’t even standing room in the grass – crazy! We stayed long enough for the kids to run around and wear themselves out. When we returned home I found out that 3 of the shoots I was scheduled to do were rescheduled for next weekend. I did still get to go to my scrapbook club- which is SO much fun!! The rest of the weekend was filled with playtime w/ the kiddos. Adam had a few games to ref early Saturday morning, but that was about it.

Ryann is still loving school and doing great! She comes home from school with a smiley EVERYday!! Not a whole lot else to report on little miss, she is still as sweet and beautiful as ever. She is VERY funny too. She cracks me up all the time, and she NEVER stops talking. You know that commercial for the cell phone company and they have the little cheerleader on the phone – well that’s Ryann!

Aiden is still changing every time you turn around. He can now show you how old he is, it’s so cute!! He loves to sing and will go back and forth between Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old McDonald all day if you let him. He is picking up on more and more words daily. He has learned how to say Ryann’s mommy’s name – Melony; although when he says it it sounds more like Nelmony. Aiden is learning his colors. It is still a little confusing for him, but he has learned pink. If you show him something pink he says, “Sissy, pinkt” I think it’s so funny that he puts those two things together. He is also picking up on some parts of the alphabet song. As I sing it he throws in the letters he knows. He is just so amazing to me! Today while we were waiting on my car he looked at me and said, “Poo-poo”. I checked his diaper and he hadn’t, then a second later he looked at me again and said, “poo-poo” I asked him if he wanted to sit on the potty, and he said yes. I took him in and he used it. This is the first time he has been able to make it to the potty for a BM. Of course we did our little potty dance, washed our hands and had a snack. He was so proud of himself! He only used one diaper all day yesterday, so I think you could say this potty training stuff is going pretty good!!!

**New Pictures Up!!**

Busy day!!

Aiden and I had a BUSY day! First we went and had breakfast with some of the mom's in our play group. It was YUMMY!!! Then we met up with the rest of the group and the Ridgmar Mall play area. Aiden had a great time. That play area is awesome for kids his size. He was all over the place!!! Then we went to lunch and walked the mall. We made it home about 4:30, just in time to start dinner. Adam is working a normal shift today and tomorrow, so when he gets home we'll be outside messing with my car, and cleaning the garage! Adam is going to see if I we will need to take my car in to get the AC, or part of the AC fixed - yay!! Ug, I'm really hoping that it's just this little thing he can take care of, **fingers crossed!** Here are some pix of Aiden playing today.

Excited?!

Reaching for the camera!!

and this is why we wear hats!! LOL!!

Craft Playdate!

Aiden and I had a blast this morning! We hosted our second "craft" playdate! At the first one we worked on Aggie overalls. At this one we made handprint plates. They are SUPER cute, and a really great keepsake! Knowing Ryann wouldn't be here for today, we did her's the weekend before last. I can't wait to get these up in their rooms! Look how close their hands are in size - keep in mind Ryann is 4 and Aiden is 18mo!!!

These kids are growing up TOO fast!

Mr. Smarty Pants!!

Aiden and I were at Kay's house last night. I was printing some stuff, and Aiden and Kay were sitting at the dinner table having a snack. Aiden wanted a piece of chocolate. Kay let him have a piece, and then he wanted another. She told him no, and he began to cry. She said, "Let’s count them as we put them up. 1, 2, 3, 4". Aiden followed her up with "5!" Kay continued "6,7" Aiden again followed up with "8!" We were SO excited! I'm not really sure how he picked up on this. Most of the time when we count with him we only get to 5. I'm guessing he picked up on it while we were working on numbers with Ryann this past weekend. He is truly amazing!!

Happy Labor Day!!!

Yay a day of total laziness! We spent most of our day at Gamma and Papa’s house. The kids where thrilled to get to spend some time with their grandparents. Aiden talks about his Papa no less than twice a day. Something tells me these two will have an unbreakable bond one day. Gamma got out some of her water colors and let the kids go to town. They (all three of them) had a blast! Then she helped them start on some Halloween crafts! Ryann was happy to cut and glue!

Adam and I enjoyed sitting on the couch, watching the SVU marathon. After a few hours it was time to take Ryann back to her mommy. We were all sad to see her go, and can’t wait till she is here again! I made these overalls for Ryann last night, what do you think?