Aidan Crawling

Here's Aidan crawling around after Thanksgiving dinner. Notice how he keeps his left leg up almost in a walking position...so funny!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here we are enjoying the feast!

My sister-in-law, Angie, brought her cute little puppy, Molly, to Jason's parent's house. Aidan and Molly were very curious about each other trying to figure out what the other one was! It was pretty cute.

Aidan all fed and happy...and face not wiped up yet!

Here's my attempt to get a picture of all the cousins playing together after dinner. And, I do mean right after dinner...they went straight for the trampoline! Only kids would think of jumping right after a Thanksgiving feast! Yikes!

I thought it would be fun to start a new Thanksgiving tradition this year, so I made these little place-mats for everyone and set them on the tables so that before dinner everyone could go around and write what they're thankful for about that person. I had a lot of fun doing it. Gavin and Connor I had to just drag along (to ask them what they were thankful for about each person) because I was infringing on their play time with their cousins, but I think everyone else liked it. Then everyone got to take their place-mats home.

Gavin's Dental Surgery

Gavin was so brave for his dental surgery. We're good about brushing, but not so much with the flossing, so Gavin had a couple of bad cavities between his molars and the dentist thought it would be easier to put Gavin under anesthesia to fix it. Otherwise, it would have taken at least three visits to the dentist to fix it with lots of shots and drilling that would probably scare Gavin into not wanting to go back to the dentist for regular cleanings. I was so nervous, and Gavin was so brave and did a great job. Here he is waking up from the anesthesia enjoying sipping on his soda and watching the Disney Channel. I was so glad when it was all done!

Random Silly Pictures...

Here's Aidan with the train engineer hat on...so cute!


Gavin with his lightsaber. He's been known to clip those to the side of his underwear before he gets dressed in the morning! One on each hip!

Connor with his "work" goggles on!

Baby Aidan.

Gavin's New Obsession...

So, the other day, I rented the new Star Wars Clone Wars movie thinking Gavin might like it...Oh, my goodness did he like it...he loved it...so I probably should have bought it instead of just renting it. He's been going around the house with his toy lightsaber repeating lines from the movie! He even woke Jason up the other morning and handed him a lightsaber so he could "fight" with him. At first Jason just stayed in bed and swung the lightsaber around...then he got up and chased Gavin and while they "fought" with their lightsabers, Jason was able to knock Gavin's lightsaber out of his hands...that's when Gavin looked up at him and said, "Hmmm...Now, I'm impressed!" and tried to use the force to get his lightsaber back. Jason laughed so hard he fell over and couldn't even tell me what happened for like five minutes straight because he was laughing so hard. But, considering that Jason is a HUGE Star Wars fan, having a son who loves it too has to be like a dream come true!

Happy Anniversary Katie!!

Katie and I are celebrating our anniversary today and I just wanted to let her know how much I love her. She has been the glue that has held our little family together for these past SEVEN years. She has been extremely patient with me while I slowly finish school. She has done a terrific job raising our little boys. I remember what an awesome feeling it was the day we got married. I was so happy to know that I would spend the rest of eternity with the most beautiful daughter of God (Sorry all you other women but I have to be truthful).

For those of you who know our story, there are many things that fell into place that led us to each other. I believe that we are a perfect match and I am so spoiled to have her. I am so very thankful for her and the joy she brings to my life.

Katie, you are the best thing that I could have ever asked for. I look forward to the many roads we will go down together. Some may be hard, but together we will make it through. Thank you for being you.