Aden's 1!!

On sunday we decided to celebrate Aden's first birthday! (a day early)! He was so good all day. Of course he decided he needed to be up @ 530 am! So we got started early. We had a bbq with family and a few close friends. He had a blast with all the attention. He was so funny opening presents, everyone gave him a gift bag, so he would stick his head in the bag and see if there was something he liked, if not then he would toss it aside and go for the next one! He got lots of clothes so nothing to exciting for him. He did get some toys, that are more his age appropriate now. And Aden did awesome with the cake! At first he wasn't sure what to do. Then we took his hands and put them in the cake to show him. Then daddy gently put the cake in his face, and then he went for it. And he missed his afternoon nap so he wasn't all the way with it at cake time, but he did get messy. I'm so glad we did the party at our house, cause after the cake he went right to the shower! All in all it was a good day, even though we were tired and snapped at our parents a few times. (not on purpose) we were both on about 5 hours sleep and still fighting a cold. Now were looking forward to Hawaii!! less than 3 weeks then ALOHA!!

anything...

So my baby boy isn't such a baby anymore. :( He will be one in less than 2 days!! Were having a birthday party for him tomarrow with family. Which consists of 50 + people at our house!! so here we are scrambling to get things done. I weent and had little greeting cards made, as a way to say thank you for coming. With a picture of him in the outfit that says "birthday boy"!! And of course Tony and I forgot to get him something!! OOPS!! But were going to put money in his account! :)

On the second note, when we bought our house it was "plumb for the 2nd bath". Yeah it's not!! So we got the official word from the realitors that we have to have a professional plumber come in and make it offfical and make sure there's no pipes anywhere else. And we have to tear up the floor. And then if there's nothing anywhere, we go from there. Such a headache!! PLus we have 3 weeks until Maui!! I'm so looking forward to a vacation!! A relaxing vacaation!!!

time flies....

I can't believe how much time flies with little ones!! Aden will be one in about 2 weeks. It doesn't seem like it. It seems just like yesterday we were making the decision weather to go in and get checked out or not. And then making the 4 am drive to the hospital and 10 hours later actually holding my son for the 1st time!! And look at Aden now, he's crawling, pulling himself up on furniture and slowly starting to walk around the furniture and down the couch!! And he is being very vocal and exploring everything in the house!! Including Chewy's kennel!! Not much as changed since the last time, just time going by. And the fact that were planning his party. I'm hoping the weather will be nice, since were bbq, with the whole family coming.. about 50 or more. Tony and I are doing good, were going to experiment with our schedule's alittle and see if he works 2 mid day shifts during the week, if that will help me out at nights, and then he doesn't have to close the store 4 to 5 nights a week. I would love to have him home more. :)

another day...

Aden's newest move is to pull himself up on anything he can get ahold of. His new one is Chewy's kennel. And we have the "little one" (portable) one on top of his other one. I was talking on the phone and the next thing I know, Aden's standing up by the kennel, getting ready to pull the other one down on himself, I of course jumped in to save him. Aden started laughing thinking it was funny! He's so cute!! If we play with him, he will laugh histarically, with a big grin on his face! And he also learned, when we feed him that, he can spit it out back on you. And that's the new trick usually at every meal. When we give him snacks he's pretty good, but he does try and spit. Tony and I have decide that we want to try and start potty training when he can walk. My Aunt told us, it can happen in 3 days if you follow this directions:
Day 1 Go buy underwear. Let the child pick them out and just talk about them. And that everyone wears them.
Day 2. Put the underwear on and every 15 min. take the child in to the bathroom and set them on the potty. And repeat it every 15 min. And keep the tv off for the day if you can. But set a timer to remind yourself and kiddo that you will be going in every 15 min.
Day 3. Both parents are suppose to take turns going into the bathroom every 15 min. and repeat all day. But that way both parents are a part of it. and reward them when they do go potty.
We hope we can do this, but we will see what Aden thinks. But I think it's a good 3 day try and then we will go from there....