Worn out

This is what it looks like when Mom makes you run errands all morning and Brother is at school. I thought he perked up enough and sat him on the couch took his coat off and hoped he would wake up enough to eat some lunch then try and take a little later nap. Nope... As you can see he finished napping here until he rolled off the couch. Don't worry I had a crash zone set and of course went to help Aidan and that was the time he decided to roll. He landed perfectly on it the pillow and blankets and was not mad or hurt. Just decided it was time to get up and not nap anymore!

So Much to Be Thankful For!

We have so incredibly much to be thankful for. This Thanksgiving was special since it was Aidan's Birthday also. We have two great Boys and one more precious on the way. We have our home, our family, Andrew has a steady job, we have our health and so much more. We attempted to get both sides of the Family together for Thanksgiving. It worked for the most part. Aidan woke up so incredibly excited for the day's events. We started out the morning with our Family time of present opening and a special breakfast. Then started the finishing chores before the party. Aidan however got a little grouchy. Luckily a nap cured that up. Here are the videos of him going downstairs first thing and present opening.

The collage below is pictures from Mr. Rogers. The Boys had a blast playing with their cousins. Since this was only a Family party there weren't as many kids as typical. The kids had a blast in the backyard, thankfully the drizzle stopped and they got to expend energy. I love Anslely's golf stance in the pictures.

Of course lighting the candles and singing can't be missed! This collage is a mixture of Andrew's pictures and Mr. Rogers'. I LOVE the blowing out the candles picture. Aidan and Tabitha have the same face to blow out the candles.

Here we have the present opening! Aidan was a little overwhelmed and let his cousins do most of the work. I think he was partied out by the end.

Today, we went to the pediatrician for Aidan's 3 year check up. He was a very good Boy. He willing did all the tests and did very well with the new ones. This was the first time he got his blood pressure checked and eyes checked. He passed with flying colors and a short attention span. :-)

He weighed in at 34.75 lbs (75%) and is 39.75 in tall (92%).

He answered the Doctor's questions and did not lose it until he looked in his mouth. Something that is a pain for us at teeth brushing times. He then continued to be upset when they check his belly and legs out. I don't blame him though. He had enough by then. The Doctor was impressed he said the last three year old he saw (the nurse said it too) started screaming from the weight check.

Aidan is adapting very well to his new Big Boy Room and has even told us Daniel could sleep in the laundry room or maybe Andrew and I's room. We're currently working on calling his old bedroom the nursery and are hoping to put the crib up on Saturday. Aidan is very interested in seeing Daniel's Big Baby bed. We just don't want him to feel like his old room is taken over. However, I think that is not on his mind. He is over the moon with his new room and made the change to it much more gracefully than we could have even dreamed of. He is sleeping better in the new room than he has in his old room for a looooong time.

We're very curious to see the Boys response when Daniel makes his arrival. The other night on one of Aidan's many potty breaks before he falls asleep he walked by me reached to pat my belly and said, "Hey there Baby Daniel!" Logan is currently clueless to the idea of a Baby. Logan though goes with the flow pretty well. A little too well at times, he likes early to bed but some...well OK most nights we run late and he is just fine with that too. He finally is slowing down enough at night to enjoy having a book read to him and some nights two books! He is just usually way to busy to want to sit down for even a second. He's a run by hugger, in the midst of chasing Aidan or running to do something else he'll stop for 1.5 seconds and give you a squeeze or stop want you to pick him up to instantly put him back down.

This past year has been amazing and we can't wait for Daniel's arrival! Will do our best to keep everyone near and far posted! Some days it is quite the handful though!

The icing of "the Cake"

This year I vowed I would start right after breakfast working on the cake. That way I won't be up super late wanting to throw it out the window. I did not know exactly what I wanted to do. Aidan requested a PBS character "Super Why." I looked up how some people did them. Found one I liked but wanted to do it my own way. I was content enough with how it turned out. Had I knew exactly what I wanted to do other than the face I could have planned it better. As with all cake pictures my disclaimer is: I do this for giggles. I do not take classes, have not and probably will not ever. (When is there time?! and I have better ways to spend money!) I fly by the seat of my pants. Here is Logan helping make the icing. For not being a super sweet eater he sure was pleased that it was powdered sugar versus his normal tasting of flour. (He always has a measuring spoon ready to spoon out what I am measuring in a cup, spread it on the counter and then taste it.

Super Why's face with nothing else done to the cake other than a crumb seal/dirty ice.

The end result.

Aidan informed us tonight that he, "really wants a bite of my Super Why Birthday Cake."

35 week Belly

Yup...here it is in it's pasty wonder...

Cupcakes!

The Birthday baking began today. First started off with baking the cake layers for Thursday and tossed them in the freezer. Then onto making cupcakes this evening for Aidan to take to school as a snack with some healthy choices too. The picture below shows the cupcake that was made by Logan. Doesn't it look tasty?!

Luckily it baked well and was actually edible and just a little bit funny looking.

We did not need all 18 cupcakes for school so we saved 6 for ourselves. Aidan enjoyed his!

Logan our picky eater...did not really touch his. You see it on the fork? It never left it. The icing on his face Andrew smeared on there for his to "taste" some. Logan is more of a salty foods guy versus sweet....unless it's ice cream or chocolate.

Big Boy Room!!

Aidan is as excited as we are...well we're "relieved" to have the room complete enough to sleep in. Thursday night was bittersweet for me. Aidan asked me to lay with him (like normal) for a few minutes and I layed there thinking, "This is the last time I will lay with him in this room." Bright and early Friday morning we started dismantling his bed and Andrew brought it into the new room. Aidan was super excited to see this and then walked into the nursery (what we are trying to call it right now so there is no ownership of it) and looked at the old bed frame and said, "OH NO MY BED??!!!!!!" We told him, "Remember, it's in your Big Boy Room!" He smiled and seemed as good as gold with that response. Two naps and two nights of sleep later in the Big Boy Room he seems more than fine with it. Friday night he got up to pee around 1am and headed right back to the new room did not even make a slight bend towards his old one. He talks about it all the time. Aidan helped place all the decals on the wall and sometimes he received a little direction, but mostly he picked the engines out and told me/helped me where to put them. I am not completely done with this room, there are a few more pictures I want to hang, a shelf or two I want to get. I still have to clear coat his bookshelf we bought for him and I think I might paint his lamp base. Now the "to do" list is rearranging stuff and reorganzing the MOUNTAINS of clothing we have. Right now they are filling the nursery. I am going through stuff that will fit Daniel right now and soon will be putting it in Aidan's new dresser. There are bins and clothes everywhere!! We have a busy busy week coming up here!! At least we have one GIANT to do off the list. :-)

34 weeks

Here's the Daniel Belly...34 weeks...well I guess a day later since they were taken after the looong night of working on the Big Boy Room.