Aiden is ONE!

The birthday boy
His own bookshelf to destroy!

Loving Jackson in the morning

Baby friends came to play

Happy Birthday Big Boy!

Well its' official my baby turned one yesterday and in a crowded house filled with loving family. We are so lucky to have so much family close by that even though it was a very crowded house yesterday they all love him so much it was worth it! We even had some out of town visitors (Mazzi, Kyra and Matt Thompson) and (Christine and Kathleen), and the Compins from YUba City. It was amazing the people who showed up. The bookcase with Aiden's name on it is from Kell and I (thank you Cheryl DiMatteo for your sewing skills) and all the books and wonderful things are from our friends/family. Aiden held up pretty well, no major melt downs. Opened a few things, ran around and ate his homemade by mommy and daddy healthy baby cake (everyone else enjoyed the beautiful cake that Auntie Em had made for him from the book Happy Birthday Baby by Dr. Seuss). All were gone by 2:30 so naptime came easy and then a mellow day.

I really can't believe he is one, I feel old and I just hope things slow down a bit, maybe not every week will be something so new so it might slow up a bit, but probably not. He is such a joy in our life, I never knew how much I would change having him in our life and each day I thank God he is a part of us now. Well enough of the sappy stuff...we also went to the doctor today and she agrees we are going to start the process of if we can go off the monitor! We have a referral to a sleep specialist in Redding (thank you God) Dr. Trevor, who will do a sleep study and determine that he really isn't having apenic spells and that we can go off and how long to stay on the PRevacid, so wooooo there may be an end in sight! As for check up - he looks great, got shots and was.....

30.5 inches tall (75% percentile) -his cousin Cadence is going to pass him soon...:)

22lbs, 15 oz ( 50% percentile)

48 cm head (96% percentile) Yah , his head is huge- but that we all know:)

So we are good, healthy, hated the shots, and now napping in our crib....love ya Aiden!

Crazy thing...tomorrow at school is our minimum day (1/2 day woohoo) and I was just thinking, this day 1 year ago my water broke when the bell rung....now I know that won't be happening this year (if it does then I am peeing my pants) but boy has my life changed in one year. Most things have been for the better, there have been a lot of ups, a few downs and a lot of unknowns! Just sort of a weird day, at least this year the ending will be a lot less exciting...just sleep not a newborn entering our world. Love him and can't believe Sunday is the day!

Christmas Weekend!

This was a crazy weekend... we had our church Christmas dinner, the Redding Christmas parade, a trip to the snow (very, very cold snow) to get our tree and lights up around the house and on the tree (ornaments to come Tuesday night!)

our driving buddies....

what is this stuff....snow!

what a funny looking family!

Cadence and Halen snuggled in the wagon
What mom?

The snow adventure was a little more than we planned for being that it was only 17 degrees and snowing most of the time, but we lived through it and might plan a bit different next year....still we survived and I'm sure we will all sleep very well tonight!

And not only is the tree up..but the baby super gate too! that's right- Aiden proof

Aidenisms....

Aiden has been cracking up this week (besides being a clingy mommy monster) his new thing is to look at books (by taking ALL of them off the shelf), going over to our big pillows and leaning back on them and also playing withthe exersaucer in a whole new way (after this picture incident we decided it was time for the exersaucer to be retired)....Anyways....this new walking world has created a pretty funny kid....

A Week OFF!!!

Cool new Turkey Day Pj's




What a great week off- I got to be a good mommy and take my son to the park, on play dates and to run errands. I got to listen to him scream to take a nap (like he does for no else but me;) and I got to watch him play in the leaves and try to eat rocks. We had a few spills and bumps as we check out the world in cruising mode (tear...) but, most importantly we just got to hang out. Here are some highlights from our week....

Park Play time



A little bigger on the swings now!

Nana and Aiden at the Christmas tree lighting

Four generations- Great Gram, Grammy, Kell and Aiden


Playing pool on Turkey day with Papa and the kids!

A Visit North...

Aiden and Auntie Sarah walking outside....
Buddled up in Jacksonville- which note to self don't bring stroller= not convienent.

Saying hi to Tucker!

Ahhhhh, the cute new family

We made a quick trip up to Central Point, Oregon to see Sarah and Jeremy's new house! It is so beautiful and we were so lucky the weather was great for us. We were a bit nervous on Friday but it was clear skies and snow on the side, which made the drive beautiful. Aiden terrorized their house and got licked by Tucker ALOT! We visited some much needed Oregon musts (HArry and David, Toys R Us, Fred Meyer) and walked around in Jacksonville. It was a really nice getaway and started the vacation week off great! Now we are home for a busy week....I can't believe Thanksgiving is here, I feel like I just posted Halloween pictures!

First Steps...ahhhhh!

So Aiden took his first steps alone this weekend, it started on Friday night a couple little ones to Kellin. We didn't want to get excited, because we thought it would never happen again :) then Saturday night with Auntie Em and the DiMatteos' over he took a few more...then Sunday Nana and Papa Westphal were over and some more. It just keeps on getting faster and faster. Mom isn't ready for a walker- that means he is a little boy not a little baby. He likes it but when he realizes he does it he sits down quickly. He also wants to move so fast these days that walking alone he tries to go a lot faster than he actually can so he falls quite a bit, and fake cries to us "why did you let me fall." Ohhh poor baby ;) It was a huge milestone weekend and it makes me so happy because he is so fun, but so sad that he growing up too quick. Yes, all you moms are right- you don't get it until you have your own.

Ohhh we also had some visitors Sunday- the Meagher family came to say hi so Aiden got to play with baby Erin (his hand-me down pal and future Jackson Heights friend) - we love that we have so many new babies to play with.

Erin Meagher- 3 1/2 months, Aiden Moore- 10 1/2 months!