September 2010 Photo Session

Good, wall hangable photos of the kids were way past due. I've been wanting to do them for a while now, and finally got around to it. I tried to get a good shot of the three kids together, but it didn't work out so well. I'll try again another day.

May I speak with Toe Jam please?

Ayden is very intently talking to grandma on dad's phone. Anna is very intently talking to grandma on her shoe.

Monthly Pictures

Continuing with tradition, I am taking Alayna's picture each month to track her growth. I threw these collages together to see just how much the kids look alike and I like them so much that I am going to do one each month.

Stinky toe kisses

Ayden came hopping in saying "Ow, ow, ow, ow." because he had hurt his foot (not very badly). I heard Anna in the garage (where they were playing) saying, "I can kiss it." So I told Ayden that Anna would kiss it for him. He said, "It's on my toe. Toes are stinky. My toes are stinky." Anna came up to him and said, "I'm a princess, I can kiss it."

"Why is my butt in your face?"

Eric heard Ayden in his room saying, "Why is my butt in your face? Why is my butt in your face? Why is my butt in your face?" Eric thought Ayden and Anna were in there up to something so he went and looked. Ayden was in his room by himself playing with his monster trucks and had lined them up end-to-end with their "butts" in each other's "faces".

Rare Moments of Togetherness

Playing at the park

Anna's 1st Haircut

This has been long overdue! Anna's bangs have been hanging in her eyes for quite a while now and she won't keep any kind of barrette in her hair to help keep them out of her eyes.

Before

Anna was such a good girl! She didn't

give the stylist an ounce of trouble.

After

Doesn't she look like such a big girl!

I wish I could find her a shirt like this

awesome cover.

A Long-Past-Due Update!

I'm so, so sorry that it has been almost two months since my last blog entry! I don't even have a good excuse, I've just been lazy. I haven't been taking very many pictures of the kids lately, therefore I haven't been blogging. I'm starting to pick up my camera again, so hopefully I will do regular blog entries again.

Playing at the park

The music man

Goosie with piggy tails

Sporting his cool Spider Man hat

The cutest little cowgirl

BSU's biggest fan

Wearing brother's hat

Ayden's football shoulder pads and game face

Brown-eyed beauty

Lookin' good in orange

Sporting the hat she got at the fair

Ayden wearing one of Anna's socks as a glove

Is this not about the cutest thing you've ever seen?!

A couple of videos

My big girl swinging in a big kid swing

feelin' the music

Ayden is 3!

Yep, you read that right, my baby boy is the big THREE! I know, I can't believe it either! He is such a sweetheart, too. As I'm writing this he is sitting on a chair with his guitar playing a song for us and periodically asking, "how is everybody doing?" I don't know where he learned to work the crowd, but it is definitely adorable! The other day, he came into the room I was in playing his guitar. He stood there and rocked out for a moment before saying, "It's not louder enough!". Then he looked down at his right hand and said in all seriousness, "I think I need a new hand."

His cousin, Laine, loves knock knock jokes and told a bunch the last time we saw him. Ayden must have picked up on it because he just came up to me and told this joke:

Ayden: knock knock

Me: who's there?

Ayden: apple

Me: apple who?

Ayden: um, twenty! ahahahahaha

And to his daddy a minute later:

Ayden: knock knock

Daddy: who's there?

Ayden: banana

Daddy: banana who

Ayden: um, taxi! ahahahahaha

Ayden's birthday was on Saturday the 11th, so I know this post is way late. But in my defense, we didn't have his party until last Sunday, the 19th. And you have to allow a few days for me to be a lazy bum.

His party was very fun! Eric's parents graciously allowed us to invade their house for it, as they have more room and a nicer back yard. We rented a big blow-up slide, that Ayden didn't even go down once, but most of the other kids at the party enjoyed. Ayden spent most of his time in the sandbox. He got lots of great gifts and was super excited about all of them

The sand box was a big hit!

The birthday boy

Cousin Toby

Cousin Sage

Grandma Debbie made and frosted the cake, and I decorated it.

Hmm, I think she got the short end of the stick on this one.

Seeing his cake for the first time. Try to contain yourself, kid. Jeesh!

As we sang him Happy Birthday, he was trying

very hard to keep a straight face and not smile.

He finally cracked a little by the end of the song

He got:

new strings for his guitar from Papa, Boyd, and Doyle that

I didn't get a picture of because Papa just handed them to

Ayden as soon as he arrived. Papa did tell me that Ayden

was very appreciative of them. After all, it's hard to make

beautiful music on a guitar with only three strings.

a nerf gun from Grandma and Grandpa Knepprath

a remote control motorcycle from

Grandma and Grandpa Ackerman

cool guy sunglasses from Mom and Dad

a mystery horn from Mom and Dad.

I wonder what that could be for . . . hmmm

fun, swimming penguins for the bathtub from Aunt

Brandy, Uncle Rob, Toby, and Levi

A shovel and pail to play in the sandbox from

Uncle Kevin, Aunt Clarissa, Sage, Andy, and Dakota

and a new bike from Mom, Dad, and Anna!!!

I'm sure inside he is VERY excited,

it just hasn't made it's way out yet

trying out his new bike in the driveway

I just realized that I have no pictures of the big slide. I guess I was too busy visiting to take any pictures of the kids having fun on it.

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrate his birthday with us, he loved all of your thoughtful gifts! And thank you again to Eric's parents for letting us invade your house, and making all that great food. And to you Aunt Pam for your delicious potato salad!