Winter in Monticello!

It was FREAKIN' cold the other day! Mark set up the water hose and this is what we got.

Holidays Part 3

We spent Christmas at home. It was nice and relaxing. We rested up before the home improvements began. Dundundundun...

Holidays Part 2

We spent Christmas eve with my parents at their house. Aiden had a much better time rolling in the all of the paper than actually opening the gifts. He got a toddler four wheeler, and his first pair of boots from his uncle Cody. He was such a trip!!!

Holidays Part 1

I think that the most effective way to break up our holiday update is by the different activities. Maybe that can trigger my memory and it can be taken in more easily by others.

Before Christmas I felt like we needed to add more to our hectic schedule and fit in a Santa visit, as well as a trip to Dorothy B Oven Park. SO we made a night of it. When we got to the mall the line was not too long and the whole time Aiden would say HoHoHo! The closer we got the less there was of this. He hit the brakes when he realized that we were putting him on this strange man's lap. I snapped a few pics and SIr Aiden was done...



After when we went to the park to see the lights with the hundreds of other people, Aiden was so excited that he went full throttle all the way through the park. Mark and I were exhausted to say the least. It didn't seem to bother him that he had to run through big groups of people. Mark and I followed closely behind. I don't know how many times I said "excuse me", "so sorry", "pardon me." I am tired just recapping the experience...

Girls Christmas

Every year since the 7th grade Dana, Amy, and Lauren and I have done a Christmas something together with just the four of us. It is interesting to see how it has evolved over the years. When we were in school it was always at our parents house and we would bring food and exchange gifts. In college we took turns at different apartments or townhouses, and the meals got more extravagant. Then the kiddies started to come and the gifts became just for them. So, now for the past couple of years we have decided it is so much more fun to have someone make dinner for us. This year we had dinner at the melting pot!!! You just can't beat melted cheese and chocolate. I think that this will be our new tradition.

Fun with Mommy

Last night Aiden and I had some quality rollin' on the floor, ticklin' time. As you can see good times were had by all!

Baby Number 2 is a...

GIRL!!! Sorry the pictures are so crummy. I am without a scanner, so I took a picture of a picture. Sad, right?

A long weekend

Our long weekend is over...sniff, sniff, and its back to work for us. We survived Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping at 4 am, 4 or 5 four wheeler rides, Tree cutting and decorating, decorating the tree again because it toppled to the ground pouring water, and glass from ornaments everywhere, and a second trip to the doctor for the ugly cough Aiden had. I am exhausted!!! We had so much fun though! I hate going back to our monotonous daily routines but Christmas will be here soon and there will be plenty to do. THE PARADE IS NEXT WEEKEND!!!

Aiden and I on a fourwheeler ride. You can see how much he cares about a picture at this time.


Aiden admires YaYa and Granddaddy's outside tree he "helped" decorate.

Scar Face

Aiden is into everything and as a result, he has begun to obtain more bumps and bruises than he has ever had before. He just goes full throttle ALL THE TIME! So things like the corner of the table become invisible to him. This weekend we were playing with our friends Tori and Kaylin on top of a huge dirt pile. Aiden was climbing to the top with no trouble at all, and as soon as he hit flat ground he face planted into the dirt. This is what he came up with.
Ouch!


Nothing a little cuddlin' with the dog couldn't fix!

More Party Pics

Aiden loved getting hit by the apple!

Ranen tries his best at it!

Jackson wants to know who put the eaten apple in the bucket!

Daddy help Aiden grab his apple.

83rd annual Halloween Party

Every Halloween the MOndaygroup gets together for a halloween party. This year it was at the Mitchell's. We ate, bobbed for apples and tried to grab the apples hanging from the tree. The kids were the best part. They were all adorable!

More pics

Halloween Dress Up

Here are some pre-pictures that I took of Aiden in his costume. We were given a tiger, and Ya-Ya got him a lion. He hated both of them. I am beginning to think that he is not into this holiday thing like me. Yesterday we, well...I carved a pumpkin. On any given day he won't leave my side, but when I wanted him to actually stick his hand in adn grab the gunk out, he looked at me like I had lost my mind. He then found the potatoes and brought them to me one by one. Stinkin' Kid

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weekends ago we went to the pumpkin patch. It was not as much fun as I had hoped. Aiden could care less about the pumpkins, or as he called them the pum-pums. He was more interested in running down the hill, interestingly enough toward the road. Awesome.

I love this one because Aiden is actually dancing!

Aiden's Day

We have been blessed to have a truly wonderful person to take care of Aiden. He has been going to Ms. Amanda since about November of last year. We have decided to keep him there for another year, and when the baby comes it will also go to Amanda.

These are some pictures Amanda sent me the other day of Aiden playing, and of him and Ms. Amanda.




On a side note:
I have realized that I really like to blog. I could be a celebrity blogger. I would get to go to award shows and blog about what people said, and what they wore. I could do it. If teaching doesn't work out, I am moving the family to Beverly... Hills that is. swimmin pools, movie stars.

Thankful for time

When football season comes around, it is rare that we get to spend time together during the week or on the weekend as a family, because Mark is usually working. This makes the nights hard on Aiden, and me and I have a newfound respect for single mothers, and families that have members that work odd shifts. So I am so thankful when we do get some time together and not just in passing or 10 minutes in the morning.

Mark did not have to work this Saturday night so we decided to go have a picnic. We went to Cherokee lake in Thomasville with some Papa Johns Pizza! Aiden thought this was great fun! He enjoyed running straight for the water, quacking with the ducks, and of course PIZZA!




Today Aiden spent some time working on a some art. He calls it Ode to a Cheerio.