TriCk or TrEaT

In celebration of Halloween I thought I would take a look back on Aiden's past 4 years of costumes....















For his First Halloween, Aiden was a spider! (please try not to notice the dead mums, I cannot seem to keep them alive up until Halloween...ever)















Next, was my personal favorite, Elvis! I am not a huge Elvis fan however, the costume was too cute to pass up!






















Then, the seal costume





















And finally, the cowboy costume
(somehow the mums made it through last year!)


This year, I knew he was going to be at that age when it was no longer going to be Mommy's pick which costume he would wear, so he is going as a red power ranger. I would have preferred the prince charming costume I found online but, I guess I need to accept that he is old enough to make decisions on his own. Someday he will look back and remember how special he felt in his red power ranger costume!

Tonight is trick or treat in our neighborhood, and today is his school Halloween party! He was so excited this morning. I will post more pictures of this years events soon!!

HaPpY HaLlOweEn!!

There's a party in my tummy......

For the past few days I keep feeling little pops when I lay down with my hands on my belly in the evenings. I am pretty sure it's the beginning of starting to feel the baby move! It's a little early but, I read this is noticed earlier in second pregnancies. I guess time will tell, I can't wait to start to feel movements all the time, it's the best feeling in the world! I have been looking forward to this for such a long time!

In other news, I just checked the weather and they are calling for flurries on Monday, SAY WHAT??? I know I live in Ohio and it's almost November but, just seems way too early for snow! This weekend I am going to tackle the re-organization of my closet! I am not looking forward to it but I will feel so much better once all my clothes that fit (atleast for now) will be in one place! Plus, sounds like next week I will have to start breaking out the sweaters!

The wedding....

We attended a wedding this past Saturday. Chris's longtime friend, Tim got married. The wedding was very nice. Nicole looked beautiful and they both seemed very happy. This was the first wedding Aiden had ever attended, I was hesitant to take him, but he ended up having a great time and there were about 20 other kids there. Chris was groomsmen, which Aiden didn't quite understand, he kept asking why Daddy was getting married while we were at the church. There was also a part of the ceremony when the Father asked everyone to raise their right hands towards the bride and groom and Aiden held up his red power ranger instead with both hands, it was pretty funny. Luckily, we sat in the back so there was only one couple who sat behind us and I think they were also amused by him.







Here is Aiden, all ready for the wedding playing the piano at his Grandma's house. He looks like a such the little pianist!

Here we are at the reception, after three takes we got the same picture, him being silly! I guess that is what I get for loading him up with sugar at the wedding and everyone giving him their hershey kisses from the favors that were on the table before dinner. He was drinking a shirley temple an thought he was hot stuff!

Here the only family picture we had taken that evening. Aiden had his shoes off already by this time but amazingly the tie stayed on all night!!
Doesn't my husband look handsome?

Here is Aiden rockin' out at the reception. He went from pianist earlier in the day to Guitar Hero! He was having a blast and even trying to do the cha cha slide which was adorable to watch! Soon after this picture was taken Grandma and Pap came to get him to take him home to bed!




After the reception Chris and I stopped for our favorite pizza and went back to my parents to watch the beginning of SNL. It was a nice evening. Sunday we visited Grandma Argie, it was her 81st B-day. She is currently in a nursing home, more than likely that is where she is going to stay. As always she was very happy to see Aiden. After that visit we drove back home, we were all tired and Aiden even went to bed at 7:15 PM that night!

In Baby news....we had an appt with our OB on Thursday, the heartbeat was 150. I have only gained 2 lbs so far, and everything looks great! We are going back for another routine appt on the 6th of November and that is when I will have the Quad screening done. Then, three more weeks and I get my ultrasound to find out if we are having a boy or girl!!! I made that appt for the day before Thanksgiving! We have so much to be Thankful for this year, this news will make it extra special!!

Week 13 Belly Pictures

Here are two pictures of my belly at 13 weeks.

I love the one of Aiden holding my belly:-)

It's a......

Baby Gender Predictor


Apparently, according to the chinese birth calendar based on my age and month of conception I am predicted to be having a Girl. I guess time will tell!! Until then, I am having a Baby!

Poor Seth

This little guy just can't win sometimes!! Amy sent me an email at 4 AM this morning. She and Felix were up all night with Seth. He has the stomach flu!! I spoke to Felix this morning and he said now Amy has the flu as well!!! Hope you all feel better soon!

Baby Sethy

My post today is being dedicated to a very special person in my life! His name is Seth. He is the son of my best friends Amy and Felix. Seth was born on the forth of July 2005. He has been through 3 open heart surgeries the first of which was when he was only weeks old due to a heart defect called truncus arteriosus.

Today, Seth is three years old and I am SO proud because he is starting pre-school tomorrow! He has come such a long way! I also want to congratulate Amy and Felix because this is a huge milestone for them and they have been such wonderful parents to Seth!! Even though he is becoming a big boy I still plan on calling him Baby Sethy, because he will always be Baby Sethy to me :-)

12 Weeks!!!

As of tomorrow I am officially 12 weeks pregnant!! Which means I am starting my second trimester already!! I feel so much better now! It's very hard after a loss to get too excited, sadly there is always that fear something might go wrong. My next appt is Oct 16th, I can't wait! I am not sure when my next ultrasound will be, I might try to talk my OB into giving me one at my 18 week appt so we can find out the sex before Thanksgiving. That would be wonderful!!

This weekend is Aiden's last soccer game. He officially has another 2 scheduled however, we are taking him to his very first Ohio State football game next weekend and we have a wedding to attend in our home town the following weekend. I hate that he is going to miss them but, it's not everyday we get tickets to a game!! Last year, Chris decided to take Aiden down to the campus on a game day just to hang out before the game. Well, Aiden thought he was going to the game, he kept asking when he was going to be able to go see the Buckeyes on the field. Then, on the way out they had to drive past the stadium and Aiden said "Daddy, I knew you would find it" thinking they were going back to see the game....Chris made a promise to take him to a game this year because he said he felt like the worst father ever that day!

This weekend we are going to see a motorcross show on Saturday evening. Aiden is really into motorcycles and loves watching them do tricks! We took him to see the monster trucks at the beginning of the year and I think he like seeing the motorcycles more than the big trucks!

I will try to post some new pics soon, I have to get some downloaded from my home computer. The last thing I feel like doing after I get home from work is logging onto the computer since I stare at one all day long.