Happy Thanksgiving!

Aiden is "thankful" for our dog Sophie. They are pals!

We are thankful for Mimi (my Mom). She loves Shaelyn and Aiden

and they love her too. This picture was taken after Thanksgiving

dinner today.

We are so very thankful this Thanksgiving for the

many blessings God has blessed us with this

year!! There are so many things that come to mind

that I would have difficulty listing them all! One

special thing I am thankful for this year is time

spent with family. Yesterday we took the kids

to the parade and happened upon my sister and

her kids so we joined them and had a great time.

Today we had my Mom and Dad and my Sister and

her family over for Thanksgiving dinner.

(17 people in our little house) It was nice to spend

time with everyone. We sure did miss my brother

and his family and Rob's sister and her family in Ohio.

We also missed Rob's Mom and Dad and Sister's family

in New York. Wow we would have a huge crowd if

everyone could come. We cherish our family and thank

God for them. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

First Night in Toddler Bed

Much to my surprise, Aiden fell asleep in his toddler

bed tonight! I could hardly believe it! Rob's co-worker

gave us a nice TV/VCR and we put it in Aiden's room.

He can not see it well from his crib and until tonight, was

unable to see if well from his toddler bed. Well, I got

a bright idea to move his toddler bed to be positioned

in front of the TV just to see if he would sit on the bed

to watch his favorite Blue's Clues videos. Sure enough

he sat on it without any problems. Then he little by

little became more comfortable on it as the evening

progressed. Soon he was fast asleep on it! Yay!! Now

I am soooo excited:)

Dirty Boy!

Aiden is 100% boy! He loves anything to do with rocks,

sticks and dirt. Today I planted some pansies in the pots

on our front porch. It didn't take him long to discover

the freshly cultivated dirt. When I turned my back for

just a minute he had both hands in the pot digging for

all he was worth. This is the scene I turned around to.

I quickly got the camera and captured these pictures. If

it is dirty....he loves it!