ONE - Birthday

Today was filled with lots of fun activities for Aaden's first birthday. Daddy and I woke him up (he slept in until 8:30am) by singing 'Happy Birthday' to him. Unkie then came to manny while Mama worked. They finger painted and colored with crayons. We then went to dinner with Daddy at Applebee's, came home, had cupcakes (while Nana and Papa watched on Skype) and opened presents. Aaden had a great day and was tuckered out when we let him finally go to bed at 8:30pm!

Here are a few snapshots of the day:

Coloring with Unkie

Dinner with the family

Look at my party!

He got some fun "Chucks" and a 2nd blankey!

Ooh and some fun dishes, a puzzle and some new bath toys.

He was so sweet, looked at every gift and tried everything out. Cake pictures are on the other camera and will come later.

Happy 1st Birthday, Aaden Kristofer!

A year has past since our wonderful son Aaden was born. We can hardly believe it, we've been so blessed to have him in our lives. We are looking forward to celebrating just our family today and with extended family & a few friends on Saturday.

Here's to you boy!

Pumpkin Patch '09

We made our annual trek to The Farm on Ebey Island outside of Snohomish today. We have gone the last five years with our friends the Jorgensons. We enjoy picking out pumpkins, seeing the animals at the petting zoo, eating lunch and getting treats from the bakery there. This year was no exception. It was on the cold side and started to rain, but we were able to get some good pumpkins picked out and snap a few photos.

An Evening Out...

I had fun going out with some of my girlfriends from college, hadn't seen most of them in over a year. Hadn't gone out in a couple of years...glad that Kristofer was able to take care of Aaden and work from home last night.

A picture from our fun evening...

A rainy day

Aaden and I were able to have some quality time today as Daddy had to work at Dynon and deliver cakes all day. I snapped a few photos of my cute boy hanging out in his pumpkin hat. Can't get enough of him!

Family Photos

A few weeks back we had some family pictures taken at our favorite location, Volunteer Park. We just got the photos today and are super happy with them. Thanks to Heather Mann Photography! :-)

Here is a sampling...

Busy Weekend

This weekend was full of activities. Aaden had his usual swim lessons on Saturday morning. This time around Dad was able to join him in the pool. It seemed like this was a fun idea at first, but as he noticed quickly Mama was not with him. This began a 10 minute spell of crying. I finally got up and left the room. He was able to calm down and join the class for the rest of the time. Phew!

Saturday afternoon we packed up with my parents in tow and headed to Puyallup for Grandma Renee's 50th birthday party. Unfortunately we got no pictures of the great event put on by Grandpa Terry and Aunt Lacey. Old family friends and family hung out and had a great time! Aaden of course was a hit. He only had one, one hour nap the whole day and was great! We spent the night and were thankful that he slept through the night no problem, even with us in the same room.

Sunday we went to church with family. It was nice to attend TCRCC (Tacoma Christian Reformed Community Church) as we hadn't been there since Aaden's baptism in January. He did great and even sat in the front row! :-) We went back to Kristofer's folks' house for lunch and naps and then headed to Terry and Kristal Mensonides' house. We got to meet their newest addition, Tate and hang out, play games and have dinner. They generously made apple pie, homemade bread and spaghetti. It was great to see them and have fun with all the little boys. Aaden and Coleson had fun playing with cars and tools.

To top it all off we got home to our CLEAN carpets, had them cleaned while we were away! Yippee!

Papa and Aaden, checking out fall!

Our happy traveler!

Happy Birthday Grandma Renee', I love you!

Coleson and Aaden, being silly

Terry, Tate and Coleson Mensonides with Kristofer and Aaden

My boys!