Congratulations Matt!!!

I am so proud of my hubby! He graduated from the IPAP - the Interservice Physician Assistant Program - today!! Woo hoo!! Gotta go buy some of these now:

Elmo LIVE!

Aiden got his first Christmas presents of the year last weekend. Grammy Nancy and Grumpa Brian came down and brought fun stuff for him, including Elmo LIVE! Today Aiden was playing with him and was laughing so hard, it was hilarious! Here's video for you all:

Mark your calendars!!!!

Our favorite favorite favorite show is returning on a new channel - SCRUBS!!!!! Now on ABC. In case you've been under a rock for the past 7 years, here's ABC's "starter kit" for the show:




As you can tell, it is a fantastically funny show, but it's also the most medically accurate one on TV. So Matt gets to pretend diagnose as we watch, and I get to laugh hysterically at the story lines :)

Sorry Mom and Dad...

Apparently there was a hurricane in Columbus last night. This is what we woke up to in our backyard this morning after 50 mph winds blew through the area:

Sorry Mom and Dad, the gazebo you bought for us just couldn't make it through those winds. Now our backyard looks bare. Guess we'll have to work on our patio sooner than we thought! Also, I was working on this blog about 3PM this afternoon when suddenly we lost power. It's now almost 6 PM and we just got power back, and thank goodness, since the temperature is supposed to be chilly tonight and our heat doesn't work without power!

Baby Shower fun

Tonight Beth co-hosted a baby shower for a friend we've made through the PA program. Jackie and Frank are expecting a baby girl in early February, and are moving to another post over Christmas so we wanted to give them a small shower before they left. Here are some pics from the party:

Decorations and Diaper Cake

Beautiful cake! It's actually purple but for some reason it looks blue-ish in the picture.

Shower games! This one was a baby word scramble and was much harder than it looked.

Georgeous quilt made by Amy, another PA student's wife.

Jackie posing with her decorations and cake.

Thanksgiving and more birthday parties!

We went up to Atlanta for Thanksgiving weekend. We started at my Mom's on Wednesday and Matt and Kublai cooked the turkey dinner and all the yummy sides on Thursday. Here's a pic of Matt carving the turkey like an expert surgeon:

Then, after naptime (for Aiden and us!), we had cake and presents for Aiden:

Grumpa Brian sneaking around to help blow the candle out!

He got a John Deere worktable!

And Auntie Becky and Uncle Kublai got him an awesome Ball Pit!

My stepsister Kelly was also visiting from Honduras with her adorable baby girl, Linley:

We went shopping at Garden Ridge on Friday, but we waited til after Noon to avoid the crowds. We ended up getting ornaments for our new tree at a great price, and there was no crowd to be seen, so it was well worth it! On Saturday we headed to my Dad's, where Aiden had yet another cake and more presents:

Part of the Sit 'N Spin is behind him, a tractor is next to him, and he's opening "The Night Before Christmas". He also got a cute workman's vest with lots of tools.

And other than Aiden having a bit of a cold, we had a great time!

Happy Birthday (again!) Aiden

This is from my Mom's house. We hoped Aiden would dive into the cake (hence the reason he's not wearing a shirt!) but he was a bit timid. My sister Becky took the video on her camera.

What's a Turkey say?

Pictures from last night

Just a couple of pics from our Twilight "Friday's, Fangs & Fantasy" night.


Bonnie and I before we left (I totally Vamped 80's style)


Our table at Friday's - our poor waiter had his hands full!

First day of "school"

It was not great. Aiden cried on and off the whole time, and wailed "WUBBY!!!" much to consternation of the teachers, who had no clue what in the world a wubby is. (It's his "lovey", a little blanket) It was in his bag all day and I forgot to mention it to the teachers, since Aiden started crying before I left and I was distracted. Poor baby. But as soon as I got him home he perked up. I asked him what he had for lunch (they provide it) but he didn't really give me a good answer, until I asked what he drank and he signed "milk", which I figure is exactly what they gave him! Smart boy. I was wondering how he would do eating at the center, but I didn't get a chance to ask that when I picked him up, since he was quite ready to go home. He'll go 2 days a week and hopefully will get used to it. Unfortunately, we'll be away for Thanksgiving and Christmas, so he'll only get a few days before the end of the year. But better that we get him in now to ensure he has a spot, instead of waiting and possibly not being able to get him in at all. I missed him, though! I'm glad to enroll him in this program for the socialization and for me to get a little time to myself, but it was hard to see him so unhappy today. I hope we both adjust quickly!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY AIDEN!!
We celebrated Aiden's birthday in typical 2 year old fashion: Beth and Aiden went to a playgroup at Gymnastics Unlimited and he wore a birthday hat almost all day. Then after dinner we had pumpkin cupcakes and he blew out his "2" candle and opened his presents. We'll have more fun over Thanksgiving weekend with the ATL Grandparents and Aunties & Uncles!

Eating his pumpkin muffin in his PJ's and birthday hat


On the way to Gynmastics Unlimited, still wearing the hat


Hanging!


12:57 PM the exact time he was born


Cards and Presents


Eating his cupcake


Opening presents

We took Aiden to his first Carnival on Friday, 14 November. Without warning, the PX set up a Carnival in their parking lot for a week! Random, I know. But it was actually pretty cool. There were lots of kiddie rides, and since this was Aiden's first Carnival experience, we weren't sure how he might react. So we bought just enough tickets for one ride...but we should have just spent the extra moolah on an armband for unlimited rides since he absolutely LOVED it! He didn't try to jump out or anything, and he wasn't scared a bit! I'm excited since Matt and I love roller coasters so much, hopefully Aiden will be as adventurous as we are! Here's some pictures of him on the ride, and a video. I think this was the longest Carnival ride I've ever seen!

Getting in the ride


Hey, this thing is pretty nice


Checking out the other seat






Aiden's First Carnival Ride!

Ok, we've joined the blogging world! Mostly because the video sharing site we were using to show off Aiden shut down, and we've got a long video of him on his first Carnival ride we want to share! I have no idea how often we'll update this thing, so be patient with us. And by "we" and "us", I mean Beth, of course :) So here goes...