February '10 SNOW!

Snow day!! Literally...it was pretty much all melted the next day! Aiden LOVED it. I bundled him up in his snow outfit and rain boots and he stomped around and tried to catch snowflakes on his tongue and ate snow, which was his favorite thing to do. Here's some pictures:

CHEESE!



Snowball fight!

Snoozing on Mommy's bed

Yummy!

This was about as much accumulation we got

He was walking backwards - you can see how much snow is on the ground!

Birthday overview and update

No pictures were taken over the entire weekend of my birthday. I know, shame on me! I actually left my camera at home, and Becky had hers on Friday night but we completely forgot about it! Oh well. Here's an overview of the weekend:

Friday - Bex, Bon and I went to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. We had full intentions of getting cheesecake to take home for later but we were so stuffed from dinner, and had lots of leftovers already, that we decided against the dessert. We then made our way slowly to the Fox - there was an accident on the highway so we ended up missing the very beginning of "Annie". This seems to be a recurring theme for me! Our seats were pretty good, but there were some squirmy kids behind us. At one point Bonnie actually got kicked in the head. But the show was wonderful. Afterward we went to Becky and Kublai's place to watch a movie, and Will met us there. We watched "The Hangover", because I was the only one in the group who hadn't seen it. Even though it was late, I wasn't tired, so Kublai and I stayed up and watched "500 Days of Summer". I'd already seen it but it's such a cute movie that I didn't mind watching it again. I ended up spending the night at their apartment because it was so late after the second movie and I didn't want to be on the road.

Saturday - Slept in at the apartment! Becky, Kublai and I went shopping and I got 3 new pairs of shoes. Then I drove back up to Mom's to change. That evening I met Bex & Koob at the movies and we saw "Sherlock Holmes". I went back up to Mom's that night.

Sunday - I went to my Dad's house for lunch because my great-uncle and great-aunt were in town. I hadn't seen them since Bonnie & Will's wedding. They couldn't stay long but it was good to see them again. That evening I went out to dinner at a mexican restaurant with Bex, Koob, Bon, Will and some of Bon & Will's neighbors. Afterward I went back to Bex & Koob's place and re-watched "500 Days of Summer", this time so Bex could see it! Seriously, I love that movie.

Monday (actual birthday!) - Mom took Aiden and I to Waffle House for breakfast, then we had my chocolate cake and Aiden helped blow out the candles. We took Aiden to a nearby park that afternoon. For dinner we had pizza from a local place by Mom's and Bex and Koob came up to share.

All in all it was a fabulous trip!

And now for other news...

I've registered Aiden for soccer in the spring! Practices begin mid-February and games are Saturdays starting in March! The best part is the registration fee was waived because Daddy is deployed, so the only things we need to purchase are cleats and shin guards. So if Aiden really does not like playing, I won't feel like we wasted lots of money! When Matt's home for his R&R he should be able to go to a practice, but we'll be at the beach both Saturdays he's home, so he won't be able to see him in a game. But that's ok, I plan on enrolling Aiden in the fall soccer as well, so Daddy should be home to see some games then! I will be sure to take some pictures of my little soccer boy when practices and games start.

Big Apple Bliss

My trip to NYC was wonderful! I saw 2 shows, ate Peruvian food, wandered through Times Square and bought a trinket at Tiffany's. We got drenched and froze in the snow, walked through FAO Schwartz, and perused the windows down 5th Ave. I'm already wanting to go back!!

Our room at the Milford Plaza Hotel:

A view of the outside of our hotel:

Times Square:

Pretty lights:

One of the shows we saw (the theater was on the street next to our hotel!):

Chinatown:

Radio City Music Hall:

A beautiful wreath (I can't remember what building this was in!):

A tree in the same building as the wreath:

This was "Matt's Grill":

My BFF from high school, Michele, just happened to be in NYC the same weekend!

SNOW!

The front of Macy's:

An animated window at Lord & Taylor's:

Another window:

Imagine our surprise when we reached the Statue of Liberty and realized she's much bigger from far away! :) Just kidding, we didn't go see the statue, this was as close as we got!

Empire State building up close...

...and up high!
Rockefeller Plaza tree (as seen from across the street because we did not want to brave those crowds!)
A Tiffany & Co. window:

We had to go in!

I got my little blue box :)

A saxophone mannequin at Bergdorf Goodman:

A singing mannequin and...a wolf pianist? Hmm...

Operation Kid Comfort

I ordered a quilt for Aiden from the Armed Services YMCA about 2 months ago. I sent in the pictures of Matt, and they did all the work - printed the pictures, cut the fabric, and sewed the quilt - FOR FREE. It really is amazing, and the minute I got it out of the package Aiden wanted to cuddle with it. There was a wonderful card along with the quilt, but I don't know if you can read the inside portion (maybe you can click on it to enlarge it). I am sending them a donation as my thanks for lovingly putting this quilt together for Aiden.


The quilt:

The top corner:

Aiden cuddling:

The front of the card:

Inside the card:

Birthday boy!

Aiden is 3! Whee! He got his customary pumpkin muffins for breakfast, but we didn't have a party at home, because we're heading up to ATL for Thanksgiving and he'll get not 1 but 2 parties!! But he already got a few presents:


From Gramma & Grampa Holt, a Junior Craftsman workbench:



And from Great Uncle Tony and Great Aunt Carolyn, this:



I wonder if Beth's family will feel obligated to get a UGA outfit... :)

Aiden at the park

Aiden is getting to be such a daredevil! Here he is jumping at the park we took the kids to in FL. Shay helps Natalie jump, but Aiden needs no help from me!!

We had a great time in Florida! Kristina, my college roommate, was so kind to let us stay at her house. She and her husband Shay have 2 kids, a 2 year old daughter, Natalie and 7 month old son, Evan. Natalie and Aiden got along really well! We went to the Magic Kingdom on Monday and spent 8 hours there!!! I could not believe we stayed that long, and that the kids did so well! Aiden especially, it was like he was a different kid from a couple months ago. He even rode his first kiddie roller coaster! I watched his face the entire ride but he never cried, just made some really funny scared faces! I think he remembered the park and was much more adventurous because of that. Because of our long day, we spent Tuesday at Kristina's house, and took the kids to a local park that was GORGEOUS. I loved the moss covered trees.


Can you believe they have Christmas decorations up already?!

I'm not sure what Aiden's looking at here...

It's a Small World

Just hanging out.

Why did I never know this was a real clock? And it was right on time!

Sliding at "Pooh's Thotful Corner"

Ringing Owl's bell

ENORMOUS POOH! itty bitty Aiden :)

And of course, TIKI BIRDS!!

The castle was lit all purple-y as we were leaving.

Swinging kiddos at the park.

And the moss covered trees I loved.