March Madness!!!

Cousin Coley Cole visits!

Had a great visit from Papa, Gigi, Aunt Sarah and Baby Cole this weekend. As usual Aaron was PUMPED for them to come. Cole is still just a little small to play with Aaron alone, but they still had fun playing together. Mostly Cole followed Aaron wherever he went. Good practice for Aaron when his little brother gets here. By the way, baby boy #2 still has NO name. I am starting to think that he won't until we see his sweet face and hopefully something will come to us. Until then, Aaron is referring to him as Elmo, which I can't complain about since I won't give him any other options. We have had a great weekend and really enjoyed everyone's visit. Next time they come will be when baby is here!!!

"Close your eyes mom!"

The Buttercups are blooming here already. Earlier this week I saw Mark taking Aaron to the field with him and was telling him to be quiet the entire time they were walking. Aaron had been yelling for me, which is why I saw them 'sneaking' toward the field. After several attempts to answer him, I realized that Mark was trying to get him to stay quiet and not call for me...which Aaron was having trouble understanding since he was attempting to scream at me an explanation of where they were going and why. The next thing I know I have a knock at my front door. I answer and see my sweet little boy standing there,smiling from ear to ear, with his hand stretched out as far it could go holding a bouquet of Buttercups saying "Close your eyes mom, I have a surprise!" (He had no idea that he wasn't supposed to show me the flowers until AFTER he told me to close my eyes:) Of course I close my eyes and then re-open (when he says of course) and squeal with happiness for my 'surprise' flowers!!! Then I look up and see Mark around the corner of the house watching the whole thing beaming with joy. A good man teaching his son good things. Love, love my boys!

C-A-T-S!!!

All I have to say is that I am quickly getting spoiled to special dates with my husband. I know we are getting ready to have a BIG life change in our family, so I am thankful for the more frequent than usual dates together:) Thanks to Luke getting us tickets (Mark's brother), Mark and I went to Lexington, KY to the famous Rupp Arena to watch UK play Vandy. It was AWESOME! I just love road trips...and love them even MORE with Mark. I had lots of flash backs to the 'pre-kid' time. My awesome sister kept Aaron for us all day Saturday. She had an entire day of extremely fun stuff planned with Aaron...so much fun that he didn't want to leave. (She posted pics on facebook of their adventures together). UK won...of course...although it was a close game. The atmosphere was so fun and our seats were pretty decent. We had a game time 'hot dog' and screamed our heads off with all the other crazy UK fans! I even fit my belly into my jersey:)Yay for fun day trips!!

Fun weekend in Melber

This past weekend we went to Melber for the weekend. Mark wasn't off on Monday (today) but was able to take Friday off, so we still got to take a long weekend. Matt, Lori, and the boys, and Raich were able to come in too:) We only missed having Glo's family:( We had a great weekend and Aaron LOVED (as usual) spending time with his cousins. Also, we were able to go to Cole's 1st birthday party, play in a bouncy barn place with Alex and Lauren (Aaron's new best friends - they are 12 and 13yrs), and just spend quality extended family time. One of my favorite things about Aaron right now in his development is that he is trying to figure out his sense of place and time. He asked no less than 50 times on Thursday when we pulled out of the driveway about where Melber, KY was,and where Tullahoma, TN is. Also, the famous 'are we there yet?" question came out of his mouth about every 2 seconds. He has finally got down where his different friends live (Manchester, Winchester), but his sense of time is not there yet.

Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!! Today was extra special because I was able to go to Aaron's first school party - V-Day party! I really enjoyed going to see him 'in action' at school. I got to see his classroom, help him hand out valentines, and have an ice cream sundae. Apparently Aaron was just as excited for me to come to his school as I was because when I got there ALL of the teachers said "Aaron has been talking about you coming since he got here this morning. It's so good to meet you." He sure loves his mama! Here are some pictures from my visit.

Painting:)

So we LOVE when Ra Ra comes to visit. Not only do we get a date night (prearranged by Mark this time!!!), but she ALWAYS paints with Aaron when she comes. She gets all the paints out and takes the time to set everything up and help him paint. He LOVES it! I mean, my child asks to paint every day of his life and I have to feel like the most horrible mother because I rarely take the time to do it. I know, bad mother...I live with plenty of guilt, don't worry. But thankfully we have a Ra Ra who shares his love for the world of colors and paints. I strive to be like her in so many ways. So here was this weekend's painting fun captured on camera:) And also my 6 month preggo shot.