Christmas Day

We had a very fun Christmas. Santa brought Ayden a train table and we had a hard time pulling him away to open his other presents. He still doesn't quite get the idea of opening presents and once he opens a new toy he has to play with it before he will open another one. He loved all of his gifts and has been playing non stop with all of his new toys. We are going to have to put some of the old ones away as it looks like Toys R Us threw up in our living room. We went to my mom and Larry's for Christmas dinner and opened another round of presents over there. We had a truly amazing day.

Pre Christmas Activities

We did a whole bunch of stuff to get ready for Christmas. We decorated the tree, made a gingerbread house (from scratch), and went to the Bellagio gardens to see their Christmas display with the mommy group. We had a very fun December.

We had a very eventful December too. The house is in its final stages of being sold and we are looking at moving at the end of Jan or middle of Feb. I turned 27 and found out that we will be expecting another bundle of joy in Aug (we will know more after the first week in Jan). Aric has been in the training department for the past 8 months and will be going back online as a roving captain after the first of the year. We have a lot to be thankful for as we enter 2010.

Thanksgiving

It was the first year Aric and I cooked Thanksgiving and the first year that Aric didn't have to work. It turned out well with no mishaps! Ayden thought that uncle Jared's Turkey tasted better than his. He was looking over Jared's shoulder like a little bird. Eventually he just started eating off his plate. It was super funny and cute.

The next day we drove to Reno to help Aric's grandma move and we got to see quite a bit of our family. Overall we had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We even got Aric a new TV and free blue ray player on black Friday (an early Merry Christmas.)

The Pony Farm

We went to the pony farm and petting zoo. Ayden was very interested in the animals as usual. He wasn't sure about petting the goats and didn't care for the one that was on the platform. He had fun playing in the dirt and the play houses. He rode a pony and was hesitant at first but once the horse got going he held on and was a big cowboy!

Our Trip to San Jose

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We went to San Jose to visit our friends Danzil and Jayme.

We went to Napa and to a children's museum.

We had a blast!

Ayden is 18 months old!

Well I decided I would give photography a try. Instead of taking Ayden to a studio we took photos ourselves. I can't believe he is 18 months old already. Terrible two's here we come :)

Halloween

We spent Halloween in CO. It was a lot of fun despite the cold. We dressed up as Disney's The Incredibles. I made all of our costumes this year. I think Aydens came out the best. Ayden had a blast knocking on peoples doors and getting candy. He said and signed thank you a couple time and wanted to go into everyones house. Especially if they had dogs :) After the first couple houses he was running and dragging mom and dad to the next house. Earlier that day we went on Banjo Billy Bus Tour of Boulder CO. We listened to ghost stories and murder mysteries for my uncle Doug's birthday. It was really fun and extra bumpy so Ayden had a great time sleeping on the bus :) It was so much fun and I can't wait till next Halloween!