Aidan is Three Months!

Our big boy is three months old! Yeah Aidan! Aidan is tipping the scales at over 15 pounds! He rolls, smiles, and giggles his way into our hearts. His little personality is really starting to show. He is our big boy!

Fun with Leaves

We spent Thanksgiving day at Wes' grandparents in VA. The weather was beautiful, and Nealy and Aunt Susie had some much needed fun in the leaves!

Grammie, Gramps, and Lala

Grammie, Gramps, and Lala stopped to spend some time with us after the wedding, and before they ventured to the Egan's for Thanksgiving. It's fun to see how the kids (okay, really Nealy), acts on her own turf. She loves having visitors, and getting lots of cuddles!

Dance Party

Caroline and Uncle Wes


















Nealy joining the dance party


















Aidan sleeping on Aunt CK


















Nealy and Caroline LOVED ganging up on Drew!














Nealy dancing with her Gramps
















Nealy and Drew...breaking momma's heart! Nealy LOVES her Drew
Gabe dancing with Lala

















Caroline and Nealy joining the big girls dancing!


I realize she has a lot of energy, but didn't imagine it could last so long! Nealy danced. She danced with Caroline in their matching dresses, she danced with Drew...she danced with anyone that would dance with her. The kids were SO CUTE. It hurt to watch them. They all were so good and so active.

Wedding Bells

We took the family and traveled to see Uncle Joe get married. Nealy took a little nap on Wes during the ceremony, not quite long enough, but it gave her enough energy to last well into the reception. Aidan slept as well. He was such a good boy! Nealy had a blast with her cousins, especially Caroline. Those two are two peas in a pod! Congrats Joe and Katie!

Rainy days

It would figure. The weather goes from too hot, to too cold, and now it's raining and drizzly for days. We've had lots of fun staying at home! Nealy loves to paint pictures (especially for Daddy), and has finally figured out how to peddle her bike! Yeah Nealy!!! Aidan has been watching his sister very carefully too!

A sleepy girl...

Nealy didn't get her typical nap. We tried to keep her awake until close to seven so she would sleep all night. She couldn't quite do it. She was fast asleep by 5:45, only to awaken two hours later and want dinner. It all could have been a lot worse, and I do believe Wes loved holding his babies!

Pictures of the Boy

Aidan is now 2 1/2 months old. His little personality is really starting to come out. He loves his mobile, snoopy, his sister (from a distance), and he loves it when you sing with him. He has such a big smile. Unfortunately, he is quite leery of the camera, and as soon as you try to get a picture his smile quickly turns. Nevertheless, and despite his recent balding, I think he is beautiful. Especially when he sleeps on his own!

Braids!

Everyone needs a change at some point. Nealy needed a change in her hair style. We tried braids, thinking they would fall out of her fine hair. To our surprise, they stayed in, and looked really cute! At least it gives us more options in the morning! She was very proud of them! They did look a lot better yesterday, this morning she didn't want me to touch them!

First Loves

Most know by now that Nealy loves her snoopy. In fact, she loves BOTH of her Snoopys. She is now making sure that Aidan loves his snoopy too.

Oliver Twist

Aidan was not happy at first...then he fell asleep like a good little pepper!

Yes, I said Oliver Twist. I was reminded of him yesterday over and over again. We took Nealy and Aidan (who was just along for the ride), trick-or-treating last night. Nealy was so good. She loved all the houses, jack-o-lanterns, and most importantly, the candy. She was very polite, answering questions and always saying thank you; however many houses were met with her "have some more", or "I need to get some more for my bucket". And they couldn't say no. Which brings me to my gripe for the day... No two year old needs a bucket of candy, Wes and I were fully aware of this, and had talked about how the candy would be distributed once Nealy was in bed. She got a good amount, and I was SO disappointed in the contents. There was not one tootsie roll, no skittles, no caramels, no smarties. In fact, there were only 7 pieces of non-chocolate candy. Wes was in heaven, Nealy and I were not. I will be going to buy her candy later today, it will all be on sale anyway, and she deserves it (and so do I)!

The cute factor

Does it get any better than this? My two little hams know how to work the camera! It's funny how big and old Nealy looks compared to Aidan.

Chilling Out

Nealy and Aidan were caught chilling out together on Sunday. Aidan WAS sporting his own Steeler attire; however he decided to spit up on it before we got a picture! I guess we will try again next Sunday! They were very cute though, Aidan was cooing and Nealy was telling him all about the "guys" that were playing. She's quizzing him already!

Head's Up!

Aidan is getting very strong. He enjoys tummy time every day, even with Nealy joining in on the fun. This morning he kept on rolling from his tummy to his back. I did manage to get a couple pictures of him on his tummy.

Haven't had many opportunities for taking pictures this week. Nealy had her 2 year pictures taken earlier in the week, and I'll post the link to the website once I have it. She was very good, but a little shy. She did, however let me take a picture of her this morning to share.

Zoo Boo

Trick or Treating started early this year. The zoo puts on a zoo boo for the kids to dress up and enjoy the events with the animals. Nealy loved the elephants, and getting candy for her "bucket". The poor kid's allergies are really bad right now, and we probably went too close to nap time, but she seemed to enjoy herself. She loves seeing her friends when we go out! Aidan was a good little pepper and slept the entire time. I'm afraid to think the boy is going through another growth spurt!

A captured smile

I love this stage. Aidan has started cooing and smiling lots the last couple of days. It's extremely hard to get a picture of it, but alas, I managed to get the tail end of a big smile. He is so cute when his tummy isn't upset!