Just a boy and his bike....

Aiden got this bike for his 3rd birthday and he has gotten really good at riding it. He had a little trouble with the turning part at first. But now he's a pro. Notice the horn, G'ma Pete gave that to his because she knew he was getting the bike and when he was opening his presents all he wanted was that horn! I swear he was more excited about it that the actual bike itself! What a strange kid.

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend.....

Aiden and KateLyn are the very best of friends and I could not be happier about the situation! I seriously hope it lasts forever! I was slightly nervous when I was preggers with baby girl that they wouldn't really get along. Like maybe Aiden would be jealous or would try and sit on her, etc. I had nothing to worry about, well except maybe occasionally he will love her a little to much. You know what I mean? He simply loves her and loves to play with her. He thinks it's hilarious to scare her (play peek a boo) He mostly just says boo to her loudly and she just laughs and laughs. Honestly no one and I mean no one can make her laugh as hard and as long as he can. She seems to think he's kinda awesome too.
No matter what we are doing Aiden always wants to help me do stuff with her, feed her, get diapers for her and he's obsessed with giving her her binky. He also has to give her a million hugs and kisses every single day. The other day I was in her room putting all the clothes away that no longer fit her and they were playing in there with me. I left the room for a sec and came back to this...

They were just reaching out for each other and laughing and playing so cute all on their own.

If you can't tell he reached over to give her a kiss. My heart just melted to see how stinkin cute they are together.

I sure love these two and I hope that they can stay best friends forever. My brother was my best friend and I felt like the luckiest person ever to have my big brother as someone I always wanted to hang out with, laugh with , and someone I could tell anything to. KateLyn would be a very lucky girl if it happened to work out the same for her as it did for me.

Very own pets....

That's right, I said pets plural. As in 7 to be exact. And they are all Aidens. But before you start to think, What? This lady is nuts giving her 3 year old a pet! Let alone 7, just know that they are fish. Guppies actually. And Aiden in ecstatic!

We helped Patti clean out Prestons big fish tank last night. Aiden has always been so in love with those fish so we decided to let him have several of the guppies in the tank. He loves them so much. He wanted to feed them and read them a bed time story last night before he went to bed. It is so sweet! I asked them what their names were and he though for a minute and said " Nemo!" I asked him what the other fish's names were and he thought again and said "Carl. These ones are Nemo and these ones are Carl!" Where the heck did Carl come from? I have no idea. What a funny little kid.

This morning when he got up the first thing he said was "Mom, where are my pets?" And he has literally been staring at the bowl watching them swim all day!

Look at that face. Like I said, ecstatic.

Happy half birthday

I can not believe that by baby girl is half a year old! That just seems crazy to think about. I took her to the doctor today and surprise surprise she's in the 90th percentile for height weight and head. At least she's in perportion with herself! The thing that is funny to me is that she is our petite child, Aiden was absolutely huge! He was completely off the charts until he was like 2. Anyways, I just love love love this girl. She truely is everything I could ever ask for. I feel so blessed to have her sweet spirit in our home. I love you to bits sunshine!

little miss KateLyn

I am the kind of girl that thinks that pictures can say more than words at times. I think this is one of those times. Let me just say that these pictures were taken in a matter of less than one minute. I was laughing so hard as I took them and even more when I saw them afterward. What do YOU think?

She thought she was funny too!

Where to begin...

I honestly have no idea where to start. We have had a lot of things going on lately that I thought about blogging but didn't really feel up to it. Mostly because I couldn't think of how to begin talking about our everyday stuff when we feel that there is still such a void in our lives. It's like there is a presence that feels like it should still be here but isn't. But I guess we'll always feel that way.
I still don't know exactly what to say so i guess I'll just start with Halloween and maybe catch the rest up next time....

Aiden couldn't have been more excited for this day to come! He picked out his Batman costume all by himself and tried it on almost everyday until Halloween. I was so fun with him this year. Last year he got it but it took awhile. This year he couldn't wait for the day to come. After each house we trick or treated he would get so excited and squeal "Let's do another house!" Hilarious.

My favorite part was this awesome "Batman face." If you will notice he's also showing me his killer guns (muscles.) Although he must have thought he was being a little too intimidating for me because after a minute he said.......

"It's just me Aiden!"
Man I love this kid.

KateLyn, as you can already see, was an adorable kitten. Which totally works because I call her that all the time anyways and it went well with Aiden's Batman costume. I even got super creative and made that headband myself! I know it's not that awesome but I'm proud anyway!

My baby girl is getting so so BIG! Too big if you ask me. A few weeks ago when Nick left for a hunting trip she decided that she could sit up all by herself. She's also grabbing and reaching for everything! And almost immediately sticking whatever she can grab in her mouth. Lovely. She is still my angel though. I can not believe how patient and clam she is all the time. Honestly. She hardly ever cries when she gets mad or wants something she just sort of yells, it's hilarious.

We went to Tremonton for a little Halloween party at the Wilsons and all the kids, and the grown ups had a super fun time. They all looked so cute in their costumes. We ate dinner and then went trick or treating for awhile. They all got loads of candy and then we came home to a pinata! Is was a blast.

They each took a turn....

And then Josh busted that thing open with one swing!

It was a very fun Halloween, Aiden is still talking about it everyday! Can't wait until next year.