Aidan told Santa he wanted Thomas for Christmas!

Bundled up for the Christmas parade!
I said smile and this is what I got!
Aidan and his cousin Nick wrestling.

Giddy up!
Fun with Chuck E. Cheese!

Presents from Grammy and Papa!
Aidan loved this clock ride. As soon as it would stop he'd say AGAIN!

Mommy and Grandma made a Nemo cake!
Aidan's first look at the Nemo cake--he was very excited!
Aunt Laura and Aidan blowing out their candles.
Birthday smiles!
A birthday wouldn't be complete without a Nemo ball!

We were in PA for Thanksgiving and had a Chuck E. Cheese birthday celebration for Aidan and Aunt Laura! Aidan had a blast (Aunt Laura secretly had fun too!) We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving and lots of good food at Grandma and Grandpa Drane's. We're having another little celebration at home for Aidan's birthday on Friday so Aidan's excited for more cake. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Check out this video that Brad made!!!!!!

Trick or Treat!

We had a blast trick or treating! Aidan LOVED it! It took a little persuasion to get the Nemo costume on, but once he realized he could get candy by simply wearing a costume, it was smooth sailing! We took Nemo down the street and then came home to hand out candy, but Aidan wasn't finished trick or treating. Everytime the doorbell would ring, he'd come running with his basket to get candy out of our own bowl. It was very cute.

Aidan is also talking up a storm now. We actually have mini-converstaions with him! He also says his first 3 syllable word---applesauce!

Fun Weekend at the Beach!
We took Aidan for a quick trip to Virginia Beach. He LOVED it! He was a little nervous about the waves, but he loved the sand and birds. He's talking more and more and blurts out new words everyday. Some of his new words are hug, Santa, table and mow. He loves to go for walks when it starting to get dark so we can look for the moon. While we're walking if a tree gets in the way of the moon, he looks back and says "Mommy, more moon". It's really cute. Enjoy the pictures!
Waving to a friendly bird
We built an awesome sandcastle!
Daddy's shoes!
We were at the beach---Of course we had to play with Nemo!
Waving bye bye to the waves
Mr. Cheeseball!
Fun with Daddy!
We found Nemo!
Fun times!
Mommy forgot to pack swim diapers and regular diapers really can't hold much ocean!

Relaxing!

Reading all by himself!

I wish this video would have been longer, but I ran out of room on the disk. This is Aidan and his cousin, Nick, dancing to "Fruit Salad". Enjoy!

A trip to the Zoo

We took Aidan for a trip to the Metro Richmond Zoo today. It was a lot of fun because it is a smaller zoo so there aren't a lot of people and you can feed most of the animals. Aidan had a blast running around and making animal sounds. He loved the ducks and birds. He learned the word zoo and gym on the way there. One of his new favorite words is oatmeal. He loves to eat oatmeal for breakfast and we hear him say "I want oatmeal" about 50 times before it's heated and ready to eat. We're working on patience!