Bath Time-His Favorite Pass Time.

Aiden LOVES the bath!! He splashes, and scoots, and kicks, and giggles, and revels in the warm water.


We let him play until his fingers begin to prune and yet he still screams when we take him out. He loves everything about the water. The warmth, the wet, and even the taste. yes. This little boy will intentionally turn his head, dunk his eye underwater and slurp up some cool refreshment.


And he will do this over and over and over again! He's such a little goob!! (needless to say mom has to keep a CONSTANT eye on him and even a hand or two just in case) But its all worth it.


--not like I could take my eyes off him and his joy!! its infectious!!! Such a love bug!!

Peace, Love, and CookieDough

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas

Well, while I was looking for ideas for Aiden's Halloween costume... i came across an ADORABLE outfit... A toothless vampire!!! I flipped. But didn't wanna spend that much money on a one-time-use outfit. SOOOO. while i was out shopping for ideas... i came across this ADORABLE little tux. welp. ironically, i was chatting on the phone when i stubbled upon this lil number and she informed me that her and Josh had been looking for a cute suit for Aiden's Birthday/Christmas Present...

soooo.. all the pieces fell together. present acquired. cheap price. and able to use for Halloween as well as a regular sunday outfit!! SCORE!!

not to mention how DANG CUTE he looks in it!!


Peace, Love, and CookieDough!

General Conference

Catching up on the past...

TK's sister, Rachel, came out General Conference weekend with her son, Gabriel. It was so good to see them! We hate that they live so far away.. or that we do.. or something.. its hard being away from family but it is SOOOOO great when you get to visit!!

Gabriel is only 4 months older than Aiden and while that seems like a lifetime between right now... in about a year its going to feel so close!! I can't wait till they can actually talk and truly play together!!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of them side by side.. but here's some pics of our awesome weekend!!

He's so much fun!

He had a BLAST with TK

Aiden was getting in touch with is inner eminem... ha

Aiden's first time meeting Aunt Rachel!!

It was such a great weekend and we can't wait for them to come back out for Thanksgiving!!!

Peace, Love, and Cookiedough

Life Events Scale

So I took a stress test type of thing today.. one of those "To learn the level of stress (distress) in your life, check in the empty box at the left of each of the following events if it has occurred within the past 12 months:" (http://www.roadtowellbeing.ca/questionnaires/life-stressors.html) dealy-boppers and this is what it told me.

If your total score is more than 150, find ways to reduce stress in your daily life so that your stress level does not increase. A score of 300+ means that you have a high susceptibility to stress-related illness.

My score was 583.

I am screwed, got it, thanks.

But then I look up at Aiden, who has added many of those points onto my total--and couldn't be more grateful. I love him so much and wouldn't give him back for anything. I love my family. THEY keep me sane.

Peace, Love, and CookieDough

Moving

So, we are moving to a house about 15 minutes away and need to be out of our apartment on the 31st of the month SOOOO seeing as how that is Sunday and Halloween we are wanting to be out and done by the 30th... joy.

I am SO excited to be living in a house in less than a week and a half. HOWEVER. I am NOT excited to say that I have JUST started packing and couldn't feel further away from accomplishment!

I hate packing. I hate moving. It sucks big time. I wish there were a simpler way. I wish I could just snap my fingers and have all of my stuff magically transported to our home. I hate having to find boxes. I hate cramming everything into each box and trying to keep track of it all and stay somewhat organized. I hate deep cleaning -- it reminds me of college clean checks (which also sucked).

That being said....

I LOVE our little house that we are moving into. I love that Aiden will have his own room. I love that we will have a (giant flipping acre sized) yard and even a swing set. I love that we will have more room and even plenty of storage! I love the idea of having an empty place again and needing to fill it up (slowly) with new finds.

So I guess I have to just keep telling myself about all that I AM looking forward to and trudge through this awful, tedious, hated crap called moving.. because it WILL be worth it!

Peace, Love, and CookieDough