Crazy Times

Well it is our second week of games and so far, our record is 2-1. We played pretty well, and I am confident that we will beat to the team that we lost to when we meet them again later in the season. Dave's first game was pretty insane, they lost their best player to a broken leg! Aiden has become the "sports" orphan around here, he gets passed around between practices and players while Dave and I try to coach and run things. He loves the attention but has started teething pretty bad, which makes him want to be in Mommy's arms most of the time. This makes running practice problematic but we are making it work. Aiden is pushing through five teeth right now, including two molars; my poor little munchkin. We have been having a lot of fun with our new friends, as seen by the pictures below of them in a box that they kept just for when Aiden comes over. They all love him, and have a blast playing with him.

 Aiden and I had a blast taking these pictures, this is just four out of about 

fifty we took! I think that he thinks a camera is called "cheese" because 

every times I pick up the camera he says "Cheese!" Silly kid!

Aiden has not liked popsicles but he loves these homemade ones! We tried

otter pops, but he turned up his nose; apparently he only like the ones made

with 100% juice.   
Aiden and I were watching the rain fall outside when we

noticed that birds were eating all the apples on our tree. Like two superheroes, we 

bounded out into the rain, picked as many apples as we could hold and flew back into 

the house. In the picture above you can see that he is eating one of those apples, and his shirt is wet from the rain. :) Maybe not a mother-of-the-year move, but we had a lot of fun!

On Time! :)

Playing with one our friends hats! :)

He is looking at his reflection--hilarious!

In my opinion, Kingman has been getting better and better. We now have some friends(our own age) to hang out with on the weekends, which has already done us a lot of good. One couple might be joining us for Thanksgiving since they are unable to make it back to Michigan to celebrate with their families. This weekend I am going to try my hand at canning tomato sauce, I got 25 pounds of tomatoes for 12 dollars! I am part of this program called "Bountiful Baskets," each week I can pick up a whole basket of fresh(mostly local) produce for a really good price.  Aiden has been having a really good time bouncing in between football and volleyball practice. All of the kids and coaches are smitten with him.  We both have our first game next week, wish us luck! I am hoping to have the save the dates out within the next few weeks, something to look forward to in your mailboxes! Aiden has mastered the word please, which means that I am in trouble because he is so dang adorable when he uses it! His vocabulary is growing everyday, it is so great to see him forming new words and connections with the world around him. Well I have to wrap this up, short and sweet but posted on time!

 MINI PHOTO SHOOT! :)

He does the motions along to this song, it always makes me smile! :)

Epic Fail

Aiden's Bedtime Routine-Read till he falls asleep

Too cool in his shades!

I want to start by saying, I hate when things slip through the cracks and I hate sticking anything on the back burner. Honestly, these last couple weeks have kicked my booty.  I have put so much on my plate, that I am struggling to find the necessary balance to make it all work.  I am working full time, taking care of Aiden full-time, coaching volleyball, trying to keep the house up, making meals, and planning a wedding. Those are the main things on my plate, but there are tons of little jobs that come up in between all those items on my ever growing to-do list. I can really tell that my work load has tripled when I look at my phone and notice the lack of new photos of my son. I used to have 20+ a day, and now I am lucky if I get a couple in a week. Sitting down to write this, I realize that I need to put time aside to focus on the blog. It is important and should be higher on my priority list for a number of reasons. One, it keeps my friends and family connected with what is going on with our lives. Two, writing is a release for me and it keeps me intellectually stimulated. Three, every once in awhile when life settles down, it is nice to be able to have this blog to look back on and see everything that has brought us to this moment. Thank you for your patience with my blog absence, will write again next week.

All his friends came along for the ride!

Big Boy sits at the table!