Aidan turns 3!!

On November 30, we celebrated Aidan's 3rd birthday!  Daddy had to work and Jacob had school, so Aidan, Ronan and Mommy just hung out together.  We picked Jacob up from school and went to Chic Fil A for lunch and then for dinner we hit Peter Piper.  After that, back home for cake and presents!!

One excited little 3 year old!

Here's what you get when you ask Aidan to smile

Huff and puff and BLOW your candle out

Jacob was super excited to help hand Aidan his gifts . . .he's off to get another one!

Our little Rock Star

Getting more help from Jacob

Aidan had wanted something Star Wars and a robot - this Star Wars play R2D2 play doh toy filled both requirements and then some!  He LOVED it!

"Hey, where's my gift?"

LOVIN' his R2D2

Jacob turns 4!!!

We celebrated Jacob's 4th Birthday on November 15th.  It's hard to believe he's already 4.  I expect to say that every year.  Our poor little 4 year old was sick on his birthday with a fever.  No fun to be sick on your birthday.  I think he was able to enjoy some of the day though, once the Motrin kicked in.  Needless to say, we spent the day at home and ordered pizza for dinner.

Trying to muster up the strength to open his first present.

His brothers come in to help him out . . .

Feeling a little better and trying out the new football

Opening another gift

Playing with his new dinosaur

Blowing out his birthday candles

"Oh yeah . . . come here you yummy cupcake!"

"Um, do I have something on my face?"

Halloween 2009 Part 1

So, a little behind, but such is life.  The boys had a great Halloween.  Jacob was very excited to be a flying dinosaur and Aidan was excited to be Batman.  Our little Ronan followed in his brothers footsteps and was Tigger for his first Halloween.  We did our normal route - first to Farmor and Gramps, then Nan's, Grammie and Papa's and finished up at Aunt Lori and Uncle Les' where Uncle Trav and Raquel met up with us.  We did add one house to our list, Cody's good friend Dave, his wife Heather and their son Owen.  Owen is almost exactly one month older than Ronan.  I will post those pics later.  The two boys were super cute.  But for now, enjoy!

Breaking News

This just in to the Thomas news room . . .

Ronan has conquered his conquest!!  He made it under the chair!.  Early in the evening of October 29, we were called to the scene.  The celebration was already in process for little Roo.  When asked how he felt about this victory, Ronan responded with a loud, happy shriek, a few growls and some babbling: "mamamamama" and "dadadadadada", which I am told, was a special thanks to his parents.

Way to figure it out Ronan!!

No explanation needed

The quest

This morning I as I ate my breakfast, I looked and found Ronan in the position below.  I watched him, not sure if he was trying to go further under the chair or if he had just scooted himself under it without realizing where he was going.  Turns out there was a toy in there that he wanted.

Trying to figure out how to fit his noggin in there:

Almost got it!

It's too hard Mama!!  I'm getting really frustrated!!

Giving up to defeat . . .

Finally Mama helped him out and gave him the toy he was after.  Now he's trying to figure out if it's edible . . .

It is!!!

9 months old!!

Today Ronan turned 9 months old!  The time is flying by.  We started off the day with a visit to Dr. Kanagal for the 9 month old visit.  The doc said he looks great and is strong as a horse!  Here are his stats:

Height:  29 1/2"  75-90%

Weight:  18 lbs. 14 1/2 oz.  10-25%

After the appointment, my mom, the boys and I headed to the Desert Botanical Garden for their annual pumpkin patch.  It was so great!  My mom has a membership, so we all got in for free plus each of the boys got to pick their own pumpkin - for free!!!!!!!!  I thought I would be able to get a few cute pics of the Roo at the pumpkin patch for his 9 month photo.  Well, you mom's out there know how it goes.  Theoretically, it should be the perfect time to get the cutest picture with no problem at all.  Yea right.  I guess Ronan was not in the mood for photos.  Every time I set him down, he cried.  I tried a few different tactics: on the ground with the pumpkin, sitting on Aidan's lap, sitting in the bucket of the tractor, sitting on a pumpkin . . .no luck.  Oh well.  I still think they are cute.

Fire truck fun at the H.D.

On Saturday, the Salt River Fire Department had their huge ladder truck and one ambulance set up for kids to see at the Home Depot.  The boys had a blast looking at them and sitting in them, pretending to drive.  Aidan's first question was "can we climb up the ladder?"  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of how tall the ladder was, I'm sure you can imagine.  Anyway, it was fun to watch the boys run around in their firefighter hats, in awe of the trucks.