My strange children...

Yes, go figure, Adam and Amanda have produced strange children. Not a big shocker I know. It is so much fun watching the silly personalities develop with the kids and especially noticing the differences between Aaron and Alec's personalities.

Aaron has this thing where he likes to find socks, shoes, or baby wipes and stuff them into his mouth and crawl around. I have no idea where it comes from, except maybe from our dog Obi. He also loves to crawl into small spaces and hang out there. In this picture Aaron has found one of his socks and stuffed it into his mouth and then he crawled under the dining room chair and was hanging out there happy as a clam. uummm....ok?

This is a picture of a almost three year old boy asserting his dominance in the house over the toys. This toy was one of Alec's favorites when he was a baby but I put it away when he was about 18 months old because he lost interest in it. I pulled it back out again for Aaron when he started moving around and Alec fell in love with it again. So much that he refuses to let Aaron play with it. This picture shows Alec's possessive move where he finds a toy he wants to keep from Aaron and then he throws himself on it as to keep Aaron away from it. Nice.

Snapping any kind of belts and buckles together has always been high on Alec's "fun list". Whenever there is a carseat, stroller, or in this instance, Aaron's booster seat, in reach Alec is always there making sure that everything is snapped together. Aaron thinks that this is hilarious!! I especially love this picture because of the big-ol cheesy smile on Aaron's face. Too cute. Sadly, this smile will not last long because right after I took this picture Alec ripped the strap out of Aaron's hand and made Aaron start crying. Ahhhh...the drama!!

hangin' out

After the crazyness of the baptism was over Brian, Carrie and Kasey were able to come over and spend some time with us before they went back to San Diego. It is so much fun watching the kids interact with eachother!

Kasey, Aaron, and Alec. You have no idea how hard it was to even get this picture of all three of them sitting in the same spot. Forget trying to have them all look in the camera and smile! This is as good as it gets!

Aaron is keeping a close eye on that Kasey-girl!!

Kasey Day's Baptism

Adam and I were honored when Brian and Carrie asked us to be Kasey's Godparents. Her baptism was originally suppose to be in San Diego but was moved up here when Grammie unfortunately fell and hurt her hip. Things were quickly switched around and the baptism was held at St. Joseph's parish in Placentia. Despite cold weather and a bit of a crabby baby the baptism went off very well and everyone had a wonderful time at the Emards house afterwards.

Carrie, Kasey, and myself

Adam, Brian, Carrie, Kasey and me with Uncle (Fr.) Paul in the background.

Adam and I look forward to setting a christian example for Kasey as she grows into a beautiful young woman!

Maddie's Birthday Party

Maddie turned two on the 18th of May but her birthday party was held on Sunday the 21st. Although we had a busy day planned that day with Kasey's baptism being that afternoon we were able to make it to the party and have a great time! The party was at Scooters Jungle in Placentia. They have a huge room with bounce houses, slides, air hockey and more. Tons of fun stuff for kids and adults to have fun on. We had a BLAST!!

The birthday girl playing in the bouce house. Those blue eyes are SO amazing!!

Mommy and Aaron having a great time watching Daddy and Alec on the slide.

Daddy and Alec at the bottom of the slide. Alec was a bit apprehensive about going on the slide at first but then loved it once he got to go down with Daddy. Daddy makes ALL things better!!

Daddy teaching Alec how to play air hockey with Aaron supervising.

Personalities...

Thanks to Aunt Allie, one of Alec's favorite hair styles is a mohawk. Outside of Allie's birthday and a few other rare occasions, I can usually just do it this way in the tub, show it to Alec in the mirror, and satisfy Alec's mohawk craving. Let's hope this does not carry onto his teen years!!

Alec and Aaron's favorite past time together, watching Thomas. I think that this is the one Thomas item that Alec does not mind sharing. I guess it would be pretty hard for him to make Aaron NOT watch his show. I am sure if Alec could figure out a way to do that then he would!!

This picture pretty much sums up Aaron's personality to a "T". Adorable little boy, smiling pretty much all the time, but always getting into something!! This time it was only the cabinet of books but it has also been our CD's, our Videos, other book cases, etc. The really cute thing is that once he finishes emptying everything out of whatever cabinet he is working on, he crawls inside of it and hangs out. Too cute!

A morning with our friends...

I am lucky enough to have my good friend Pauline in my life with her two little boys, Ian and Cormac both being the same age as my boys. Pauline and I rely on each other not only as confidants, but also as back-up when we need middle of the day babysitting for each other. This day Pauline had a hair appointment so I had all four boys for a few hours. Alec and Ian had a blast playing together while Aaron and Cormac pretty much slept the entire time. Here are some cute pictures of our adventure...

Alec and Ian actually SHARING Alec's trains and train tracks. Wonders will never cease!!

This picture is truly amazing to me. All four boys sitting in one place and all looking into the camera at one time! Now if they were all smiling then I just might have had a heart attack!!

Cormac and Aaron sharing a toy together

Obsess much??

I went in to check on Alec about a hour after he went to bed and HAD to take a picture of him. Can you say OBSESSED with Thomas the Train???

Tunnel time

Grammie and Papa gave Alec a pop out tunnel last year for his birthday and it has been a favorite toy ever since. Once Aaron started crawling it quickly became one of his favorites also! The only problem was making Alec understand that he needs to SHARE his tunnel!!

What a handsome guy!

Aaron making his way through the tunnel towards Alec, laughing the entire time!

Now THERE is a happy boy!!