Aiden... of course

"What? Where else would I sit to read my book??"

" I was scared to go in the "deep" end at first but now I'm brave enough to play there by myself"

"Yipee.. swimming"

Baby BUMP

28 Weeks and still growing!!

(I know I look a little sickly in this pic - it was taken after a VERY long day. I should probably try to take another pic in the morning when I am not so totally exhausted!!)

Cutest Pool Boy Ever

Binder Park Zoo

To celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary I took a day off work and went to the Binder park zoo. It was totally awesome!!! The habitats that the animals were in were great - big and full of natural foliage. The highlight was definitely the giraffes - it was cool to see them so close up. Overall it was a great day and a perfect anniversary.

Aiden in the blue hat.

Awesome Africa habitat.

Aiden and Sophie

A very tired Aiden at the end of the day.

"Poop"

In the past few weeks Aiden has started to hold his diaper and say "poop" or "uh oh" when he goes to the bathroom. So we decided to invest in the Royal Stepstool Potty Chair (it plays a song when you go pee in it). Aiden really liked to new potty although we have had no action in it yet - mostly just putting toys into it and shutting the lid. We know that it is early to potty train but figured that it is never too early to get acquainted with the idea.

Water Fun

Summer is finally here so we have spent lots of time playing in the back yard. I even planted some vegetables although something has already eaten all of my strawberry plants (any hints on growing veggies and keeping critters away are welcome)

Here are some pics of Dad and Aiden having some water fun.

New York Trip

As many of you know Team Shelle took on The Big Apple last week. We had a great trip, saw tons of cool stuff, caught up with some old friends, and came home exhausted :) The most amazing part of the trip ... A 12 hour car ride each way with only about 30 minutes of crying total!!! What an AWESOME kiddo !!

Our hotel was 2 blocks from Times Square.

Day 1 we went to the Bronx zoo. It was really cool but SO big that we couldn't see all of it. Aiden is very into animals right now so he had a really good time.

"I totally LOVE fish right now, so even though this was the Tiger exhibit I liked the fish best"

Right before we got yelled at for walking on the grass :0

Aiden spent a lot of time putting wood chips into this puddle - maybe next time we will skip the zoo and just find a puddle and some wood chips.

End of Day 1 (you will notice a trend here)

Day 2 we went to the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, and then met up with some friends for dessert and coffee. Here are Aiden and Papa riding the ferry to Liberty Island

Mom trying to pose for a pic but Aiden would not be contained.

Dad giving the pretty lady a kiss

End of day 2 - hmmmm looks a lot like the end of day 1

Day 3 Pam, Aiden, and I got up early and went to see the Today show. It was pretty cool to see how the filming went and if you watched very carefully you can see us on TV :)

" I didn't really understand why mom wanted to stand around and watch people talking to a camera so I just pushed my stroller around the back of the set"

After the Today Show Aaron and John met up with us and we went to the top of the Rockefeller Center - amazing views!!

End of day 3 ... looks familiar



Day 4 - we went to the New York Aquarium. It was not as cool as I had hoped but Aiden seemed to like it. Somehow I didn't take any pictures of day 4 but don't worry , the end of the day looked just about like all the others :)

AIDEN'S HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP
We were walking back to our hotel one day and who should be standing on the street but a giant Elmo (Aiden's most favorite). When Aaron put Aiden in Elmo's arms I thought that he would start crying but he just looked up at him and said "Melmo" with look of total love in his eyes.