Goodbye New Friends

Their time in Raleigh was short but I am so grateful I was able to get to know Beth and Sarah. They moved here about the same time and we all became fast friends, however jobs moved them elsewhere. And though we can no longer call them for a trip to the park or a girls night out, I am sure we have developed a friendship that will last a lifetime.

(As a side note...if you move to the Raleigh area, and you kind of like it, probably don't become friends with me or Lisa. We seem to have a curse)

Lisa, Me (in all my pregnant belly glory), Sarah, Beth

All of the kids (minus one) Most of them were not so happy about having this picture taken. It was probably a little close to naptime.

I love being a mom to a 2 year old...

...messy face and all. Needless to say, Oxiclean has become my best friend.

I don't think he ate the actual cupcake, in fact I don't know how much of the frosting actually made it in his mouth. I think most of it is on his face.

After blueberry pancakes

After one, yes only one, blue M & M.

This is after the lollipop I gave him to bribe him in the grocery store. (That is the only time it has worked) He had it everywhere including his eyelashes

Farm Days

After several cold days in March we had to get these crazy kids outside so some friends and I headed to the NC State Farm Animal Days. We got to see tractors, cows, horses, turkeys, sheep, goats and the kids even got to hold little baby chicks. And to top of the event, they gave us free homemade ice cream before we left. (I think that was my favorite part) We tried our hardest to get some good pictures but the kids were more interested in the animals then providing us mom's with the perfect photo op. (I don't know why) I think all in all everyone had a good time.

Aiden is 2 !!!

Today our baby boy turned two. I can't not believe how quickly time flies by. He has been such a sweet addition to our home. His personality develops more and more everyday and it is so exciting to watch him learn and grow.

Here are a few things about Aiden

Loves Sesame Street, specifically Elmo (who he calls “La La”), Little Einstein’s which he calls “pat pat”, Handy Manny and Letter Factory.

He tries to sing his “ABCs” which I might just find funny because I am his mommy but he kind of moves his head to the beat and just says random letters or sounds that might be letters. But next to “Wheels on the Bus” and “5 Little Monkeys” it is one of his favorites

Absolutely loves babies, especially his cousin Ansley. Which is good since we will having a baby arriving at our home very soon

Paul got a remote control helicopter for Christmas and Aiden has a love/hate relationship with it. He loves it when daddy gets it out and flies it but he hates it when it gets to close but who can blame the kid. It has gotten him a few times.

Aiden is getting more and more independent everyday. Just to name a few things, he used to hate sitting in his booster chair and would much rather sit in a regular chair, until one day he fell off the chair and hit his head pretty hard. It has really stuck with him because now everytime he tries to climb in the regular chair I just have to remind him he might fall and he goes right to the his booster chair. It might have helped too that around the same time he discovered he can do the buckles himself and he is very adamant about doing that.

When we are out some where and he wants down to “walk” it also includes not holding on to anybody’s hand. We have had many parking lot battles about him "walking" That leash great grandma got him might come in handy.

He counts to two and knows 6 letters and their sounds. A,B,C,M,S & W. (thank you Letter Factory)

Right now he is obsessed with turtles. He has little turtles that he naps with and carries around with him all day.

New Years 2011

This year for New Years we headed down to Atlanta to stay with Holly and Cameron. They also had some friends visiting from Virgina who we were also friends with when we were dating so it was nice to hang out with them too. Our time the Noblit's is never long enough but luckily we aren't super far away so we get to hang out

The kids had their New Year's at 10:00. There was no way they were making it until midnight.

(Don't worry it is only apple juice)

Christmas 2010

This year we spent Christmas in Virgina with Paul's parents and his sister Heather. We filled our time traveling to Paul's grandmothers house in Staunton, going to movings, checking out the light displays and playing in the snow. We had such a great time. I know I always say this but it was so nice to be able to relax and spend time with those we love.

Aiden was more into opening presents this year but not quite as much as we thought he would be. Don't let this picture fool you. It took almost the whole day of coming back and forth for him to finish opening all of his presents.

Helping Grandpa open his present

In the Richmond area you can always find a lot of awesome light displays. They call it the tacky light tour and that it is. Some of these displays start going up in September just so they can be ready for the holiday season.

While we were in Staunton visiting Grandma Cauley we drove up to visist Grandpa Cauleys gravesight. He died before Aiden was born so he never got to meet him we will make sure he knows who great grandpa Cauley was and what a good example he was and still is to his family.

We also had a white Christmas. Aiden had so much fun playing in the snow. We didn't have boots for him so Grandma had the great idea to zip tie plastic bags to his feet so his shoes wouldn't get wet. It worked out perfectly.

Tiger Refuge

One weekend in November when Holly and Cameron decided to visit we decided to check out the Tiger Refuge that is about 30 min down the road. It was pretty neat. If we would have gone a couple weeks later we would have seen the lions but we still saw a lot of different cats. Just watch out for the tigers. They spray. Ask Paul and Kyra.

Please ignore the bad picture quality. It was the best I could do with the chain link fences