Grammy and Grampy's visit

Ryan's parents came in town last weekend for a visit, and also to celebrate Aedan's birthday. We went to the trains in town one evening, to Old Navy for jeans for the boys, and then to the Cookeville zoo (aka: Petco). Here are some pictures from the weekend:

at the trains

Aedan and Ryan

Me and Aedan

ready for cake

yum!

a Buzz rocketship!

Resuce Heros

Josiah reading his mammal book

Aedan with his bug book

Tents from Grammy and Grampy! The boys have been sleeping later in the morning with these:)

A special day...

Happy Birthday, Aedan!

Today is Aedan's 3rd birthday! Yay! We are so glad that he's a part of our family. I love many things about him. His willingness to share (even one of his greatest loves-stickers), his smile, his sweetness, his goofiness, his snuggleness (that's a word!), his laugh, his love for his siblings, his love to hear music and dance (hip hop...with a twist of break dancing), his fearlessness, and of course, his blonde hair.

We are happy to celebrate his birth! We will start the day with doughnuts with Grammy and Grampy, and then venture to a new state park (well, not new, but a new one to us) to go on a family hike and explore. We look forward to a party with friends tonight! We love you, Aedan!
(pics coming soon)

Wow, we're impressed!

Aedan is blowing us away with his potty abilities! He is doing sooooo awesome, that it is hard for me to express in words. We moved him into big boy underwear this week. He had three accidents...two outside, and one in the bathroom...trying to get to the potty. We are so proud of him! Go Aedan!

Mercy's stats

Mercy had her 4 month check up today with shots. She now weighs 13 lbs and 9 oz. She was in the 90th percentile in height, and in the 50th percentile in weight. I've never had a baby with such a low percentile in weight! I realized later that Josiah weighed 14 lbs 2 oz at his 2 month check up, and Aedan was just a little under Josiah's weight at his 2 month! Mercy is doing great...eating and sleeping well! She is such a sweetie!

First Day of School

CBS (Community Bible Study) started today!! wooooohoooo! The kids have been looking forward to starting back for weeks now, and I've been looking forward to it, as well. Aedan is now in the preschool program, so he will have lessons similar to Josiah and also get to go to music class. (Aedan loves singing and music.)

For me, it was great to see some of the women who were in my group last year. For most of them, last time they saw me was the Thursday before I had Mercy Cate...really pregnant! The groups change every year, so I have different women in my group (with the exception of one). We are studying Acts this year...I love CBS (and also CVS) and I look forward to Thursdays!!!!

Aedan's new love

Over the past several weeks, Aedan has had a new growing love toward Mercy Cate. Whenever I put her on the floor, he always comes and lays right next to her. He says often, "I love my sister." What a sweetie:) Here are some pictures taken over the last several weeks:

the bumbo seat

Everyone loves the bumbo...

Mercy in the bumbo

Aedan in the bumbo

Josiah in the bumbo