For the Grandparents...

I was taking some video of Aiden and thought this was cute. It is meant for ALL the grandparents! We love you.

One of my favorites...

This is one of my all time favorite pics of Aiden. I was looking thru all of the gazillion pics we have of him and thought I would post this one cause he is just so dang cute. This was taken a year ago.

Fudgesickle

Aiden and I shared a Fudgesickle a few days ago. He definately got more on his face than he got in it. But he loved it!

Day at the Zoo

Some of my friends and all of our kids braved the Phoenix Zoo last week. The kids had a blast. I'm pretty sure every one of them fell asleep on the way home. Here are some of the pics from the day.

Teddy

This is Teddy. Grandma Robyn bought Teddy before Aiden was born and because I thought it was SOOO adorable I didn't let Aiden touch it for months. When he was about 9 months old, I got Teddy down from the shelf to see what Aiden thought. He LOVED Teddy and has slept with him every night since. As you might be able to tell from his unraveling mouth and floppy body. (I can relate to the floppy body feeling! :) Teddy is a member of the family if you ask Aiden. So you can imagine the heartache and dismay he felt when I left Teddy at home during our last trip to the cabin! At first I thought it wouldn't be too big of a deal. Once Aiden was asleep, he wouldn't know the difference. Boy was I wrong! Aiden's pack n play is in the same room as our bed at the cabin so I hear his every move during the night. About 2:00 in the morning (maybe earlier- who knows) I heard Aiden stirring. Then I heard his hand swiping against the sides of the pack n play. Then he mumbled "Teddy" in the most pathetic little whiny voice and started to cry. Hard! I felt SOOOO bad. I had no idea how attached he is to that dang bear! But at the same time... it was SOOOO cute. I ended up trying a dozen different things to get him back to sleep, including putting him in our bed which I never resort to. I think we were awake for about an hour. He did go back to sleep finally and slept fine the next night, thank goodness. But I will be much more careful next time we leave town to have Teddy with us. I'm sure Aiden will too. :)

Feeling Blessed

My camera is working again!!! Yeah!!! I thought I had fully charged batteries in it, but apparently they didn't take the charge. Its such a relief that I don't have to get a new one... or wait till Christmas to open it!

On another exciting note, I had a doctors appointment today and was able to hear the baby's heartbeat. 12 weeks & 4 days now. We've been counting the days for so long. After the two miscarriages, I finally feel like I can allow myself to be excited again! We are all breathing much easier now. One of my friends here in Mesa is about 10 or 11 weeks along. We are so excited to have these little ones so close together. Our boys play great together so it will be fun to have another set of playmates. I feel so blessed. Mostly because I will get to enjoy having a tiny little one in my arms sooner than I realize, but also because of the great friends I have here. The Lord has allowed me to be in a ward with girls that I absolutely adore. They are quickly becoming my family away from home. They are my babysitters, my "I need a cup of sugar" neighbors, my support, and my sisters. I have always had those type of friends and I love all of you who fall into that category, but I find myself appreciating it more here because they are all I have.

Really... you don't have to read this!

I totally have things I should be doing right now but doing nothing is much more appealing. We had a bunch (11 to be exact - ranging in age from 11 months to 5 years) of Aiden's friends over today. Lucky for me, their mom's came too. It is a hectic couple of hours when they are all here but we all really enjoy it. We fed them lunch and some played outside in the unbearable heat. Aiden is pooped out in his bed now and I'm sure all the rest of the kids are too. They play hard and all of us mom's have a good time yackin'. Jeremy & Aiden & I are headed to the cabin this weekend to see Grandma & Grandpa Benson. I should be packing right now since we are leaving in like an hour or 2 but I don't have the motivation. I'm excited to go, just not excited to pack. Especially since I was in Vegas for a week and a half and JUST finished UN-packing yesterday! YAWN!!!!! I guess the exhaustion of pregnancy is getting to me. And now I am realizing how pathetic I am and now I have motivated myself to get off my butt and get packed. All in a matter of 5 minutes and one really "run-on" paragraph.

By the way... the reason my blog is looking so blah is because my camera is busted and I don't know what is wrong with it. Sorry.

I caught the baby bug!!!

Yes, I am PREGO! We have known for a couple of months now (I'm 10 weeks along) but have kept it to ourselves. That was TOUGH! We are thrilled and I feel great. We will welcome the newest member of the Benson family sometime at the end of March 2008.