Happy Memorial Day!

We went to the Memorial Day parade in Hamilton this morning and had a good time. I love small country parades! Aiden loved seeing all of the firetrucks, horses, kids, trucks, cars, tractors, etc. Gavin missed most of it since he slept a lot of the time :)

Splish, Splash!

Splish, splash Gavin was taking a bath! He LOVES bath time! He gets so excited he kicks his legs like crazy. By the time he is done with his bath the tub has 1/2 the amount of water in it and the floor needs to be mopped! Turn your volume up and enjoy!

Aiden, Gavin and I went to my nephew Trenten's baseball game Monday night. However, we only ended up staying for a short time because Aiden fell of some play equipment from about 6 feet up and landed on his back. He got the wind knocked out of him and 15 minutes later he was still having a difficult time breathing and complaining of back pain so we took him in to the ER. He had his first set of x-rays done (he has such a cute tailbone - even the x-ray technician agreed :) ). Luckily he didn't break any bones or have any internal bleeding and was able to finally breath normally so they sent us home telling us to keep a close eye on him. He was quite sore for a couple of days but now he is back to normal :)

We have been completely enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather we have had lately! Aiden wants to play outside all day long - from sun up to sun down! And Gavin just goes along with the crowd :)

Aiden was playing with one of his puzzles while I was getting some housework done. He was really quiet (NEVER a good thing) so I looked over to see what he was up to and this is what I found...

My favorite onesie! :) In case you can't read it, it says "Daddy and I agree: MOMMY'S the boss"!!!!! Oh yeah!!!!!!

The perfect PJ's for Aiden (they say "Who you callin' crabby?")...

Congratulations!

My brother Jeff and Angie got married last night. The wedding was beautiful and we had lots of fun! Here's some pics...

The best family picture we were able to get last night...

Aiden and his cousin Austin...

Great-Grandma with Gavin and Aiden...

Jeff and Angie...

Jeff and Angie with all of the nieces and nephews...

One of my favorite... Gavin spit his pacifier out of his mouth and it went flying... check out their reactions :)

The ceremony...

Cheers...

Instead of smashing the cake on each other, they smashed it on each of their nieces and nephews faces! Some of them weren't quite sure what to think of it...

Aiden danced for about 2 hours straight at the reception (he LOVES to dance) and didn't get to bed until just after 11:00 last night. Despite only having a 40 minute nap yesterday and all of the fun and activity, he still woke up at 6:30 this morning - UGH!!!!

Fire Station

I had a doctor's appointment in Grand Rapids yesterday and took the kiddos with me (thank goodness they were both super good at the appointment). We stopped at the mall before the appointment and we rode the carousel - Gavin's first ride :) Then after the appointment we went to visit daddy at work.

Making fire engine noises...

Gavin is starting to get more interactive, "talking" (cooing), and smiling more. So fun to watch him change!

"Walking" Sparky

My sister and I went for a walk with her dog Duke last week and with our dog Sparky this week. Each time I push Aiden and Gavin in the Burley and she walks the dog on Aiden's side of the Burley so he can see them. Yesterday Aiden decided he wanted to try to walk Sparky so I let him try it out in the back yard. One thing I must say about Aiden is that he doesn't give up very easily - he is one very determined little boy!

Later that evening I decided to go on a walk with just the boys. About 1/2 mile into the walk I noticed that Aiden was really quiet so I peeked in the Burley and this is what I saw...

Trying to walk Sparky must have really worn Aiden out. Since both boys were sleeping I was able to walk even further than I normally would have!

Tulip Time

It is Tulip Time here in Holland! Here's some pics of our little Dutch boys in their costumes! (BTW, Aiden's shoes have 2008 on them because he was able to still wear the ones from last year.)

Aiden and his cousins "Dutch Dancing" (and, yes, Aiden is the one who got de-pantsed by his cousin :) )...

Garage Sales!

Spring time means the start of garage sales! Although I don't do it that much, I do like to go to garage sales because I love a good deal. Grandma Linda and I took Aiden and Gavin garage saleing with us on Wednesday. We went to a large subdivision that had a bunch of houses all doing garage sales at the same time - my kind of garage sale... where I can go to a lot of places all at the same time. Since it was rather chilly - in the 50's with a cold wind - I took the Burley along to keep the kiddos out of the wind and keep them a bit warmer. I put a snowsuit on Gavin to keep him toasty warm. Gavin slept almost the entire two and a half hours while Aiden screamed and hollered almost the entire time - my boys are such opposites. Aiden was all upset because I wouldn't let him get out and walk (it was too cold and it would have taken us at least twice as long) and because he wanted every toy he saw and mommy wouldn't give in to him. We got some funny and dirty looks from other people when they saw/heard Aiden screaming but oh well. If they only knew who Aiden was they (maybe) would have understood. Here's some pics of Gavin all ready to go shopping!