Father's DaySuprise - Round 2

I think Pops has gotten Jaiden hooked on blue tractors because when we pulled up to the shop this morning, what did we find...

a big blue tractor....

The only way I got him into the shop was with the temptation of a cookie... Have I mentioned how much I love my son...

Love and hugs,

Steph, Anna, and Jaiden

Father's Day

This past weekend was Fathers Day and while there are no fathers in this house, there is not shortage in the family so Jaiden and I went to see pops. The story goes... Thursday, we had planned a trip to the local water park with some friends. When Jaiden woke up that morning, he had other things on his mind. The first thing he said to me was "See pops!". I responded with "would you like to call him instead?" Well, that was obviously not good enough because he said "see pops house!" I figured this would pass and we would call pops later so they could talk. That evening, when we got home, he threw the biggest fit because he didn't want to be at "jaiden's house", he wanted to be at "pops house". This pattern continued for another day (without as much drama but none the less...) until we finally went to 'see pops' on Sunday. It turns out that pops had a big surprise for the little insistent one: A BLUE TRACTOR!!!. He was a little hesitant at first but we think it's just because he wanted to drive the tractor by himself. (We have a riding lawnmower in the garage and when we get home some times, Jaiden will 'drive' the tractor at home.) It took some doing to finally get him off the big blue tractor, but what a great toy for Jaiden and pops.








I'm not sure that anything could top the tractor but after that, we went to the pool and we swam, and swam, and swam some more. (no pictures... you know... water and expensive camera...) but when we got back to pops and nanas, Jaiden took a nice long nap and woke up to eat 3 plates of nana's fish. We had an easy trip home and I hope pops had a great fathers day. We love you pops!!!.



Love and hugs,

Steph, Anna, and Jaiden

I'm Official!!!

Just and update, I'm officially certified as a Hypnobabies instructor!!! It is the beginning of a great adventure for me and if you're interested in learning more, my web site is www.atlantahypnobabies.com...

Love and hugs,
Stephanie

The Renaissance Festival

So on the very last day of the Renaissance Festival, we decided to make the trek an hour south to see what costumes the people came up with this year (and to see if we could get anything at a good sale price ;) We also thought Jaiden would get a kick out of it. He took it all in stride as usual. Here are a few of the highlights... First we went to the petting zoo but I didn't get any pictures. Jaiden had a good time watching me feed all of the animals but he did pet a few.

Then was the highlight of the trip for me: the turkey leg!!!

(and the fried pickles. This year they had fried coke??? We were not feeling That adventurous)

Jaiden enjoyed his share too...

Nanay found her favorite juggling sticks...

... and Ten-ten (aka Martina) took him on the swinging dragon...

I'm not sure who had more fun...

It was a great (and very hot) day and from the adventure, Jaiden had gained a few new experiences and 2 new dragon friends that he sleeps with every night.

Pleasant dreams to you all,

Steph, Anna, and Jaiden

Jaiden's Aura

This past weekend, we all went to the psychic fair. I know that not everyone believes in thsi stuff but we usually do it for fun. Anyways, we had Jaiden's aura picture taken (because we just can't resist taking pictures of our beautiful son) so here it is... It looks like he has wings but anyone who has meet him already know that.

Cousin Ella's Birthday

At the beginning of May (after we got back from TN), We went to cousin Ella's second birthday party in Greenville SC. It was more of a family reunion but all of the cousins had a great time. (the Sewalls just moved to Greenville 2 weeks prior.) After some great play time, we all took a trip to the pool in the wagon. Carson came ready to go with his goggles and everything!

It was very cold but we all had a great time.

When we got back to the house, we had the best organic cupcakes from Wholefoods! Of course, Jaiden was to only one to eat it with a fork... For more on Ella's birthday, see :http://esewalls.blogspot.com/
Love and hugs,
Steph, Anna, and Jaiden

Our Famous Son!!!

Here is the long awaited June edition of Parenting magazine! Our beautiful son is on page 110 and is one of the top 50 (out of over 300,000) cuties kids. Can you tell we're a little proud!We have 1 copy at home, in a safe place, and the other one with us at all times. :)

Momma's latest adventure

Some of you may already know that I am starting down a new road in my life. This year, for my birthday, I went to a 5 day training in Nashville, TN, to become a Hypnobabies Childbirth Instructor. I am so excited and I meet so many wonderful women. While I was up there, Anna and Jaiden came up to visit. (We were all not so sure how we would handle the 5 day separation...) Anna discovered, as I have in the past, that it's not so easy to chase a toddler and take pictures at the same time. They had a great time and did all kinds of neat stuff like the Nashville zoo but alas, no pictures. One night, however, after my class, we ventured off into the wild blue Tennessee yonder and found the GREAT park. Since we were all there, we were able to snap a few pictures. After we came home, we found out that it is one of the biggest parks in TN (and all this other cool stuff that I've since forgotten...) Anyways, here are a few pictures of out TN trip...
Love and hugs to all,
Stephanie, Anna, and Jaiden

My beautiful girlfriend!

This wonderful little shed.

We discovered Spinning! :)

So, while we were driving back home, I saw the craziest think in the middle of the highway; Tractors! What a great use of what is usually wasted space! Weird,but cool...