My AJ Blog

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Playing on the Scooter

This morning AJ wanted to show off his scooter skills :)

We're having a great, low key weekend. Yesterday, we went to our community 4th of July parade- this is our 3rd year going. It's a lot of fun! They have bounce houses and face painting, hot dogs and chips and the kids just get to have a good time. The only problem is, it is HOT! This year wasn't as bad as the last 2 years, but it was still pretty hot out there.

We met up with Ki, Tim and Daxie for a bit. Here are a few pictures:

Walking the parade with Papa

Ki, Daxie, AJ & Kate

AJ, Papa & Grandma

It's quite an event!

Friday, July 2, 2010

AJ's 2 Year Pictures

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Day at the Zoo

We had a great day at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo yesterday. AJ & I went with our friends Joy, Riley and Maddy. AJ just LOVES these kids- and they are so great with him. They are 10 and 7, but it doesn't matter. They play so well together.

AJ and Maddy went on this cute little train together. He has never gone on a train ride without an adult and I thought he might be scared- NOPE! He LOVED it and giggled the entire way!

AJ also went on his first pony ride- It was awesome to see! He really enjoyed it, but he was VERY serious about it.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Mr.Fix It

AJ got this new tool set for his birthday. He had a blast tonight going around the house "fixing" things with the drill- I love that he just might be my handyman!

Party Videos

Here are a few videos from AJ's 2nd birthday.

This is a video before the party. AJ is all about Baby Woofy and giving Grandma some love!

Playing in the bounce house!

Playing trains with Papa

AJ's 2nd Birthday Party!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY AJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was AJ's 2nd birthday and we had a big party to celebrate. It was a SUPER fun day- a little stressful at times, but all in all, it was great!

We started out the morning with AJ's 2 year pictures-We took them at a nearby park and he did really well- thanks to bribery. I'll post them once I see them all. So far, from what I've seen, they are TOOO cute!

Since AJ didn't sleep too well the night before (probably the stress of getting older, right??) he took an early nap. While he napped, I cleaned, organized, prepared food and started to decorate the house. About 2pm my mom, Dave and Jason all came over to help. We had balloons, a bounce house, pool, tons of food and a Pooh Pinata.

AJ woke up about 3 and I was finally able to tell him that his PARTEEEE was today. We've been talking about his party for a week or more- about who's coming, how old he'll be and what we're going to be doing. I'm pretty sure he had no idea what I was talking about. He was calling his birthday presents "party!"

The guests arrived about 4 and we all just hung out and had a good time. The kids played in the bounce house, in the kiddie pool and on slides. Just as we were all starting to eat... THUNDERSTORMS! LIGHTENING! RAIN! HAIL!!!!!!!! ARGH! Gotta love Colorado weather....

So, we moved the party inside quickly and then the chaos began. Although my house is big, it isn't really big enough to hold 40+ people comfortably. Everything was fine until... the toilet stopped up! This is when I started to panic! It was quickly fixed and I am sure I stressed more about it then I needed to, but that's just what I do...

After all of this, we moved into the garage to do the Pooh pinata. MORE chaos! Picture this... 18+ kids in the garage, a bat, pouring rain and no order...at all. It was crazy! Poor AJ wasn't so sure he wanted to see Pooh get knocked around with a bat, but it all was fine once he got a lollipop :)

Then it was cake time! Jason and Dominic made AJ's cake last year (Monkey) and they did it again this year. It's become a tradition. Not only was it a great looking cake, it also was very yummy!

AJ is one LUCKY (spoiled) kid! He got so many awesome gifts! I can't name them all, but they include an awesome firetruck that makes all kinds of noises and moves forward and backwards, a trash truck, Pooh phone, Pooh ABC toy, many trucks, bubbles and bubble blowers, more trains, a LeapFrog learning computer, motorcycle (see pic below), books, a tool set and so much more. Opening presents was quite a crazy experience, but we are so thankful and appreciate everything!

It really was an awesome day- celebrating our little boy. He's brought so much joy to our lives and we are so very lucky to have him. He's just the best!