Aaliyah

Aaliyah's almost 3 years old, just 1 more month! She has a very developed vocabulary & is always surprising us with new phrases. Today it's "oh my goodness" or "for goodness sakes"! She is always making us either laugh or cry with her personality. She is definitely a DRAMA queen! She found this old halloween costume that she never got to wear today & had to wear it out, so Grandma let her, I thought she looked very cute. :) She also really loves flowers & picking all of the flowers from the yard & giving them to us.

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11 Months

11 months old, we're almost to the 1 year mark! AJ is cutting 4 teeth on the top & has been very fussy & wants to be held constantly. He gets very upset if he gets put down! He has been having a fever & just been miserable. :( I cant wait till those teeth are all the way through & he gets to feeling better, cuz we are about at our wits end with him right now. I am planning the kids b-day party for April 18th & we are thinking of going with a Backyardigans theme. My mind is really scattered right now, so excuse me this doesn't flow very well. For an update on our lives, I am working at the new flower shop in town & I really love it! It's only temporary for now, but I am hoping it will become permanent. Alex has not yet joined the army, but is still looking to in the next month, so we'll wait & see how that goes. Life is pretty good for us right now, & I'm trying to stay positive about our future. Well, I am going to post some pictures from the last month & be done for now. Alex's aunt, cousin, & grandparents are here for the weekend, so hopefully I can post more tomorrow with some pictures also.

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Just Pictures of AJ

Just postin some pictures real quick, since I haven't posted in a few days. We have all been sick this past week, so I haven't taken many pictures lately, but I decided to snap a few tonight.

AJ decided to help me fold the laundry tonight. :)

I'm not sure what he was doin here, but he thought it was funny, silly boy.

My lil helper ( or maybe I should say messmaker)

He's been doing this a lot lately, I think its his way of givin hugs.

Holding still for 1 second, most pictures he turned away at the last second.

10 months

AJ is 10 months old now & he got his very first haircut on Thursday. I wasn't able to get pictures cuz I was busy trying to hold him still while Alex trimmed his hair. I think he took a little to much off, but hopefully it will grow back soon. It kinda looks like a crew cut.

I was in the kitchen the other day and turned around to find that Aj had found a great new hiding spot. These were taken before his haircut.

He saw the cans of juice & went after them, guess he was thirsty. :)

Aaliyah thought it was funny to close the door on him

here he is after making a big mess with his food

We videotaped AJ last night but I don't have the right equipment to upload it from the video camera on here, so I tried to take some with my digital camera. I was trying to take it while he was dancing, but he saw me & quit. He is so funny when he dances, its so cute! You can see a little of it here.

Aaliyah's Valentine photos

Here are a few of the pictures I took of Aaliyah for Valentines Day. She posed a little better than AJ but she was very wiggly also, so I didn't get as many good ones as I wanted, but I think there are a few cute ones. I have more on my facebook album, but I didn't want to put them all on here. She's almost 3 years old now & is so smart! Today I asked her to stop crying and she replied with "Ok mommy, I'll stop crying, I promise." That made me smile. If you ask her to do something while she's playing, she'll say no, mommy I'm to busy. She's been singing the ABC song today, & sometimes I'm amazed at all the things she already knows, like colors & numbers in English & Spanish, shapes, animals & their noises. She's a quick learner & continuously surprises me with new things. Aren't kids fun?

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines day everyone! I tried to get some Valentine pictures, but no one would cooperate, & Aaliyah left with Papa, so I don't have any of her yet. AJ doesn't hold still for a second, so it is becoming very difficult to get a good picture of him, but I really tried.
We got a big surprise today from my parents, they got us a really nice Select Comfort bed at a sale for a small fraction of what its worth. It's great, we love it! Hopefully I will stop getting backaches now. It even does massages and everything. I owe a big thank you to them!

My baby Valentine

Aj just loved eating the rose petals, I couldn't get him to stop.

So ornery!!!

Alex got me roses for the first time, so I had to post a picture!

I made these chocolate dipped strawberries for our Valentines. Don't they look yummy? :)

Past Valentine Pictures

Here are some pictures of Aaliyah on previous Valentine's.

These were all taken BA (before AJ :P)

eating the rose petals

Last year's Valentines Day

This one was actually taken after Valentines Day,
I was 36 weeks pregnant in it & yes I know I look huge :(