The Best Pet

Meet Max. She is a cute little cat that allows Aiden to chase her around the yard, yell at her, and even pet her. She is a great pet, and the best part is that she is not ours. She is a stray that adopted our neighbors. They take care of her, and she just jumps the fence for a visit every once and a while.

Ft. Worth Trip

May 6th through 9th. We drove up to Ft. Worth for AJ's graduation, but stayed with Dan and Laura. Of course, when going to see Uncle Dan-O you've got to stay for longer than usual trips, and do more fun stuff.

We arrived at Dan and Laura's on the 6th and "convinced" them to join us for dinner at BJs. Unfortunately, Aiden interrupted our lovely dinner by trying to climb all over the booth and then throwing up. After a big tip to the poor waiter who got to clean up, we called it a night.

The next day, we went to the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History which houses Ft. Worth's Children's Museum. Tay was able to convince the ticket guy that our family membership at the Houston Children's Museum should get us a discount. The guy was either confused, really generous, or city-competitive (wanted to show that Ft. Worth is more welcoming that Houston), because they let all 4 adults and Aiden in for free. We paid $3 in parking for the day. Awesome! Aiden had a blast running around the museum. When we got home that afternoon, we were treated to some up close cow viewing. It is so funny that Dan and Laura's neighborhood will get visited by the cows whenever they get out from the pastures adjacent to the neighborhood. Only in Texas!

On Saturday, Dan and Laura volunteered to watch Aiden all day for us, so that we could go to AJ's graduation. It was really nice to be able to visit with family, enjoy the ceremony, and celebration dinner without having to chase, corral, or quiet Aiden. We were really excited for and proud of AJ for graduating. When we got back to Dan's, they were playing at the park, and having fun. So much fun that when Aiden saw us, he yelled NO, and told us to go away. He didn't want his uncle Dan-O time interrupted.

We drove home on Sunday. It was a wonderful trip. Thank you, Dan and Laura. Your hospitality and company was greatly appreciated and enjoyed! We're looking forward to returning the babysitting favor sometime in the near future!

Uncle Dan's shoulders were more fun than Dad's at the museum.

What a cool kid! Do you see the cows?!

Don't be fooled, he loves Aunt Laura too!

Kemah Weekend

This past weekend Emily, Jeremy, and Molly were in town, and they stopped by for a quick visit. It was delightful to see them. We met up with them for an afternoon/evening of fun at the boardwalk in Kemah which included a train ride, sight seeing, dinner at Saltgrass, and some playtime in the fountains.

Meet The Newbie

Meet the newest member of our clan. Tay has been without a pet for months now, and was Jonesing for something. She's always had fond memories of the bird which she had when she was younger. It is also a pet that we can keep out of Aiden's reach. Anyways, meet Holly the Parakeet. We've had her for about 2 weeks now.

A Child's Prayer

Aiden's prayer last night went as follows (edited slightly for grammar):

Please let our friends come over.
Please let us have cup cakes.
Please close Hobby Lobby.

Amen, brotha!

Quick Weatherford/Granbury Trip

On Tuesday we drove up to Weatherford for Mimi's (Tay's grandmother) 90th birthday. Unfortunately, I was so distracted while keeping Aiden from destroying all of the decorations in every one's homes and being semi-behaved at the restaurant that I forgot to get a picture of the birthday lady and her great-grandson. Anyways, the birthday was nice, and low-key. We had a good time seeing everyone.

Before the party, we went to Mimi's to "surprise" her, let her know that we were in town, and to give her some time to see Aiden before everyone met at the restaurant for dinner. She asked why we had come up during the middle of the week, and how that must have been difficult for us. I told her that it wasn't everyday that you have a 90th birthday, and that we wouldn't have missed it. She promptly looked at me, and said to not remind her about her age! We all had a good chuckle at that.

After the birthday party we continued on to Granbury to stay with Nana Randee and Grandad. Ever since Aiden was promised a ride in the boat the next time we went up to see them, it is all that he has talked about (well that, and yucky mushrooms). So as soon as everyone had eaten breakfast the next day, we all braved the wind and low 60 degree weather, and went for a ride in the boat.

Here is a picture of their fun little place right on the lake.

After the boat ride, Aiden took a nap, Tay and Randee went shopping, Allen and I fished for a little bit, and then I went for a nice run while Allen took care of some emails. We finished the day with a nice lunch out, and then headed home. It was a fun trip.

The Last Time??

While we were getting ready to leave yesterday to run our Saturday errands, Aiden snuck into our closet and decided to try on "Mommy's boots". Hilarity ensued.

Now the reason for the title of this blog post is that this could be one of the last times that we have pictures of Aiden wearing a diaper. We're planning on starting potty training in the next couple of week. Wish us luck.