Give the dog a bone

When we leave the house Emma always gets a treat. She is very good. She goes right to her room and gets on her pillow and patiently waits for her treat. Aiden now loves to give her the treat when we leave. Now he has started making Emma work for it though. He thinks it is very funny to tease her with it. Emma now will wait for a few minutes and then decide she is going to have to take any necessary action to get her treat! Todd and I have both been very happy with Emma cause she makes sure that she wont hurt Aiden in the process of taking her treat. She has been very gentle with him. Here are a few pictures of Aiden "giving" Emma her treat.

Walking the dog

Aiden loves Miss Emma Rue. Not so sure how Miss Emma feels about him other than when he eats, but she has a good reason for that. Aiden loves to torment her. He chases her around the house with his golf clubs and tries to hit her. He also corners her on the couch and loves to "pet" her. It is more like pulling her ears, skin, or paws. We try to teach him to be easy with her, but he doesnt understand that one yet. We always take her on walks with us. So Aiden in usually in his wagon and I have Emma on her leash. Aiden has realized he can walk her from his wagon. He loves it. He always holds out his hand for me to give him the leash so he can walk her. It is very cute!

New Job

Well no pictures to post on this blog. I just wanted to share that I got a new job! I am so excited and really looking forward to what my new company is going to be like. I will start with them in a few weeks and until then I am going to enjoy some much deserved and needed time off with Aiden and Todd. Todd has fall break at the end of next week so it will be great to get to spend some time together as a family! There is a lot of stuff I have to take care of before I go off to training. We are going car shopping sometime soon, cause I am now without a car. So that is exciting for me but I have to put a lot of thought into it cause its my car now, I do get an car allowance but I still will be putting lots of miles on it so I want to make a smart decision. It was very strange for me last night when my manager came and got my car. It is a little sad cause this was my first real job out of college and that was the car that we brought Aiden home from the hospital in! Nevertheless, I am very excited and I am looking forward to starting with my new company! (I will miss you Lynn)

Boomer Sooner

My father called me last week and asked me to join him at the OU/Texas game. I was so excited, I have never been and have always heard what a great experience this is. I was pumped to say the least. We got early Saturday morning and left by 5 am (yes, I actually got up that early)!

This is how horrible I look at 5 am. We had a great time. I really enjoyed driving down becasue my dad and I just talked. We havent got to spend any time together just us two in a long time. He was preparing me for all that was going to happen. My father has been to 30 of the last 33 OU/Texas games. He doesnt miss many OU games period and he wanted to share this game with me. I was amazed to say the least. It rained for a while when we first got there, so we went inside to the food court. Of course there was bedlam going on in there. It was so loud with OU and Texas fans alike chanting and shouting.
I love this picture. We met this nice couple who sat across from us in the food court. It amazed me that they came and brought their little tv to watch the game inside the fair grounds. There were tons of people who came either trying to get a ticket and failed and knew they would watch it inside the fair or people who simply wanted to watch the game on the big screen tvs in the fair. My dad and I sat at the very top row in the south endzone. As I was watching the game you knew exactly what was happening at the time, but a few seconds after a major play had happened and the crowd inside the stadium went crazy there was a delayed reaction from those outside of the stadium watching it from the AT&T big screen.
Since my dad is a pro at this he knew exactly where to go on the fairgrounds for all the important OU pre game stuff. I got to see the OU player arrive and get off the bus, the band warm up, and the sooner scooner make its arrival

At the Sports Animal booth they were tossing out free t-shirts, I stood there trying to get one but was unsuccessful, until I saw that they were going to the back of the tent to pic up the shirts. I went to the back of the tent bent down and waved at them. SUCCESS. I got a t-shirt. One gentleman preceeded to tell me that was sneaky. Sneaky I said or just smart?!?!?!

The game was crazy to say the least. The crowd was crazy. It was amazing to see the spilt of people wearing red then to people wearing orange. I know that OU's stadium holds more than the Cotton Bowl does, but there was still so many people. It was crazy!

I was glad to see my sooners win. It was a great experience and I will never forget the great day my dad and I had together! Alot of people were saying that this was the best game they have seen in a long time, because it was so close. There were two Texas fans among us, but I must say they were very gracious and nice. They even took a picture for us! Here they are hanging their heads after they lost!

It took us forever to get out of the fairgrounds and get on the highway. I think it was a little over an hour. We then got on the highway and I really had to use the restroom, so my dad had to get right off the highway that we had spent so much time trying to get on. So after my little bathroom break we were on our way home. We decided to just eat some where quick instead of eating at Texas Land and Cattle, which we should have done anyway cause there was this horrible wreck. It was awful. State Troopers had to redirect traffic off the highway and onto the side access road. It was a fatality and the car that we saw was totally demolished. We were told by the gas station attendent that we stopped at that it was an SUV. It didnt look like an SUV at all anymore. It was really sad. So needless to say my father and I were pooped from a very long day. I ended up not getting home until 2 am.

So here I am at the end of the day burnt and tired! But it was all worth it. That was an amazing experience. I want to go back next year! So Boomer Sooner, Texas Sucks, and GO OU!

I am getting bigger!

It is hard on me to see my baby getting bigger. Although I do love watching him learn and try new things. Everyday I realize how much he grown lately. As I mentioned previously he loves to go in our room and play on our bed. He is now getting upset if the door is shut. Todd and I watched in amazement (silly I know to be amazed by such a simple task, but nonetheless we were) the other day as Aiden reached for the door knob. I realized that he is learning so much and knows that turning that knob is how you get in that room. I just love this picture so much. It truly captured the moment for me!

Dinner pics

Here are a few pics of dinner last night. I never seem to get any pictures of me or my sister, but anyway I guess that means I am always the one behind the camera!

Happy Birthday Mom

My mom's birthday was yesterday. So we all went out for dinner last night. Both the boys were a bit fussy but we ended up having a wonderful evening. Since it is her birthday I wanted to share a little about her. She is a wonderful mother. I know everyone claims to have the best mother in the world, but I really do. She is very caring. loving, and always wants to help any way she can. She has an amazing heart and its not just her girls or rest of her family that she will do anything for, its anyone who has a need. She has always been there for me and I cannot imagine my life any other way. She taught me many things but I think lately the most important thing I have taken from my mother is how to be a good mother myself. I am very thankful that I had a wonderful role model to shape the way I am as a mother. Becoming a mother has changed me totally. I now realize some of what my mother has gone through because of me and my sister. I love her even more now that I am a mommy. So happy birthday mom! I love you very much!

What a night

The other night Mr. Aiden decided at 3:00 in the morning that it was time to get up and play. Todd and I took turns trying everything we could to get him to go back to sleep. We were both very tired and nothing seemed to work. Finally I decided to stay up with him and just let him play. At 5 am he started getting sleeping, however he did not want to go back to sleep. I had to force it! It hurt my heart to do so, but I knew it was what he needed. Aiden and I ended up sleeping in the recliner. Here is what a tired boy looks like after a hard night.

A kiss makes everything better

Aiden has learned that if he does something wrong a kiss makes it all better. But to be honest its not even a real kiss, its just him making his 'muah' sound. He will hit me and then give me a kiss. He will also hit my belly laugh and then kiss my belly! We were at my moms with Brady the other day and they were kind of playing together (as much as a 15 month and a 6 month old can). Brady had this play cell phone and Aiden wanted it, of course like a man to want what they cant have! (hehe) He stole it from Brady and then decided to make it all better with a kiss. That too just like a man, a kiss will make it all better!

Big weekend for a small guy

What a weekend Mr. Aiden had. Lets see on Friday he went and spent some time with Grandma and Aunt Kimberlee at school while I worked and played lots there, then we went to the fair with Granddad and Nana. We had a great time. Although I think Granddad had a little more fun at the Kansas concert than Aiden did! He was very good. I really thought he was going to get fussy but he never did. What a trooper. He experienced his first city bus ride along with his first fair food, and his first concert. He really enjoyed the strawberry smoothie! He was pooped by the time we left. He fell asleep in the stroller!

On Saturday we went to a friend of ours little girls first birthday party. He played with all the other kids there and had himself a great time, he was so tired when we left but I had to stop by my moms on the way home and he woke up to play with his cousin Brady.

On Sunday evening we were outside playing with Aiden and he decided we were going to go on a walk and he was going to walk himself not ride in his wagon. He just took off and we followed he just kept going and enjoyed our walk around the block.