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Happy Birthday!

Today is the coolest day for a birthday ever - 08/08/08...awesome.
So Happy, Happy Birthday - not only to my sister Lenyse, but to my awesome friend Amy, my Uncle Neal, and my KM student Mia!

Dear Satan,

You really never should have invented this:

Sincerely,

Amy Pennington

Hello Lover

I am a lover of techie gadgets...especially cute pink ones. Check out my new phone!
My last PDA died this week while I was doing a software update, so darn the luck, I upgraded to this sweetheart. Cool thing is, they also replaced my old phone with an identical brand-new model for free, so Aaron is now the proud owner of a PDA and I am going to suck him into The World of Palm Pilot Addiction. Watch out, there's no turning back!

M.I.A.

Sorry I've been MIA the past few days. Tuesday morning I woke up with a blocked milk duct - painful, but I've had one before and knew what to do to get rid of it. However, later in the afternoon, I had chills and took my temperature - 100.6 degrees. I knew those two symptoms combined spelled the onset of mastitis, so I called my OB and had a prescription sent out for an antibiotic.

Long story short, my fever spiked at 102.1, Aaron came home from work early (thanks baby, I really needed you here with me) and though I'm lothargic and achy, things are getting better and there are no worries for any complications. Also, I can continue to nurse Aidan, which is of the utmost importance to me.

Anyway, I will try to catch up on my blogging as my energy comes back!

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with cousin Jessica at Stacy O's shower

Thanks Ladies!

Saturday the knitters and I spent the night at Great Wolf Lodge. We had such a good time! It was my first night away from Aidan - I think I did really well! Aaron and Aidan had a guys' night after Aaron and our nephews TJ and Kyle spent the afternoon at the Great Wolf waterpark.

Amanda, Kate, AmyB, and Missy - thanks for a wonderful weekend. I love you guys!
(I say Hillshire, you say Farm. Hillshire...)

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Watching the Royals game, after his bath

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Such a big boy...in his first 3-month outfit!

Lights Out

In a fun little twist, a UPS truck knocked down the power lines on our street Friday night, right before Aaron got home with our week's worth of groceries. The house started heating up really quickly, so Aidan and I hung out at Grammy & Granddaddy's house for the evening when Aaron went in early to work.

Thanks to Grammy & Granddaddy for letting us come over and feeding me dinner and ice cream. Also, many thanks to Grammy for putting Aidan to sleep - that 2-hour nap was the first time he'd slept more than 30 minutes all day!

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Many thanks to my Smrt family for coming to visit. Claire, Luke, and Nick have all been my students, as well as big sister Tess who couldn't make it. They brought Aidan a darling blanket - I will take pictures and post soon!

Reason #3863308 I love my husband...

...as a surprise gift for having Aidan, he hired a housekeeping service for me!
Our house is sparkling clean, and the best part is, I didn't have to lift a finger!! :)

I before E, except after D

I've had a lot of questions about Aidan's name, so I thought I would write a post about it.

The most common question is about spelling - hence the title of this post. The way my mom explains the spelling is "A-I-Dan." There's another way to spell it - Aiden - but I liked the look of both A's, and it is the most common spelling, so we went with that one.

It sounds like an uncommon name, but it was actually the #1 boy name in the state of Kansas last year, and is #54 on the Social Security Administration list. {I even checked to make sure there were lots of personalized items readily available before settling on it!}

Its origin is Irish and means "little fire" or "fiery" - perfect for our little redhead who doesn't stand a chance of avoiding stubbornness! I fell in love with Aidan's name duing the Sex & the City years. John Corbett's character was too cute and a really great, thoughtful guy.

So there you have it - more than you ever wanted to know about Aidan's name!!

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Aidan's first trip to mommy's studio - he enjoyed meeting Ms Lorene, Mr. Rock, and Mr. Vaccaro!

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Obsession: Ceiling Fans

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Crazy nap hair:)

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at knitting last Sunday

Wii are out of shape

So continuing on my previous post, we are now the proud owners of a Wii Fit.
We hooked it up tonight after dinner at Grammy's house and started setting up our profiles.

According to the Wii, I am in the "overweight" category (DUH) and my Wii Fit age is 45. Ouch.
Aaron is also in the "overweight" category...barely, but the Wii is smoking crack on that one...and his Wii Fit age is 40.

I have struggled with my weight my entire adult life. For one, I have thyroid disease which makes weight loss pretty difficult. But really, I like to eat and hate to exercise.

Because of my gestational diabetes, I really watched what I ate during my pregnancy and gained 2 pounds total. Since leaving the hospital, I can thank the gift of breastfeeding for helping me lose almost 40 pounds. Really, I can't take credit. But I will take it and run to the mall, because most of my pre-pregnancy clothes are too big!

The cool thing about Wii Fit is that you can set goals for yourself and it will help you track them. I am all about lists and tracking (just take a look at the clipboard we keep in the diaper bag to track Aidan's "input" and "output") so I think this will help.

By my estimation, I have 36 more pounds to lose. I've broken it up into four goals - eleven pounds, ten pounds, ten pounds, and the last five pounds. I'm setting rewards for myself because I like an excuse to get presents! My first present will be these cuties, after losing eleven pounds. (These are the shoes I found at Nordy's today but decided to make myself work for them rather than buying them right away.)

I'll keep you posted!

Aidan Gets a Pony, v.1

Miss Heather and I always talk about good behavior by saying, "I'm going to buy him a pony for that." Basically, we're not above blatant bribary and once we hit up the imaginary money tree in each of our backyards, we'll go on a spending spree to spoil our little buggers rotten.

So to celebrate any fabulousness that he exhibits, I'm starting a new section called "Aidan Gets a Pony." (Note: the opposite behaviors will be included in the "I'm Selling Him to the Natives" posts...)

Case in point: Today, Aidan and I went to the mall. I needed some new exfoliant, wanted to check out the baby clothes at Nordstrom, look at t-shirts at Eddie Bauer, and perhaps pick out a new lip gloss. Aidan was napping and totally content in his stroller, so I took my chances.

I didn't find anything at Nordstrom (except a really cute pair of shoes for myself, which I'll write about in another post) so we made our way toward the Bare Escentuals store for lip gloss. Halfway there, I noticed a line of people in GameStop and immediately knew why they were there. Wii Fit! While I was pregnant, I decided my post-pregnancy workouts would include either Wii Fit or Dance Dance Revolution, since we're going to let our gym membership expire. We've been looking for Wii Fit for several weeks now, and it seems to be as popular as the Wii consoles themselves! And as always, as soon as I know I can't have something, I immediately want it MORE.

To make a long story short (OK, less long), the store was expecting six sets of Wii Fit and I was sixth in line at 11:45am. The shipment was expected by noon, so it was no big deal for Aidan to hang out for a few minutes.

A few minutes became almost two hours - at 1:30pm, the shipment finally arrived, and Aidan didn't make a peep the entire time! What a good baby. NOW you know why I'm buying him a pony!

Off They Go!

Today, Grandma Janine took Aidan on his first adventure away from Mom & Dad. They went to see Grandma's coworkers and brother. Meanwhile, Daddy slept and Mommy ran 10,000 errands!