I was organizing my pictures and came across these of David last winter in Barrow, Alaska. (The northern most point in the United States.) As you can see it was a little cold there, mostly -25/-30 degrees. Anyways, I got a laugh from these pics and thought you might too. 
Here are some pictures of Brinn smiling. She is such a happy baby, especially just after she has eaten. All you have to do is rub your finger on her cheek or chin and she breaks out into a huge grin. And oh those cheeks...
We actually were able to have season passes this year to Sea World, which is about 25 minutes away from our house. This past weekend my cousin Britt was in town so we decided to take her there. It was also Brinn's first time coming with us. The weather was perfect and we all had a fun time. Thanks Britt for coming to visit... you are welcome any time.
Aidan loves to play. All day long we hear, "play dada," or "play momma." He even asks us to play while we are playing with him. And of course he always wants to play the same things over and over, the most requested being trains. Well honestly, David and I are sick of train! The other day Aidan was asking David to play trains, so to avoid the trains again he and Aidan built a fort. They both had a good time... I am actually not sure who enjoyed it more.
Today I was catching up Aidan's journal with some fun things about him and I thought that you might enjoy.
- Aidan loves "chocolate Nilk" and gets it from grandpa whenever he is home. And while we are on the subject of milk, Aidan only refers to milk as "letche." If he says he wants "letche" and you repeat back, "you want some milk?" he says "no, letche."
- Aidan has an obsession with the dark, and waits for it all day. When it is dark, he then goes on walks with the moon with my mom to the mailbox followed by shadow dancing. (Dancing in the spotlight, which cast shadows on the wall)
- Every time he says Brinn's name it sounds like he is saying friend. "Frin" He is so loving with her, almost too loving. I have to remind him to give her some space because she needs to breath.
- Aidan greets his "friends" (all of my brother 16-17 year old friends, the missionaries, etc) by saying "Sup dude."
- His new favorite saying is "do dat," or "don't do dat."
- When Brinn goes to the bathroom (which is quite loud) he says, "Frin poot." And once again, since we are on the subject of going to the bathroom, we are in the process of trying to potty-train. When I sit him on the potty he immediately says, "its stuck" and then he's ready to get off. No trying involved yet. Any help with ideas would be great! We are currently bribing with the gumball machine, with no luck.
- Aidan has mastered opening doors, and now climbs out of his bed (which was cute the first time he did it... not so cute when he opens and shuts his bedroom door for an hour and a half when he is supposed to be taking a nap.
- He loves airplanes, has since he could say some of his first words (buffpane) but he can now identify several types of planes including: jets, biplanes, float planes, Cessna's, and then he has two planes which he named tricky plane and Jake. All other planes that do not fall into those categories are called "Dada's plane."
Well, these are just some of the little things we love about Aidan. The list goes on, but if you want to know about some of the other cute things he does, you will just have to come and visit and see how fun he really is.
This weekend was Brinn's blessing day at church. We were lucky to be able to have my grandparents, David's parents, and his sister Tami and her son Mekhi come and visit from out of town. It was fun seeing everyone and we are so happy that they were able to come. The blessing was beautiful, Brinn looked so cute in her little dress, and was a little angel all day.
