I know that I'm a month late posting this....we've been busy! My baby turned ONE on September 20th and we had a great party with family at our house. It was a "Little Einsteins" party since that is Aidan's favorite TV show, and his favorite thing to say is, "BLAST OFF!" when the rocket blasts off every episode. It's so cute! He even puts his hands up in the air for the full effect :)
Everyone came (even though it was raining cats & dogs....which ended up flooding many parts of Georgia!) and our house was packed with people and gifts. Aidan had so much fun and was so happy, which isn't anything new....he's the happiest baby ever (we're hoping that his baby brother will be just as happy for our sake!:)
This is Aidan's cake for all the adults. I love that picture....it was on his invitations too :)
Food table in the dining room....and yes I'm pretty sure I may have gone way overboard for a one year olds birthday party, but he's my FIRST baby and this was his FIRST birthday ever! So I felt that it deserved a full out party :)
Where the mess begins
I know that there are 3 cakes! I had already ordered Aidan's "Little Einsteins" cake and when I went to order the big cake for everyone to eat I didn't know that Publix gives you a free baby cake!
Aidan's really cute "Little Einstein" cake with the rocket! I got it from Gabriel's Bakery and it was soooo good (we ended up finishing off the parts he didn't eat!)
Singing "Happy Birthday!" He had a pre-run the Friday before at Mike's parents house since they couldn't come (Faye & Robert) and he totally freaked out and cried when we sang....maybe it was our singing! But for the real thing he was great!
Digging into the cake! At first he kinda hovered over the cake as if he was deciding if he should touch it...but once he started destroying and eating it, it came natural :)
Saying "BLAST OFF!"
He was a gooey mess, so we had a quick, emergency bath afterwards!
Opening the thousands of gifts....it definitely pays off to be the first Grandchild on both sides!
Reading a card and opening a gift. Aidan loved opening the presents!
So happy
Eating the card....that was one of his favorite things to do
That ball has now been destroyed by Herschel....the larger red one was destroyed too.
Laughing baby!
He LOVES his red race truck....thank you Grandma Lucy!! He pushes that thing around EVERYWHERE and then he'll sit on it and wait for someone to push him around! We have now taken that thing everywhere we go :)
Pushing his Lion! He's basically walking now....he can take 5 steps by himself and then he'll sit and crawl. He's changing and growing up so fast.
View from our balcony.....lots of presents, toys and family! Great day!
It looks like we just had Christmas! I'm nervous what that will actually look like after his party!
This past year FLEW by and we cannot believe that our little angel baby is already ONE. It has been so much fun watching him grow, learn and develop his precious little personality! He is truly an extremely happy baby and he has been so easy. He laughs at everything and only cries when he's tired or hungry. He really is our little angel and we cannot wait to see him grow in the years to come....but I don't want them to come too fast because I'm trying to take it all in and it's all going by so fast!
This is the cutest video of Aidan cracking up as Josh and Herschel play with a balloon from his party! It makes me laugh every time I watch it! It truly is the best sound on earth :)
This year Aidan was a little monkey! He was ADORABLE. Especially the little feet and tail, it was so cute!
This is me and my monkey on Halloween. We spent Halloween at our friends' Ryan & Natalie (with their little baby William), where we went trick-or-treating at a nearby neighborhood and grilled out. 
Before we went trick-or-treating! Aidan got a lot of candy, which we ate :) FYI, I look a lot bigger in this picture than in person! I'm only 23 weeks, but this was a bad angle! Haha
Kisses from Daddy
Laughing!
Our little monkey!
We went to the pumpkin patch in the middle of October to pick out our pumpkins. That's Aidan with Melissa's 2 little girls Samantha & Emily (they were our flower girls at our wedding!). For pumpkins we got one for me, one for Josh, a small one for Aidan and a very tiny one for baby boy #2
Aidan discovering everything
"Can I keep this?" is what I think he said in his "Aidanese" language! That boy talks ALL THE TIME in his own little language!
He found his pumpkins!
Mommy & Aidan at the pumpkin patch
This was Aidan LAST YEAR at Halloween! The time seriously goes by so fast! He has grown so much and he is just so much fun. He's about to walk (he can take 5 to 10 steps by himself and then he crawls) and he's a little talker. Talk, talk, talk....talking about everything. This was a great Halloween, and we think he had fun trick-or-treating. Next year he'll have a blast because he'll really "get" it! Hope y'all had a Happy Halloween! Now it's time to decorate for Christmas! :)
