I am surprised I haven't gotten any complaints about no pictures of Ayden on the last post! Well, I will add some here. Nothing much to talk about, so mainly just pictures. I am going to make his first haircut appointment, though! I'm kinda nervous...

He has no fear of the vacuum. Even when it is on. He just watches it.

This is what we like to call the No No Table. This table holds our cell phones, the remotes, as well as the laptop. Ayden is not allowed over here, but he seems to manage it anyway. This is the face I got when I told him No.

Then, it's all smiles.

Time to hit the road.

I added this one as proof he really does this (leg crossed over knee) often! I had posted earlier with a photo, and I just wanted everyone to know it was not a one time thing.

Playing 'Possum

No, really. I woke up Sunday morning irritated because I had been awoken around 4:30 by the bright whiteness of the television. So I question Kendall as to why the TV was on. His answer: Bandit (our dog) woke him up barking at something in the yard. She doesn't randomly bark, so he always checks what it is when she does. She doesn't like things in her yard, so she will kill them. Squirrels and birds are her most common prizes.

Kendall then proceeds to tell me she had killed something. Then tells me it was an opossum (of course, he said possum). And it had a friend. Apparently Bandit killed one that came into the yard, and it's friend sat by the fence looking in the yard. Which was making her bark. So me, being the curious one, asks what he did with it. I find out he left it in the yard and it is near the back door. So I go look out a window...

And I notice breathing. I told Kendall that it was still alive and I saw it breathing, and he claims it was just the wind. I looked again, and sure enough, it was rhythmic breathing. Not the wind. Being the tree hugger I am, I told Kendall he had to get it out of the yard before Bandit DID kill it. So I got the camera and started taping. I'll preface with a few photos.

Ok, so video is not working. I'll try later.

Kendall left shortly after this to go to Braums. When he got back he went to check on the possum and it was gone. So for those keeping score:

Possum 1, Bandit 0.

The Next Ken Jennings

Just a random picture of Kenzie being Kenzie.

Saturday was Alex's birthday party and Auntie Ninnie wanted a picture with all her nieces and nephew. This picture cracks me up because Ayden's two bottom teeth are very apparent.

Cody, Kaycie, and Austin came for a visit this past week. This is what the adults did after the young ones went to bed...Guitar hero! Totally addicting. We were sad to see them go and hope we get to see them again soon.

Official Easter

We had a rainy Sunday so not too many options on what we could do. We went to Grandma's house for lunch after church and Ayden fell asleep not too long after we got there since he didn't have a nap all morning. He ended up sleeping most of the time we were there so he missed the indoor egg hunt. Cole was probably pretty glad, though!

After lunch we headed over to Granny's house. Ayden pretty much just walked around the table and hung out on the couch.

Kendall likes to take self portraits with Ayden and the results is above. Then Ayden started going for the camera, and Kendall just started clicking away.

Check out the crazy man hair!


Friday we wend to lunch at Cracker Barrel with Jennifer, Cole, Cody, Kaycie & Austin. We walked to Gap and Osh Kosh afterward, but Ayden didn't make it out of Gap.

Let me tell you, he can get pretty heavy after awhile! And some guy freaked me out at CB when he walked up behind me, leaned in, and says, "I'm a Ryan fan, Too." Totally random, right? Then as he starts to walk away, he comes back to tell me about all the baseball cards he has of him. Very trippy.

First Easter Egg Hunt

Ayden attended his first Easter egg hunt on Sunday. I tried to put him on the ground and let him crawl after the eggs, but he wasn't too into that. He also wasn't into getting a decent picture taken, as I have posted the proof below.

He thought blinking would be great for the photo op.

Eyes closed again...

I had just put him down when he wanted back up.

Brody kept putting eggs in front of him, and Ayden would look at him like, "What do you expect me to do with this?"

We even tried handing him an egg and showing him how they go in the basket and he wasn't going for that too much, either.

Like the past few days, the wind was killer. It was super high speed and made it pretty chilly.

This was when we first got outside. I thought he might try to pick the eggs up if I made him hover over top, but no success.

My New 'Do

Our sweet little Ayden...has some crazy hair. Unfortunately, he comes by it honestly from both of his parents. We laugh at all the things he was doomed to have before he was born:

1. Bad Hair

2. Large Feet

I'm sure some could add a few others to that list, but I will be nice. Last night I walked into his room after Kendall had given him a bath and I just thought his hair was so crazy adorable. I know it needs to be cut, but I am just not sure if he could sit there and handle it.

This is the face I usually get when he realizes the camera is on him.

His hair was cracking me up so much that I just kept laughing as I was taking pictures. Good thing is he likes to laugh at you while you are laughing!


As with most kids when they figure out how to stand up, he has started using his crib rail as a chew toy. This is him going in for the kill...

Yum! Jackpot. Isn't that hair a mess? I love it!

So yes, Ayden is now able to pull himself up on anything. He is super fast when he crawls and will even 'cruise' while holding on to something like the couch. We think he might be walking soon. Kendall swears he is going to be his walking partner at Relay for Life.