Here's Aidan chillin' in his new wagon. My parents and John's parents bought this wagon for Aidan for his birthday...and he loves it! These pictures are from when my parents were here and we went on a walk. I walked him up to the church building in it one day (takes about 15-20 minutes) and he loved it all the way there...at which point I was tired and we had John drive us back home. :) Good times in store for the wagon. :)

Well, we've had a big week. Mom came and stayed with us for a week and we had lots of fun. We went shopping in Jackson, played games, laughed hard...and Mom kept Aidan one night, so John and I went out to dinner and a movie. Then, Dad came on Thursday and we had even more fun. He and John golfed on Friday and we had Aidan's birthday party on Saturday. Then, they both had to fly home on Sunday. John and I became 'chopped liver' to Aidan...he realized that Grandpa and Grandma were all fun and games.

For those of you who voted on the last entry about Ryan: thanks to your votes, Ryan has decided to move to the cottage.

Coming Attractions on the Blog: Aidan's first birthday party, Aidan plays in the rain with Grandpa, and Aidan's new wagon.

Alright...time for a survey. Good ole Ry-man has a decision to make and I'm taking a poll to help him make his decision. Here are the options and we would appreciate your opinion in the 'comments' section. :)

Should Ryan...
a) stay in his mediocre apartment that has noisy neighbors
b) get into a cool, quiet cottage of his own
c) move back home (but, don't vote for this one because Ryan doesn't want to do it)

Let your vote be heard!!! :)

You know I had to put a naked baby picture on here...well, almost naked. :) The soybean festival parade was all I had expected and more. Aidan didn't like the sirens from the fire trucks, though. We didn't make ANY of the concerts! We realized that they started at 9:00 or 9:30 and Aidan is long asleep by then. Oh, well! Aidan has a new game that he enjoys...playing catch (well, you roll the ball to him and he tries to get it back to you). So, that's fun. And he's walking pretty well now. Hard to believe he'll be one in a little over a week!

I have no reasonable explanation for putting this picture up except for that it's pretty funny to me. He had just had a bath and John and spiked his hair all up. :) So, this week is exciting for Martin...it is the 13th annual TN Soybean festival...held in downtown Martin. When John gets home from Freed today, we're going to go to the parade. The parade has many exciting features including the fire truck, cheerleaders, band, pageant winners, politicians throwing candy to children...and last year Dora the Explorer made an appearance. It really is fun. But, more exciting are the concerts this weekend: the Spin Doctors, 38 Special and Diamond Rio! I'm pretty excited about Diamond Rio. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on the Soybean Festival. :)