The lake

Yesterday we went to the lake with a few ladies and a couple of kids. Aiden was loving the water and Averie wanted to eat the rocks and sand, but she loved it too. Aiden is getting dark from being in the sun, he reminds me of me when I was little, I tanned very easy when I was little, at least he got something from me. Aiden is also getting very brave everytime I turned around he was in the water up to his chest.

Aiden pumping

Right now I am trying to get Averie to take a bottle so I pump so much a day. Well Aiden got a hold of my pump and tried pumping from his tummy.

Story time w/ Averie =)

Last weekend I sat Averie down with he daddy doll, her bunny, and a couple other dolls. She looked so cute with her book and babies. She acted like she was ready.She is growing up way to fast, I can't believe my baby girl is already 8 months old. She is crawling and trying to pull herself up and she is definitley a better eater then Aiden.

Silly Aiden

Tonight Aiden wanted some of my cherry limade, so I gave him a little in a glass. Well he had a little accident and spilt it on Averie and the tray. So I got Averie out of the chair and I look over and Aiden is slurping it off the chair. At that point, I had to go get the camera so I could show off how silly Aiden can be at times.

Babies =)

He never stops =)

This deployment has been hard on us all, but I think the person who is having the hardest time is Aiden. He misses his daddy very much. The other day in order for Aiden to even get on the phone with Kirk we had to tell him it was Heidi. So he got on the phone thinking it was Heidi and to his suprise it was Kirk, Aiden only talked for a few minutes. But having daddy gone has not slowed him down one bit. He loves his Heidi very much, today she came over so I could take her to do a few things and Aiden was in her arms right away. Aiden is pretty much potty trained =)) still working on a few little things, but we are getting there. he doesn't take a nap very often, and that usually ends up with a crying match at the end of the day. But when he does take a nap he fights me on going to bed at a decent time, so it's never a win win situtation.

Fat Girl Status =)

Aiden wasn't the best eater as a baby, he only liked the fruit and didn't like meat. Well lets just say Averie is different. She loves peas, carrots, chicken and even sweet potatoes. She doesn't really like fruit but she will eat it, which is completely opposite of Aiden. She will be 8 months in a couple weeks and she is getting so big, but she is the happiest baby ever. She loves her big brother no matter how mean he can be to her. She still smiles at him. She is 100% a momma's girl which makes me happy and she knows how to melt my heart and so does Aiden, he woke me up by kissing me the other day and that just made my day start of great. I love my babies and I love being there mommy. It definitley isn't easy with Kirk gone, but we are managing.