Aidan Cruising in his Car

This is Aidan in his car at Mawmaw's. He loves this car and spinning around in it. Funny thing is this was mine when I was little. It has been through about 4 grandchildren now and still going strong. My Mawmaw says she can't believe the wheels have not wore off.

Our Summer so far...

This Summer has been a lot of fun with Aidan. He is getting so independent and wanting to do so much. He is spending the Summer staying at Nana's everyday and giving Mawmaw a break for a while. He loves going there and seeing Bo and Flip Nana's dogs he starts calling Bo when we get in the car every morning. They go to the park in Newnan and go play with Gage and have lots of fun. He is starting to talk a lot more and pick up on things very well. He will say thank you and your welcome if told to but hopefully he will start saying it on his own soon. Here are some pics from the park in Newnan with Nana.

I have also been taking him to Mrs. Dot's pool every once and a while. He likes the water but would rather play with her wind chimes or Big Harry's dogs. Since he runs around the pool so much we bought him a vest to wear at all times while he is there just in case. He doesn't mind it at all because it is so slim he can still do whatever he wants with it on. Hopefully next year he will want to spend more time in the water and Mommy can actually enjoy the pool and not chase Aidan the whole time but it is still fun just for him to get to go there and spend time with Mrs. Dot and Big Harry.

Also, Daddy has been having fun taking Aidan fishing this Summer. We have not gotten him a pole yet but he likes to help Daddy with his. On our last trip Daddy caught a huge fish and Aidan tried to help but it was almost as big as him so to keep it from taking Aidan away Daddy reeled it in. If you are wondering why Aidan has no clothes on it is because they were drying. Daddy decided that it was OK for him to swim with the fish. He loved it so that is all that matters! As you can see we have been really busy this Summer but Mommy and Daddy did get to have a relaxing weekend with friends at Mrs. Dot's cabin in Blue Ridge it was great. We missed Mrs. Dot not going with us but we are definitely getting her up there with us next time. We took Chip and Rachel and J.P. and Ansley with us to Blue Ridge. We spent one day on the lake and one day floating the river. Then at night we just hung out around the cabin and relaxed with great friends! Aidan stayed with Mawmaw and Pawpaw and enjoyed riding the tractors and playing. He loves to go there it is so hard sometimes to get him to want to come home. Here are some pics of our weekend.

Hopefully, I won't be so long before I post again. Hope everyone's Summer is going as great as ours!

More Beach Pics!

I got the rest of my beach pics uploaded today so hear is a small sampling.

First time over the Hathaway bridge I promise Aidan there

are many more to come...

First time on the beach...

The whole crew minus me ...

Packed to the rim Aidan requires moving the whole house..

Mother's Day 2009

These pics are from mother's day. Angie took some really good ones so I wanted to share them. This was Aidan's first time this summer in the pool and he loved it. It was still a little too cold for me to get in so Adam volunteered.

May 2009 Update!

An update on the Hand family. We have been pretty busy this past month. We took Aidan to the beach for the first time and he absolutely loved it. He had a great time in the water and in the sand. He didn't seem to have any problem with any of it other than not wanting to stop playing and take a nap. A whole group of our friends went with us and we had a blast. Dot A, Anya, and Randy were there too and we had a lot of fun spending time with them as well. Aidan learned something new while we were there and it is how Dot A laughs. He picked it up all on his own and it is cute! A week later you can ask how does Mrs. Dot laugh and he will show you. Next time your around just ask him to demonstrate. We took lots of pics and I have posted some but will get around to posting more soon. These are mostly posed shots and the other camera has the candids from our days on the beach. I also posted pics of Aidan and his Daddy's nightly routine of eating ice cream together. Aidan does not let Adam get ice cream without sharing he makes it very clear that you have to share. It is a great time for the two of them. The other pics are of Aidan playing in the yard and in his baby pool on the back porch it is great for quick cool offs in the afternoon when he is playing outside. Now that the weather is warm we are going to get to Dot A's soon for some playtime in the big pool. He got to swim in it on Mother's Day with his Daddy and just loved it! His 15 month checkup was this week and everything went well he is growing up but not gaining much weight I guess that means he is going to take after his Daddy. I am sure we will have some more adventures coming up soon and I will get back to yall with updates. For now we are doing great and enjoying every minute of our little monster's life!