Fishing Pics

Just wanted to post the pictures from my deep sea adventure.

Welcome the newest member of our family!

No, it's not a baby. lol We got a brand new used minivan. Yay. We unfortunatly outgrew our Mazda 3. It was a cool little car and we will miss it. We just got the car yesterday and already our lives are so much easier. Adding the next kid won't even put a dent in the space. The thing also has like 50 cup holders, which is always a plus. I know alot of you are going to, or want to make fun of me for driving a minivan, but next time you are squeezing into your suv or car, remember we are stretched out with tons of room to spair. Love you all.

Deep Sea Adventure

Yesterday I got to do something really cool. I got to go Deep see fishing with the young Men here in the branch. If you didn't know, I am in the Young Men's presidency now. I have to say it was very very fun. We left at about 8:00 in the mourning and went out into the Gulf about 45 minutes. The boat goes pretty quick and the waves were pretty big, so every time we would go over a wave, your stomach would drop. It was like going on a 45 minute long roller coaster. It was awesome. Very hard to walk when the boat was moving because you would take a step and the floor would be like a foot farther down than it was a second ago, and then it would be a foot closer than it was. It was pretty funny watching/trying to get anywhere. They boat had a pretty big cabin you could go into that was air conditioned. They had food and drinks that you could buy to. So after 45 minutes we got to the first spot, which was right behind a huge oil tanker. Apparently they sit in the same spot for 2-3 weeks. They throw all their left over food off the back of the boat which attracts a lot of sea life. We did drift fishing which is were you put your line over the edge of the boat, and they let the boat drift with the wind which drags your bait along behind the boat. The first person to get something on the line was a kid from our group. He caught a Black Tip shark. It wasn't big enough to keep, so they let it go. Among the other things caught their, was a really big puffer fish, a mackerel, an eel, red snapper, atlantic sharpnose shark, remora, and a vermilion snapper. I caught 2 of the sharpnose sharks. They were around 3 feet long. It is a workout pulling them in. We also went next to two oil rigs and did the same kind of fishing. It was a blast. Come on down to Texas and we'll go fishing. I don't have any pictures of the trip to post at this time. Falene thought I might throw our digital camera overboard(like I have ever thrown anything accidently into the water) so I brought along a disposable camera. When I get the pictures developed, I'll post them.

The countdown begins!

Well it started along time ago. Around 8 months. Falene will be done with her first year of Dental Hygiene in 2 1/2 weeks. Yay!! She is very excited. Starting 2 days after her last final, we are in the month time frame when the baby could be born. Dos could be here in just under 3 weeks. That is crazy. We will have gone from the 2 of us, to 4 in a pretty short time. Aidan now pretty much walks every were. He only crawls when he falls down because he can't stand up without something to pull himself up with. He is a solid little boy. He isn't that chunky but he weighs around 26 pounds. All the "big" kids that used to crawl over him when he first started going to day care are now getting it back. If anything is in his way (including Bob), he will just shove it away. He is getting to be quite a handful, but he is soooo cute. He has 2 more teeth which brings the total to 6. He is not afraid to show them off either. Here are a couple of pictures. Aidan likes showing us his stink bug impression.

4/20 Everybody!

I know this date has alot of different meanings for alot of different people, most of which aren't that good. But to us, we get to celebrate the birth of our adorable little boy. It is wierd. It seems like so long ago and at the same time it seems like no time at all that Aidan was born. Aidan has gotten so big it's crazy. We gave him some cake and at first he just put his hands in the frosting and rubbed them around. I finally put some in his mouth and he loved it. He also loved his presents. His grandparents got him some cute toys. We are grateful for him and love him very much. We are so lucky. He's gonna be a great older brother here in a month and a half.

About 2 weeks ago Aidan took his first step. He did it twice, and then took about 5 steps. Crawling is still a faster way of getting around so he still does that most of the time unless he is along furniture or needs to transfer to a new piece of furniture. The same night he said his first word. He said "Momma, Momma". I think she took his bottle away or something. He also started to do something funny today. When we take a picture with the camera, a orange light comes on first and he has started squinting and moving his head to the side. It is hilarious.

Here are some pictures of his birthday. Also follow the link to see a couple of new videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezIoHnq7QTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rotOO2V01Sc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZvQ11v9G9Y

Midnight visitor

Falene and I were awoken last night to what sounded like something in our room scratching at something. Falene hates mice so she is paranoid about mice running across her face, so I turned on the light and started to look around. I decided to open the door and see if whatever it was had run into the hallway. So I opened the door and this is what I saw.

I know scary. Ya aparently the door to Bob's cage fell off some how so he decided to come let us know about the problem. It was pretty funny.

Just pictures

We don't have alot going on other than work and school. Falene only has 2 more months and she is done with her first year. We are excited about that. Found a new cable for the camera at goodwill so we are excited about that. Aidan started projectile vomiting last night, but has been feeling much better this afternoon. Oh ya, we went on a train ride with Tim and Audrey for spring break. It was fun.