Why....HELLO!!!

Wow, it has been almost 3 months since I last posted! What can I say...life is busy! My daycare is officially open! 2 spots are filled and I am interviewing someone for a spot next week!  My first kiddo has already started with me. His name is Max and he is 15 months old. He has been such a blessing in my life.  He is such a good boy and he gets along so well with Aiden.  Aiden loves having him around too.  His mother works part-time so I have him only a couple days a week.  His mom and dad are so nice! I could not have asked for a better family to have as clients! 

I have also been busy planning Aiden's 1st birthday party. Those of you who know me know that I am going overboard with all the little details!  The theme is Mod Monkey!

Isn't is cute?!?! Well, I think so! Along with all of this cute stuff, I have a mod monkey pinata, I made water bottles with Mod Monkey lables, monkey piggy banks for favors with custom Mod Monkey 'thank you' stickers, I have ordered a loaf of blue bread and a loaf of yellow bread and will use a cookie cutter to make the slices round so i can make blue and yellow polka dot snadwiches, I am making banana bread for the favors for the parents with cute Mod Monkey tags, I made a fun Mod Monkey welcome door sign, my sister in law made him the CUTEST Mod Monkey shirt to wear, and I can go on and on! I know, I tend to get carried away with planning parties...you should have seen me plan my wedding!

I cannot believe that Aiden will be 1 on May 6th! Where did this year go? He is already taking steps!  Why cant he be a baby for a little bit longer? This past year has been the best year of my life! Aiden is my heart and soul! I love him like I have never loved anything or anyone before.  Watching him grow and learn is so much fun! I just wish I could freeze time, but I can't. He is growing so fast! I can remember this time last year like it was yesterday.  I was HUGE and miserable! I was pretty much living in the bathtub because I was so uncomfortable anywhere else. (I was begging Shawn for a pool.) I was not sleeping at all because I couldnt breathe and every bone in my nody hurt so bad.  Aiden was breech and I had decided to have him flipped to avoid a c-section. I was freaking out about the flipping proceedure. I was an emotion wreck, crying all the time.  I was so scared about getting the baby out of me. How painful would it be? I could barelt walk because my legs were so swollen. I remember taking a trip with shawn to Target and I hurt so badly I couldnt make it out of the store! Shawn literally dragged me out! HAHA! I was trying anything at that point to induce labor because I didnt want to be pregnant anymore! Now here we are a year later! Aiden is sound asleep in his crib and I am 60 pounds lighter! HAHA! Yep! I gained a heck of a lot of weight when I was preggers! It is amazing how much life has changed in the past year. I am a MOM! It just doesn't get any better than that!