Morning Kisses

"Mommy I NEEEEDD you!" pitter patter pitter patter Aiden runs to my bed just as the sun starts leaking through the blinds.  We mange to settle him so I can close my eyes for a couple more minutes.  Roll, twist, kick, turn, those minutes go by in seconds.  I slowly open my eyes to find Aiden an inch from my face staring intently with his smile eyes.  "Time to get up mommy!" and gives my a sweet morning kiss.

To steal a few more minutes of precious rest I gave Aiden my phone and told him to take pictures.  This one actually turned out pretty good.  Maybe we  have a budding photographer on our hands!?

Aiden, Spring 2011

I found some more old photos on my phone from this spring.  I really love these pictures.  They are taken just in front of the garden door at Mom's house.  Aiden and I went over for a bit and he saw some flowers Mom was going to plant outside.  He immediately bent down to smell them and I just had to grab my phone and capture it.  The light was coming in so softly over his face and creating the perfect shadows.  It looks like such a gentle moment as he experiences the smell of new flowers, fascinated by spring's arrival.  What a sweet little boy. <3

Kelso Lake Summer/Fall 2011

I found some pictures from our little trip to Kelso this summer/early fall.  We walked down to the beach and then around the lake.  They recently built a board walk around the edge of the lake on the water, so it was a picturesque little walk.  The only thing was the wind!  It was gusting so strongly I was scared I was going to drop my phone in the water when I was taking the pictures!  You can kind of see in the photos how the wind was blowing our hair and eyes closed!  It was so strong Aiden was blown over a couple on times and we had to hold on to him so he could walk!  It was wild!  It did die down a bit when we left the water, but that was something I'll never forget~~~

Driving~~~

I have to be the luckiest girt.  There have been so many times Greg has driven me to McMaster this semester!  The commute every day gets really tiring and boring, so it's always a joyous occasion when Greg schedules a meeting in Hamilton so he can drive me to Mac!  I was especially blessed this exam break as Greg drove me to EVERY SINGLE one of my exams! *sigh* This afforded me some last minute cram time to look over my note the final time and talk to someone on the drive down to calm any anxiety.  One night even Aiden accompanied me and Aiden and Greg went Christmas shopping as I wrote the exam!  I am such a lucky girl to have such a supportive family!

Mary Poppins!

The quality of the pictures is very bad.  That's because we are actually not allowed to take pictures inside the theatre so I sneakily had to do it without my flash on.  But if we were caught, Greg had the wonderful idea of pretending we didn't know English.  We went with Mom and Dad and Aiden was left at home with a babysitter. This was a first, as he had never had a babysitter outside of family before.  We asked his daycare teacher to sit for us and when Aiden opened the door he was a very happy and excited little boy.  That was just what we wanted, so we left the two of them to play with no worries.  We had a nice little dinner in Toronto and headed to the play.  Unfortunately Mom and Dad had different seating than us, but we got the best tickets in the house! We were so close to the stage we could see the little microphones the actors wore taped in their hair!  That was the closes I have ever been!  It was a great experience and a really fun play.

Crawford Lake Hike - Fall 2011

We went to Crawford lake for a nice fall hike.  It was 3 pm and it was already getting dark out! Especially since it is always darker in the trees.  Crawford Lake is a wonderful place to take kids, there are some long houses set up and you can go inside and experience what it was like to live as a native.  There are also drying racks, fire pits and a spiked fence surrounding the enclosure.  After checking out the village we went for a walk around the lake.  There is a board walk all the way around, which was perfect for us as we had the stroller.  Aiden ran most of the way though.

Drum Roll Please....

And with much anticipation, I will finish exams tomorrow and will upload a TON of pictures tomorrow night.  Oh the excitement. For now I will give you a little teaser: my bundle of perfection.