His first few dayz. . . .

He was so little. When we brought him home he was only 7lbs! Then when the midwife came to weigh him 2 days later he was already past his birth weight, weighing in at 7lbs 8oz!! He did like to eat!

Our Little peanut from birth. . . .

This is our precious son, Aidan James VanMaanen. He was 5 days overdue and I was getting quite tired! On Tuesday night at around 11:30pm we were going to bed, and I thought to myself that those feelings in my stomach were different! I went to walk around a little bit (Mel says that helps, but for me it didn't!) I went in the bedroom and told Steve it was time to call the Midwives and go to the hospital! He said "I was almost asleep", Well as many of you who know me that did not go over very well!! We went straight to the hospital! It was about 1:30am, and I was only 3cm dialated. The next few hours were intense, as the guy who does the epidurals did not want to come in!! It was quite frustrating! He finally came in at 4:30 am to give me the epidural, what a blessing!! By 6:30am I was 8cm dialated, by 8:30 am I was fully dialated and already pushing! We had to wait for the 2nd midwife to arrive and then at 9:15 I started pushing again, And our sweet precious gift from God, Aidan James was born at 9:46am! That was one of the best nights of our lives!!

The VanMaanen family Christmas 2005

This Is of Christmas last year!! When Aidan was just a little peanut!! I was quite sick with a Gall bladder infection and being pregnant on top was quite the ordeal!! But we made it!! The last picture is of Mom and Dad VanMaanen discovering that they were going to be Grand parents for the first time ever!! Dad's response was "Are you sure!!", we were quite sure!

Katherine And Jeff's Wedding

Ahh. . . Katherine's wedding!! Finally the day arrived!! She wasn't as bad as I thought she would be on her wedding day!! She looked so beautiful! And so in Love!!
We had excellent weather and Christine's little Sarah decided to stay in for a little while longer! Which relieved everyone . . .except Christine I'm sure!! It was nice to see the whole family together! We had alot of fun that day!!

Thanksgiving continued. . .

This is Steve and I enjoying a romantic ride on the Seadoo! Although we did not hit top speed, we still had alot of fun cruzin around the little islands!!
Aidan went for his first boat ride at only 3 months old!! Grampa was sure to take it easy but Aidan slept through it all!! Oh well at least he was awake to put the life jacket on!!

This year we went up north for Thanksgiving to Stephens uncles cottage, with Stephens family as well. We had a great time and the weather was absolutely fabulous!! The sun shone the whole weekend!