tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22959284140925913702024-02-07T10:32:46.388-06:00The DarlingsA Family DiaryShawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-49553170088245001442012-06-05T16:51:00.000-05:002012-06-05T16:51:43.036-05:00Birth Story of Brooks Daniel DarlingI took Friday off (one of our post-planning days) because I had been having contractions on and off for the past few days. I would get constant contractions about 10 minutes apart, or 7 minutes apart, or 8 minutes apart, and then they would just disappear after an hour or so. Because Zach (my designated driver) didn't have to go to post-planning, I decided to stay home with him so that if I did go in to labor, I would have him ready to go with me. <br />
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We ended up going to the pool to let Aidan swim, went out to eat at Chow Baby in Atlanta (maybe it was the Coconut Curry sauce that sent me in to labor!) and hung out at the Darlings' for a few hours before heading up to meet my Dad at the outlets. We wanted to celebrate Aidan's birthday with him, and decided on Ruby Tuesdays in Dawsonville. On the way there, I started getting contractions about 6-7 minutes apart- I wasn't super worried because I had been doing this for days. I just assumed they would go away like the others did. I actually WANTED them to go away, since we had plans. The whole time through dinner, they were about five minutes apart- which I was timing on my iPhone. Apparently Dad thought I was being rude and texting during dinner- ha! Towards the end of dinner, I had been having these contractions for over an hour at five minutes apart- so it was time. I felt awful cutting Aidan's birthday short-he didn't even get to open presents in front of them, but I was ready to have a baby! Good news is that we were only thirty minutes away from the hospital- which is actually less than it would have been if we were at home.<br />
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Zach flew down to the hospital and we checked in about 7:45. They took me into a room to check and see if I was actually in labor. I was 4 cm dilated, 100% effaced and having steady contractions- so I got to stay! Until about 8:45 the contractions were definitely something I could breathe through and try to stay relaxed. About that time, my water broke during a contraction- this hurt WAY worse than the last time since it was accompanied with a contraction. With Aidan, I was asleep and just thought that I had peed on myself!<br />
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From the time my water broke, everything really increased in its intensity. The contractions got MUCH worse and I was needing Zach during every one to help me get through it. At about 9:15 or so, I got a little pain medication in my IV to help take the edge off and allow me to relax more during my contractions. It helped for about 30 minutes, and then I felt the urge to push. When I told my midwife, she checked me and I was at 10 cm. Time to push!<br />
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With Aidan, I was pushing for 30 minutes or so. He ended up getting stuck in the birth canal and they had to use the vacuum on him. With Brooks, I literally pushed for about 5 minutes or so and he was here! Labor time at the hospital was barely 2 hours- pretty easy! Brooks was born at 10 pm exactly.<br />
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Everyone asked me if it hurt less this time around- let's get one thing straight....natural labor HURTS ok? Whether it is 10 minutes or 10 hours- it doesn't exactly feel great. What I will say, is when it is pretty short, it is much more bearable since you see the end coming faster!<br />
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Precious little face!</div>
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Aidan at the Darlings Sunday night after I had Brooks to celebrate his birthday.</div>
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My goal was to make sure that Aidan's life was not totally rocked within the first few days of bringing Brooks home- so the first step was to make sure that he celebrated his birthday like we had intended! I was exhausted and felt totally out of it, but Aidan had a blast.</div>
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Aidan and Brooks (and Woody) all hanging out on the floor</div>
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Aidan and Brooks- Aidan watching cartoons- Brooks sleeping. </div>
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Aidan not liking the flash on the camera- we tried this picture about 5 times and every time his eyes came out like this! He has been very helpful with his little brother. He is always worried about Brooks when he is crying- he will walk up to him and say "itz otaaayy books, itz otaaayy."</div>
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Aidan waving and Brooks giving some power to the people.</div>
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Look at those cheeks</div>
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This is Brooks....</div>
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and this was Aidan. Same pose, same outfit, same age. Whoa....</div>
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Currently Brooks is sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed- he is sleeping MUCH better than he did the first two nights we brought him home. I am having to wake him up to feed him around every 4 hours at night. </div>
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Aidan thinks that this is his also. Strangely enough the weight limit on this thing is like 35 pounds. Considering Aidan is 30 pounds, he is technically legal to sleep in this thing. Ummm...really? I think they should rethink that....</div>
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Aidan, Daddy and Brooks</div>
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Went to the midwife last Wednesday and nothing new. Still dilated the same (although she didn't mention how much I was effaced). She stripped my membranes....and as you can see it didn't work because I am still pregnant! Going back to her today to see if anything else has changed, but probably not...since I AM STILL PREGNANT! Not really sure how he is even still in there- it must be pretty awesome to not want to leave.</div>
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In other news, we have gotten everything ready for the baby- but Aidan is still a little confused- he wants to play with all of it. He about broke the vibrating/bouncy seat (I know for a fact he is WAY over the weight limit on that thing!)</div>
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Aidan with the boppy pillow- again, thinking it is for him :-)</div>
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Aidan has aspirations of becoming a Dr! haha! He likes to put on Mr. Potato Head's glasses and wear his stethascope. </div>
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And by the way, I swear our child wears clothes....sometimes.</div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-51778145079496637152012-05-13T20:08:00.006-05:002012-05-13T20:08:55.898-05:0037 weeks and 5 days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picture Update- 37 weeks 5 days</div>
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(And apparently I need to clean my bathroom mirror!!)</div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-54726927639371570872012-05-09T12:57:00.001-05:002012-05-09T12:57:11.268-05:0037 Week Dr. UpdateWARNING: The following update is a TMI update.<br />
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Went to the midwife yesterday and found that I am already 2-3 cm dilated and 50%effaced. The baby is at a 0 station (extremely LOW). I was so excited- and then went back and looked on my blog only to find out that this is about where I was with Aidan at this time- so potentially another 3 weeks is on the books, but hopefully not. My goal is to make it through May 16th and then just use my days to finish out the year rather than take official maternity leave.<br />
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The midwife said that at the next visit she could strip my membranes. I have heard of some people doing this (the goal is to help speed up labor since my body is already ready for it) and I got on to look at what it entails. It is safe- just really uncomfortable. They say that if it worked, the baby will come within 48 hours of having them stripped. Still debating whether or not I should do it- I would love for him to get here next week, but just want to make sure that it is totally 100% safe. If you have heard of anyone doing this (good or bad) let me know!!Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-89351428618972487952012-05-07T20:53:00.000-05:002012-05-07T20:53:07.031-05:0037 Weeks Round 2<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">
37 weeks is here! Lots to update all of you on! Again, May 29th is the due date, but Zach and I are really ready to go ahead and get him here! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, and would like to hear some good news. Zach has already called that he will make his debut on the 25th of this month. We are super excited and have everything in the room ready- now I just need to pack our bags for the hospital and have them ready.</div>
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New news- we have been working on the house- slowly but surely. It's nothing that has been toooo much work- just asthetic remedies. Below is our porch before our "spending spree." I say spending spree, but we made some MAJOR cheapo purchases that you would never be able to tell!</div>
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Outdoor furniture was a GREAT deal and price at Lowes. We were looking at the same loveseat at target and we pretty much got the 4 piece set for the price of the one at target. The umbrella was only 80 dollars at Garden Ridge! Again, we were looking at a similar one at target for over 200 dollars.We did buy the pillows and accessories at target though.</div>
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We totally cleaned out the front of the house- I wish I had a before picture, but you couldn't even see that we had a porch. We ripped it all out and need to plant some new bushes. We also bought some stones to outline the flower bed.</div>
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We finally found something to put in this strange space. We already had the mirror, and added the little sheld from garden ridge- we put some tealight candles on it and it looks great!</div>
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Before picture- I had to dig about a foot of TERRIBLE rocky soil out of this thing.</div>
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After picture- much better!</div>
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Aidan looking like a 10 year old- ahhhh. Where is my baby?</div>
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As of late, we are enjoying RELAXING! I am done with volleyball- thank goodness. But, Zach has started up at Westminster on Mondays and Wednesdays, so it is like we switched! At least we have our weekends to ourselves!</div>
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</div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-29195989947435725302012-03-02T09:35:00.006-06:002012-03-02T10:16:00.278-06:00Blurry Weeks<div align="center">The past few weeks have been a blur!!<br /></div><br /><div align="center">The major issue: We had a long weekend for President's Day and relaxed around the house to recooperate from Zach's long season and my volleyball filled weekends. Monday we went out to lunch at Applebees. I ordered a southwest chicken pasta with spinach leaves- it was AMAZING and ate the whole thing. Zach had the Fiesta Chicken with rice and he seemed to like it. Skip to volleyball practice that night- I felt fine until the ride home. I started having major pregnancy symptoms like cramping, acid reflux, etc. All things that I never really had that bad with Aidan's pregnancy- I was MISERABLE. I got home at 10-went straight up to the shower and then laid down in bed. By 11 I was running into the bathroom to throw up. We thought that might be the end of it, so Zach got me some cheerios and some water. Within the hour that was gone too. Pretty much every hour on the hour I spend a little time in the bathroom throughout the night- so I took the next day off. Poor Zach has gag-reflexes that made him almost start gagging from hearing me. Food poisoning while pregnant was awful for me and everyone else in the house. Every since then, I still feel like I am catching up.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Zach is starting to enjoy the quiet life, since basketball is done for now and he is able to get home every day around 4:15. We are both able to ride to school together (except for days that I have to go straight to volleyball) and save some gas money! I have been having a really hard time on Mondays and Wednesdays (vball days). I really do regret volunteering to coach this year, considering that I am driving around an hour each way to get to/from practice and I only get to see Aidan in the mornings when I meet up with Dayna. Come the time that I get paid for it, I might not regret it- but it is definitely too much on my plate right now; however, it is like genetically in my body that I am incapable of quitting something if I told them that I would do it. Good news though, is that since Zach's season is over he is able to get Aidan home early and play with him all night, so even though I am not there, he does get quality daddy time.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_WI-0fzHc52b-O2LMTo07FTwAOU1wvtHKAcT7RGi6X9FEICwLLkDvil3u-IgmANDHrgcLje_pqiMhx9jpjrQ-ulWyLbjZojjB0yZObM7ZhZ1rz7ghPBmRB5UO7jomuk-nuSveEDibW8/s1600/Aidan.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715326977048993394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_WI-0fzHc52b-O2LMTo07FTwAOU1wvtHKAcT7RGi6X9FEICwLLkDvil3u-IgmANDHrgcLje_pqiMhx9jpjrQ-ulWyLbjZojjB0yZObM7ZhZ1rz7ghPBmRB5UO7jomuk-nuSveEDibW8/s400/Aidan.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Last night Aidan fell asleep on Zach after playing so hard when we got home. For those of you who don't really know him, he NEVER does this. He will only fall asleep in the car seat or in his bed. He is always too afraid he is going to miss something to ever fall asleep in a different place, but Zach wore him out! And yes, he has jeans and no shirt on- we like to instill white trash in our children at a young age :-)<br /></p><br /><p align="left"><br />More in Aidan news, our goal was to try to transition him to a big boy bed in March. AHHH! It IS march! I'm not so sure he is ready, but we might try naps in there and see how it goes. But, I am NOT buying another crib so we are going to figure something out. Lord knows the child can physically climb out of his crib, but he has no desire to. He just sits in there and talks to his Illinois pillow and his blankets and stuffed animals. We will see....<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEVtjGbycgvEniQe3pZNry1Wcs_4_U0qOjQeudUgo2GNeK2clcxv5k9yLIGvS-BZEbL5QoOCYpeZVhTDg39coajBVkCTJRi3is65w77x1L8HBkHNHynaKxzRR6k_DPAX3dqE63zsEqMs/s1600/Aidan+bed.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715329164281853842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEVtjGbycgvEniQe3pZNry1Wcs_4_U0qOjQeudUgo2GNeK2clcxv5k9yLIGvS-BZEbL5QoOCYpeZVhTDg39coajBVkCTJRi3is65w77x1L8HBkHNHynaKxzRR6k_DPAX3dqE63zsEqMs/s400/Aidan+bed.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>He seems to have already figured it out though. I was upstairs with him doing laundry and he was playing in his "big boy room"- I walk in to see what he is doing and he is just laying on his bed with his head on his pillow talking to his toy truck.<br /><br /></p><br /><p align="left"><br />We are finally starting to figure our routines in our house out- we did a MASSIVE cleaning on Sunday and got soooo much done. It still feels like we haven't fully moved in because not everything is perfect yet, but it is getting there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMphWkmKfaJEJ_y6_19nxuVEu-hGsY0G8hsCdGmF54kvwZMliRsLLAPP5F4OZuK6KQyfSOKApgAeZnWquIkRPfhEROOdUTtHNJndxTFvUNcUf04-blm27ABNoY66tvS_65p39X5fUaQoA/s1600/Aidan+bball.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715329915224531746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMphWkmKfaJEJ_y6_19nxuVEu-hGsY0G8hsCdGmF54kvwZMliRsLLAPP5F4OZuK6KQyfSOKApgAeZnWquIkRPfhEROOdUTtHNJndxTFvUNcUf04-blm27ABNoY66tvS_65p39X5fUaQoA/s400/Aidan+bball.JPG" /></p><br /><p align="center"></a>Hence the reason why we needed a major cleaning. Hurrican Aidan destroyed our living room. <br /></p>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-2742154837645836492012-02-14T17:00:00.005-06:002012-02-14T17:06:44.605-06:0025 WeeksWell, we have finally hit 25 weeks. Getting close to the 3rd trimester. I have been soooo busy throughout this pregnancy that it has gone by so fast. But now, the anticipation is starting to get to me- the whole pregnancy is starting to slooooooow down and feel like it's taking forever. Too bad because I still have 15 weeks. Gah! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and will find out if they are going to move the due date up a few days.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVCGoE4StWkCCmQ1-9RBhm7p9A58Ti6X0SVLh1YjQWmIti8tzcB-SalBTfjJPoF4HBesQKbK0JClynBgVQgRViMroVWV18KvLwTKVs4YR4c-kMTBY6MEs8bYKYCHNF2batbQDQyBusEM/s1600/25+weeks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709130472382517170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVCGoE4StWkCCmQ1-9RBhm7p9A58Ti6X0SVLh1YjQWmIti8tzcB-SalBTfjJPoF4HBesQKbK0JClynBgVQgRViMroVWV18KvLwTKVs4YR4c-kMTBY6MEs8bYKYCHNF2batbQDQyBusEM/s400/25+weeks.jpg" /></a>Best story of the month- my son hitting the terrible twos and the 18 month stage. Now that he is 20 months, he is all over the place throwing out defiance left and right. This includes, but not limited to, saying "no" to everything and everybody. My current favorite was when I ran the bath water while he was in his room playing. I went to get a towel and come back to this....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AHWn1FNRXWnm5OFS6MDCxjjzbNTSwQhWeQno8tJ6zRlcuSL6bS3F7XDS5J7CY9IZhpAr8OqCUO1SjsLdhv-eApCesg_Aagr14S1vpJoelVuuvQEwG0JmKNymJKEW2yG0mb0TRpa13So/s1600/Aidan+in+bath.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709130396653740802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AHWn1FNRXWnm5OFS6MDCxjjzbNTSwQhWeQno8tJ6zRlcuSL6bS3F7XDS5J7CY9IZhpAr8OqCUO1SjsLdhv-eApCesg_Aagr14S1vpJoelVuuvQEwG0JmKNymJKEW2yG0mb0TRpa13So/s400/Aidan+in+bath.jpg" /></a>He got into the bath by himself with all of his clothes on, including diaper and rain boots. At least he was prepared for the water?<br /><div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-89445057326467043842012-01-21T11:58:00.003-06:002012-01-21T12:21:13.153-06:00Whoa....It's been a while...Geez, yes I know it has been MONTHS since I have posted anything. Sorry to the out of towners who don't get to see Aidan because of my laziness. So here's the major updates...<br /><br />Jobs: Zach and I are both working at Pope High School. I am teaching Geography to freshmen (gag!) and Government to seniors throughout the day. Zach is in the special ed department there. I was a JV Volleyball coach and Varsity Asst. coach on the volleyball team at Pope this year (where we won the third straight volleyball state championship this year). Zach is a Varsity Assistant at Westminster and is still in season. I am also coaching club for Tsunami (15-1) and we are really just getting started. <br /><br />La Casa: Well since about May/June we were homeless- yay! Our lease ended on the apartment that we were at and we definitely did NOT want to resign. Our goal was to buy a house, but we didn't want to rush anything, so we moved in with my mom for a few months. We went through quite a process in the home-buying department. Not awful, just lots of offers put out there. Sorry if you are trying to sell your home- me and Zach would have been the people you hated. Last time I checked, we are in a housing crisis, so yes we are going to low-ball you. If you don't want the offer, see ya later, we will find someone who will sell their house for cheaper than you. <br /><br />The PERFECT house came on the market in a different neighborhood (and city) than we had been looking at. We went to look at it, and it was in our price range. An unfinished basement (at this time, we thought our price range included NO basement, so we were shocked that we could get the space and then be able to work on it in the future). <br /><br />Our realator Linda Monroe is the most amazing woman ever. She was a long-time family friend of the Darlings and is INTENSE to say the least. Half the time I can't even understand what she is saying on the phone because she talks a mile a minute and has this amazing go-go-go personality. She got to the house before us and happen to see that another house was for sale across the street.- but it was a little out of our price-range and a little bigger than we had intended to buy. <br /><br />She asked if we wanted to see it- and we did. It was BEAUTIFUL. This was ten time better than the house we thought "was perfect" right across the street. It was a foreclosure, but amazine news- it was on the market just long enough for the bank to come in and put brand new carpets down and brand new paint up- and A FULLY FINISHED BASEMENT. It would be MOVE-IN -READY! WHAAA??? 5 bedrooms, two and a half baths, and three walk-in closets just in the master bedroom. Linda called the bank, and that afternoon they had dropped the price 10,000 dollars from what the listing said. Oh my Lord, this was too good to be true. But it was true, and we moved in late October. We are still in the process of "decorating." What a great problem to have= we don't have enough furniture/pictures/decorations to fill the house. And great news for Zach is that we moved in at the perfect time for him to have ZERO yard work. Oh yeah, and did I mention that they left a huge hot-tub on the back screened in porch? Oh and did I also mention that they took the freakin oven racks out of the oven with them?? Who does that? (Hot tub>oven racks though)<br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDa_2NwruR8ONKJayJVO2k34ZLbL0evySktS8aU1uVnO6NRJLC7jdcwfHNeNwZDCDAER4Kr6tQlA4mANmMZ9D30Pe9LkdRwmANWxGanhP28Mf_79Uu0khJ9K2NHHeWpyq3aVTQRRKUts/s1600/Our+home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 225px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700150381612534738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDa_2NwruR8ONKJayJVO2k34ZLbL0evySktS8aU1uVnO6NRJLC7jdcwfHNeNwZDCDAER4Kr6tQlA4mANmMZ9D30Pe9LkdRwmANWxGanhP28Mf_79Uu0khJ9K2NHHeWpyq3aVTQRRKUts/s400/Our+home.jpg" /></a>Babay News: Oh yeah, we are having another baby! Baby D2 (I really want to call him R2D2) will be here May 29th (remember Aidan's b-day is May 28th and mine is May 30th). It is a BOY! Amen to not having to buy anything new. He is healthy and happy and moving, and I am gaining weight like there is no tomorrow. I gained 50 lbs with Aidan so my goal is to NOT have a "I am actually a few pounds away from 200" scare again...we will see. </p><p> </p><p>I think that is it for now... stay tuned. <br /></p>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-61914374022829368722011-05-23T13:12:00.009-05:002011-05-23T13:42:29.504-05:00Amazing WeekendsThis weekend was full of lots of memorable moments. On Saturday, I got to go to a Bridal shower for my girl Ashley Weider. I played volleyball with her at Berry and she is getting married in August. It was soooooo great to see her and her fiance, Justin, and some other teammates Taylor and Leah. I love them to death!! Wish more would have been able to come. I don't have any pictures- maybe I can steal some from Taylor and put them up later~<br /><br />Sunday was complete with a great church service at North Metro. It was baptism Sunday, so it was great to watch the testimonies of all of the people who were baptized that morning. We had Poppy's birthday party at Lunch on Maine- he turned 94 on Thursday!!! Amazing! Then we came home and played with da bebies in the pool.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTJLNr5SqvNL4_eR07lc-gXrLGJC4SrcTct6o8WDMSmce-oAwmYoUy6CM1ytolbwTsr_5L3gKBjH2DsL59A4GvWR2Cv7N494ByAG8lK6Rz8Ww0-Ga56dzecj6yIRMSLs30qWsW5LWq4o/s1600/aidan+and+doggie.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609976918314643346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTJLNr5SqvNL4_eR07lc-gXrLGJC4SrcTct6o8WDMSmce-oAwmYoUy6CM1ytolbwTsr_5L3gKBjH2DsL59A4GvWR2Cv7N494ByAG8lK6Rz8Ww0-Ga56dzecj6yIRMSLs30qWsW5LWq4o/s400/aidan+and+doggie.JPG" /></a> This is officially how Aidan starts off the day. He lays on the cute dog pillow that Wes and Ally got him, drinks his bottle, and watches cartoons (I know, he is not supposed to be on a bottle at 1 yr, but the sippy cup is not working!)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBj7WXPGSDW1ckNasoCPNJMTqptlen0IStBGtft5Ab2gCi-_uP_AlW1GYjth6VrM6U-2-u2sLvIV1uduqJq3-BRN6mwFuMmGkwyZsNraL-42u7aGHP-d9YrhsgN2HBUtgt3qSaqjKZbA/s1600/aidantv.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609977023891687842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBj7WXPGSDW1ckNasoCPNJMTqptlen0IStBGtft5Ab2gCi-_uP_AlW1GYjth6VrM6U-2-u2sLvIV1uduqJq3-BRN6mwFuMmGkwyZsNraL-42u7aGHP-d9YrhsgN2HBUtgt3qSaqjKZbA/s400/aidantv.JPG" /></a>Next, we get nakey and watch cartoons.<br /><br />The mornings are VERY slow for us.... haha<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxu6cvoqyBRknmuQXgvsHotZX0RxECslJguyst1eMnnLdLRXNgsOJgESdG0L6HJ3hD5Bb5cffHCL49k5BpfBTJFEC2wqdRRG4AOJnjoiXl6znBx6uTyftghaJbGtRzJ0CdbSuInHPBk0/s1600/Aidan+hose.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609979157497775234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxu6cvoqyBRknmuQXgvsHotZX0RxECslJguyst1eMnnLdLRXNgsOJgESdG0L6HJ3hD5Bb5cffHCL49k5BpfBTJFEC2wqdRRG4AOJnjoiXl6znBx6uTyftghaJbGtRzJ0CdbSuInHPBk0/s400/Aidan+hose.JPG" /></a> Next we moved outside and got in the pool, played with the water hose, and had a blast.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6wpeS-Z0sXaV00HKZK-eZLPI4Rz_aleZN6iPKrTNNJsP9WDqmE7tdUynp9NyA_Ifi7Bj2OsPXRDvJSUgzF3wkG13jK49sWG1PGTzEcqb_xKUVIeNnLgpRv-Up51KKgyM4LIsE0xJykQ/s1600/riley6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609979617717619042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6wpeS-Z0sXaV00HKZK-eZLPI4Rz_aleZN6iPKrTNNJsP9WDqmE7tdUynp9NyA_Ifi7Bj2OsPXRDvJSUgzF3wkG13jK49sWG1PGTzEcqb_xKUVIeNnLgpRv-Up51KKgyM4LIsE0xJykQ/s400/riley6.JPG" /></a> Little Miss Riley.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Babysitting both Riley and Aidan at the same time was....interesting. At one point, Aidan was eating dog food while I was holding Riley. While tucking her like a football, I was pulling pieces of dog food out of Aidan's mouth. Haha. Precisely why two this close in age will NOT happen for me. Ahhhhhhh. Riley is also very.... needy. I will just go ahead and say it. Praise my sister! I got very lucky with the temperment and personality of Aidan-bug. He is so self-sufficient and self-entertained. Right after he was born, he was sleeping in his own bed in the other room. Riley needs to be held all the time- which is great when you want to cuddle- not so great when you have other things you want to be doing... like SLEEPING! Ally is doing great though! She is a great mommy! Thank goodness I had an easy baby, that's all I have to say!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif87tPMXg-sViJPbdDZBE-LWBIJNnznP5n7DpLeTsyv_I9ztlkbuvuEA7nk-KsahTPNjlZCF4KBbDjs6Gk5BanZSHoY75-qV2QdO22IZGoeLiQmTZHL1oaJMIIlfQGULVLvxurHJXxlKY/s1600/aidanmickey.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609980133819424754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif87tPMXg-sViJPbdDZBE-LWBIJNnznP5n7DpLeTsyv_I9ztlkbuvuEA7nk-KsahTPNjlZCF4KBbDjs6Gk5BanZSHoY75-qV2QdO22IZGoeLiQmTZHL1oaJMIIlfQGULVLvxurHJXxlKY/s400/aidanmickey.JPG" /></a> For those of you who don't know, we have a couple birthdays on the schedule. Of course, the most important is Aidan's 1st birthday this Saturday on the 28th!!! We are having a Mickey Mouse Party. This is him at Party City on the verge of a meltdown. That was a fun experience. The next birthday is mine on the 30th. Can't believe I will be 24. A little less eventful than the last birthday!Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-72282382611821322142011-05-16T07:50:00.005-05:002011-05-16T08:09:25.114-05:00Riley Elaine CampbellRiley Elaine Campbell was born May 11th at 10:13 pm. She was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches. I do have to brag on myself saying that I guessed the weight and height EXACTLY and beat Zach and both my parents! :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4br4lPmmgVZ2MXTgGs86sQygJfW0QZV0tOxCum1dU7Nh8hwiyD6qsOogAlU9nTI27zoWCfJBnWy5Da7IRDKE7s58WjINDwqoF4fl96EOtQcnxcJZRNtajCQUkz7De-MKBrrU3wDNF16Q/s1600/riley2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607295783413820722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4br4lPmmgVZ2MXTgGs86sQygJfW0QZV0tOxCum1dU7Nh8hwiyD6qsOogAlU9nTI27zoWCfJBnWy5Da7IRDKE7s58WjINDwqoF4fl96EOtQcnxcJZRNtajCQUkz7De-MKBrrU3wDNF16Q/s400/riley2.JPG" /></a> Ally and Riley about 45 minutes after she was born<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFGYe8_AwIgJJaCubaSwVyPDsPP9VrYYCHNxgelyr6i7zRJLrEusT5_6btLUmAMQNpYhwJ44CHxjpdeqeb5DTnHYK1HL_A-QEFZxRqVfjOHgFOuSD-1EnlkWUr198STwwtXOREOUoeUM/s1600/riley1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607295693988991650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFGYe8_AwIgJJaCubaSwVyPDsPP9VrYYCHNxgelyr6i7zRJLrEusT5_6btLUmAMQNpYhwJ44CHxjpdeqeb5DTnHYK1HL_A-QEFZxRqVfjOHgFOuSD-1EnlkWUr198STwwtXOREOUoeUM/s400/riley1.JPG" /></a> Me and my little niece!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjCOn1Folg5vOlRe_MGkqLaskpCTeax4N67oVJgFnsFekrF8DVuoMdhKDOPLP5lSmGA-cwstqYe-555bWjDQUXI_Xf0uGmWceSB4SAFIJ5Z2quE6XfPtd5jsSfzIBDTxgJaxUW3iXiBU/s1600/riley.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607295560583738514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjCOn1Folg5vOlRe_MGkqLaskpCTeax4N67oVJgFnsFekrF8DVuoMdhKDOPLP5lSmGA-cwstqYe-555bWjDQUXI_Xf0uGmWceSB4SAFIJ5Z2quE6XfPtd5jsSfzIBDTxgJaxUW3iXiBU/s400/riley.JPG" /></a> Cute little newborn face with her daddy.<br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG69CwviVqskcnV4VYl8q4ySY8NkUQcij8giI1SDt0MdnVRuqmF8oKaQT14pNR0RSI3JbTYlxk5RNzPFrpFCBVQoRpW8Dhhum78gijdxmY3Wk5vtdk8qcNYpBERuvvuUz89C6Nz2NXZY/s1600/riley5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607299798589803058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG69CwviVqskcnV4VYl8q4ySY8NkUQcij8giI1SDt0MdnVRuqmF8oKaQT14pNR0RSI3JbTYlxk5RNzPFrpFCBVQoRpW8Dhhum78gijdxmY3Wk5vtdk8qcNYpBERuvvuUz89C6Nz2NXZY/s400/riley5.JPG" /></a> Aunt Shawn and Riley<br /><br /></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI2rMRyKMiCEt3u-6Oan3Ki_UjRlglmNgt7GYyklRlvefzI_Nre_83X54nuTnbvj8Tf9oXHh2MMb9If8nzaBL6biYS93_vXrvia0ey42JF9WSTO8VJt8BHV372gQdvVZ0KWNnjEcxShc/s1600/riley4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607299793613768338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI2rMRyKMiCEt3u-6Oan3Ki_UjRlglmNgt7GYyklRlvefzI_Nre_83X54nuTnbvj8Tf9oXHh2MMb9If8nzaBL6biYS93_vXrvia0ey42JF9WSTO8VJt8BHV372gQdvVZ0KWNnjEcxShc/s400/riley4.JPG" /></a> Aidan was very inquisitive. He was a little rough but if we held his hands so he couldn't smack her, he would give her sweet kisses. Haha.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK8cp9iRHxWAWfVT_g5feOt2IbtfxP3uuZmmWjsGeGaQ1_y9GIb55mypTlM9PTwQOo2XA-sU7yU1btrbdZtqUeC9i05Xjrf0LJ6L9yG3fBdnujNFzzC1dBYplxCDIhMPen4OHXJqq_V4/s1600/riley3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607299795281828178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK8cp9iRHxWAWfVT_g5feOt2IbtfxP3uuZmmWjsGeGaQ1_y9GIb55mypTlM9PTwQOo2XA-sU7yU1btrbdZtqUeC9i05Xjrf0LJ6L9yG3fBdnujNFzzC1dBYplxCDIhMPen4OHXJqq_V4/s400/riley3.JPG" /></a> Precious little lips.<br /></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-12041270819409180982011-04-28T12:00:00.003-05:002011-04-28T12:04:36.955-05:00Lately...<div align="center">Life is busy and it is hard to keep up with this thing in the middle of Graduation Tests, EOCTs, Volleyball Tournaments every weekend, an ear infection in each of little man's ears, and the rest of life in general. To tide you over- here is a pic of Aidan in Louisville this past weekend. The girls on my team absolutely adore him and take care of him. These are some of the special sunglasses they gave him.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600681108836810850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYI8nTIevZBRQPcAtd5HitlMQKCdV5mZFtpxPVb2ASilhPwbstHNzxwNM3hUzbZOwruSezSVXfXAdRKxh0cmxxCIam8DtwCZWy3P9jI0vTLtrqvm0FB7QQTocQt9GDekizqsyB-NrbzpA/s400/Aidan_elton_john.JPG" /></div><br /><p align="center">Elton John Style</p>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-62478422217847700842011-04-07T13:28:00.014-05:002011-04-07T14:05:22.110-05:00Healing and ShowersThis one is going to be pretty long since a lot has happened in the past week and a half <br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s7WltBmvXXHTjDsyjuQsWYkKHyY177e_9wBH9wJv9hN_yfAxGEn9WDI1f5cKmBaLVIyxcKDqU5R359VoOUMGnsReXXDjduBPpSnlgwDn5vbcCa8t0q9fI29OHL3FZIa9cp1i_bcd72E/s1600/foot.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912780184684706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s7WltBmvXXHTjDsyjuQsWYkKHyY177e_9wBH9wJv9hN_yfAxGEn9WDI1f5cKmBaLVIyxcKDqU5R359VoOUMGnsReXXDjduBPpSnlgwDn5vbcCa8t0q9fI29OHL3FZIa9cp1i_bcd72E/s400/foot.JPG" /></a> This has been the wonderful view of my spring break....</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Last Monday I went in for surgery. The goal was to do a bone graft on the shin, but when he "got in there" he saw that my bone was in tact and there was no fracture. He saw that instead, the bone was extremely soft but all in one piece. When he cut into my shin, the area did not bleed like it was supposed to, which means that the area is not getting enough blood flow to heal the bone (which is why it is so soft). He "roughed up" the tissues around the bone (not sure exactly what that entails) and hopefully this will help the bone heal again.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">It has been an interesting few weeks..... </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK41JT4Uyv7Gyl5mhYxMC6kwplf2YGJNN6vzj5kmFvLlJR7zJXiPY1gwNF4ls-hx22kRmVa5KyGVfexF4L3RMm4eYnpXm55HefcaWAI7YZg35LNurYtMNa6V-bIPEW0KEGofHrFiXWj54/s1600/aidanballoon.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912770409813794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK41JT4Uyv7Gyl5mhYxMC6kwplf2YGJNN6vzj5kmFvLlJR7zJXiPY1gwNF4ls-hx22kRmVa5KyGVfexF4L3RMm4eYnpXm55HefcaWAI7YZg35LNurYtMNa6V-bIPEW0KEGofHrFiXWj54/s400/aidanballoon.JPG" /></a> Jo and Norman sent me some flowers with balloons and Aidan was giving them to me</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDD1hbnb1gFt3afTUrayuxZBJE5wkb74qlzKK7uxkpOtirHOTORLcMHFWg2s7hRhjrAgEpHL4brDv9EvJ_1L-CTR0ELw1fDA9FrqrbuTqo7p6_u2cCpUzKzXZ0_PqbKkyJVVx9WVJ1isA/s1600/aidanballoon2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912768738405170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDD1hbnb1gFt3afTUrayuxZBJE5wkb74qlzKK7uxkpOtirHOTORLcMHFWg2s7hRhjrAgEpHL4brDv9EvJ_1L-CTR0ELw1fDA9FrqrbuTqo7p6_u2cCpUzKzXZ0_PqbKkyJVVx9WVJ1isA/s400/aidanballoon2.JPG" /></a> Turned out to be a new favorite toy of his <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO15JuUI5gl9vAA7AnhsWBLhSbmoaZce_qIV6LDQ0GrSD5uLDm99ojY4BNNity0b59GgbRw0aCzeMlisi-_FsvnlpMzFTlfP0cJ0Fny6MBnlZLjhbj2wW8rH9tOPaFUbDAE28TnNKF3so/s1600/aidan.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912766257873298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO15JuUI5gl9vAA7AnhsWBLhSbmoaZce_qIV6LDQ0GrSD5uLDm99ojY4BNNity0b59GgbRw0aCzeMlisi-_FsvnlpMzFTlfP0cJ0Fny6MBnlZLjhbj2wW8rH9tOPaFUbDAE28TnNKF3so/s400/aidan.JPG" /></a> Still trying to be a mommy even if I can't chase after him </div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuXl4yK63rxuIDFFXsp_v_BMPbv9S47jZ4BWBWlRrmtVFXVd5DHp-1u1M9rpOle6UkFWaP-qkGxp5JrCLFXBRZCs2qirlPTV_84dxLB8zDW3FYF62x5oR4rw1d1okZbRw3uRBHyRoTK8/s1600/aidancarseat.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912760973244322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuXl4yK63rxuIDFFXsp_v_BMPbv9S47jZ4BWBWlRrmtVFXVd5DHp-1u1M9rpOle6UkFWaP-qkGxp5JrCLFXBRZCs2qirlPTV_84dxLB8zDW3FYF62x5oR4rw1d1okZbRw3uRBHyRoTK8/s400/aidancarseat.JPG" /></a> Look at that precious face!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">On Friday and Saturday I went to the Georgia World Congress Center to see my team play in the Big South Qualifier. I was exhausted both days from being on crutches there (not suited for that!) Sunday, Zach had to work so I wasn't able to go because I didn't have a ride (driving on painkillers not legal). But, overall I was happy I could go a few days- I had already told the girls I wouldn't be able to make it, so it was nice to surprise them.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMihlBE8j51DFpGdfYNfOuppIUAqnOGYPAatj1eeu41-k5DdJ3TrIYnPKdo7jm9bIsVqS0ImItUtZZ3e3EWoVZuAj5SfpydwZM2Z9-AUc53NB616P9S4TEW6afeofJZcMftOthaVal7yM/s1600/aidancarseat2.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbhlFoRP3K37Km8WqH4C86GFMB7me0lkzO5bxJdg8ZI0vc-WLWnOQ1cxB8_RiufgnhHOr9NlquT-x1RBRVFfYFo2ZlOf5BztG7GLbw5IzPGSYCljBsNual8cURVH8Mva6Q6GAwfTV2G8/s1600/aidancarseat2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912490896351874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbhlFoRP3K37Km8WqH4C86GFMB7me0lkzO5bxJdg8ZI0vc-WLWnOQ1cxB8_RiufgnhHOr9NlquT-x1RBRVFfYFo2ZlOf5BztG7GLbw5IzPGSYCljBsNual8cURVH8Mva6Q6GAwfTV2G8/s400/aidancarseat2.JPG" /></a>On the way home from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">GWCC</span>- we were both exhausted from a day of volleyball. </div><br /><div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GaaR56uA2qF7S5N7HtulRoOBtSB_VpAr9oRFKyJKzbOSHEnHY3BHCjp2RUb9jHUuGhKUmWWx7FyFeh72TuBPkgP4hWJcjgBuP7xxoWD2-77NUh_dFgq0D7Jjj-a6R6g6XeJcbRBCA8I/s1600/aidanwindow.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912151420241842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GaaR56uA2qF7S5N7HtulRoOBtSB_VpAr9oRFKyJKzbOSHEnHY3BHCjp2RUb9jHUuGhKUmWWx7FyFeh72TuBPkgP4hWJcjgBuP7xxoWD2-77NUh_dFgq0D7Jjj-a6R6g6XeJcbRBCA8I/s400/aidanwindow.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">A few days ago, Zach had to go to work so I was left to watch Aidan by myself for a few hours. I was EXHAUSTED by the end of it. Zach got everything ready for us in Aidan's room. We had the door shut so he couldn't escape and we just read books, played, and looked out the sliding glass door. One thing Zach and I did not anticipate is that I would want to change outfits for my sister's baby shower that afternoon.....with a baby....on crutches. So, I put Aidan in the stroller and pushed him around the house while I got ready. It was quite a sight.....</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWzvOMY9g6dmw3eCIb2opbtwDjgtZdS5eKFz1EKqsnOzR7W_ghKqIvn8sSb6_60fFCkd0ZuFL_jGcJbP9Z4dvsoWdXJbyMwCBtngweX947XfNLC5_RDgpWTOWmnX0q5Og2nNVeMLUtIM/s1600/aidandogs.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912148816249378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWzvOMY9g6dmw3eCIb2opbtwDjgtZdS5eKFz1EKqsnOzR7W_ghKqIvn8sSb6_60fFCkd0ZuFL_jGcJbP9Z4dvsoWdXJbyMwCBtngweX947XfNLC5_RDgpWTOWmnX0q5Og2nNVeMLUtIM/s400/aidandogs.JPG" /></a> All of my boys ready to run outside and play</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkch0J4ZwoqFKGEoMZQGzDu5T0RSOovZXyDs23tgLMpCQwpanGE5E68DNcWPSLdG9WQ0YCZb031IHYA9rJPxTjKL0ePWNywMn-ZiZ31n-rqIIksop4CmDsFcfgvwZO2CQXhtXxWWn0qSM/s1600/shower2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912025753403250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkch0J4ZwoqFKGEoMZQGzDu5T0RSOovZXyDs23tgLMpCQwpanGE5E68DNcWPSLdG9WQ0YCZb031IHYA9rJPxTjKL0ePWNywMn-ZiZ31n-rqIIksop4CmDsFcfgvwZO2CQXhtXxWWn0qSM/s400/shower2.JPG" /></a> Baby Shower time! Please, crowd around me because I am not moving.</div><br /><div>Kristin, Ally, Kathy, Betty, Shannon and Aidan.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu5AkzMXheMXoQx_xNHpx5LR2tzaeGZQthqP1tRC8fAxfYagDA02_hd0hH52A13ROYjDpQbfs-7us3tUE3Wb7WJBvxfpMORZ2Ep1zjLjNvbLYlua5IbMmSexHIwJZSfz3ACh8rIODOD4/s1600/shower1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911939835722850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu5AkzMXheMXoQx_xNHpx5LR2tzaeGZQthqP1tRC8fAxfYagDA02_hd0hH52A13ROYjDpQbfs-7us3tUE3Wb7WJBvxfpMORZ2Ep1zjLjNvbLYlua5IbMmSexHIwJZSfz3ACh8rIODOD4/s400/shower1.JPG" /></a> Now add Mom to the group</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUPwj8gmBmdPvvoWEGq5NiyNm676oEAGUmO6ppCUE_yKaJgRWEt6TokbWLL80F-XbM1hEYRiDzdBt-fyov1qei9l2sM9dF_zbmaSpP_PRoN5HeWJWK6Qanls5UzBId8OkVADvbOBbe24/s1600/shower3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911856947642882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUPwj8gmBmdPvvoWEGq5NiyNm676oEAGUmO6ppCUE_yKaJgRWEt6TokbWLL80F-XbM1hEYRiDzdBt-fyov1qei9l2sM9dF_zbmaSpP_PRoN5HeWJWK6Qanls5UzBId8OkVADvbOBbe24/s400/shower3.JPG" /></a> Flirting with the ladies</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9Wa3EXOFi0DXbQ8iaPGK56cSmdCtPyhTC4FYKHcinfIKsWjjnqesLx9mAtTwSCHbpbsNMHuADiCe0iBZs-GtUqqn17trsTkbiOgbh_qteBAD6dQosAWtNVNLuAIiZlWi9_lD18J_21s/s1600/shower4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911770988439618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9Wa3EXOFi0DXbQ8iaPGK56cSmdCtPyhTC4FYKHcinfIKsWjjnqesLx9mAtTwSCHbpbsNMHuADiCe0iBZs-GtUqqn17trsTkbiOgbh_qteBAD6dQosAWtNVNLuAIiZlWi9_lD18J_21s/s400/shower4.JPG" /></a> He was a mess! Running around everywhere.</div><br /><div>By the way he is STANDING ON HIS OWN!! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ahh</span>! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ufYMWqwcWPKeoz0sHAZ_OmsLS3PsIdLWBSKZUak0joDh8xw_DUFj_AaQNmXZtKY2ByFzxBg-zVyry2u4KVpPwNP9U_RCv8LCIxfAdgvxLZyWEpe_5gIJAIqN4Aaool2S8uQx0Mf1STc/s1600/shower6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911662947915570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ufYMWqwcWPKeoz0sHAZ_OmsLS3PsIdLWBSKZUak0joDh8xw_DUFj_AaQNmXZtKY2ByFzxBg-zVyry2u4KVpPwNP9U_RCv8LCIxfAdgvxLZyWEpe_5gIJAIqN4Aaool2S8uQx0Mf1STc/s400/shower6.JPG" /></a> Walking with Kathy</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswB9o9PqXcowOf4uUxBWeS0vKEVJPg_Bf9orPGtRU0C5OsW61_8QG94LsvjEb0QcPvoS6UbIOz4IpExT6UI75nicSmTMDrvc1SA8rwxrnr0ORjrij-HfWmApR3y-KdULYO0Txqqb0INU/s1600/shower5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592910538499344242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswB9o9PqXcowOf4uUxBWeS0vKEVJPg_Bf9orPGtRU0C5OsW61_8QG94LsvjEb0QcPvoS6UbIOz4IpExT6UI75nicSmTMDrvc1SA8rwxrnr0ORjrij-HfWmApR3y-KdULYO0Txqqb0INU/s400/shower5.JPG" /></a> And now exhausted...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">We went to the Dr. on Monday. He is 23 pounds (75<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> percentile) and 31 inches (97<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> percentile!). Everything was perfect and boring, which I love! He has 4 top teeth coming in (which now explains his extreme crying in the middle of the night, which is not like him at all). Best part of the day though was when he did not even cry when he got his shot! I couldn't believe it. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">SOOO</span> tough! </div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-9328289685663439472011-03-24T10:58:00.002-05:002011-03-24T11:10:24.301-05:00Surgery InfoDetails for Monday:<br /><br />I am having a bone graft done on my shin. They basically go in, file down the bone that is kind of sticking out away from the rest of the bone, fill in any splits in the bone, sew me back up and I'm done. I will have to wear a "bone stimulator" around my leg for six hours a day. Not really sure I know exactly what it is - I stopped listening at "expensive." <br /><br />At first, I was told I will not be able to bear weight for 2 weeks and then will be on crutches for 8-10 weeks. Now, he is not sure, and he will let me know after he goes in and sees everything. <br /><br />Monday, I have to go to the out-patient center at 5:45 AM! That might be the worst part about the whole thing. The surgery will begin at 7Am, and I should be home in the afternoon. <br /><br />I am taking off one week from school (the week before spring break) and then will use spring break as another week to recover. After that, I will be back in the classroom, and depending on what the doctor says, I might be in a chair teaching for a few weeks or the rest of the semester. <br /><br />That is the update for now, but I will be sure to keep posting all next week to let you all know how I am doing.Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-76409455827369513792011-03-21T09:27:00.005-05:002011-03-21T09:39:17.824-05:00Lazy-Boy SwimmingYesterday, Ally and I took Aidan swimming at the pool at WA. Thought it was going to be heated, but apparently they turned it off for the weekend...did not phase little man a bit.<br /><br />He absolutely loved watching Ally do laps and watched her go up and under the water. So, he wanted to be like her. I had him on his belly kicking around and he kept dunking his face right in the water on purpose- because he saw Ally doing it. It was hilarious. <br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRGGkAA7oTaGieCYjiwGUNqvewV163emso3JD5OE-PcR9L2-xqKky4GPeJ3eLchx305nKsSbQEu_r9TTgZ-xM8D-ZpOTY3V-RWdJ2lHIneTEi4zxR0Ie63cSYK0Qo6oqLn_HK3otOWSU/s1600/Aidanswimmingfirst.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540199681037362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRGGkAA7oTaGieCYjiwGUNqvewV163emso3JD5OE-PcR9L2-xqKky4GPeJ3eLchx305nKsSbQEu_r9TTgZ-xM8D-ZpOTY3V-RWdJ2lHIneTEi4zxR0Ie63cSYK0Qo6oqLn_HK3otOWSU/s400/Aidanswimmingfirst.JPG" /></a> Ready to go in brand new swimming gear.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfCfpv9tSH__0o15_XFhW7Ghqti1hHp2FdTZOJnEYO5tzyBvDDONDLH-FqQDIP1HofJIrZcsW2meiqgXoWo8JE2wUBigGKUzmBd1hWqPlTnf0PZVpEp39lTPcZfcgUniEQl3ODCXIVXE/s1600/Aidanswimming.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540199128419730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfCfpv9tSH__0o15_XFhW7Ghqti1hHp2FdTZOJnEYO5tzyBvDDONDLH-FqQDIP1HofJIrZcsW2meiqgXoWo8JE2wUBigGKUzmBd1hWqPlTnf0PZVpEp39lTPcZfcgUniEQl3ODCXIVXE/s400/Aidanswimming.JPG" /></a> "Seriously.... is this a joke?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3eFKWXBqsbCbqUQP3ANC0UTrRwo9KyWF75hfLGrEVZpW-04nbWU1yVsS8gAz2MHCR-uB6-5naIe8_G6Qjvce09VKGEL53bt3pL4aEG6zuhpGR6qIUddwxWsFBIbK43-ab1FRX4-w8E0/s1600/Aidanswimming1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540195354854690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3eFKWXBqsbCbqUQP3ANC0UTrRwo9KyWF75hfLGrEVZpW-04nbWU1yVsS8gAz2MHCR-uB6-5naIe8_G6Qjvce09VKGEL53bt3pL4aEG6zuhpGR6qIUddwxWsFBIbK43-ab1FRX4-w8E0/s400/Aidanswimming1.JPG" /></a>Lounging around in the pool<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b5gh9F44nEnH_yN7k-4zeiHT6PkNeeNwbzO86QN-jr9N0TjlLbX7iVSTUayLsbO6EccnKEgaBtSIEG3cV5JQNxhDFj7gCP_xsh-TSq-cNmZcosNXfDLUgO19IA_XsVoVmuyRwCtYtKw/s1600/Aidanswimming2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540072048219698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b5gh9F44nEnH_yN7k-4zeiHT6PkNeeNwbzO86QN-jr9N0TjlLbX7iVSTUayLsbO6EccnKEgaBtSIEG3cV5JQNxhDFj7gCP_xsh-TSq-cNmZcosNXfDLUgO19IA_XsVoVmuyRwCtYtKw/s400/Aidanswimming2.JPG" /></a> He thinks everything he sits in is like a Lazy Boy chair<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1FpVSDwZufbNJcXz3Iwaoe79qEoDfyK9oYOfCmA0zUWRmUdwEzqv2gOL9WMxdmmphhJ67oPsqdLiTFY2PPHd1ZeQl7AYsEDbXhXDHJFtPujI1XoUliwbVZUhykmnxEH-YyRZdzSvonY/s1600/Aidanswimming3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540066577066194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1FpVSDwZufbNJcXz3Iwaoe79qEoDfyK9oYOfCmA0zUWRmUdwEzqv2gOL9WMxdmmphhJ67oPsqdLiTFY2PPHd1ZeQl7AYsEDbXhXDHJFtPujI1XoUliwbVZUhykmnxEH-YyRZdzSvonY/s400/Aidanswimming3.JPG" /></a> Ready to play<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzfw42NIY-EhjwF4UH5qQWpgFr4lT9Tx1jmuaRA0j9q5NNt0YfhZ2E-_IS6v-trHEZr7sSpEtuVgZt8t2modOqx1quTKJACcw5djCk1YrZqVZwXH2tiKIvWgNmGtGwRylNH-2KawXoes/s1600/Aidanswimming4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540058493736930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzfw42NIY-EhjwF4UH5qQWpgFr4lT9Tx1jmuaRA0j9q5NNt0YfhZ2E-_IS6v-trHEZr7sSpEtuVgZt8t2modOqx1quTKJACcw5djCk1YrZqVZwXH2tiKIvWgNmGtGwRylNH-2KawXoes/s400/Aidanswimming4.JPG" /></a> Lazy-Boy<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xf18OJrsG_CyiUn1nt7ApyUWYeBQUry3ywZTC2cMAQNF936xDVhiUo9EALoGkW3JgC8Jbf9MnNCZMbZilZZUi0kWmLAvHdcdqh7Wf8te9KUqpsifgbQOsnAmeYg0J8JriwL6lZ5la3s/s1600/Aidanswimming5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540053052954482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xf18OJrsG_CyiUn1nt7ApyUWYeBQUry3ywZTC2cMAQNF936xDVhiUo9EALoGkW3JgC8Jbf9MnNCZMbZilZZUi0kWmLAvHdcdqh7Wf8te9KUqpsifgbQOsnAmeYg0J8JriwL6lZ5la3s/s400/Aidanswimming5.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMG-2q-h_xnDUB49TLbf_58fUxX6bU8Tu1Q99OGTKMDZ342be9Vjab8o559dzzod0LTwbbfxBfGLfGEE_aSC8WO2Kya2JbSRD4M93b75zlUZItTYN3CRkPniQKVsf0PD_kvgKsSXpSCY/s1600/Aidanswimming6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586540055067538226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMG-2q-h_xnDUB49TLbf_58fUxX6bU8Tu1Q99OGTKMDZ342be9Vjab8o559dzzod0LTwbbfxBfGLfGEE_aSC8WO2Kya2JbSRD4M93b75zlUZItTYN3CRkPniQKVsf0PD_kvgKsSXpSCY/s400/Aidanswimming6.JPG" /></a>Hello paleness....</div><div>My son (who never GOES in the sun) is tanner than me... fabulous! </div><div></div><div align="left">Update: I will be having a bone graft (surgery) 3/28 which is next Monday- will write up the details in a few days. We are graduation test testing so I will have some free time!<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-6412957187416294832011-03-11T12:52:00.003-06:002011-03-11T13:16:19.507-06:00Waiting GameFor those that might not be fully in the loop... I had a tibia rod put in my shin in the summer of 2005 right before I went to NC State for a really bad stress fracture. They went through my knee to put the rod in and it took me 3-4 months to really get back to normal.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tRxfxHag6fNMxiismb6O65ewWeV0ai7dw6XKHUypuUR-UyV5Bzn7eO53qz0UkmnZLBlrEESLqniZAFYCKemYWGHLSm5rZ3I5bK5-x1FCqSpgZsFZMAaZGcESoaoKMzTOKPUDF74TU3U/s1600/aidan2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582897362475834050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tRxfxHag6fNMxiismb6O65ewWeV0ai7dw6XKHUypuUR-UyV5Bzn7eO53qz0UkmnZLBlrEESLqniZAFYCKemYWGHLSm5rZ3I5bK5-x1FCqSpgZsFZMAaZGcESoaoKMzTOKPUDF74TU3U/s400/aidan2.JPG" /></a> Insert cute picture of Aidan when I have nothing else to show....</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">It has been giving me some trouble lately so in the past month I have had an x-ray and an MRI - both of which were unable to be read because the titanium in the rod messes with the picture. I have had a bone scan and galium bone scans (one tests for stress fractures and one tests for bone infections) and I have had blood work done. Hello out-of-pocket maximum, here I come! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Good news and bad news as of today:</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Dr. Wilkes (best orthopedist EVER- my sister and I have frequented his office) is going to "look over everything more thoroughly this weekend" but as of right now, he thinks that there is no bone infection- but there is an unhealed stress fracture in the tibia. I was already prepared for him to tell me that the rod has to come out (he has been talking to me about that for a while- which means essentially knee surgery- not fun). He says that the rod cannot come out because my bone is not strong enough right now to go without the rod.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Instead, he tells me that they are going to (most likely) go in and shave down the bone where there is an unhealed fracture and do a bone graft that will replace the missing bone. So no surgery for the rod- but now have a different surgery.<br /></div><div align="left">At least this surgery will not go through the knee and I will not have to worry about rehabbing the knee. But, I will have new scars and new problems. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">He said that he will call me on Monday and let me know for sure and we can schedule the surgery. Fabulous! Can't wait! Oh well, maybe I will be able to walk/run/jump without pain afterwards... we shall see.</div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-84321034182360110952011-03-03T11:55:00.004-06:002011-03-03T12:00:23.252-06:00Good Morning Sunshine :-)I had to wake Aidan up for one of the first times this year when I was heading to school. Usually his lazy bum gets to sleep until 8 every day- but 6am came early this morning. His philosophy: if she can't see me I am invisible... He usually sleeps with the blanket totally covering his head and this is where I found him this morning.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI5x3cjkbEpoQUm9BzE-tmr1iguUwuBFLKe_SgquPflwfXfg1RtRi2fYD0Rj9lhaIpGoHFQa_3jwJO-ghhQ7bWg2BWfdAvxsta1RF9uY-QBTBSx6ObNjhI_wV_pgg2FUQXllrqX1gDEk/s1600/aidansleeping.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579914026729228658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI5x3cjkbEpoQUm9BzE-tmr1iguUwuBFLKe_SgquPflwfXfg1RtRi2fYD0Rj9lhaIpGoHFQa_3jwJO-ghhQ7bWg2BWfdAvxsta1RF9uY-QBTBSx6ObNjhI_wV_pgg2FUQXllrqX1gDEk/s400/aidansleeping.JPG" /></a> Face down with the blanket over the head.</div><div align="center"><br />s<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUuxc7ijn5X5xTAEgf3T1XP4iJkILKNCPWMD221Of6FNbelqOJkm61sXTyJ5jTHh_tvNO8bODvBbVzh_Q66pT0O0mZCq4wYvXce1iuStTPejyt6_KxyER_XbTwI3HhtYGyKVShuBY9w4/s1600/aidanphysical.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579914022342469250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUuxc7ijn5X5xTAEgf3T1XP4iJkILKNCPWMD221Of6FNbelqOJkm61sXTyJ5jTHh_tvNO8bODvBbVzh_Q66pT0O0mZCq4wYvXce1iuStTPejyt6_KxyER_XbTwI3HhtYGyKVShuBY9w4/s400/aidanphysical.JPG" /></a> Aidan in his old-timey FSU outfit. Too bad his tummy was sticking straight out and the jacket wouldn't cover it. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFj_RUS4kPiPzjf6UozT0luxEbBg2WpCIF-_6uNUMsydvFlVsMOOdNR26uwWWAezapn7nuMgn1G2KTXJM9q46QKXgOowTvZYssbrKQx3TCYVsfgK3C__MbhZWTgbSPTnR_cyHkTPFyxOk/s1600/aidanphysical2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579914019967530658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFj_RUS4kPiPzjf6UozT0luxEbBg2WpCIF-_6uNUMsydvFlVsMOOdNR26uwWWAezapn7nuMgn1G2KTXJM9q46QKXgOowTvZYssbrKQx3TCYVsfgK3C__MbhZWTgbSPTnR_cyHkTPFyxOk/s400/aidanphysical2.JPG" /></a> I told him that I think he used to be in Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" music video.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCmcrZgU8OQ_vrpG_frHN__iwH5KyhkK73E1FImloCfAUzvL4hAz17F6p_whU9O7R2oeQhfiUVdnh0Ltl2X1d_lgucAZ0PkhcBAkNcUzSX_3S-XJZbvdu__DU1lR-5vng3-XdOrf_P-g/s1600/AidanBath.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579913817821240594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCmcrZgU8OQ_vrpG_frHN__iwH5KyhkK73E1FImloCfAUzvL4hAz17F6p_whU9O7R2oeQhfiUVdnh0Ltl2X1d_lgucAZ0PkhcBAkNcUzSX_3S-XJZbvdu__DU1lR-5vng3-XdOrf_P-g/s400/AidanBath.JPG" /></a>Bath time. Now we have learned that we need both hands to crawl so the mouth is the third hand right?<br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-6719588148599940262011-02-18T09:25:00.005-06:002011-02-18T10:20:16.826-06:00Things that make my baby boy happy :-)This is at Chick-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">fil</span>-a Dwarf House with my Poppy and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deanie</span>. I can't tell you what <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deanie</span> was doing but whatever it was it made him laugh hysterically. This picture is absolutely hilarious and makes him look so much chunkier than he really is (which makes me love it that much more!). The cheeks are deceiving!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBeIfrYObQnHLAen1DS9jzKwAmGtHduFX-UFIqol94MJ-xvUg4QYq5C1ooZ9uSkedZLDGHlgjZxhh3iWDhNePfRT16XuIorNUZhbMphiJSkLBGgG81jEOZrGP2sfVvcHF8lmV2E-2FCE/s1600/aidan2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575051910632365170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBeIfrYObQnHLAen1DS9jzKwAmGtHduFX-UFIqol94MJ-xvUg4QYq5C1ooZ9uSkedZLDGHlgjZxhh3iWDhNePfRT16XuIorNUZhbMphiJSkLBGgG81jEOZrGP2sfVvcHF8lmV2E-2FCE/s400/aidan2.JPG" /></a><br />Playing the piano that my poppy bought for me when I was little is his favorite thing to do at my mom's house. He jams out! He bangs at the keys and laughs and laughs for long periods of time. And, as any parent knows, anything that can hold a child's attention for even five minutes is so worthy of doing OVER AND OVER AND OVER again!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33L1R4_OFbiK_n-mNlFYAVaCLY6m7IcR4r_l9vcR3iSVQw_zCWiM-R4Pw442cBONIbq2andYTFNi62rQd2VAdjS8IpSue777aPbax8-cdPZ6eMTxz2OdGxyVpwXvJ6NGYsVwezZwmZZQ/s1600/aidan3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575051834733674050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33L1R4_OFbiK_n-mNlFYAVaCLY6m7IcR4r_l9vcR3iSVQw_zCWiM-R4Pw442cBONIbq2andYTFNi62rQd2VAdjS8IpSue777aPbax8-cdPZ6eMTxz2OdGxyVpwXvJ6NGYsVwezZwmZZQ/s400/aidan3.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-25624694765529096342011-02-10T10:24:00.005-06:002011-02-10T10:53:30.702-06:00Last Home Game EvaLong time no talk! Sorry about that. But, the most important thing happened a few nights ago that all of you need to know about.... My dad had his last home basketball game EVER!! He is retiring after 31 years in education/coaching. These are a few of the pictures from Tuesday night's big win!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbG9xEd31Zhjdvs7w6NKcnb9hy6a_OXUHKPcxyOiAIa2BZLjsNGYi2g4VCSIPoyPmx4JLfm4UBtyGJFxKDAnJdeqd3Urc1haxZ3DVE0SCb0UpuoM6Xtp4JmCBMHy1HxxwazaiOsgyi3U/s1600/dad14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098771142222002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbG9xEd31Zhjdvs7w6NKcnb9hy6a_OXUHKPcxyOiAIa2BZLjsNGYi2g4VCSIPoyPmx4JLfm4UBtyGJFxKDAnJdeqd3Urc1haxZ3DVE0SCb0UpuoM6Xtp4JmCBMHy1HxxwazaiOsgyi3U/s400/dad14.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPF6gDIWRerv_ZkVts_fiZwEdrQKZx-wixlZzSLL9T3MZUX_ZBg0WMTHrsSRiCX8HD9C6YrACF-zTeg6dwS13GVnKF8_jdUT34foVPGaFN9aq9rhFJkMPa20bcHRJZa7iq11FmtjXvew/s1600/dad.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098656213168818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPF6gDIWRerv_ZkVts_fiZwEdrQKZx-wixlZzSLL9T3MZUX_ZBg0WMTHrsSRiCX8HD9C6YrACF-zTeg6dwS13GVnKF8_jdUT34foVPGaFN9aq9rhFJkMPa20bcHRJZa7iq11FmtjXvew/s400/dad.JPG" /></a> Lining up the chairs before every game... OCD<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETHwxXrDZLx7FxxnHbwuvycon1UQE-5OBt8zNaJh6-uq2_voWGytokupkxJzDGmnS7gXM356k9bZC3vZDWSPYbSWQURhrJfZL2Mz2ifFLYD0CdOva7bJMp4R5PjG28mK0Y8G3IBgkiSA/s1600/dad1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098649979244594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETHwxXrDZLx7FxxnHbwuvycon1UQE-5OBt8zNaJh6-uq2_voWGytokupkxJzDGmnS7gXM356k9bZC3vZDWSPYbSWQURhrJfZL2Mz2ifFLYD0CdOva7bJMp4R5PjG28mK0Y8G3IBgkiSA/s400/dad1.JPG" /></a>Papa and Aidan<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3814cMicAOzhW5-mC6_klOmt6-TUiLX5Vzd1I825YoOrWWCdNifHLXF0AbvdmU2Uz_ICh5t507jEDzoLQG4DCRW3XmvmaJiqM6wQpHmpOtrvIc885SaTw1BLJM-nYrgQHsqnzlAgIGw/s1600/dad2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098650158403746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3814cMicAOzhW5-mC6_klOmt6-TUiLX5Vzd1I825YoOrWWCdNifHLXF0AbvdmU2Uz_ICh5t507jEDzoLQG4DCRW3XmvmaJiqM6wQpHmpOtrvIc885SaTw1BLJM-nYrgQHsqnzlAgIGw/s400/dad2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP-hd1jJoXlXR6ROM9uN0KYRo4vpgwa9DoABDph6xYu2GguLH5u2_J2Dx6Ieh-U3SKIcn2NFTGXetdbTTfZe9h5VpEnNA2MZLxY9izONWPzQ00WZpzGe0h_O3acEPEOYUCqisNgSLvIo/s1600/dad4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098642318206418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP-hd1jJoXlXR6ROM9uN0KYRo4vpgwa9DoABDph6xYu2GguLH5u2_J2Dx6Ieh-U3SKIcn2NFTGXetdbTTfZe9h5VpEnNA2MZLxY9izONWPzQ00WZpzGe0h_O3acEPEOYUCqisNgSLvIo/s400/dad4.JPG" /></a>They gave him a rocking chair with his name engraved on it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGrX1VvN-niFU-gWpjKHir3G1mf5KIiJjOtfAwniCsxaYsRyLjJHvgb9glgPrhnOctIdMDgXeeUzxREgZfN9jxcxH8kGtQsz65Iq8Y4SgRScmUIkjyQxeX8gDULRe_CG8F4tjKIBNrPA/s1600/dad5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098640901428882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGrX1VvN-niFU-gWpjKHir3G1mf5KIiJjOtfAwniCsxaYsRyLjJHvgb9glgPrhnOctIdMDgXeeUzxREgZfN9jxcxH8kGtQsz65Iq8Y4SgRScmUIkjyQxeX8gDULRe_CG8F4tjKIBNrPA/s400/dad5.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb8JbB5IR9kYFqVROcPto1-O4KwCQ3ab5OH_wmgjcY0v-iQuXp_ZPRpQ5vCy4kfevmyJzztkNDQGeY3LJ4miZsRsFpTJgE05v9PcEbGPr-7Xd7fa_Z_7umVGHp2GPpLSgxSOKf4wZntg/s1600/dad3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098506184955522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb8JbB5IR9kYFqVROcPto1-O4KwCQ3ab5OH_wmgjcY0v-iQuXp_ZPRpQ5vCy4kfevmyJzztkNDQGeY3LJ4miZsRsFpTJgE05v9PcEbGPr-7Xd7fa_Z_7umVGHp2GPpLSgxSOKf4wZntg/s400/dad3.JPG" /></a> As you can see... he didn't get those cheeks from my dad.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBLEN5HTVA361Good-xOtXTwqZ8fj3uepcl6epTfwMOoEtrU_w2VgvFJIVgxKwz2LfU-ojaxPcbjZxeBUEuI2p5q_-5vknUN95YNO0_8QFmoIqbBOqZly1QqM736oPX7ao69yrfV82Q8/s1600/dad6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098496916846402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBLEN5HTVA361Good-xOtXTwqZ8fj3uepcl6epTfwMOoEtrU_w2VgvFJIVgxKwz2LfU-ojaxPcbjZxeBUEuI2p5q_-5vknUN95YNO0_8QFmoIqbBOqZly1QqM736oPX7ao69yrfV82Q8/s400/dad6.JPG" /></a> Ally we need to get Emily's copy of this picture- I think hers came out better.</div><div>By the way- we are going to be in the White County paper... I am going to be famous :-)<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7myRN9F4Ozr0wrpNiu4qRSTwYi-zWbPa8WJSaNyhGuNeujfVjph5XnfKimRP8WJ4khGJc5a8qkVVKVSNwzJXIImZXrHlT7okvlAuosT1GNZ25jhuihtDiPxp_fwnR6QCd-0LXOdKauwA/s1600/dad11.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098492167934546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7myRN9F4Ozr0wrpNiu4qRSTwYi-zWbPa8WJSaNyhGuNeujfVjph5XnfKimRP8WJ4khGJc5a8qkVVKVSNwzJXIImZXrHlT7okvlAuosT1GNZ25jhuihtDiPxp_fwnR6QCd-0LXOdKauwA/s400/dad11.JPG" /></a>Future STAR </div><div>He moves so quickly that you can't even capture him well on camera<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0em5mSdEh6JD2Dpwwh_yMaBFT2LOSP4WP7s4yWV6lTIwyYOFu40lBibmBO5sEPQgy7I0URVOU9xJXbD49U0033MAiJD4sSixw1Pd0ZG4Yz4qmZgUkr-_gMjfyxovtgpEGlEebyLAj2M/s1600/dad13.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098492826429778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0em5mSdEh6JD2Dpwwh_yMaBFT2LOSP4WP7s4yWV6lTIwyYOFu40lBibmBO5sEPQgy7I0URVOU9xJXbD49U0033MAiJD4sSixw1Pd0ZG4Yz4qmZgUkr-_gMjfyxovtgpEGlEebyLAj2M/s400/dad13.JPG" /></a> Will now give kisses. BEST FEELING EVER! Getting a kiss from your child who actually <em>means</em> to give you one!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD4ayWaWEYh2L0ycZ7ZsYJECfK9N90bF8KGsvnNeGCp70EusVrStj41x4Xx0KxiTpDIlFNspi0DSH8MEw0KILVKva9A5X3XHklkYXYUre9hivZAW6A-lU1UNatjcvI1ruuUvapqzxvSc/s1600/dad8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098489714393538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD4ayWaWEYh2L0ycZ7ZsYJECfK9N90bF8KGsvnNeGCp70EusVrStj41x4Xx0KxiTpDIlFNspi0DSH8MEw0KILVKva9A5X3XHklkYXYUre9hivZAW6A-lU1UNatjcvI1ruuUvapqzxvSc/s400/dad8.JPG" /></a> Pre-Game pep talk<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMCpitnSpDqWG9-xAe7e896Mz5cI_s6Dhuy-AtowqEpCQL_JC9BeL1QGTKItK8eRCRTgKN0IrxZfZNFmifSmH-XLiqH8AQB-weuK7j2t7QA4jUK1a5w4jCBer1ta08Tt8YzXbBBLK23U/s1600/dad15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098280302426034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMCpitnSpDqWG9-xAe7e896Mz5cI_s6Dhuy-AtowqEpCQL_JC9BeL1QGTKItK8eRCRTgKN0IrxZfZNFmifSmH-XLiqH8AQB-weuK7j2t7QA4jUK1a5w4jCBer1ta08Tt8YzXbBBLK23U/s400/dad15.JPG" /></a> Losing at the end of the 1st quarter<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDNyZX8ETTxR3ue98XdBUtXNBjk7EwAqWeUXKMqWvEZcHalKhely6wDCC9LVFX11VbxvHNuXXRTRgjacAPRRcoPykrBMt1ueKWiB-oIa1bgG21e3Dpm1yz1gbOHbB6PPHKP47FWvJulM/s1600/dad16.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098273568087170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDNyZX8ETTxR3ue98XdBUtXNBjk7EwAqWeUXKMqWvEZcHalKhely6wDCC9LVFX11VbxvHNuXXRTRgjacAPRRcoPykrBMt1ueKWiB-oIa1bgG21e3Dpm1yz1gbOHbB6PPHKP47FWvJulM/s400/dad16.JPG" /></a> Winning 27-25 at the end of the 1st half</div><div>Winning 47-31 at end of 3rd quarter<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lLmzK9NDsk8JXWKRvAkXt7KzlENzSB_G9k8j3RQMV0uYb1-b8dPXWY6AkEx8hyWjiPPFvqhN2q6u4YZf4IrZVVHz64aITmPMrcsgj_NrUAGk0CWpE77hhlRzIy6ChkP_S2n8gZ4JjL8/s1600/dad9.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098271378617762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lLmzK9NDsk8JXWKRvAkXt7KzlENzSB_G9k8j3RQMV0uYb1-b8dPXWY6AkEx8hyWjiPPFvqhN2q6u4YZf4IrZVVHz64aITmPMrcsgj_NrUAGk0CWpE77hhlRzIy6ChkP_S2n8gZ4JjL8/s400/dad9.JPG" /></a>Won the game 63-45!</div><div>Post game press conference!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5i7WPa_pHG7uRAJDQOivzH_JftYgJqbJHQDhLjh6e8QhAd1i505irVkMaga4NRPecZ0sLPBHL9jELTcSUaE7JKPur2_O-LCerKFEeO4NNKPBqqQcBhl7cQH9gaJvOInAWGwaYqhnJ6o/s1600/dad10.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098270557400978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5i7WPa_pHG7uRAJDQOivzH_JftYgJqbJHQDhLjh6e8QhAd1i505irVkMaga4NRPecZ0sLPBHL9jELTcSUaE7JKPur2_O-LCerKFEeO4NNKPBqqQcBhl7cQH9gaJvOInAWGwaYqhnJ6o/s400/dad10.JPG" /></a> Post-game radio interview<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-Y1lPcgGjdIhjItc5-2On0NZiEfpjea7Idy1eULYfVVyJGib_bHK3wdUrgquiQx0JhDwYIN4Kg6te0DyCFR3RfRIVsNDVtvII1rEfWGpIpoJnOi0en9GqJEZgYNuWZeDozD3CWwyrjE/s1600/dad12.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572098268549681554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-Y1lPcgGjdIhjItc5-2On0NZiEfpjea7Idy1eULYfVVyJGib_bHK3wdUrgquiQx0JhDwYIN4Kg6te0DyCFR3RfRIVsNDVtvII1rEfWGpIpoJnOi0en9GqJEZgYNuWZeDozD3CWwyrjE/s400/dad12.JPG" /></a> I can't believe there aren't going to be any of his games next year!! It is such a part of him! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">For the rest of this season: They had a coin flip with North Hall for 2nd/3rd and they ended up winning it. So, now they play thursday and if they win they go to STATE!! WOOHOO!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-10331953899665323002011-01-17T12:01:00.002-06:002011-01-17T12:12:30.709-06:00Hi Grandpa and Papa!<p>We don't ever get to see Aidan's granddads enough - one is travelling and one lives in Sautee-Nacoochee, GA (yes, deliverence country). So here are some videos for you both to look at to catch you up a bit. </p><p align="center"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/amUfY0_OGK4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/amUfY0_OGK4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Aidan was supposed to be going down for a nap.... yeah right.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYiaW9oC_m4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYiaW9oC_m4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Eating the camera<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BwXoLKcw2O8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BwXoLKcw2O8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Crawling<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQF1AqPM4hc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQF1AqPM4hc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Pulling up and laughing<br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e6f45iR0j5g?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e6f45iR0j5g?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></p><p align="center">Squealing</p>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-25881157654324912982011-01-17T09:22:00.008-06:002011-01-17T09:47:14.246-06:00Ice Storm 2011There is something about Zach and I that seems to bring about ice storms each January/February of the new year. Last year, we had <a href="http://zsdarling.blogspot.com/2010/02/ice-storm-2010.html">Ice Storm 2010 in Lawton</a>. That one, I have to admit, was worse on the trees and the house, but was not too terribly bad on the roads. This one was pretty bad on the roads.<br /><br /><br />What all started out as a pretty snow storm.....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpqBzrb8-9a3YIicI2iF7hpPb26tmpq_oTq6wOxJk3CaWFb9S1yL-kRvY59YpKROF76dx25u-wmdbl4dztoVX-dgnYyHV1Ywgu5u-ElhA8hmKsNAD2wLJ2rSPJtPwt3gphYSU62-o7es/s1600/CIMG3043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176697442588658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpqBzrb8-9a3YIicI2iF7hpPb26tmpq_oTq6wOxJk3CaWFb9S1yL-kRvY59YpKROF76dx25u-wmdbl4dztoVX-dgnYyHV1Ywgu5u-ElhA8hmKsNAD2wLJ2rSPJtPwt3gphYSU62-o7es/s400/CIMG3043.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjd7_CclOZXRW2Hvi2ynzrn7Zpd8zPYO77f9IBINPdCspIThwC3C9d9clXiXhQLPQXWn4e5FMJNXKr0zYCt_FEfWYI_mLkC2YFgn1i-qtDlKld2VoGaNNoWUaeqemkBNbSlbl6vFszF8/s1600/CIMG3045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176693096897602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjd7_CclOZXRW2Hvi2ynzrn7Zpd8zPYO77f9IBINPdCspIThwC3C9d9clXiXhQLPQXWn4e5FMJNXKr0zYCt_FEfWYI_mLkC2YFgn1i-qtDlKld2VoGaNNoWUaeqemkBNbSlbl6vFszF8/s400/CIMG3045.JPG" /></a> Aidan was already asleep by the time the snow hit.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXKyDcYPWMznlnGnNHqbyNhkYrBoWJttNBell_TnqXgHJR9kwDv1lvm03ejKQhVnzNzX89Gfrkq8zNFE-q_-LPVoi9JJfRERPB3f71CDpmsVbjAKxf3up6vpLILRT1kaoNxCcYBGQlvc/s1600/CIMG3047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176687650401698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXKyDcYPWMznlnGnNHqbyNhkYrBoWJttNBell_TnqXgHJR9kwDv1lvm03ejKQhVnzNzX89Gfrkq8zNFE-q_-LPVoi9JJfRERPB3f71CDpmsVbjAKxf3up6vpLILRT1kaoNxCcYBGQlvc/s400/CIMG3047.JPG" /></a> But we did take him out to play in the snow/ice for a few minutes the next day. He was not so sure about it....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzJDVwg42s4RuK7FiSu1q_7QQ-1-NCG2Q9M9PFy3QZTh2hsXht11sASJyebpG9fJFXHmd4JSzuk39I3jjvKaRdggVCuuLokst9c1faQDqyauu94OYG7LK1lq1UyLcegGpr8DtAUQZxq8/s1600/CIMG3051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176683134389250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzJDVwg42s4RuK7FiSu1q_7QQ-1-NCG2Q9M9PFy3QZTh2hsXht11sASJyebpG9fJFXHmd4JSzuk39I3jjvKaRdggVCuuLokst9c1faQDqyauu94OYG7LK1lq1UyLcegGpr8DtAUQZxq8/s400/CIMG3051.JPG" /></a> Again, is a little uneasy about this white stuff....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSPB9rcrJ5avc60gi8iSHg6rn-2bUgltIUb4n-zC6BuVGNpaUmBxC6wQfRSLBbrJO4IbOimwhzGBKPdhLEUJRXtTT4DePYftvj0Y5ieFXtbnwvDbriGOsdnHXdQJuE2QdyGhUhQn2m78/s1600/CIMG3052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176132068966786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSPB9rcrJ5avc60gi8iSHg6rn-2bUgltIUb4n-zC6BuVGNpaUmBxC6wQfRSLBbrJO4IbOimwhzGBKPdhLEUJRXtTT4DePYftvj0Y5ieFXtbnwvDbriGOsdnHXdQJuE2QdyGhUhQn2m78/s400/CIMG3052.JPG" /></a> Dad shows him how to eat it... followed by a face of a child who just ate a lemon.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRKeZb-BIkoDYSsyCxeI7-TLc8iOcxoOCff9EkTIwv2CAKAugbjqJPL-xQnVcHL33PGuC8FPHZn9m69DtG2B6QdAT1W3nA_2vuCNKp4ySIhygu0Tt6Rpl-kRIVIazNtDJbCmUPLsvNWQ/s1600/CIMG3054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176128445473458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRKeZb-BIkoDYSsyCxeI7-TLc8iOcxoOCff9EkTIwv2CAKAugbjqJPL-xQnVcHL33PGuC8FPHZn9m69DtG2B6QdAT1W3nA_2vuCNKp4ySIhygu0Tt6Rpl-kRIVIazNtDJbCmUPLsvNWQ/s400/CIMG3054.JPG" /></a> Looking like a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">pudge</span> in his snowsuit.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHm_f-0z4wns2XYpsQ_48SrwJVYNMr-oTIRY4yt6FvNYOW00Svn5swd1IiwxFJwlpcIwbJX8Ju4JU6FMWuoRPnjGrqbYti5Dw8Aot0jkEY2gliLMdP5Q2yNFTnuQx0pk-C1OCiI7OhYA/s1600/CIMG3057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176124037158930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHm_f-0z4wns2XYpsQ_48SrwJVYNMr-oTIRY4yt6FvNYOW00Svn5swd1IiwxFJwlpcIwbJX8Ju4JU6FMWuoRPnjGrqbYti5Dw8Aot0jkEY2gliLMdP5Q2yNFTnuQx0pk-C1OCiI7OhYA/s400/CIMG3057.JPG" /></a> Daddy and Aidan<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWhEC3032_8Lx1oY2sFyBXP0X9jVLX7bu-ww7Vvn5ng67Mzwsr8qcBhxuIXXws6ucwZG56Ne4ulzMxoqOxoKD2uHyDZkgqvHT5G36qZYXEJJg5_UCXP5OKF1MryVnllfDPnR14J554UQ/s1600/CIMG3061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176120524894578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWhEC3032_8Lx1oY2sFyBXP0X9jVLX7bu-ww7Vvn5ng67Mzwsr8qcBhxuIXXws6ucwZG56Ne4ulzMxoqOxoKD2uHyDZkgqvHT5G36qZYXEJJg5_UCXP5OKF1MryVnllfDPnR14J554UQ/s400/CIMG3061.JPG" /></a> Mommy and Aidan<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7bKFIlWeD2lLD6OumbZsHEQJTIcF_x_zvp-3yWIb4EXb5Xd-qq8CArOocN3BVQpgbk2H5HSulCpHFBBAe6cv6dSEpUhYdairZh95p7z-opSmM600zQKvhLqYbspm9U_Xva-LHIGVOq4/s1600/CIMG3058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563176115166215250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7bKFIlWeD2lLD6OumbZsHEQJTIcF_x_zvp-3yWIb4EXb5Xd-qq8CArOocN3BVQpgbk2H5HSulCpHFBBAe6cv6dSEpUhYdairZh95p7z-opSmM600zQKvhLqYbspm9U_Xva-LHIGVOq4/s400/CIMG3058.JPG" /></a> The whole family.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdu1iWOsXXGzb-HbzpU0DrcQu3ZK_bACzwCZ6KETX0KuL58MIVZ3uIuCvR-FDfJWoF2IkX-mT-2-RW7OrtBTWl2Qtdx-LF-2vBYdqsDjQYNXCaglw6qpLLd0aBC7w7rosCiZtkcg_Ba0/s1600/162883_893415570989_11818106_46277869_4113514_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563178271389929074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdu1iWOsXXGzb-HbzpU0DrcQu3ZK_bACzwCZ6KETX0KuL58MIVZ3uIuCvR-FDfJWoF2IkX-mT-2-RW7OrtBTWl2Qtdx-LF-2vBYdqsDjQYNXCaglw6qpLLd0aBC7w7rosCiZtkcg_Ba0/s400/162883_893415570989_11818106_46277869_4113514_n.jpg" /></a> Even Uncle Aaron was there to play.</div><div> </div><div align="left">Well, school was cancelled for a total of FIVE days straight, and we are out today for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">MLK</span> day. So Tuesday is going to be miserable!!! We have been in school for three days this semester and that was almost two weeks ago. I barely remember what I taught so I FOR SURE know that the students remember NOTHING so re-teach time. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">In the beginning of the week we were pretty much stuck inside and couldn't drive anywhere- so needless to say we had LOTS of beloved quality time. It was great to be home another week with Aidan and Zach. We did try to venture out a few days towards the end of the week. I decided to go to the mall to exchange a few things (exchange= successful ; traffic on way home = NIGHTMARE). It was starting to get dark on the way home, which means people start FREAKING out and decided to leave their brains at home. The highway was a nightmare so I decided to go <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">back roads</span>. Bad decision, about an hour down the road (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">approximately</span> 4 miles) there was a street shut down, so I had to turn around anyway and get on the highway. It took me about three hours to get home. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">We bought some new <a href="http://www.roomstogo.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=showRoom&roo_id=5502">furniture from Rooms to Go</a> so we had to get rid of the old couch that we had. On Friday we took it to Adam's house (Zach's brother) to keep in his basement until Aaron (other brother) wants it. Both Adam and Tiffany were at work (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>) and we tried to get the truck up the icy driveway- bad idea- it started sliding backwards so we had to carry the couch up the driveway (my arms still hurt- I'm not used to this heavy lifting anymore). </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Now that the ice storm is over- I am probably losing my nice long break in February to replace the snow days. Not exactly sure of it, but I am willing to put some money on it. Yuck.<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-6900511509954388872011-01-08T14:42:00.001-06:002011-01-08T14:45:30.316-06:00Life as We Know it is OVER!Aidan did a little crawl last night but then had to go to bed; however, this morning he apparently mastered it in his sleep because he was all over the place today. We still just prefer to crawl for food! <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_aU6LInAc-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_aU6LInAc-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-55579657127812605662011-01-06T16:05:00.002-06:002011-01-06T16:45:47.840-06:00I wish I was this funny all the time!<p>The first video I took a few nights ago. Mr. Darling found out that saying "ouch" made him laugh hysterically so I did for like an hour straight with him. Good thing I taped it too, cause as soon as Dad got home it wasn't funny anymore. Sorry to all of us teachers out there, you will have to watch this one at home since I am assuming you-tube is blocked.</p><p><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVvdOuq3vKk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVvdOuq3vKk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> </p><p>This next one is of him standing last night. He now feels comfortable by himself standing with help on a piece of furniture.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MiVMJLR7FyU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MiVMJLR7FyU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></p><p>Now we are taking it back.... WAY back. I forgot I never posted these on the blog so here you go! The first two of when Aidan is a week old trying out a pacifier. All he wants to do now with those things is chew on them like they are a toy.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x-ElHsesbjI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x-ElHsesbjI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7v5jNVtScB4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7v5jNVtScB4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></p><p>This is another one of Aidan as a week old. Crazy how much he has changed in so many ways.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E5tBtvb73Lo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E5tBtvb73Lo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></p><p>Last one is of Aidan when he is 3 weeks old finding his voice and can't figure out if he is mad or not.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dARwJcVF-Fk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dARwJcVF-Fk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /></p>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-12006744136426333562010-12-27T08:30:00.002-06:002010-12-29T15:40:42.269-06:00Christmas Morning Aidan StyleMiska Mouska Mickey Mouse! Aidan is an avid Mickey Mouse Clubhouse fan so Zach found him a little toy that talks to him. These are some Christmas morning pics!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGI-yByItMriW6v8SkJz0lxnC6TuZVtZgX7el5dygfPa45Uc2DrgO0rnLFhIXiGGs6RQJcUVkQXupxZERDJ_vvDM6Ry_4d4i9QTN4yJl9lzElRxQi6P0osxJKzKp-duNAtAeLiW46vsA/s1600/CIMG2992.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370963051595298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGI-yByItMriW6v8SkJz0lxnC6TuZVtZgX7el5dygfPa45Uc2DrgO0rnLFhIXiGGs6RQJcUVkQXupxZERDJ_vvDM6Ry_4d4i9QTN4yJl9lzElRxQi6P0osxJKzKp-duNAtAeLiW46vsA/s400/CIMG2992.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTiIN2kEY2IpAIRWuV44OdyuhYWJhG2uWAvkhcOQeiuSUIvPwHvAj8pyZ8AFpK4MfLw2J6_z3OXryK_fBBypa2BwpKK59G_bfgmvAHED6u09NSGc1b7xmS0SK2XeQJHUFVuKZ5-1HuRY/s1600/CIMG2993.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370954637214210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTiIN2kEY2IpAIRWuV44OdyuhYWJhG2uWAvkhcOQeiuSUIvPwHvAj8pyZ8AFpK4MfLw2J6_z3OXryK_fBBypa2BwpKK59G_bfgmvAHED6u09NSGc1b7xmS0SK2XeQJHUFVuKZ5-1HuRY/s400/CIMG2993.JPG" /></a> Loving his stocking<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyI77AxRhPIfq72CJkROCO7xEJt_M6kRb6RFKzmyK6chq48PrOOdq_-G1NyMXV3EESwDDwl_GAG1SUrbSWCXLrv5I9vZpTekP27Zuy0kRrc6IW6R2D88upyxZjVoRY-Op-IV61ZZa1fw8/s1600/CIMG2994.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370953128975378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyI77AxRhPIfq72CJkROCO7xEJt_M6kRb6RFKzmyK6chq48PrOOdq_-G1NyMXV3EESwDDwl_GAG1SUrbSWCXLrv5I9vZpTekP27Zuy0kRrc6IW6R2D88upyxZjVoRY-Op-IV61ZZa1fw8/s400/CIMG2994.JPG" /></a>Go Tigers!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6vzu9W2wLnOpmP7OH6yKCv0C3ItTBN2pxDdfdqUpsV6_nopg4tf9rO1JQoBtD46Oago4GzlncyuLVdxK8zXEKXXUowK1gXAfw2zt7SIvR83_ZApYPA7aQMzLBxi1ar78TkILwT_ZQBQ/s1600/CIMG2997.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370949395393810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6vzu9W2wLnOpmP7OH6yKCv0C3ItTBN2pxDdfdqUpsV6_nopg4tf9rO1JQoBtD46Oago4GzlncyuLVdxK8zXEKXXUowK1gXAfw2zt7SIvR83_ZApYPA7aQMzLBxi1ar78TkILwT_ZQBQ/s400/CIMG2997.JPG" /></a>Not sure why I forgot to rotate this one. But he apparently liked the baby food in his stocking.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFejweHd4fLSGatn29Ceufp67G7fS5t9AUfR6__rLzKnWLocDIN6n7FUP76XBEHT8uKoMqmoqhsIhNAmAq-rjTwf8KDTKgTalYVqqVxZEmzof9hdnj4sl0LIzrQVZ5L6jf35l_bwhfGxU/s1600/CIMG3000.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370944107562882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFejweHd4fLSGatn29Ceufp67G7fS5t9AUfR6__rLzKnWLocDIN6n7FUP76XBEHT8uKoMqmoqhsIhNAmAq-rjTwf8KDTKgTalYVqqVxZEmzof9hdnj4sl0LIzrQVZ5L6jf35l_bwhfGxU/s400/CIMG3000.JPG" /></a> More presents than Zach and I got ALL of Christmas :-)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyayEEtHsY4oAxQEqFS0qjZ5GOfE6EcK6j5af4ebWfHxpTgsOPYP6NOEv7I2RPxHj1o-dPzY8UBN5WdF7Dj3hN4dzA81O8Xh2FI_e64Zmo2iR6MTbuFisWM3pbE4R14Xtdxy3798QkOt4/s1600/CIMG3007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370312997907538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyayEEtHsY4oAxQEqFS0qjZ5GOfE6EcK6j5af4ebWfHxpTgsOPYP6NOEv7I2RPxHj1o-dPzY8UBN5WdF7Dj3hN4dzA81O8Xh2FI_e64Zmo2iR6MTbuFisWM3pbE4R14Xtdxy3798QkOt4/s400/CIMG3007.JPG" /></a>Helping Dad with the wrapping paper<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG8XtYinAhyXYXqfElNKJzE7UCfPUwEhPRDcChDvWykjEdgMsy9yx0FMPbmoDw0jg4UXMKNQP9TMkrlu-dvgF_bo8l9qCOuz3AkpaUY7EdyisjAT5rVC-kk1Lxo1UNkgqi9GVqmQNNH0/s1600/CIMG3009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370308354536098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG8XtYinAhyXYXqfElNKJzE7UCfPUwEhPRDcChDvWykjEdgMsy9yx0FMPbmoDw0jg4UXMKNQP9TMkrlu-dvgF_bo8l9qCOuz3AkpaUY7EdyisjAT5rVC-kk1Lxo1UNkgqi9GVqmQNNH0/s400/CIMG3009.JPG" /></a> Too many toys!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhZDLpSKW808gXFlgLpv3OAWmo_4IpVPHZN1j9x97n5z1z6Ni_4ScywtMbPTODrV_8tdubCE4Lm0HBUsDXMKv-ROS-oJcqSwmu5GX2o9zHNaVI2bRFr3M7zWJq-y1rz8WHFmxdJ42-XQ/s1600/CIMG3020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370298040547394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhZDLpSKW808gXFlgLpv3OAWmo_4IpVPHZN1j9x97n5z1z6Ni_4ScywtMbPTODrV_8tdubCE4Lm0HBUsDXMKv-ROS-oJcqSwmu5GX2o9zHNaVI2bRFr3M7zWJq-y1rz8WHFmxdJ42-XQ/s400/CIMG3020.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAOGpnEF59qWAVzqpv3mDvTrLAHVL9yEj2jTnHqZy3cdSJp23CVHQsiERZCQ21g57YM2SifpO9-wxdj-SbQw9cy54Y1_qB5a5Szs9YoScWQFkbZg7FAu_NJUtuNgu7pc1ujEt8Du32Ec/s1600/CIMG3024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370300829534610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAOGpnEF59qWAVzqpv3mDvTrLAHVL9yEj2jTnHqZy3cdSJp23CVHQsiERZCQ21g57YM2SifpO9-wxdj-SbQw9cy54Y1_qB5a5Szs9YoScWQFkbZg7FAu_NJUtuNgu7pc1ujEt8Du32Ec/s400/CIMG3024.JPG" /></a> Zach got a John Mayer DVD for Christmas...they both really liked it....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAfjct1DoGh4VR3iI1zsGWqSElAnGfiR2fVM4-tjlqvPeTunirGDhLQfoRhXlk7HTckeMe-9zoDLinZCJXWFFzI7_iYcBNAmUEpY9UfaH8UIxaiSh_3gC8aalo3wCBL0wT2eVLu5LgbU/s1600/CIMG3034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555370291303792194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAfjct1DoGh4VR3iI1zsGWqSElAnGfiR2fVM4-tjlqvPeTunirGDhLQfoRhXlk7HTckeMe-9zoDLinZCJXWFFzI7_iYcBNAmUEpY9UfaH8UIxaiSh_3gC8aalo3wCBL0wT2eVLu5LgbU/s400/CIMG3034.JPG" /></a> Jabba the Hut</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-9088910341737574882010-12-26T21:22:00.010-06:002010-12-26T22:19:28.710-06:00Choo Choo, College Tours, and MemphisMerry Christmas to me: Zach planned a whole little get-away to our favorite city of Chattanooga the night before we left for Memphis and Nashville. We stayed at the gorgeous <a href="http://www.choochoo.com/">Choo Choo Hotel </a>downtown (it's an old railway station that has been converted into a hotel. It is so amazing!). And he totally proved that he <em>listens</em> by taking me to the <a href="http://www.seerockcity.com/pages/Enchanted-Garden-of-Lights/">Enchanted Garden of Lights </a>at Rock City- I have been begging to do that!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SL8HqbULXhNp3hXvppKmrfpVdSzAwnkiG_PgnkALAbfAUTpdYi8pEC2Q2a3W2ngwBgOHOPXWBBm5gP6iafX2_In9lLjkiBDNG6QhU_v1kDOpo2aPohm_Zm8elWbBuIYr3AJZpuA7rzA/s1600/CIMG2851.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555202383526409186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SL8HqbULXhNp3hXvppKmrfpVdSzAwnkiG_PgnkALAbfAUTpdYi8pEC2Q2a3W2ngwBgOHOPXWBBm5gP6iafX2_In9lLjkiBDNG6QhU_v1kDOpo2aPohm_Zm8elWbBuIYr3AJZpuA7rzA/s400/CIMG2851.JPG" /></a> At this point it was about 30 degrees and dropping by the minute. </div><div align="center">(although you can't tell from what Zach is wearing)<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mpD-nCUXGCrjWTN3mqHVQOD22MCJyIswYXNYAC8gAytAbEJtoR8BoA7LG6EwjfHv0lFNkEs-BmbodkNTRrPBaslgyHOOsgQt41BR1MrukFQ7jMGYPsJP6hzu6cmYEQAZX4KoSgSQzEw/s1600/CIMG2887.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555202376777335746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mpD-nCUXGCrjWTN3mqHVQOD22MCJyIswYXNYAC8gAytAbEJtoR8BoA7LG6EwjfHv0lFNkEs-BmbodkNTRrPBaslgyHOOsgQt41BR1MrukFQ7jMGYPsJP6hzu6cmYEQAZX4KoSgSQzEw/s400/CIMG2887.JPG" /></a> This pic was actually taken at the end of the night and Aidan was so OVER it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnFmfkXmgm21ujIosrdmOcA8J_XYyWFlvWxWbw3M2oNhjXDfO0uA416RmNe3V5TyKRlOAuUSLm7dUaJSmQTQJEpjlyu1aoibAIQfndIiL6jTp0JZumTnCM6Pju8EKQxROsyIsL5s3yjY/s1600/CIMG2866.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555202374700148226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnFmfkXmgm21ujIosrdmOcA8J_XYyWFlvWxWbw3M2oNhjXDfO0uA416RmNe3V5TyKRlOAuUSLm7dUaJSmQTQJEpjlyu1aoibAIQfndIiL6jTp0JZumTnCM6Pju8EKQxROsyIsL5s3yjY/s400/CIMG2866.JPG" /></a> The whole thing was a lot of fun to walk through- they did a great job!</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgWsbJzpLqsUt9dSf_JnvU6at_alKIOxKGvknVVqt_gqOgDobwFKX4qKUZV19dohYvk4IalpHE7vHfpDsdIU_LGtTlB0GIRSqjbhg-7k8LAh_c33qDQUHJgKW_DlxK1oh1D6SpKKIHVY/s1600/CIMG2868.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555202370603543250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgWsbJzpLqsUt9dSf_JnvU6at_alKIOxKGvknVVqt_gqOgDobwFKX4qKUZV19dohYvk4IalpHE7vHfpDsdIU_LGtTlB0GIRSqjbhg-7k8LAh_c33qDQUHJgKW_DlxK1oh1D6SpKKIHVY/s400/CIMG2868.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFfGD7I6fkd6TgVI_Fsaq95ByUp3ahGVTD49GO2UhHdAtTAASAcy-HF-CGuYJiuFiLbvOi7claMCG-8nzS4yx76Tq6icxZDqrsP8TOxMt5CqtC8YqqHSHNhj3seCPG8y6vcBcmWlrIzQ/s1600/CIMG2876.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201870538561186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFfGD7I6fkd6TgVI_Fsaq95ByUp3ahGVTD49GO2UhHdAtTAASAcy-HF-CGuYJiuFiLbvOi7claMCG-8nzS4yx76Tq6icxZDqrsP8TOxMt5CqtC8YqqHSHNhj3seCPG8y6vcBcmWlrIzQ/s400/CIMG2876.JPG" /></a> Aidan actually looking at the camera = success<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWlcrVs1hHP30AOQe2cz9zQ91xIdghvDHTa_vFFiNqKn1FHEg0HaVZGFcy2oLQmqoGG3Tq9m6hFqaLQykBbstmfAAx2etOsC6Wce_mrhTftWEGbo36BGRBb0FdeB1LT2EeeVIQ8dPeTU/s1600/CIMG2893.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201726069454898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWlcrVs1hHP30AOQe2cz9zQ91xIdghvDHTa_vFFiNqKn1FHEg0HaVZGFcy2oLQmqoGG3Tq9m6hFqaLQykBbstmfAAx2etOsC6Wce_mrhTftWEGbo36BGRBb0FdeB1LT2EeeVIQ8dPeTU/s400/CIMG2893.JPG" /></a>Favorite picture of the night.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjzgBadod4HHAZxZtsVIQ7cvd1QcGoArZR7cZ-nqterT5isfQ_o1rk2kV9venjhILrzB2rAdVWCh_DvJXKhXJ-nwC08_clU4WYba2OHuyMTfBB9JZw9-GLPQ5cjgqMp0H1TmeiayEHe0/s1600/CIMG2899.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201722842439666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjzgBadod4HHAZxZtsVIQ7cvd1QcGoArZR7cZ-nqterT5isfQ_o1rk2kV9venjhILrzB2rAdVWCh_DvJXKhXJ-nwC08_clU4WYba2OHuyMTfBB9JZw9-GLPQ5cjgqMp0H1TmeiayEHe0/s400/CIMG2899.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIcBrTf8IlTOsZ-nRAEycutAgodkUVitk7-TXxDQIJzrFs42pQcjQiQ-wLtpYn96IGWv-RYgfoNFVqVRK2DsTuVHTCZoL1Zk4f2Nf5YM5gQyWzHhgALu6PGH-CjaubtVVK1JEP31NGhQ/s1600/CIMG2901.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201713874768082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIcBrTf8IlTOsZ-nRAEycutAgodkUVitk7-TXxDQIJzrFs42pQcjQiQ-wLtpYn96IGWv-RYgfoNFVqVRK2DsTuVHTCZoL1Zk4f2Nf5YM5gQyWzHhgALu6PGH-CjaubtVVK1JEP31NGhQ/s400/CIMG2901.JPG" /></a> Whole family in front of the Fairy Land Caverns.</div><div>Aidan kept leaning to the left the whole night- my left shoulder started hurting!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIr_jAK88aF-VMGR9uJhqAwYzfAMEAzKc49uW2JT7G2-OfJYNtCRP62Y_nTPIKauhNaUWhPXIenSzAG7janeLX3vhN2u-R7kJmg37nvw-q5zxc1YX4aGcj467GtZcQC_RnblC_cAuZ5-A/s1600/CIMG2932.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201708507799394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIr_jAK88aF-VMGR9uJhqAwYzfAMEAzKc49uW2JT7G2-OfJYNtCRP62Y_nTPIKauhNaUWhPXIenSzAG7janeLX3vhN2u-R7kJmg37nvw-q5zxc1YX4aGcj467GtZcQC_RnblC_cAuZ5-A/s400/CIMG2932.JPG" /></a> On our way to Nashville Aidan started getting cranky = food time! So, we stopped off at the exit that MTSU is off of. So we figured we would make a mini-stop out of it and go see the campus and stadium.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo7P_m1oYNvET6iM2QYVlw9fRde3wDeX0SVW1Xa6T_w3FCg5X3R9ba0RDPySQzpxruG-4pG_8cIJ6gQFEFha4nQrlsQOFNMv5QhNNm79HX054HVD4BXO-r2doBHVK46xMBs8ni9jgLSg/s1600/CIMG2926.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201704404766946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo7P_m1oYNvET6iM2QYVlw9fRde3wDeX0SVW1Xa6T_w3FCg5X3R9ba0RDPySQzpxruG-4pG_8cIJ6gQFEFha4nQrlsQOFNMv5QhNNm79HX054HVD4BXO-r2doBHVK46xMBs8ni9jgLSg/s400/CIMG2926.JPG" /></a> Here it is~<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidH6YAe6nAu3rs5i6jr1bY9DGH7495b0Auv0snKqsrqUdrU_CVlKbV80jj-YPj7Kq_KwApyB2u_dgsi1AcIqeRVcy0eo944eZWw-ObUbzdIMp0AAEH6rqoetPxf1PcsEccXVoKAp70ZW0/s1600/CIMG2934.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201085352466850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidH6YAe6nAu3rs5i6jr1bY9DGH7495b0Auv0snKqsrqUdrU_CVlKbV80jj-YPj7Kq_KwApyB2u_dgsi1AcIqeRVcy0eo944eZWw-ObUbzdIMp0AAEH6rqoetPxf1PcsEccXVoKAp70ZW0/s400/CIMG2934.JPG" /></a>In Nashville we stayed the night with Sherry and John and got to see Kathleen and Mickey. It was so good to see them since it has been TOO long since the last time!</div><div>Since Zach has a thing about seeing all of the SEC stadiums we had to drive by Vandy and check it out too. Aidan is starting the college tours early!<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQ9Lvai4dEzC8OaP8WLrT0xREFXw52ZdXHffBP7sDH0zS80taNc1XcnnVAOyEFu_Yz6kjrkSxLjU3NRumM-Lv6WfT4WxglbAFbMNkE3V7Qaaq78-QXS9m9bNffX-3MmEkpH4PxPiOzOw/s1600/CIMG2939.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201080343137442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQ9Lvai4dEzC8OaP8WLrT0xREFXw52ZdXHffBP7sDH0zS80taNc1XcnnVAOyEFu_Yz6kjrkSxLjU3NRumM-Lv6WfT4WxglbAFbMNkE3V7Qaaq78-QXS9m9bNffX-3MmEkpH4PxPiOzOw/s400/CIMG2939.JPG" /></a> The stadium<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil228pMgAVXB5vdbEfir8c91r_xbK73eelvZuT-Jzj_NXR1VFwkAixiP7HlHMwgAlw02j14dzt0rCRJeNvhmy2-XbiruBN8Ms8KbW0-LrtLN2fPf6KLwTgxPcvM0lnB_q6gELrIWh5OX8/s1600/CIMG2940.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201077939338498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil228pMgAVXB5vdbEfir8c91r_xbK73eelvZuT-Jzj_NXR1VFwkAixiP7HlHMwgAlw02j14dzt0rCRJeNvhmy2-XbiruBN8Ms8KbW0-LrtLN2fPf6KLwTgxPcvM0lnB_q6gELrIWh5OX8/s400/CIMG2940.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEGikqV1dsOLotO4MwlU1dOMqTXNpmexwUAVUUnS4Zyzf_VM6ntPf3mk3q8EnZkObKHV2Lctji0YK2IQ4S5k901JEJXZHLDmE2bXwC2hTFuzSVTzTM1zFUW07zEjIg4vSq0R3plDxo2c/s1600/CIMG2943.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201072723570562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEGikqV1dsOLotO4MwlU1dOMqTXNpmexwUAVUUnS4Zyzf_VM6ntPf3mk3q8EnZkObKHV2Lctji0YK2IQ4S5k901JEJXZHLDmE2bXwC2hTFuzSVTzTM1zFUW07zEjIg4vSq0R3plDxo2c/s400/CIMG2943.JPG" /></a> Pretty cool wall mural on the way out of town.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVovSMppLeSQmXlQyiVpYiq-wkqPvI_GuxvkgmamvLtih1_TnxxCRSXyBl0TUFPNuDJC0dbsBRGmMNk5pnzqPt3SBTKNGjV4qmDJQeXt4u4PHRMUpf_rFIoI6o2R6WUaITPeHT_tIB-I/s1600/CIMG2946.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555201067504146162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVovSMppLeSQmXlQyiVpYiq-wkqPvI_GuxvkgmamvLtih1_TnxxCRSXyBl0TUFPNuDJC0dbsBRGmMNk5pnzqPt3SBTKNGjV4qmDJQeXt4u4PHRMUpf_rFIoI6o2R6WUaITPeHT_tIB-I/s400/CIMG2946.JPG" /></a> Off to the FedEx Forum to see the Tigers play Corpus Christi on Monday night.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IR5OCqPLz-13kYKzO-iK2FSoqA8AvcwpsTKzD9XJ8OefPklevTbsuRc2AbJwFxzHgRptFXmdzphZpGp8pEtYtSdywZR-DXDj28H5F_3_UZKdclsZYmp_puMAKXhOMWEtA6PMRJYsr8w/s1600/CIMG2955.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555200527829028306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IR5OCqPLz-13kYKzO-iK2FSoqA8AvcwpsTKzD9XJ8OefPklevTbsuRc2AbJwFxzHgRptFXmdzphZpGp8pEtYtSdywZR-DXDj28H5F_3_UZKdclsZYmp_puMAKXhOMWEtA6PMRJYsr8w/s400/CIMG2955.JPG" /></a> Before we went to the game, Emily, Ally, Zach and I went to Silky's on Beale Street where we met a nice man who has been sober for 19 months :-) </div><div></div><div>Also, Dear Morgan Freeman: (since he is an avid reader of the ZSDarling blog) can you please update your website to say that your restaurant on Beale Street has been closed for TWO YEARS??? We had great plans and had already checked out your menu- come to find out your restaurant no longer exists even thought the outside light was still on.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKzjBDx4SkGXELcyCO4ngEg5jwtkHMI-ALUVqZX3kspFGP5cc2SwiqlmkSx8Fu6PFnaowtowbyEOPcL5eQktTUPj5dQefNW8sO11qWiSr4-Oy5uFG1zvJG3y338r794aMMPw8_R87vuU/s1600/CIMG2957.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555200522309991458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKzjBDx4SkGXELcyCO4ngEg5jwtkHMI-ALUVqZX3kspFGP5cc2SwiqlmkSx8Fu6PFnaowtowbyEOPcL5eQktTUPj5dQefNW8sO11qWiSr4-Oy5uFG1zvJG3y338r794aMMPw8_R87vuU/s400/CIMG2957.JPG" /></a> Emily and Ally at the game<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykY2LLPAHFvdH8s1dmVTnm1ysJwNYirTsP6AQFlNDDH3l5WzrmfVkN52Wue5UtKthqNYiI1iZjfcWmSN4u_kGsh66k0C4grkrMAWhTzUce8wRQ8fpu2zNoyeG0MQwxPMyBOhVrHbvKPQ/s1600/CIMG2960.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555200521124595234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykY2LLPAHFvdH8s1dmVTnm1ysJwNYirTsP6AQFlNDDH3l5WzrmfVkN52Wue5UtKthqNYiI1iZjfcWmSN4u_kGsh66k0C4grkrMAWhTzUce8wRQ8fpu2zNoyeG0MQwxPMyBOhVrHbvKPQ/s400/CIMG2960.JPG" /></a> Seriously Memphis? This is your performance going into Georgetown on Thursday?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYu0HD3R_6li9NC8MNVgHxeyT9FSN2iqtfYqTizbtrycBUccBG7kBfcKS6LLZ7UYfb2NYm1a8RqhfWexMKLaT_5KXdJA25RuDyWjhFHSiPMEN2yQZCeoPOeUIWL6C1BeXff1gZo4P2lcU/s1600/CIMG2958.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555200513433189938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYu0HD3R_6li9NC8MNVgHxeyT9FSN2iqtfYqTizbtrycBUccBG7kBfcKS6LLZ7UYfb2NYm1a8RqhfWexMKLaT_5KXdJA25RuDyWjhFHSiPMEN2yQZCeoPOeUIWL6C1BeXff1gZo4P2lcU/s400/CIMG2958.JPG" /></a> Zach and I at the game.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeJ3Jb4LUIFWWcHYYR3vC3k7BESniqSsAb66UWO8Oha-Y6RlUah-CGdhEaWiYx7pJbpLf0SNRp7hylHA4d59vwo9bW9i1-w4TcgPx_AbEDfM5wIew_sfhsC_Dp9My1YWOm03JK4sY7VA/s1600/CIMG2963.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555200510679032130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeJ3Jb4LUIFWWcHYYR3vC3k7BESniqSsAb66UWO8Oha-Y6RlUah-CGdhEaWiYx7pJbpLf0SNRp7hylHA4d59vwo9bW9i1-w4TcgPx_AbEDfM5wIew_sfhsC_Dp9My1YWOm03JK4sY7VA/s400/CIMG2963.JPG" /></a>Funniest thing I have seen in a while at the Tiger bookstore.</div><div>A pic of Calipari (the old coach at Memphis who totally jumped ship and went to Kentucky and never got even a slap on the wrist for all the crap he violated yet Memphis got all their wins taken away the year they went to the Finals- boo Calipari!)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXRhSurwRw5-4FVIqS-d_pzpE1QMYiYr1Kp1qHK2__zyX_Zpo8OmuslXH8zZeg-RYuuZFIMA0a33hzlP87aSaArumgjMSwt0TNf4M9BNKITf3FXYLOqTMSb-xAZ2W9wr15VAm7P-GO8A/s1600/CIMG2964.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199812690813106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXRhSurwRw5-4FVIqS-d_pzpE1QMYiYr1Kp1qHK2__zyX_Zpo8OmuslXH8zZeg-RYuuZFIMA0a33hzlP87aSaArumgjMSwt0TNf4M9BNKITf3FXYLOqTMSb-xAZ2W9wr15VAm7P-GO8A/s400/CIMG2964.JPG" /></a> Finishing out the college tour.</div><div>My mom and dad both went to Rhodes and played basketball there in Memphis.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTB4zW5-nDI9zrQG27lsnCG5Mfo5VbZzXYge5GkGcTcq4kUV1_GIqRSsdj7L3BtNB2F8dBwHBT_H0Fe-tnGOXKiKRJzpt24UmrYZQvzDHfgyl4wfZGmIQ90TZfvdSKuF5M2rsZvWQWzZw/s1600/CIMG2961.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199816555456690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTB4zW5-nDI9zrQG27lsnCG5Mfo5VbZzXYge5GkGcTcq4kUV1_GIqRSsdj7L3BtNB2F8dBwHBT_H0Fe-tnGOXKiKRJzpt24UmrYZQvzDHfgyl4wfZGmIQ90TZfvdSKuF5M2rsZvWQWzZw/s400/CIMG2961.JPG" /></a> Papa and Aidan in the Memphis Tiger gear- complete with a basketball rattle.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKpp5jzImqmklebIEjhH1LEqP3cvucuvdYueZhjXEWtMIjZMT5mctKmtdYndNIddnoAWrlXz2WBFL8zg16LjQbWUK1n5FO_Jt5wLJjZuMfUY8BmVdiWAjZsPER_ywSopuehyphenhyphenKLzR3QRM/s1600/CIMG2971.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199810964005106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKpp5jzImqmklebIEjhH1LEqP3cvucuvdYueZhjXEWtMIjZMT5mctKmtdYndNIddnoAWrlXz2WBFL8zg16LjQbWUK1n5FO_Jt5wLJjZuMfUY8BmVdiWAjZsPER_ywSopuehyphenhyphenKLzR3QRM/s400/CIMG2971.JPG" /></a> Memphis Christmas.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuex5FzI6LREUXgZnQxRjD8yv3YK3OXLkuJfxORDzqX_llbpruPNyghyphenhyphenQRQ3WjTpW2T_ohJcAKBmW789lO5z4xCSJyHOYOM4pJLfLLXfx6We_RUlsX-hClzi0W9KHfsGO7VmlYKPgye8/s1600/CIMG2965.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199804077558242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuex5FzI6LREUXgZnQxRjD8yv3YK3OXLkuJfxORDzqX_llbpruPNyghyphenhyphenQRQ3WjTpW2T_ohJcAKBmW789lO5z4xCSJyHOYOM4pJLfLLXfx6We_RUlsX-hClzi0W9KHfsGO7VmlYKPgye8/s400/CIMG2965.JPG" /></a> Nana and Aidan (his great-grandmother)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzzp0WUfx249vEi4wsRXpdhMyBc4XMm7bVZZOK6rR3gHfMHR0PcCS1nsFrYRA2bRO01ihqqnjdt2I-vaV4J2FGazguU7O6nijaYbPBlEwooSDY60UGv_diT3Pehu5aXQXNJb0ooQHNHU/s1600/CIMG2968.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199803456608226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzzp0WUfx249vEi4wsRXpdhMyBc4XMm7bVZZOK6rR3gHfMHR0PcCS1nsFrYRA2bRO01ihqqnjdt2I-vaV4J2FGazguU7O6nijaYbPBlEwooSDY60UGv_diT3Pehu5aXQXNJb0ooQHNHU/s400/CIMG2968.JPG" /></a> 4 generations. Dad, Nana, Aidan, and me.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPqO0BXvWdYqDXyNhEtHDbqAcajAEUC6TI7TKNcicHAePsNJJk1iB9R76dZy5SNSh5zUr3c4w5zxnqSKEkox0zp8szMZuGYppAZqFkT307R3spBOz6GWdoPH8gTpmLjITFiHVdWebkhU/s1600/CIMG2972.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199032042997186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPqO0BXvWdYqDXyNhEtHDbqAcajAEUC6TI7TKNcicHAePsNJJk1iB9R76dZy5SNSh5zUr3c4w5zxnqSKEkox0zp8szMZuGYppAZqFkT307R3spBOz6GWdoPH8gTpmLjITFiHVdWebkhU/s400/CIMG2972.JPG" /></a> More Christmas<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf1lPgqmruQD2If1xALBChpZum-gOdv47J13-WYbDt85w_5oyGIFymRFu7M3XT_gk7M55LLRgx4VaZYGGZHKmc4jLU71eF0QutaSm0HhqaakBdFKPKhxqWRMiAmh-G89GC0IsZSV4Cco/s1600/CIMG2976.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199027244802802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf1lPgqmruQD2If1xALBChpZum-gOdv47J13-WYbDt85w_5oyGIFymRFu7M3XT_gk7M55LLRgx4VaZYGGZHKmc4jLU71eF0QutaSm0HhqaakBdFKPKhxqWRMiAmh-G89GC0IsZSV4Cco/s400/CIMG2976.JPG" /></a> Modeling the new backpack/book. SO cute!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3STPbAtTiJ2gwcA5y_tis5gN1udB86Tda-x13fustf4m_Y82p3wClXpHSuNs3lRk_pXkbLtu5IPvRgBqMbeZK8Gc2u4VkI5QVQLwW0i2yMWgiejN71iC87lCq2lmxZNyAcE7TCjCkjzs/s1600/CIMG2975.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199024286586370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3STPbAtTiJ2gwcA5y_tis5gN1udB86Tda-x13fustf4m_Y82p3wClXpHSuNs3lRk_pXkbLtu5IPvRgBqMbeZK8Gc2u4VkI5QVQLwW0i2yMWgiejN71iC87lCq2lmxZNyAcE7TCjCkjzs/s400/CIMG2975.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0KWekIRyB3Te6aIWeI1YiXVUBsa-FFiw52FpfHHW-VoaAI2WrhkybWT8FEApARmCk4Pe3u1aX_1tLVVEGOHF1fyO-lcXy4HJ5towQdsbnBhD1mswl-fuvxdE0nanTmrtEd35jyF2wW4/s1600/CIMG2977.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199018213581666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0KWekIRyB3Te6aIWeI1YiXVUBsa-FFiw52FpfHHW-VoaAI2WrhkybWT8FEApARmCk4Pe3u1aX_1tLVVEGOHF1fyO-lcXy4HJ5towQdsbnBhD1mswl-fuvxdE0nanTmrtEd35jyF2wW4/s400/CIMG2977.JPG" /></a> Puppy dog from the Andersons </div><div>(he slept with it the whole way home from Memphis)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUlER0Tkn13q1tw9j9Cb3l1d-9bgGqvTCb2SVqzUUcnPQzfGqBr0I05oa8aGZ6ybY31SkR7-vlwLlglK3CBUqSzpguB8P0Was4AGBYiVnrjBITuHb4xGvf4Am1LFJLCSxMiQ-AH7C1tc/s1600/CIMG2978.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555199014673372930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUlER0Tkn13q1tw9j9Cb3l1d-9bgGqvTCb2SVqzUUcnPQzfGqBr0I05oa8aGZ6ybY31SkR7-vlwLlglK3CBUqSzpguB8P0Was4AGBYiVnrjBITuHb4xGvf4Am1LFJLCSxMiQ-AH7C1tc/s400/CIMG2978.JPG" /></a> Papa and Aidan</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295928414092591370.post-38452475807886082552010-12-05T07:45:00.004-06:002010-12-05T07:55:53.459-06:00'Tis the SeasonAidan Christamas Photo Session by mommy!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuvls0JmcZ3xZYDGZo54MZQ_aqVkVsBlIQuaKdRNwj8ISxUQGfJTQRiKLvUTi7K2SuYW3EXaVomo03CzvJihfpCJ2PBe3UveTnNpq3FSjtQzAxMsQdgJE6NAMklTRoTwrFNYrjPzgEys/s1600/aidan_Christmas_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195748144149026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuvls0JmcZ3xZYDGZo54MZQ_aqVkVsBlIQuaKdRNwj8ISxUQGfJTQRiKLvUTi7K2SuYW3EXaVomo03CzvJihfpCJ2PBe3UveTnNpq3FSjtQzAxMsQdgJE6NAMklTRoTwrFNYrjPzgEys/s400/aidan_Christmas_1.jpg" /></a> He has found his feet now!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRTlKLImG1cwxtxMl8pRmE-MBtiTuVXrb60tUAIhFqGyKUcn2jY6xewGhjGlzjDCwh0ire8bmmhu27vTA97lwqJ7L2s_54kN0d5VscKOSjZFfeMbHHmNdwDOo6WGCCq8Tx0gNLZCUiZ4/s1600/aidan_Christmas_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195744267812642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRTlKLImG1cwxtxMl8pRmE-MBtiTuVXrb60tUAIhFqGyKUcn2jY6xewGhjGlzjDCwh0ire8bmmhu27vTA97lwqJ7L2s_54kN0d5VscKOSjZFfeMbHHmNdwDOo6WGCCq8Tx0gNLZCUiZ4/s400/aidan_Christmas_2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7059qv9pyzeGpyl6KJN8TwJSUWdFcOOR6vZJBk7OcdITdBz3rGQFTjdIXRODILMncsyGWWhJnu1XG9ccORRzKMorNyae46CFnALht-5iHT69giEeNoORvpynr2fKHw5OLWx1FDgSPD0/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195738658847938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7059qv9pyzeGpyl6KJN8TwJSUWdFcOOR6vZJBk7OcdITdBz3rGQFTjdIXRODILMncsyGWWhJnu1XG9ccORRzKMorNyae46CFnALht-5iHT69giEeNoORvpynr2fKHw5OLWx1FDgSPD0/s400/Aidan_Christmas_3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP44w9eSvV7U7UQsEtHPMaqbRk52ZrXv_lYZUFiqRNHG_5fHUsCSQaDgM_yvpVUCcmJpzBPpwfq92K7u1xurR_A-z5ZGGGQz-xJ8nNIQEhYZdRiVzOtecjcUx7VfWLBV26bWTT20vWPg/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195580096801842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP44w9eSvV7U7UQsEtHPMaqbRk52ZrXv_lYZUFiqRNHG_5fHUsCSQaDgM_yvpVUCcmJpzBPpwfq92K7u1xurR_A-z5ZGGGQz-xJ8nNIQEhYZdRiVzOtecjcUx7VfWLBV26bWTT20vWPg/s400/Aidan_Christmas_4.jpg" /></a>Already eating the ornament<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOug0NQhqSpRabIYVgjS14nDR8_dgGstVbHZOaA-h_Ym5ak0sNaDK8Lkhno_J-DxtNUUmHHP9MocN8_EnJg-siot-PeZUNFwGfEObKUGkgP9u6V4sLvS2OfseDgIAFOYaVaovB9B4HcZ8/s1600/Aidan_CHristmas_5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195575157423138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOug0NQhqSpRabIYVgjS14nDR8_dgGstVbHZOaA-h_Ym5ak0sNaDK8Lkhno_J-DxtNUUmHHP9MocN8_EnJg-siot-PeZUNFwGfEObKUGkgP9u6V4sLvS2OfseDgIAFOYaVaovB9B4HcZ8/s400/Aidan_CHristmas_5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK-2eqgzZAI3ftDt-0vnxQiHRVeUlCtKTsmNWXtklkdMDx5tvNyXSSbDrmNsD3SimlL8vvL51s9LE2ZuKivr8oIotwp5CYyj_dYfJKS9BHVV6mz5TuOVxXgUF3mt-rkGf86vQeQAGiI8/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195568825708498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK-2eqgzZAI3ftDt-0vnxQiHRVeUlCtKTsmNWXtklkdMDx5tvNyXSSbDrmNsD3SimlL8vvL51s9LE2ZuKivr8oIotwp5CYyj_dYfJKS9BHVV6mz5TuOVxXgUF3mt-rkGf86vQeQAGiI8/s400/Aidan_Christmas_6.jpg" /></a> Really wants that ornament so....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG24m-fSl3qlhe02qx8iTBFHznJLG9t1rDnflTHKEFTRohSQqKpawX3h5RL_iqRwCKqaFVb3IqUV3a53TPQJQ1u_-shsXZccpTIFITl-gaTIhM3cyc1G_6dkzLuGe3n1S4CVjG4lE2sk/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195563337755730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG24m-fSl3qlhe02qx8iTBFHznJLG9t1rDnflTHKEFTRohSQqKpawX3h5RL_iqRwCKqaFVb3IqUV3a53TPQJQ1u_-shsXZccpTIFITl-gaTIhM3cyc1G_6dkzLuGe3n1S4CVjG4lE2sk/s400/Aidan_Christmas_7.jpg" /></a> ....he falls <em>at </em>it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBnqoJpz2ejAfjOWrBI2O7qKYw_vPmGMM-rZB9rLzGI5FRKO_ux5fvxpxbxLzZO9lBXOvbHf4wwnzeBh2q37UKmvVK6ZSW35KdoGoG-cy_HBFu03l2pvD9yX9fZJ_95LHY5AAcWn6ROs/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195557181868482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBnqoJpz2ejAfjOWrBI2O7qKYw_vPmGMM-rZB9rLzGI5FRKO_ux5fvxpxbxLzZO9lBXOvbHf4wwnzeBh2q37UKmvVK6ZSW35KdoGoG-cy_HBFu03l2pvD9yX9fZJ_95LHY5AAcWn6ROs/s400/Aidan_Christmas_8.jpg" /></a>Really wants that out of his face so.....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUxfKrlHSR5_C_DUpUv433uX9M_nzNKfNnrXQ55kPE2udVF3TA_giGu74EKIYbHNJYXmtDwrqZNgs8-9jkStLJG8szn2qZLxqApsLIDqHpm1sNWiOiledfokecBXX1m3RgOVqke9rhRk/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195333829222802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUxfKrlHSR5_C_DUpUv433uX9M_nzNKfNnrXQ55kPE2udVF3TA_giGu74EKIYbHNJYXmtDwrqZNgs8-9jkStLJG8szn2qZLxqApsLIDqHpm1sNWiOiledfokecBXX1m3RgOVqke9rhRk/s400/Aidan_Christmas_9.jpg" /></a> ....he <em>eats</em> it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk45BvJVuRMjd-5K59NUGW176_3xv8uOk5WVgq3zDOPdYbey6L5ljNpjjd2imcI97bErc8lSI0-6CoQnJsCGEAVdJaWrBP6EA3Qff-PbIE24Vif7ASqDR5jPnRVDthDVSv8swXAJpcih0/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195334264593522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk45BvJVuRMjd-5K59NUGW176_3xv8uOk5WVgq3zDOPdYbey6L5ljNpjjd2imcI97bErc8lSI0-6CoQnJsCGEAVdJaWrBP6EA3Qff-PbIE24Vif7ASqDR5jPnRVDthDVSv8swXAJpcih0/s400/Aidan_Christmas_10.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFtLCrjLviSUtO6XbyN0bM5O5jJHNjccXC_myhLLyebdQDqAWzQvSJIdUC9iw_mI13Zs_6HJFUlAs0xonXOxoYRyf_QQezRWMljW2R2Id-JzGukEuy3wsqkCfrZ4HZznmlBTHU0T84ag/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195329371425186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFtLCrjLviSUtO6XbyN0bM5O5jJHNjccXC_myhLLyebdQDqAWzQvSJIdUC9iw_mI13Zs_6HJFUlAs0xonXOxoYRyf_QQezRWMljW2R2Id-JzGukEuy3wsqkCfrZ4HZznmlBTHU0T84ag/s400/Aidan_Christmas_11.jpg" /></a> Surprise!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCC9U5D3UGss1b1BJyIL-28wzEsFYevUWrEjpWGXJjscrD7_CkeD1Y3yn3eWpKGdUWYzjfQ5-ybcOpniBZ21F1eZvpVVxPP_okC-9LAI2TvwX48WtXz4TZNXmDJOTuuIRHJftBqb4Kwo/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195322022803506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCC9U5D3UGss1b1BJyIL-28wzEsFYevUWrEjpWGXJjscrD7_CkeD1Y3yn3eWpKGdUWYzjfQ5-ybcOpniBZ21F1eZvpVVxPP_okC-9LAI2TvwX48WtXz4TZNXmDJOTuuIRHJftBqb4Kwo/s400/Aidan_Christmas_12.jpg" /></a>So cute!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJjmBU3WUQ2QDrPYN72nPVYZrJDC_aGS1HNg2Ew-6VBjgZTfJS0pBvTtTsJJ81GMyW7kp8HZQKcZmippvX919LUN_HqDRWhTe71CLQyog37GBxxf0H3Gyx3oAq8R0wfjmKQlptduf6Rw/s1600/Aidan_Christmas_13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547195322617405986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJjmBU3WUQ2QDrPYN72nPVYZrJDC_aGS1HNg2Ew-6VBjgZTfJS0pBvTtTsJJ81GMyW7kp8HZQKcZmippvX919LUN_HqDRWhTe71CLQyog37GBxxf0H3Gyx3oAq8R0wfjmKQlptduf6Rw/s400/Aidan_Christmas_13.jpg" /></a> The official conclusion of the photo session!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shawn Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701727585941533075noreply@blogger.com0