Christmas/Aiden's First pee in the Potty!!/Baby Update

For some reason all my pictures are backwards so ill just go in the order they are in. Aiden got a Toys r Us gift card from my uncle and i decided to get him a potty chair with it since he didn't have one yet. All the next day he didn't do anything in it even though he liked sitting on it. Then the next morning Cody was getting ready for work and Aiden woke up so he took him straight to the potty and yes he peed! It sure was a lot of pee but he did it! That night before his shower i sat him on it while i was getting everything ready then he stood up and looked in the potty and yet again he had peed! I of course was so excited calling him a big boy and singing Aiden peed in the potty lol. Twice in one day is pretty good if i say so myself! For Christmas Eve we went to my moms house for dinner. It's like our family's little tradition of eating polish food and doing polish traditions. After that we head over to my grandmas to open presents. I didn't have my camera so i didn't take any pictures. Christmas morning we opened our gifts and Aiden is still not into unwrapping things. He does like the gifts he gets though! His favorite out of everything was a talking lightning mcqueen car that daddy got for him. Then we went to my other grandmas house for lunch and opening gifts there. I got a new camera from my bro in law so i only got a few pictures of that. It was a very nice Holiday spent with family and eating yummy food! I am so sad that it is over but very excited that next year there will be a new little one to spend it with!

All the cousins from my dad's side of the family. Starting from the left back row: Brionna, Robin(brother),me, John(brother), and Vikki(sister) Front row: Ryan, Cara, Christopher, Aiden, Melanie, and Gavin

My dad and Aiden playing with his soccer ball.

Me helping Aiden open up his presents.


BABY UPDATE

When i was pregnant with Aiden i went to my Mom's work and we "took a peek" inside. She is a labor and delivery nurse so she had a little ultrasound machine to play with. I was 19 weeks along with Aiden when i went in. Unfortunately we couldn't see anything but him crossing his legs and covering himself with his hands lol. So the day after Christmas (i was exactly 16 weeks)my mom invited me to come in again and we got to see our little munchkin! The little guy waved to us and was dancing all over the place! I cant feel anything yet though but he sure was moving! I have been saying "he" because we were able to see between the legs and it looked a lot like Aiden's ultrasound when we found out he was a boy! So what Cody is saying is that we are 95% sure it is another boy. We wont find out officially for another month so there is still that 5% chance its a girl. But from what i saw i believe we are having another boy =]

Cookies Cookies Everywhere!!

Well not really. I only made one batch of 3 cookies. Compared to my mom who makes 24 different types of cookies and doubles the recipe for each one. About a month ago i made a raspberry cream cheese breakfast pastry which was yummy! So i decided to trade the crust for a regular graham cracker crust and make raspberry cheesecake bars. It is still cooling while i type this so i ha vent cut it up and made it look pretty, but the picture makes it look like a bloody cake lol. Then i made one batch of chocolate chip cookies which made 43 cookies and a batch of sugar cookies which made 26 cookies. The house now smells really good! It is definitely better than any air freshener that i have smelt! I love this time of the year and everything that comes with it! Decorations, baked sweets, the smell of Christmas trees, shopping, and being around family. =]

Cody is 21!!

Today is Cody's 21st birthday! Man the time flies!! I remember the day i met him senior year! Well yesterday we went to Disney yet again!(we are probably the biggest Disneyland junkies ever!) We had went on a couple of rides yesterday and today Cody got his 72$ gift card and his happy birthday button. We had only gone on 2 rides since the park was really crowded and we had planned on going home before there was traffic. It was Aiden's very first time riding Autopia. I was surprised when he stopped moving the steering wheel as soon as we had started to move. He enjoyed the ride very much and I'm pretty sure this will be his next favorite ride. On the way home Cody reported a drunk driver who nearly got into an accident with us. We found out how good of a team we were because i was already memorizing this guys licence plate number before Cody called. Of course as soon as the guy saw we got out the phone he sped away(little did he know i already knew his licence plat number by heart!...still do!).

When we got home i had to go get blood work done which i hate but its good for me i suppose. I also had to go to the doc's office because i apparently have an infection. So to add to my massive prenatal vitamin i have to take amoxicillan 3 times a day for 10 days =/. I stopped to pick up Cody's favorite candy(snickers) since i gave him his birthday present early(a Lakers watch already sized perfectly!) i also got him a card and a 3$ scratcher since he got me a scratcher on my birthday last year. My scratcher was worth nothing knowing my bad luck but i just so happened to pick Cody out a winner! He won 15$ and was so happy since it was his first winning scratcher. I will post again tomorrow since its my cookie baking day =]. A post dedicated to cookies!!

Christmas Time at Disneyland

I absolutely LOVE Disneyland this time of the year! Just being there makes you happy and seeing all of the beautiful decorations; it is amazing how they do all of it! We stayed overnight again but this time we had gotten a free room from previously staying and it was grandpas birthday. We were there Monday through Tuesday and yes it poured on Monday! Thankfully we had driven through the worst of it(It still rained a little and drizzled). Even though my shoes were soaked and my feet were freezing you can still see from the pictures it was fun! And you can also tell which ones were from Monday and which ones were from Tuesday! Tuesday it was absolutely beautiful outside but it was still a little cold!

Aiden taking a snooze this was the 2nd day we were here.

He actually tried to leave his 3d glasses on through the Toy Story Mania ride!

Cody and Travis on Screamin'. After the ride they said it froze their face lol

Aiden sat for Santa! He also danced for him too! Last year he fell asleep before he got to Santa at church. I think we will make it a tradition to get a family christmas picture and a picture with Santa at Disney. =]

Main Street all decorated.

Cody and Aiden on the carousel. You can see Cody's poncho.

Us infront of the castle. It was so pretty!

Me and Cody freezing in our ponchos on the carousel.

We had so much fun minus the rainy Monday. We are also going again next week for Cody's birthday. He is turning the big 21!! Hopefully it wont rain =]

What we Wake up to ...Sometimes

Aiden just so happened to be very happy on this morning. He usually is happy every morning and it is so nice to wake up to a smile rather than screaming. =] This first picture is him being a drama king. He knows how to fake cry now!

I absolutely adore his smile! =]

Our Fishie Tank

I had gotten a kids fish tank from one of my old co-workers who was going to throw it out. I took it home and Cody was excited to get fish! So the same day we bought 2 tiger barb fish and 1 rainbow shark. Over time the 2 tiger bars died and algae began to grow in the tank. Apparently the rainbow shark eats algae so it was a win win situation! Well the other day Cody wanted to buy more fish for the tank. Long story short, we ended up buying a new/bigger tank. We also bought 2 fiddler crabs and got a free bala shark. Now there is a funny story that goes along with the crabs. We bought them at walmart and we were leaving petco and i was looking at the crabs watching them walk around and one of them froze up and turned over! I told Cody that i thought the crab was dying or dead. So i sat there poking at the dead crab(i know that sounds horrible lol)and he wasn't budging! Then it looked like something pink looking was coming out of the top of him so i had thought i accidentally stepped on him. By the time we got home which was a total of about 7 minutes there were 3 crabs in the bag! Turns out the crab that froze up shed his shell. I was all grossed out. But anyways i can now have pics for you!!

Bala shark. The little boy that donated him told us his name was eddie =]

Our rainbow shark that is very shy and doesnt come out of the ship unless the crabs have taken over it lol

One of the crabs. Couldnt get a pic of the other guy but we thing this one is a girl because she has 2 tiny claws and the other one has one tiny claw and one huge claw.

The shedded shell =]

Pictureless

Sorry i havent been putting pictures up. I can't seem to find the cord that plugs the camera into the computer to download them! Anyways here are a couple of things that have been happening in the Sorenson home!

• had my first doctors appointment and everything is looking good-still have bloodwork i need to do im now 12 weeks along =]
• we got a new fish tank and got rid of Aiden's little plastic one we now have 2 fiddler crabs 1 bala shark and 1 rainbow shark
• we had a fun Thanksgiving with my family then we made our own =]
• we got most of our Christmas decorations up
• had my first real black friday experience...walmart is no longer on our future lists
• Aiden's vocabulary is growing!!
• I have decided to register and hopefully become a bone marrow donor(after the baby that is!)

Hopefully i find that cord soon because there are alot of pictures i have been meaning to post!