Aidan had an eventful weekend this week. he picked out his first Christmas tree on Saturday and saw Santa for the first time. Sunday he got to meet Santa and Frosty the Snowman for the first time while playing with a bunch of other kids. He also go his first glazed donut. Of course, along with that came daddy's first experience with a son acting like a meth freak. To top it all off, Sunday Aidan turned 11 months old. He's now in his twelfth month on the big blue marble and closing in on his second year.  I added a bunch of pictures from the party on Sunday in the new 11 month gallery as well as some of the shots we took for our Christmas cards.

Although he didn't care tremendously about the tree shopping, Aidan was a huge fan of the Sunday festivities. It had all the ingredients for success: little kids, noise, confusion, music, shiny things, and sugar. How could he go wrong? He was surprisingly nonchalant about Santa. He wasn't scared of him but he didn't have much time for him either. The girl dressed in the Frosty costume got a much warmer welcome. I'm convinced he would have left the place with Frosty without a second thought.

By far the most enthusiastic response came when he spotted his big cousin Haley. She's about 3 which is the same age as his buddy and other cousin Emma. He spends hours every day with Emma and is amused by her every move. He either thought Haley was Emma or just assumed that all blond, three year old girls are endlessly fascinating. The moment he saw her he rushed her and threw his arms around her. It would have been cute once but by the third time I thought we were going to have to break out the fire hose to separate them. Poor Haley was asking "Why does he keep doing that?"

At the end of the weekend everyone in the house was exhausted and in need of a nap. Only one of us got one of those though.