Pump It Up!!!!!

Here is a glimpse at our Pump It Up adventure during Aaron's birthday weekend. Who do you think had a better time- the kids or the adults?!?!

Aaaron's 2nd birthday celebration!

My mom, dad, Amy, Brett, and Claire all came to Chicago to help us celebrate Aaron's 2nd birthday. We had fun filled weekend that included a trip to Chuck E. Cheese, dinner out at the restaurant that Aaron calls his favorite (along with "Old McDonalds" aka McDonalds and Chuck E. Cheese), Smoke Daddy, followed by cake and gifts, and a trip to Pump It Up!

Here are some pics of the cake and presents. Sorry they are all out of order!

A big thanks to Brett for sharing his second birthday cake with us! Brett won a birthday cake on the radio on his birthday, but he already had a birthday cake, so he brought the second one to share with Aaron and the rest of us!


Oops- we didn't have any candles except this "1" candle from Aaron's first birthday!

Do you think that Aaron liked the cake?






Aaron got some really cute monkey stuff (toothbrush holder, soap dispenser, cup, trash can, rug, etc.) for his bathroom. Here he is holding the shower curtain hooks!

Here is the toothbrush holder that got broken right after this photo! Will have to pick up another one of those!

Claire is modeling the gardening/rain books that they got for Aaron.




Brett and Aaron are modeling their England soccer shirts that Karen & Steve sent them for their birthdays. Love em'



Aaron loved the grow kit that Amy and the kids gave him.

Our little doll......

Sharing some recent pics of our little sweetie, Maggie Lynn! She turned 8 weeks old yesterday, which means that I'm back to work! Will do my best to keep posting though..... lots to do as a working mother of 2!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Aaron!

We can't believe that 2 years ago today we welcomed our baby, Aaron Gregory Coenen into the world! Two years have gone very, very quickly and we have had so much fun being parents to Aaron.

I intended to have a 2 year update of all of the things that Aaron is doing, but I didn't quite get it done. Will be working on that.

We had a great time celebrating Aaron's birthday today. This morning, Maggie wished Aaron a happy birthday by smiling at him- not once, but twice! Aaron was excited and kept saying, "Maggie smiled at me!"

Aaron, Maggie, and I went to the Early Childhood Center that I used to work at to visit my friends there, introduce them to Maggie, and celebrate Aaron's birthday. Aaron and I made cupcakes yesterday, so we took those to share.

This evening, we took Aaron to this old fashioned ice cream parlor for a little dinner and ice cream. Aaron had a banana split with strawberries and loved it!

We'll be spending the weekend celebrating with Nanny, Papa, Amy, Brett, and Claire! Will share some more photos after the weekend.

Here are some shots of our 2 year old son!

The waking up process

I took these photos the other day of Maggie while she was waking up from a little nap. She makes hilarious faces!!!

Cookie party

Last week we had some of our neighborhood friends over for a little cookie party. We baked some pre-made cut out cookies, frosted them, and had a feast. For some reason, the boys were bouncing off the walls afterwards.. wonder why?!

Rather than try to keep their shirts clean, we just took them off! (Connor decided that he needed to keep his on.)

This is a funny group of little boys! They have a great time playing together- we are very thankful to have some great friends to play with!


Buddies- Asher, Aaron, Connor, & Griffin