Birthday parties and counting down

This weekend we had Aidan's birthday party for his friends. We had the party at the Y (there was no way I was hosting 8 kids at our house!) and it was a huge success. The kids had a blast bouncing in the bouncy castle, climbing up and sliding down this huge inflatable slide (and going up and down over, and over, and over again!) and playing floor hockey. Aidan LOVED it, and was absolutely delighted to have all of his friends share in his special day.

Shannon LOVED the bouncy castle:


Quinn had a BLAST on the slide:



The birthday gang:


Sometimes the child truly amazes me. Aidan opened his gifts, and of course there were a few that everyone wanted to play with. Well, our little man had no problems sharing his new toys with his friends, and was even going around asking his buddies to pass the toys along so everyone could get a chance to play with them. It was too precious!!

The rest of the weekend was pretty quiet (aside from the snow storm that dumped more snow on us!). Sunday was spent hanging out while Chris worked frantically to install the hardwood floor in the boys room. It's coming along nicely and should be done by the end of this week hopefully!

On the baby watch front we continue to wait for the littlest Pace-James to join our family. We are officially 3 weeks out for d-day (or at least that's the official count - we'll see what this child decides to do!), so I've finally started actually preparing for this child by washing some newborn clothes, packing a bag for the hospital etc. In the meantime, it's business as usual until this little one decides to see what life is like on the outside!