Bye-Bye Crazy Hair

At the ripe age of 1 year and 5 days old, Aaron finally has gotten his first hair cut. His thin blond hair has gotten out of control, so Mommy took him to get a trim. Here is the before and after picture.

Happy Birthday Aaron James!

One year ago today, Aaron James was born! He has brought a lot of joy into our world and we are so thankful for him! It has been an eventful year filled with many firsts in his life. Unfortunately he is under the weather for his first birthday, and he is pretty miserable and grumpy! Therefore we will not officially take his picture today, but will put one up from Sunday to compare from his birth day! Here's to hoping that your next birthday is much better then this one and that you have a wonderful 2nd year of life! We love you!

Aaron James 8 lbs 4 oz 20 inches long

Look at that hair!

Smiling for Grandma Sadler...all 24 lbs 10oz, and 30 inches of him!

Actually playing a little, even though he's sick! Still trying to get over his hair!

The next generation of wrestlers...

Paul and his best friend Paul have had a competition going on since they were in Jr. High...they nicknamed it Pauls Basement Wrestling (PBW). A championship belt was even made to be given to the winner of the matches and this weekend Ryan officially become the champion of PBW. Here is a picture of him with his championship belt showing off his muscles that helped him beat Paul Mesker in the match of a lifetime!

Aaron's first birthday-part 1

Since Aaron's birthday falls during the week we had a birthday party for him on Sunday. Everyone that lives in the state was able to make it and we had a good time! Aaron has really started becoming a little person and actually started giving kisses to everyone as they left! It was one of those open mouth slobbery kisses, but a kiss nonetheless. He wasn't exactly sure what to think of the birthday cake that his Uncle Marv so cleverly made for him, but he really enjoyed the bath afterwards!! Aunt Lisa was just excited that he was able to get covered in blue icing :) Anyway, here's some pictures from his party and a video of his brother and cousins singing happy birthday to him!

Sitting on his tricycle that Grandma-Papa Clement gave him! He got lots more toys and clothes! Guess mom needs to weed out some of Ryan's old stuff to make room for the new!


Just getting started on his cake. It was Zee from Noggin

Mom and dad proud of their baby boy on his first birthday!

Aaron happy at last in the bath tub!

Aaron with his godfather Paul

Fun in the leaves!

Last Saturday was a beautiful warm November day, so the boys and I spent some time outside playing in the leaves. Ry enjoyed making the leaves fly and Aaron didn't like the leaves at all! Here's some pictures and a video of the boys enjoying this rare fall day!



Mom and Aaron playing in the leaves. Ry is becoming quite the photographer!


Aaron DID NOT like sitting in the leaves!

Ryan enjoying the leaves

Ryan and mom are having a leaf fight at the end....in case you cannot understand what he is saying...

Harvest Party

At Ryan's pre-school they had a harvest party. I helped with it, by having the kids play a game a little like cornhole, but w/ trick or treat buckets and wiffle balls. They had a blast! The other game they played was "doggy, doggy where's your bone". They also had cupcakes for snack and got to make a leaf wreath. . here's some pictures from his first school party!

Ry getting his backpack on....Maddy and Natalie were sitting beside him.

Ry waiting to be dismissed from the table.

Proud of his craft and treats! Happy Halloween everyone!

Halloween Parade and Trick or Treat

This year, the entire Sadler family participated in the Wapak Halloween parade with my work. This parade is not messing around because there are approximately 100 entries and goes approximately 1.5 miles...if not more. They have had it in the past, but we've not participated for one reason or another, but decided to tough it out this year. It was quite the experience! Especially since this was the first time Paul had ever been in a parade (Ryan and Aaron too for that matter!), that did not include a state title! I'm not sure which is worse...that he hasn't been in a parade, or that the only ones he has been in involve a championship of some sort :)

Anyway, a week later the boys went trick or treating. It was a beautiful night in the neighborhood. We probably went to about 30 houses and got a lot of chocolate! Unfortunately/fortunately, depending on how you look at it, Ryan doesn't like chocolate, so Paul and I have been eating a lot of it! After we got back from eating supper, we watched the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown...that is our tradition we started last year, and Ryan looked it so much we watched it twice.

Here are a few pictures from the nights of dressing up.

Ry the dinosaur (dragon)

Boys getting ready to trick or treat

Aaron after trick or treat

Look at the happy scarecrow!

Ryan's first field trip

Back in October, Ryan's preschool class took a field trip to the fire station. It was a quick walk on a very nice day. They learned a lot of safety tips and were able to walk through an ambulance and practice fighting a fire. They even talked to patch the fire dog in his special car! Here are a few pictures from the trip!

Aaron's first steps

Aaron just took his first real steps today. He took a total of 10 steps by himself from Daddy on the couch to Mommy on the snuggler. Even Ryan gave him a standing ovation! Aaron is less than two weeks away from his first birthday, and we look forward to celebrating it next Sunday.