DiRosa Family in VT

Pics of kids

2011-08-23T16:25:00.001-07:00

Aidan's Playroom

2009-02-16T10:56:00.000-08:00

This is Aidan's new playroom!

Our Little Drummer Boy

2009-02-07T10:55:00.000-08:00

Jason got the Wii version of Rock Band for his birthday and Aidan took to playing the drums right away and loved it!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

2009-02-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

Aidan and Mommy took Daddy out to dinner on his birthday to the Texas Roadhouse and after a yummy dinner we came home and gave Daddy a nice big chocolate cake!

Aidan's Favorite Position

2009-02-01T10:51:00.000-08:00

Aidan loves to be upside down! He likes to send his cars and his toy balls through his legs and then go chase them and do it all over again. It's quite entertaining to watch!

Hello? Anybody There?

2009-01-31T10:49:00.000-08:00

Aidan is able to reach up and grab our other phone, so when I was on the other phone he picked this one up and said hello!

2009-01-31T10:46:00.000-08:00

I gave Aidan a bowl of Apple Jacks and when I looked over to see how he was doing I noticed he was just eating the green ones!

Our Little Cook!

2009-01-30T10:44:00.000-08:00

Aidan loves to go into the drawer and pull out the oven mitt and utencils and

pretends he's cooking dinner with us.

Mommy's Little Helper

2009-01-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

Aidan was watching me clean the house and he picked up a paper towel and walked over and started wiping the back slider door windows. It was so cute!

Aidan Loves Yogurt

2009-01-15T10:38:00.000-08:00

Aidan loves to eat his yogurt and this time he used a spoon and ate it all by himself...took a while to clean him up but he had a good time!

MMM MMM ROOTBEER

2008-11-11T15:26:00.000-08:00

Aidan wanted to try some of my rootbeer tonight...appears he liked it!

Aidan Getting Tests

2008-10-31T17:33:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pics of Aidan waiting to get his IV at the hospital...before he was stuck with the needle he handled things ok and was really interested in what the nurses were doing - once the needle came out it was a whole other ball game :) All in all he did pretty well!

New Game

2008-10-30T17:31:00.000-07:00

Aidan found this winter hat of ours and found it so much fun to walk around with it over his face. Even when we tried to make it so he could see he would pull it back down over his face and walk around and into things. He thought it was a great game!

Check out our pumpkins!

2008-10-26T17:54:00.000-07:00

Jason and I carved our pumpkins this weekend. We actually only had 2 pumpkins, but they were so big that we put 2 images on each one....you can pretty much guess which one is Aidan's favorite....Mickey of course :)

Trick or Treat!

2008-10-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

Aidan had his first taste of trick or treating this past weekend. We took him down to Church Street where the stores were letting the kids trick or treat. He really enjoyed seeing the other kids dressed up but really liked having people putting treats in his pumpkin bucket!

Fun With The Laundry Basket

2008-10-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Aidan was having a blast playing in the laundry basket, but got a little too excited and ended up tipping it over!

Fun with Cousins!

2008-10-12T17:48:00.000-07:00

Aidan had a blast when cousins Paul and Erica came up for a visit with Noni, Pop Pop, and Aunt Gina. We got to do some leaf peeping up on the mountain in Stowe.

It's Fall Time

2008-10-05T11:20:00.001-07:00

Aidan had a pretty rough week this past week. He had 103 fever, they determined he had a UTI which they started to treat, then a few days later he broke out in a rash, then he ended up with an ear infection!! Poor little guy! The good news is by the weekend he started to feel better so we attemptd to take him through a corn maze at Mazza's Harvest Festival, then out to dinner for some yummy Italian food...wasn't a bad way to celebrate Mommy's birthday.

Hair Cut

2008-10-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

So I decided to chop off most of my hair. Holly has been asking to see it, so here you go girlfriend! :)

New Things Aidan's Doing

2008-09-30T11:16:00.000-07:00

Aidan is now learning how to climb up the stairs and feed himself using utensils instead of his fingers. He's still pretty messy with it, but it's fun for us to watch!

Champlain Valley Fair

2008-08-31T11:14:00.000-07:00

We took Aidan to the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex and he got to feed the animals, meet Batman, and ride the Merry - Go - Round for the first time. He had a blast!

New House

2008-08-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

We are finally moving into our new house!

Aidan decided to help Mommy paint his room...didn't he do a great job ;-)

Maryland Trip

2008-07-30T10:53:00.000-07:00

Aidan loved playing in the sand at Ocean City, MD.

After Ocean City we drove over to Baltimore for some sightseeing. Aidan slept on most of the Duck Tour we took him on, but loved the Quackers! We also took him to the Aquarium and the dolphin show which he seemed to really enjoy, and he had his first meal at the Hard Rock Cafe!

Camping

2008-07-20T10:57:00.000-07:00

Another year camping at Brighton State Park. It was a short trip this year but we still had a great time. Now that Aidan is walking a bit he kept trying to keep up with cousin Kasey, but ended up on his butt more times than not!

Hampton Beach, NH

2008-07-08T11:03:00.000-07:00

We took Aidan to Hampton Beach, NH after the 4th of July and he had a great time playing on the beach. To our surprise he even loved being in the ocean even though the water was really cold! He got a lot of practice walking by going up and down the beach.

4th of July

2008-07-04T11:07:00.000-07:00

We took Aidan to North Beach in Burlington to watch the fireworks with Uncle Mike, Aunt Denise, Micaela, Sarah, Bridget, Kasey, and little Lucy too! The next day he spent the day in the pool at Nana and Gramp's house.

June Photos

2008-06-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

Aidan really enjoys the warmer weather. He's also still as goofy as ever!

Here is Aidan having a beach day at Lake Champlain. He's certainly a water bug.

He also loves hanging out with Daddy - especially on Father's Day!

Aidan Walking!

2008-06-23T18:12:00.000-07:00

Last week Aidan took his first steps! He's doing really well now and can walk across the room on his own. He still takes a fall now and then but I do believe that's why they are called Toddlers!

Philadelphia Zoo

2008-06-23T16:45:00.001-07:00

When we went to PA in May we took Aidan to the Philadelphia Zoo. He had a blast! He really liked the animals that actually moved around a lot. We watched a polar bear play with a big ball in the water and a baby tiger playing with a bucket. The tiger and Aidan were both one year old!

Aidan also liked the monkeys, so we decided to make him one!

Visit to PA

2008-06-23T16:36:00.000-07:00

We went down to PA to celebrate Aidan's cousin Paul's 2nd bday! Paul was nice enough to share his day with Aidan too so we got to sing Happy Birthday twice! Aidan and cousin Erica had a ball playing together and were pretty cute together too! Aidan also got to sit on his first motorcycle...vroomm vroomm!

New House Pics

2008-06-23T16:29:00.001-07:00

Here are the updated house pictures. As you can see it's certainly looking more and more like a house, even with some drama we've been dealing with the supply company for some things...more on that later :) They've finally installed our correct bay window and sliders, so we are very happy about that. The greyish flooring you see is the floor in our master bath, and the other one is for our downstairs entryway/kitchen/bath/and laudry room. They seem to think we will be able to close by July 28...here's hoping that is the case!

Aidan Using Disney Walking Toy

2008-06-04T07:11:00.000-07:00

Godparents

2008-06-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

We had little Lucy's baptism day and Aidan got to watch her be baptised. She was such a good little girl and didn't even cry when it was done, which is certainly more than I can say for our little man who screamed through his. She is a beautiful baby girl and we are so excited and proud to be her Godparents!

Aidan Pulls Up!

2008-06-04T07:06:00.001-07:00

Aidan is now pulling himself up to a stand and using his walking toys to walk around the house which is really cute! He is gaining more and more confidence every day. I don't think it will take him too long to take off and then I'll really be chasing him around :)

New House Update for May

2008-06-04T06:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some updated pictures of our new home. They have cleared us out a pretty nice back yard. The front door isn't in yet but it's sitting in the garage. The front of the house is going to look a little different next time. Instead of a BAY window they installed a BOW window which is not what we wanted. So they are in the process of fixing that. They are also going to change out the sliders and put in sliders with grates so that they match the rest of the house. They should be starting on the sheetrocking this week - so things seem to be coming together now!

Aidan's First Birthday

2008-06-04T06:44:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry I haven't posted in over a month, with selling the condo and moving temporarily in with my parents we are still trying to adjust and find time to do things! Here are a few of Aidan's First Bday pics! We took him to Chili's for lunch and he had his very first mac & cheese which as you can see he totally loved! We had a Mickey Mouse party for him that evening and he had a lot of fun seeing all his great new toys and clothes he got from everybody.

Silly Boy

2008-04-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

Here is Aidan's favorite face lately. His tongue just can't seem to stay in his mouth! He is now "swimming" across the floor...but at least he's going forward now! He does get up on his hands and knees but when he tries to move from that position he ends up going backwards. His favorite thing is still to hold hands and walk around the room - his frustration is that he can't do that 24 hours a day!

New House

2008-04-29T10:00:00.001-07:00

Here are some photos on the progression of our new house. We will post more as the house gets built. Enjoy!

Like Father Like Son

2008-04-29T09:55:00.000-07:00

The other day Aidan was having a rough day. One year molars are coming in and he didn't take any good naps so by dinner time he was pretty exhausted...so much that he fell asleep while Daddy was feeding him!

Surf Dude

2008-04-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

Last week we had such nice weather we thought summer showed up a few months early. We had days that hit 80! It was so nice and little Aidan didn't have any summer clothes so we gave him some of his birthday outfits a bit early so he could have some. Here he is modeling his surf shirt. I think he's going to like the nice weather since he hated being all bundled up during the winter months!

Aidan is 11 Months Old!

2008-04-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that Aidan is 11 months old already...this year has flown by and has been a lot of fun watching him grow and learn more things. Next month he'll be ONE YEAR and we will be celebrating a Mickey Mouse birthday for him since that's his latest favorite thing!

Cousin Andrew's Birthday

2008-04-29T09:45:00.001-07:00

We celebrated cousin Andrew's 3rd Birthday at the So Burlington Fire Station. Everyone had a really great time and we all got a chance to go up in the bucket loader which was pretty cool!

Aidan and Cadence

2008-04-29T09:41:00.000-07:00

Here is Aidan with cousin Cadence from MN during their visit over Easter. Even though they are pretty much night and day as far as personalities go they had a blast playing together and we all got a laugh out of watching them play! We can't wait to have another play date again...hopefully sooner rather than later ;-) We miss you guys!

Funny Face Boy!

2008-03-25T10:49:00.000-07:00

Easter Dinner

2008-03-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

After church we went over to Nana and Gramp's house to have dinner with everyone. He was very happy to be playing with some of his cousins and posed very cutely for the camera.

Easter

2008-03-25T10:09:00.001-07:00

Aidan got up very early Easter morning and all he wanted to do was eat his breakfast and go back to bed. We ended up having to wake him up early for church so that he could have a few minutes to check out what the Easter Bunny brought for him! He really likes his rubber duckies!

Aidan is 10 Months Old!

2008-03-17T11:43:00.001-07:00

Can you believe that our little one is 10 months old now!?

He was quite the little ham while taking his pictures. We call him the little baby steamroller because he rolls everywhere now, and it doesn't matter what might be in his way because he rolls right over it! His favorite things to roll to are the DVD tower and the electronics....needless to say he is starting to learn what the word No means...and he's not to fond of it! :)

Play Ball

2008-03-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

Aidan really enjoys playing ball with Mommy and Daddy now. His favorite ball is to use is this Mickey Mouse ball we got for him while we were in Disney World when he was still in Mommy's belly.

He does really good at rolling it back and forth!

February - Aidan is 9 months old!

2008-02-13T11:38:00.001-08:00

Well Aidan is now officially 9 months old and look how happy our little man is! He still is not crawling, but he's definitely a little rolly-polly! He rolls all over the place to get where and what he wants. He has learned how to play ball and loves to roll one back and forth with us which is fun. He had his 9 month check up today and he is now 20 lbs. and 30 1/2 inches long - which is the 95% for height! No wonder he is growing out of his clothes so fast! We have a 9 month old wearing 18 month clothes - it's crazy!

February - Daddy's Birthday

2008-02-13T11:23:00.000-08:00

Feb 7 - Mommy and Aidan took Daddy out to dinner at the Outback Steakhouse. When we got home we surprised Daddy with a nice little birthday cake! Aidan was quite taken with the candles on the cake...we are certain he will really have fun on his first birthday...which we can't believe is only 3 months away!

2008-02-06T18:02:00.000-08:00

Enjoy this little clip of our little one laughing!

Sorry it's a bit dark, we'll get a better one soon!

January 2008 - Check Out My Teeth!

2008-02-06T17:57:00.000-08:00

Aidan now has 5 teeth with the 6th one just about to break through any day now. He has 3 on the bottom and 2 on the top, the 6th is coming down from the top. Last week he decided to try something new with them and we heard him grinding them! I am glad to report that this habit has not continued on a regular basis because it was really a skin crawling sound. He has finally stopped biting Mommy - which is a good thing because otherwise the nursing would have had to come to an abrupt halt!

January 2008 - High Chair Baby

2008-02-06T17:49:00.001-08:00

Aidan is doing much better with his eating habits. He is now eating 3 meals a day for the most part. He has now decided that kicking his foot up while in his highchair is much more comfortable for him. He now sits like this every time he is eating!

We have also realized that he is starting to understand that when we have the camera in his face we are always trying to get him to smile - so now he pretty much does it all on his own without too much coaxing, which is nice!

January 2008 - Snow Baby

2008-02-06T17:32:00.001-08:00

We had a small snowstorm in January so we decided to take Aidan out for some fun in the snow. He really did not like being in his snowsuit since he can't really move his arms or his legs, but he tolerated it once we got him outside to see the snow. We sat him in the snow for a quick photo shoot and he ended up falling forward and faceplanted himself right in the snow! We got him up pretty quickly and he had snow encrusted around his face. He wasn't too happy, but we both got quite the chuckle out of it :)