The Many Adventures of the Aichele Monsters: April 2012

Wow how time flies, do I say that alot? Yes I will answer that, Yes I do! We have had a great last few weeks. Austin got married to Katy, G and Ace were in the wedding. Well Ace was in the wedding program, but didn't participate in the wagon ride for the ceremony. Ehh no big deal. If he did, it would have been complete chaos. See in the past month or so he has become O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D with his daddy., like seeing him and not being able to touch "Dada Uke-k-k" will send him to major meltdown mode. So I figured since Luke was in the wedding party that it wouldn't be a hot idea to have Ace see him and not be able to go up to him. So we hung out in the nursery and enjoyed the wedding from the cry room with the company of Destiny, B and Noah. G was a dancing queen at the reception, of course.
    It was great the spend a whole week with B and Noah. Unfortunantly Matt had to jet back to NY to teach on Monday. We baked some pumpkin donuts that were untouchable, the epitome of nastiness thanks to garbanzo bean flour (we wanted a gf option for B at MOPS), went to MOPS and Noah spent his first 2.5 hours in a nursery!!! (Correct me if I am wrong B!) We brought them back to the airport on Friday, but not before we decorated Austin and Katy's car! We laughed so hard while we were doing it and kept wondering if the hotel workers were looking out the window wondering just what the heck these two girls were doing:)
    That evening we had wedding #2 rehearsal. Luke's friend, Brian, got married. He was a groomsman in the wedding. Saturday we spent all day at the church and at the Hopp's farm. I helped do make-up and anything Kendra, his bride, needed me to do, water runs, holding her lipgloss, handing her floss, you know all the necessities for a wedding day. It was a very fun day. I have to admit while it was nice to have a kid-free day (Thanks to Maci and Tana), I really missed my beans. I couldn't wait to see them the next morning. The reception was straight from a magazine! No words to explain it, amazing! There were chandeliers hanging from trees, a 7 layer cake, a chocolate cake that was speaker, (he does sound systems as a career), a swedish cake, delicious food and the best part, a big dance floor! See I am usually a little shy when it comes to dancing, but Luke sure isn't. So I decided I can't spend the whole night sitting and watching while he is having fun, so I went out. I am not sure if I danced decent, but it was a whole bunch of fun. I learned that I jump a lot when I dance, weird?? Maybe.On the way home I told Luke I thought we should start turning our date nights into club hopping nights, kidding! But it was fun to dance and be carefree! All the fun went until 2am and then up at 7:30am with the beans, yip!
    Today was my catch-up day. Laundy, mopping, vaccuum, errands it all had to be done today. I love me a clean house so it feels nice. BTW didn't mention our house has been taken over by moths! Ick, double ick! We have been swatting, squashing the livin daylights outta those boogers, literally! They are so nasty. Ace even says "Moth yuck" now. He also walks around with a kleenex and randomly acts like he is grabbing one on the window. I read they should be gone in 10 days, random guess maybe but I am counting down!
Cute thing by Ace K:
Ask Ace the magic word, his answer, "VroomVroom Dada, peas". At least the real magic word is there somewhere.

Bubble Queen!

This is what a gangsta at rest looks like....chick and all.

Car fun!

He fell asleep and G brought all the animals and blanket over to him, good sister:)

Beauty sleep

The bar at the wedding

The cake and chandelier. It looked gorgeous in the dark!

The speaker box cake and the two people we were all celebrating!

Since it has been a while since last blog, I will enter all the happenings bullet-style:
*Weekly playdates with Kylie, Ava, Parker, Amanda, Garrett and Kaydee, love them!
*No more morning naps for Ace K! His afternoon naps are awesome and he goes to bed around 8 almost every night!
*While playing at the Infant/Toddler center we saw a helicopter land at the hospital to pick up a patient. The beans were very intrigued with all the action and G wanted to get up close to watch them take the patient in. Later we learned it was Josh's dad who had a heartattack. Thankfully he is okay though!
*Went to a shower for Katy and then went to the Easter Egg hunt at the church. Ace won some Resurrection Eggs and G got a bubble wand.
*Watched We Bought A Zoo and highly recommend it. G wants to buy it because she liked it so much and urges everyone to "Shhhhh" when the commercial comes on so she can enjoy it and smiles:)
*Since we have been having lots of rain, which I love, there have been many rough nights, that I don't love. G is scared and constantly comes in asking to "tuck her in". Kinda tough to see the cuteness at 1:43am, 1:48am, 1:53am and so on....
*Went to G's Easter party at school and played games with them as well as sang some Easter songs.
*G had a sleepover with Auntie Itty and Chloe that evening. She didn't get home until the next evening and I missed her like crazy. It was nice to have mommy/Ace time but I still missed my little G bean.
*A fellow MOPS goer unexpectedly passed away on the 31st. Amanda and I went to the funeral together as her mom babysat Ace and Amanda's 2 beans. It is incredibly sad that she passed as she has a 3 month old and 2.5 yr old. I can't even imagine.
*Got G the Fresh Beat Band CD so we can prep for the upcoming concert! Learning dance moves and all. Kidding....maybe:/
*Ran a 10K early Saturday morning. Luke and the beans were there to cheer me on! It rained all morning and only by the works of God did it stop in time for the race and started back up not more than 5 minutes afterwards! And I beat my goal time! Rewards ensued: Chipotle and a Grande Soy Latte!
*EASTER! Church with our neighbor Jeff (his wife and children were out of town), Resurrection Eggs with the beans, lunch at Mom and Dads, egg hunt after lunch, ate way too much candy, went back after naps to visit with Nana B. Poor little Gertrude (Remember that B?) fell and broke her thumb the day before and didn't realize it was broken until the next afternoon. That little lady....
*Shopping in Wichita with the beans, Destiny, Maci and Nana. Came to the conclusion, Ace isn't a shopper. G is as long as there is a reward somewhere along the way...
*MOPS. Was somber since this was the first meeting since Tamara's passing.
*FINALLY got my dress for Austin's wedding and Brian's wedding. Yup rocking the same dress two wedding weekends in a row. Same people won't be at both, I hope... Luke will be but I am sure he is fine with me only buying one dress:)
*As I was bathing the babies Tuesday night, I told G not to splash my glasses since I can't see without them. I told her I have bad eyes and she looked at me with complete seriousness and said "Oh Mommy you have perfect eyes, a perfect nose and perfect lips because Jesus wanted you to have these!" Wow reality check by a three year old!
*Made homemade Whole Wheat Blueberry Banana bread and it was the bomb diggity! Didn't last long though because G and I ate it pretty quick! Hey its whole wheat and it has fruit in it.
*Luke traded off his truck, which I really liked, for a Harley and an older Nissan truck. He trades more than anyone I know, but thats his thing I guess. At least he always gets a good deal so I am not too worried. He just better leave my soccer mom van alone:)

See that sprinter, that's me nearing the finish line. Blurry because I am soo fast! (Or Luke had it on the wrong setting, I like the first reason more.)

Looking silly, but really I was telling him I felt like I was gonna be sick because I was sprinting and then came to a complete stop, not good on the 'ol stomach.