Aedyn's Birthfamily Memorial Day Visit

Shane, Aedyn, Amber, Connor, Dee (Cingular commercial, bars?!)
Aedyn and his birth Uncle Michael
Dairy Queen, Yum! Visiting with paternal birthfamily (b-gma Bobbie, b-mom Amber, Aedyn, Shane, & b-uncle little Paul)
Aedyn at the park with birthaunts Samantha and Kayla
Aedyn playing the Dinosaur game with b-gma Kelli
Aedyn walking with B-gpa Larry and Daddy
Breakfast with maternal birthfamily
Birthfamily portrait (Micheal, Kelli, Connor, Amber, Larry, Aedyn)
Aedyn with his Birthmom, Amber!

Paternal Birthfamily photo (Dee,Bobbie,Paul,Aedyn, Kayla, Amber, lil' Paul, Shane and Shirley)
Tupperware fun!
Just a swingin'
Fun at the park!
First photo with Aedyn's paternal birthfamily!

So here we go, I tried to post about our weekend before but all my text was lost, :(.
On Friday, May 22 we drove 10 hours up to Reno, NV to visit with Aedyn's birthfamily. Believe or not, there was not one meltdown or fit thrown on the enitre way, (thanks to portable DVD player and Blue's Clues and plenty of snacks). we got to our hotel, which was great around 4:30 pm and settled in for the night.

The next day, Saturday the 23rd, we went swimming in the pool, which felt like warm bathwater, so nice. This was Connor's first time and I forgot the camera :(! But, nonetheless we had a great time. We headed back to the room to try to get Aedyn to take a nap, but he did not! We got ready and headed into Fernley, of course this is when both boys decided to sleep.
We picked up some KFC and headed to the intown park where Awdyn's aternal birthfamily and Amber were waiting. to give Aedyn some time to wake up we ate lunch first then let him play.
Everyone was sooo excited to see him. Birthgrandma Bobbie, Paul, birthuncle lil'Paul, birthaunt Samantha were there to play with Aedyn on the playground! He loved having everone giving him their undivided attention! He played on the swings, and slide and climbed around. We remained nearby but let them play to get as much time with him as possible. Every few minutes he would call out Momma or Dadda to check to make sure we were there. He had a great time! A little later, birthant Kayla and Shirley, Paul's mom, came by. They bought Aedyn a wonderful gift of the Alphabet caterpillar and Bubbles, his favorite! After getting tired and hot we headed over to
Dairy Queen for ice cream. I think lil' Paul shared his entire ice cream cone with Aedyn. We then said our goodbyes, took a few photos and headed back to the hotel! It was a fun visit!

The next morning we headed over to Fernley again to drop off our adoption DVD with Bobbie and family(we forgot them the day before). we said goodbye again, but not before we needed a jump for the car! (I left the GPS system on and it drained the battery, oops!) we then headed just outside of town to Kelli and Larry's house.

Once we got there, we enjoyed some yummy BBQ! I neve had Korean style cut ribs before, they were delicious! we just talked and laughed and visited. Birthuncle Michael took a real fancy to Connor and Aedyn loved playing with all the toys that Birthgrandma Kelli got for him. I think his favorite was the chalk and drawing outside. we then watched the DVD together and all laughed and cried together. Aedyn loved then playing outside with balls with Michael, he couldn't stop laughing. One of the funniest moments was Aedyn sitting in the dog's water. A great memory was looking at their family photo albums of when Amber was little. Aedyn felt so comfortable and had fun that day. The day began to wind down so we headed back to the hotel.

The next morning Amber, Kelli, and Larry joined us for breakfast. We laughed and talked. Aedyn ate an entire giant muffin, he must of been hungry. We headed to the parking structure to say goodbye (only after getting another jump so the car would start). It was a nice goodbye, loving and happy!

So, back to California we went without any hitches until about 30 minutes from home. But we curbed that by entertaining Connor(who was the fussy one at that point) with bodily noises. Oh, the things parents will do to soothe their children!

We must say we are so glad we had this birthfamily visit, and the only dissapointing part was that Hugh, Aedyn's birthfather, was not able to be there. But, Everything turned out great, better than we had hoped:)!