We had a great Christmas. Aiden especially liked the toy he got that made noise. and bows. and bags. and trying to eat tissue paper. You know… normal baby stuff. ;)
Isaac loves this particular Christmas present… nice glare, right? lol (Isaac wants me to mention that this is apparently his thinking face.) Thanks, Mom & Dad!
Santa and his reindeer…
He was really good about having stuff on his head all day, lol…
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
He has taken to carrying stuff around in his mouth while he crawls lately. I am trying not to be disgusted.
Aiden was the littlest reindeer at the ward Christmas party tonight. He met Santa for the first time, and sadly he was not a big fan, but while he looked a lot like he was going to cry in the beginning, he held it together.
What a kind patient Santa!
Aiden is three-quarters of a year old! He had his pediatrician appointment today, so we can pretty confidently say that he is 17 lbs. 7 oz., 27 inches long, and his head is 17” around… that’s a lot of sevens!
This nine month old loves to grab everything—books off shelves, necklaces (he broke one of my chains this week :( ), remote controls, etc. He is cruising around furniture and walking confidently while holding onto someone’s hands, but it is very rare that he will take a step without both hands firmly attached to someone or something, so maybe he won’t walk on his own for a while yet. He is crawling really fast when he’s after something, responds to his name, eats most anything we have given him so far (cottage cheese was a big fail), and smiles at strangers most of the time as long as they don’t try to hold him.
Aiden got his first kids’ menu and crayons tonight! Never mind that we didn’t actually order anything for him, and we didn’t even let him touch the crayons… He was happy just waving the menu around in the air and smiling at the waitress. :)
I can’t wait for Christmas. It’s my very favorite holiday, and I’m so excited that this will be Aiden’s first! We decorated the tree and the front rooms. Aiden is fascinated by the lights.
We took family pictures and wrote the annual letter. As always, it is a challenge to get two adults, a baby and a dog facing the right direction and looking normal, but we continue to try.
Aiden is in the spirit of giving.
That’s right world, he is really too big for the sink, and I finally gave in and switched to the tub. Someone from work gave us this great bath seat, and he adjusted quite nicely to sitting in the seat and playing with the temperature duck while he was scrubbed.
I have to say, it kind of weirds me out how not baby-like he looks here. Is he really growing up so quickly?! What happened to my little semi-alien looking cone-headed newborn? Was that really so long ago?
Moving on, here he is rough-housing with Daddy. I still don’t love anything that means he might possibly get hurt, and it’s no secret that Isaac is totally accident-prone, but Aiden sure has a blast playing with Daddy.
Finally, Aiden is lately in love with talking on the phone. Mostly, he just smiles a lot when someone is talking to him, but sometimes he babbles a little or at least makes noises so someone can tell he is there. It’s actually pretty hilarious. The kid has a temper though, and he doesn’t like to have the phone taken away. We are working on not throwing temper tantrums, but that’s a difficult concept for a nine-month old.
Today Aiden was practicing feeding himself small bits of bread. It’s hard for him, and he mostly just drops the bread on himself or has it fall off his tongue, but he’s trying anyway. I went into the other room for a minute and heard him giggling, so I poked my head around the corner so I could see what was happening. He had his arm stretched way out to the dog, who was gently licking the bread in his fingers, and he was giggling up a storm. He did this a few times, but of course not while I had the camera out, which is far too fascinating to not stare at.
This is the best I could get, but I still think it’s hilarious. We are going to have a lot of work to do teaching him about not throwing food to the dog…
