A Beautiful Day

The weather has been so lovely the last few days, and especially after the abnormally cold and wet weather we’ve been having lately, we just couldn’t stay inside! After we both got home from work, Isaac and I took Aiden for a walk to the park and played on the swings.

Isaac was so proud that Aiden sort of pumped his legs a little bit… I think it was a fluke.

Then we all went for a fun dinner at Dickey’s. We love their delicious BBQ style meals AND the free ice cream cones that come with them. That might be Aiden’s favorite part.

mmmmmmmmmm

Ouch

 

I don’t know if you can see that, but Aiden beaned Isaac right on the bridge of his nose with a toy a few weeks ago, and it swelled up like crazy and turned colors, but it’s mostly back to normal now.

I guess we’d better look out. Aiden definitely has an arm!

On a cuter note, Aiden points to our noses sometimes when we ask.

Waiting Room

I forgot I was going to post these pictures from when we went to visit Dad in the hospital last month. Aiden is too little to allowed up to the rooms, so Mom and I took turns visiting Dad and being with Aiden in the waiting room. I took pictures of him to take up to Dad, and these are some of the funny ones I got…

He is pretty interested in the camera now…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

from our little leprechaun

ONE year old!

Aiden is now...
*learning to express more affection. He likes to snuggle his head into your shoulder and grab your hand and smiile. He likes to bonk heads with Isaac.

*learning how to high five
*holding up one finger to indicate his age (mostly he just does it to mimic, lol)

*waving bye bye, sometimes when we just say "bye"
*walking more and more

*noticing when a family member leaves the room (Yesterday, he cried when I came back from a walk without the dog, who was waiting in the car... He looked all around and didn't see her and burst into tears until I said "Should we go get Sophie?" and then he waved bye bye, lol)

*anxious to eat whatever food we are having. He’s pretty good about eating anything we’ll let him have.

 birthday ice cream from Grandpa
*learning to play with and throw balls.

*my favorite one year old around!

 

Happy Birthday, Aiden!

First Birthday Party!

We had Aiden’s first birthday party today. We invited just a few friends and family members because our condo is pretty small, and I think we were about at our maximum capacity! It was fun to eat and talk and watch the kids play on the floor. We especially loved watching Aiden go after his cupcake. That is, we enjoyed watching him go after his cupcake AFTER I told Isaac to blow out the candle. I am glad that you can not hear me begging Isaac to blow out the candle, but you can kind of hear my grandma saying how different Aiden is from when I was one and didn't want to even touch it. Isaac made the rookie father mistake of putting FIRE right in front of a baby’s face. (??????????) Luckily, all is well. Enjoy the footage.

He got frustrated about the frosting being stuck on his hands, and he got a little fussy, but he calmed down and continued to demolish the cupcake. After about five minutes, he finally figured out it was tasty, and then he ate a lot of it, actually.

Here’s the new skill we’ve been working on… Aiden, how old are you going to be on Sunday?

King of the Box

Best. Toy. Ever.

Walking is NOT fun.

Can you see the boo boo under his lip? He fell down and put a tooth through his lip! It was the most horrific moment of my life, passing even the time I broke a rear view mirror into pieces hitting a post and the time I busted my own knee open. Thankfully, my mom was there, and she put on a calm voice and checked everything out and had me wash the blood out of my sweater. (sigh)

Thankfully, he seems to be fine. It is healing quickly, and while he woke up a lot that first night, he has seemed unaffected since then, and it’s been almost a week.

Walking is not fun. Walking is dangerous.