Aiden is eighteen months old! We found out at his well-baby check-up that he is about 31 inches tall and 20 lbs. 10 oz., which according to this pediatric chart, puts him in the 20th percentile for height and off the chart tiny for weight. The doctor switched us to a worldwide chart the last time we were in because it maps small kids better since kids worldwide are less chunky than Americans, and he is around the 10th percentile worldwide. He had a pre-screening for autism and does not seem to exhibit any indicators. He checked out healthy and had three shots—two in his arms, which he has never had before. It was SO sad.
with Grandma Snow and Aunt Sarah when they visited last month
Aiden is trying to be a big helper lately… sometimes it is not so helpful, but he tries. He says “way!” when he finds something he thinks belongs in the trash and tries to throw it out. We have our trash cans locked up or out of reach so he can’t throw everything away. When it’s time to go somewhere, he makes sure everyone has “szewz,” keys, and his diaper bag.
He is very playful and loves to dance and be chased.
This weekend is the 56th annual Newark Days celebration of our city. Isaac ran in the “Newark Mile” fun run today… it’s a deceiving name because it’s actually 2.5 miles.
He was one of about four people from our ward who ran this year along with dozens of other residents, and I thought he did a great job. He was just happy he survived. We considered running as a family with the jogging stroller, but Aiden got a cold this week and gave me a mean sore throat and runny nose, so I opted not to make my painful breathing any heavier than it had to be. Plus, I would have taken at least 8 minutes more than Isaac, ha.
After the race, we stayed for the annual parade. Aiden liked pointing out doggies (Ees!) and horses (ors!), and he enjoyed watching the floats and trucks and bands go by. One group threw out fortune cookies, and he enjoyed eating the fortune cookie while he watched the following floats.
Isaac, meanwhile, had to snap a picture of the float for our attendance area elementary school, Snow. He likes that they are the Snow School Blizzard Bears.
We had to leave a little early so Isaac could do a service project painting the home of an elderly couple in our ward before going to work all the rest of the day, but it was a great morning spent as a family. 
