Daily Aidan

Aidan loves his new armchair that Santa brought him. It's been hard teaching him to SIT in it, but as you can see here, he looks sooo cute in a chair just his size!

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After KU lost its first game of the season, Aidan decided to put his new basketball hoop to use. We think Coach Self will need him soon...

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Sweet boy after his bath

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What is this child's fascination with lids? We get these out about 27 times a day.

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Uncle Jason & Aunt Rhonda bought this car for Aidan for Christmas, and we've already had to replace the batteries! One of his favorite things to do is to sit on it and put his feet up by the steering wheel while laying on the horn. However, today I found him STANDING on it. OH my.


A fun surprise today was a delivery from the UPS man. Uncle JR sent Aidan his very own box of Coleman flashlights! That was a definite cure for cabin fever!

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Since my Tuesday looked like this:



I didn't get a chance to take a picture of Aidan. Here's his picture for Wednesday...


He loves cars, trains, and anything that GOES right now. He loves to say "Vroom Vroom Vroom" as he pushes the vehicles all over his train table.

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Perhaps a culinary genius, Aidan is showing us that not only can he use two utensils at once, but also green beans are DELICIOUS when dipped in strawberry applesauce.

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Ever the eager helper, Aidan decided to wake Daddy up from his nap today by shining a flashlight in his face. Surprising only to those who don't know Aaron, this tactic had absolutely.no.effect.

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Aidan's cousins are in town, celebrating Christmas. He has had a ball with them!

Daily Aidan - Happy New Year!

My New Year's Resolution is to update the blog more often. Here is our first post of 2010!

Aidan loves his Uncle John (my mom's brother). He has fun playing with "Uncle"'s beard:)

Daily Aidan: This one's for you, Isaac!

Aidan loves the Halloween picture you made for us!

Monthly Aidan

Aidan is 15 months old today! Here's what's going on in his world. Aidan:
-wakes up between 7 and 7:30 each morning and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 each evening
-is transitioning to one nap a day, against his mother's will
-only likes to ride in the car if it's for a short time
-pulls up, cruises, and pushes his toys wherever he wants to go. Will walk holding one of his parents' hands, but won't let go just yet
-loves to play peekaboo
-pretends everything is a phone. "Hello?"
-is full of words. New ones include oven, hot, bunny, dog, clock, out, and hat
-is going through some separation anxiety. Is fine when we visit other people and even if Mom or Dad leaves, but if we're at home, he does NOT like to be set down
-has started his fourth semester of Kindermusik classes, as well as sign language classes
-has started telling us what he wants, by crawling to his high chair to eat or going into his bedroom and pointing to the crib to go to sleep
-wears 18 and 24 month clothes
-has twelve teeth - four top, four bottom, and four molars
-is learning about facial features: eyes, nose, mouth, and his favorite, tongue
-loves pointing out all of the appliances in the kitchen
-woofs whenever he sees or hears a dog
-will eat as much fruit as we will give him. Has started being a bit picky with meat and a few vegetables, but is still generally a really great eater
-can stack blocks but prefers to knock over towers that we build
-is obsessed with buttons. The ones you push, not the ones you fasten:)
-likes combs and brushes and pretends to brush his own hair as well as ours
-is adamantly against diaper and clothing changes
-thinks it's hilarious to shut himself in a room for "alone time"
-can spend hours playing open close open close open close open close with the kitchen cupboards
-pushes the garage door opener button and says "UP! UP! UP!"
-has developed the sometimes cute but mostly frustrating habit of sorting through his toys and chucking anything unwanted over his shoulder
-has ticklish thighs and underarms
-weighs 25 pounds - we'll update height after his checkup Friday
-is the absolute light of our lives!

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Aidan is 14 months old, and I clearly do not update the blog often enough!
My apologies for being such a slacker. Hopefully there are some of you still out there...


(have you noticed that he's almost always in his pajamas in these pictures? It's because we forget to take the picture until bedtime!)


At 14 months, Aidan:
-pulls up and cruises wherever he wants to go
-talks up a storm. I need to write down all of his words, but off the top of my head, they include mama, dada, up, all done, hello, woof, no, and that (for "What's that?")
-flew to Texas to visit great-grandparents
-eats like an ever loving PIG!
-points to everything to ask "that" - what's that?
-will choose reading books over playing with most toys, especially those with flaps
-wears 18 month clothes, but can still wear some 12 month pants and some 24 month rompers
-loves pushing his walker everywhere
-pretends everything is a telephone and puts it up to his ear to have a conversation
-is obsessed with remote controls and anything with buttons
-sings "la la la"
-signs "more" then points to what he wants more of while eating
-sleeps 8pm-7am and takes two naps most days
-can sit down from standing without crying
-can pick things up off the floor while standing
-can climb all the way up the stairs
-loves doors, drawers, the oven, and refrigerator

Aidan needs more cowbell!

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"When I grow up, I want to be a drummer just like my daddy!"

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Monday, I had a ganglion cyst removed from my wrist, rendering me useless! Aaron has been a lifesaver this week, staying home from work and taking on my role here at home. I couldn't have survived this week without him!

Here we are, the night of my surgery:


This will make anyone feel better...look at those delicious toes! I'm surprised he has any left because I constantly munch on them!! Even cuter than his little toes is the fact that he still crosses his feet - just like did during our ultrasounds and has done since he was born:)

Monthly Aidan

At 13 months, Aidan:
-is wearing 18 month clothes
-thinks sippy cups are for babies. He'd like to drink through a straw, please!
-crawls on all fours, pulls up, and cruises anywhere he wants to go
-does NOT enjoy diaper changes. Can only be pacified with various kitchen utensils to pass the time
-sleeps 7:30pm-7:00am, plus two naps
-waves at anyone and anything
-prefers reading books over playing with most toys
-has eight teeth (top 4 and bottom 4), and is cutting four molars
-loves to play hide and seek and peek-a-boo
-will only drink his milk while we're standing and holding him
-LOVES the remote control and points it at the TV as soon as he gets it, clicking away
-can woof like a dog and crow like a rooster
-asks for mama when daddy goes in to get him in the morning, LOL
-likes to pick out his clothes from the closet
-is obsessed with Grammy's purse
-went swimming and playing in the sandbox for the first time
-thinks swinging at the park is great, but isn't so sure about the slides
-eats a LOT...more than we expect him to. The only thing he's refused lately is macaroni and cheese, forcing us to doubt if he's really ours
-eats every fruit and vegetable we give him
-is learning a lot about limits and the word NO, which does not make him happy
-has become quite the little charmer, who makes mom & dad (and everyone else he sees) fall in love with him more each day!

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Thursday, July 2: Aidan's first time in his baby pool!

All set to go, modeling his banana hammock:


Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all...


Once Daddy hopped in, it was all laughs and smiles!

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We had great weather today, which allowed us to enjoy some time in the front yard blowing bubbles! Aidan was brave enough to leave the blanket and crawl ALL over the lawn. We had a great time:)

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Aidan had a fun July 4th!

He played with cousin Kyle,

went on a walk in his wagon,

went swingin' with Grandma P,



and got lots of hugs from Mommy & Daddy! (by this time, he was DONE with the camera...)



We were talking today about how much he's grown. For a look at last year's July 4 picture, click here. WOW!