6/17 - Clapping finally

It took Aiden a long time to learn how to clap on purpose. He just did it a few days ago. The video below me grabbing the camera while he was in the middle of a clapping episode. He had all these slots in his baby book filled in with dates except for clapping. He has hit his hands together before not really on purpose. I don't know why he is so slow in this category but am excited about the clapping now.

Brad has been working a lot for the past 1.5 weeks. He has only managed to make it home before 6pm one day out of 8 so I'm not too excited about that. He typically only sees Aiden for an hour at most usually. Hopefully things will slow down soon. The video below is of Aiden eating his dessert and me talking about his dislike for veggies now.

The pictures below I took today. I have a sinus infection again and have felt like poop all day. We got these flash cards for Aiden and I was showing him corresponding 'real' things around the house. He had fun with them. He thought it was really funny scattering them all over the floor. He then started stepping on them and he actually has pretty sweaty feet so they were sticking to his feet. 

Aiden napped for only 50 min today. It was killing me seeing how I was so tired to begin with. He is doing one nap a day since Sunday but the last 2 days have been 1 hr or less naps. He's so exhausted by nighttime because he hasn't napped much. Hopefully he'll start napping longer very soon.

6/14 - Bike trailer

This weekend has been very nice and pretty relaxing. We weren't running around everywhere for once. Yesterday we went to the store and Brad had softball in the evening while some of the girls came over to our place and had fondue and watched a movie. It was fun. The picture above was taken this morning ... the boys were hanging out. The picture below was taken on our way outside to go biking. Don't worry, we don't let him just go down the stairs. He comes up very well but we are teaching him to go down. We make him do the first couple on his own and try and practice at least once a day.
We went to church today and worked in the nursery during service. We came straight home because Aiden needed a nap. Today was his first day taking a single nap. We fed him lunch when we got home and he slept from 12:45 to 2:20ish. He had about a 1.5 hr nap ... hopefully he'll draw that out to two hours. He was EXHAUSTED tonight and we let him go to bed 20 min early. Hopefully this one nap a day thing will work out better and we won't have to be tied to the house as often. If he's too grumpy and tired though we'll go back to 2 naps. The picture below is from our new bike trailer. Brad put it on the bike today and I took Aiden for a ride (and Bronco) while he mowed the yard.  

Aiden isn't a huge fan of the trailer yet. He sits back a little too much for his liking and the sun was shining in his face. If we can fix those things I think he'd enjoy it a bit more. He'll get used to it ... he has to!!! 

After the bike ride, we went upstairs on played on the deck in the pool. He didn't really want to get in the pool so he played the animal water dishes instead that were on the deck. Aiden is getting picky with food and it's driving me nuts now. Hopefully it won't last too long but something tells me I should be prepared for these kind of protests and starvation games for the next couple years.

6/12 - Aiden on the treadmill

The picture above is actually from Aiden's first birthday on our way to daycare. We were sitting at the stoplight and I wanted to take his picture for the first time in the forward facing seat. The picture below I took today and sent to Brad. Aiden found a paint brush and thought it was the most fun toy ever.
Yesterday we bought a new pack and play because our old one was recently recalled. I opened it once we got home and set it up to make it's what I wanted. I put Aiden in it for a few minutes and he played with his spoon in it.
Today Brad left work early (4pm) and met me at Panera to see some friends who came in from Williamsburg for the evening. We visited shortly with them and their daughter and then came home. It was Aiden's dinner time but after dinner we went downstairs and played. Aiden got upset when Brad left (see video below) but since he follows my ADHD pattern, he found something else to occupy him.

In this video below, Aiden decided to get on the treadmill and Brad decided to have a little fun with him. Just watch the video below. It's pretty funny.

Tomorrow Brad has softball in the evening and I am having girls night at our place. We will be fonduing and watching a movie while the boys play softball. It should be fun. Until next time ...