Last post of 08

We start swim lessons on the 10th. I will post the details, I promise. Christmas was good. There were presents, food and friends. I doubt one needs much more than that. Let's see what 2009 can bring us...

Aeden 1, Cheerios 1

Aed managed to pick up Cheerios this morning, using a pincer grip, i.e. between his thumb and finger. He also managed to successfully get several in his mouth. We still need to work on our hand to mouth coordination apparently.

3 teeth and counting...

Christmas Lists

What I want for Aeden (cause he doesn't want anything yet!):
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Where The Wild Things Are
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
Little People (mostly for as he gets older, but before he turns 1)

What Aeden Needs:
Pajamas (9-12 months, or just 12 months)
6-12 month socks
Pants 12 month
A Pair of Shoes (sneaker type, preferably... size 3 maybe?)

What Mom Wants:
Wall-E
New Kids On The Block album
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (by JK Rowling)

Tooth #1

We have a tooth, which I imagine accounts for the crankiness of the past several days, possibly even weeks. Hopefully we manage a good night of sleep out of this before we start again. And there are... 20?... of these that need to come in. So we only have 19 left...!?!?! Gah!

Ren Faire 08

It was an interesting day. Aed had a good time, I think. He got to see sheep, goats, a cow, a horse and some geese. He was more interested in the big umbrellas that were the animal's shade though. He squealed over the elephant. Basically, the colors were what got him. He seemed amazed at the number of people and was a bit annoyed with the rough terrain. A good day, for sure.

October

It's already October. It seems like it was just January but here it is 10 months later. My 5 month old is nuts. He's got a killer smile. And he still has blue eyes. I'm thinking that they're staying. Common word seems to be that if they were going to turn darker they would have started to already. But they're still a deep slate blue color. Very pretty. Very Irish. Especially with the blond hair and the pale skin like Mommy. I've been told he still looks like me, despite the differences in hair and eye color. It's cute.

He has an enormous fascination with his feet. He's pretty good at holding them, especially when you're trying to change his diaper. This, obviously, makes changing a diaper fairly tricky but it makes him happy. The simple stuff, I guess.

He can also sit up by himself. Not straight upright, but he holds himself up with his hands and as long as he doesn't try to lean to far to one side he's good. I have a baby who's very interested in his world. He's getting bigger. It's pretty awesome.

Food stuffs

So far, we are fans of sweet potato, peas, prunes, pears and green beans. Carrots, not so much. I'm still trying though, since I find that odd. Next on the list is either banana or peach. Probably the peach though since it took him a couple of days to poop this time and I want to avoid constipating type foods for awhile. This kid definitely likes his food though. He was screaming at me today as I ate dinner in between his green bean. Cause I wasn't feeding him. I only let him have half a Gerber container (about a tablespoon, I guess) at a time. I think he'd eat a whole one if I let him. Technically he gets a whole one a day since Madelaine gives him something for breakfast and I give him something for dinner. My goal is to go through all the available flavors and find out what he likes and dislikes (not much so far) and then we'll look at increasing portion sizes and adding stuff together. Earth's Best has some really awesome flavor combos.

On the adult side, my new crockpot is da bomb!