And the words keep coming...

I know they say that when toddlers start talking it never ends, but I am absolutely amazed at how much Aiden has been talking the last few weeks, although, I am sure that only Nathan and I understand most of it! =-) Aiden enjoys trying to say what you are saying too...this is where it isn't clear what he is saying but you know he is saying whatever you just did. So, it is time that I start documenting the words/phrases that he has got down.

Aiden enjoys animals a lot. He has a few books with just animals that are always laying around and he loves for you to read them to him. He says:

dog (with the "woof woof" too lol)
cat
peacock (don't know about this one)
duck
pig (with a finger up his nose saying "oink oink")

We also started doing sign language with him after his birthday, so he is now using signs for:

please
more (speaks it too)
ball (speaks it too)
milk (speaks it too)
bath
eat
drink
"all done" (speaks it too)
Baby (speaks it too)

Of course he knows "mama" and "dada" as well as:

Grandma
Grandpa
Bye Bye
Uncle (although this is more of a noise then a word LOL)
Uh-Oh
Truck
Car (he LOVES cars!)
Vroom-Vroom
Mine/My
firetruck (I swear we did not push this one)
"See ya"
Grapes

Those words are all frequent in the house. He has started trying to say helicopter, airplane, stroller, walk, keys, horse, and a few others. The words he uses don't sound like the actual words, but he knows what he is talking about and they do sound different LOL. I am so grateful to be home with Aiden and able to experience this exciting time with him!

Vegas baby!!

In June we were able to take a family vacation to Las Vegas to see my brother Trevor graduate high school! I am so happy that I was fortunate enough to attend all three of my siblings graduations (two in Vegas and one is SD) while living in Eugene...as well as I am SO proud of all of them for graduating!! We had lots of fun in the very warm weather and loved seeing family while we were there. We took Aiden to the pool for the first time. Give us a break...Eugene isn't warm enough to go swimming LOL He had lots of fun with dad, grandma, and Danny!

For Trevor's graduation present, Nathan really wanted to take him to the shooting range to shoot an AR, so we met Trevor and my step-dad Billy at the range. The pictures tell it all =-)

Although we had lots of fun, it was a sleepless trip. Aiden was NOT happy with the hotel idea and spent most of the day (and pretty much all night) letting us know! We were able to get a precious picture of him though =-)!

Trip to San Diego

Aiden and I were so fortunate to be able to take a trip down to San Diego at the end of June for a mini vacation and visit with the family...guess that's one of the benefits of not working anymore! =-) We had lots of fun and were able to do much more since our trip was about a week long. Aiden and I went to the beach for Aiden's first visit with Gpa, Mimi and Aunt Leah with only minimal complaining from Gpa ;-) A short but sweet trip (let's face it...I am not the tan SD girl I once was!) but Aiden thought it was too cool...sand, water and toys, what more could he want!





It was very nice to see everyone at the family BBQ. Aiden had lots of fun playing with his cousins. We were glad to be able to visit with "Aunt" Carynne and Hailey since they are quite the busy bunch. In all, we had a wonderful trip!!! I am so glad that Aiden is able to experience all these adventures in his life. Someday he will be able to look back on these photo memories and see how much he is loved!

Summer Time!!!!

It's here and we could not be more excited! Now that Aiden is more active, keeping him in the house all day because of crappy weather is miserable. Luckily, we have been getting some beautiful weather the last month and have been able to enjoy lots of trips to the park and time in the pool. Aiden has always been a water baby and LOVES being in the bath, pool, lake, or any other body of water he can. He also recently discovered that the park has a water pump at the sandbox, so now I have to be sure to bring a change of clothes because he is always soaking wet by the end of our visit. So, here are some pictures of our fun in the sun!!

Pictures as promised

So, to complete my last post...here are the cute pictures of Aiden's drive to Portland =-)

Trip to Portland

We recently (about 2 months ago by now) visited our good friends Chelsea and Cody in Portland where they live. They had bought a house last October and we still had not been able to make a trip up to visit as they are planning their wedding and we have a one year old! As always, we love to see them and were so excited to finally get together. Their home is beautiful!! The picture here is the cup we bought to get ice...since we have issues of leaving the house missing some essential items. Kinda hard to travel for the day with no milk or ice to keep it cold when you have a toddler. =-) Of course, he had to make sure there wasn't anything to drink in the cup too.

And after a long day traveling the streets of Portland and exploring some Fish stores, we started our 2 hour trip home...clearly Aiden was relaxing in his seat shortly before crashing to sleep for the rest of the trip LOL but now I can't upload photos due to an error on the site so I will work on posting them in just a bit.

Catching up!

It's been too long, I know! It's been quite the busy month...so this will be long I am sure. Let's see, to start, I am now a stay at home mom!!!! After months of discussion and sleepless nights thinking about it, we have finally decided that it would be best for Aiden and our marriage for me to be home. Our lives are very crazy at times and never predictable. This left us feeling as if we were a divorced couple with a kid doing the "swap" of responsibilities and never getting a chance to slow down and be a family. This is not what we wanted for our family so it was time to make the change. I have been home for almost 2 weeks now and it is AMAZING how good it feels!!! Although, Nathan has been working a lot, we know that we will soon be able to enjoy trips and adventures as a family.

Now on to the fun stuff...Aiden is now 15 months old! He has quite the personality coming through too. He has a small vocabulary that keeps growing. He always says "bye" and blows kisses no matter who or where we are leaving lol. He says "dog" and will point but does not like getting too close. He is now only eating table foods and prefers to eat what we are eating then what was made for him. He is enjoying the sense of freedom he has now that he walks and we are working on allowing him to explore more of the world (even if it freaks me out!). He is also quite the helper around the house. Loves to help change the laundry, vacuum, and clean his highchair. We go to the drs soon for another check-up and I will update then.

I will post again with pictures off all our adventures lately...our home computer is quite slow so I need to work on that =-) Hope everyone is enjoying their Father's Day!!!!