New Developments for the Little Mister

I had to cut my work off early tonight. My eyes are droopy, the room is dark, and with just a slight glance to the left I can spot my little man asleep in his crib in the video monitor. Watching him sleep so peacefully reminds me of what I wanted to blog about tonight. I didn't want to forget to document some fun developments that we watched Little Mister experience this week.

A few days ago I went for a walk and put some socks on his feet so his little toesies wouldn't burn (I also put sunscreen on his legs, arms and face). When we got back I put him on the floor to play with his toys while I grabbed a hearty breakfast. I sat down on the carpet with him so I can watch him play while I ate. He was sitting there playing so quietly and quite enjoying himself. And then it was brought to my attention that my little baby took off one of his socks and was trying to put it back on. It was so cute. Of course I'm biased but I thought, isn't putting on socks quite advanced for a 10 month old? Yes, he is very smart.

And then there's the cell phone. Mister loves our cell phones. Whenever and wherever it's visual he wants to grab it, stare at it, press the buttons and, of course, stick it in his mouth. But this week he discovered he can do something else with mommy and daddy's phones. He puts it up to his ear!!! Well, his motor skills are still being perfected so really the phone hits behind his ear. But you can tell he is trying to hold it up to his ear like every other person he sees with one of those things.

Man, I love this baby!

One more thing, as I was rocking him and nursing him to sleep tonight I was thinking about the home movies we were just watching at Sissy and Duane's house. So much fun! Then I thought, I need to take more home videos. I don't care what I'm doing (or what I'm wearing). I need to get out the camera and take more pictures and videos of our family--even if it seems inconvenient. This is our lives and anytime in my future I will be glad I have them.

More Thoughts on 10 ½ Months

I've been a little sad the past few weeks. Two of my friends lost their babies in pregnancy. The Henderson's still don't have their kids back. Arlene died. I don't want to be sad anymore. I didn't go to any funerals. I couldn't. Another thing that makes me lose my breath is my little man soon won't be so little anymore. I know this doesn't fall into the same category as death but it's my baby. Ten and a half months--how can this be? I'm starting to think about plans for his first birthday and that makes me short of breath too.

The past couple of days we have been having fun with Cheerios. I filled up a cup, seated him beside me on the couch in the crook of my arm, turned on NetFlix, and we both munched on Cheerios. He was so curious about it. He quickly threw his little chubby hand in the cup, scoop up as much cereal as he could, crunched them with his tiny fingers, examined his fist full and then shoved some in his mouth. Of course, he was very strategic with the process. And in between eating some and crunching some he threw some out of the cup just because. I didn't mind the mess. I let him have fun with his Cheerios for as long as he wanted (he rarely just sits on the couch with me) and then I just vacuumed the cereal up when we were done. He sat there with me and the Cheerios for about 30-40 min. It was divine. I loved it so much I set up the same scene for Mitchell this morning so he can relish in the sweetness of our little boy just "hanging" with him on the couch, eatin' some Cheerios.

On Thursday Toni told me that she is 12 weeks pregnant. I'm beyond happy for her. She deserves to get out of the office and get home to some babies. Can't wait for Nikki to get pregnant too! Crossing my fingers we get some good news from her in about 4 weeks! ;)

Aedan’s Personality

So our little mister is about 10 and half months and his personality is coming out more and more each day. For the most part he is mellow, laid back, calm, and a little shy with new people. He has shown these attributes since day one. But most recently our chill little dude has expressed more of his fun personality. He is fun and goofy and loves to make us laugh. And then at times he can be cranky if he doesn't get his way. And other times he is a big cuddle bug and just wants to smooch (mostly on me . . hehe). Tonight I had to laugh. I began to nurse him to sleep around 8:45 p.m. Nursing him to sleep only takes about 15-20 min. But then it was about 9:15 and I thought he was falling asleep until I felt a warm sensation on my belly. The little boogie pee'd through his diaper and onto my tummy. When I began changing his diaper he started to laugh at me! So I kissed those precious cheeks and we giggled together as I changed his diaper and put on a fresh clean onesie. What a stinker!!

But earlier today he wasn't so happy. He isn't eating much of his solid foods (only wants to nurse, nurse, nurse!). After an attempt of sweet peas for dinner I let him play with his baby spoon. He loved it! But what happened when I tried to pull it away? He cried like it was the last toy on earth and I just destroyed it. Needless to say, he played with that spoon for about an hour.

And speaking of destroying, Aedan's new nickname should be the Destroyer. We were on the floor playing with his toys yesterday and he wanted to knock down and destroy everything I was making. I began making a neat little stack with his cups and once he saw what I was doing he would quickly knock them down, throw them aside and then laugh. He repeatedly this every time I made stacks. I was shocked! But of course, he made me laugh.

What a little boogieman!