Missing Pictures

When Aidan was born and we were in Las Vegas I took a ton of photos those first couple of days. Sadly, I did something to Clinton's computer and lost the entire directory and lost those first couple of days worth of photos. While I was able to download several photos from the blog that I had already posted, there were many that I lost including some precious ones of Aidan's birth family. Last week Clinton was working on something on his computer and mysteriously the photos reappeared! We even had our tech guy attempt to retreive them with no success. I don't know what happened but boy was I glad when the photos popped up! Here ard some of Aidans "firsts"... A very happy mama!

My sweet baby

This picture is the first time I saw baby Aidan! He was 45 minutes old and getting checked over by the nurse.

The first time Clinton held his son!

and finally Aidans first real bath!

Favorite Photo Friday

I know this favorite photo Friday is late, but how does the saying go- to busy livin' to be bloggin'. We had a good day. Mom and I took advantage of the beautiful So Cal Spring weather and drove to Anaheim to have lunch at Benihana. YUM! and then went to a furniture store that is going out of business. Now that we are getting a much bigger place we need some new furniture. Clinton and I have never bought furniture in the almost 6 years we have been married. Hard to believe. I didn't have much luck today but there is always tomorrow...

Now on to my favorite photos from the past couple of days....This pic is for Grandma Helen. I know she will think I am adorable in my super cute Pirate hat. I hope you feel better soon Grandma!

This picture was taken today. I decided to dress Aidan in shorts since the weather is finally warming up. Is that really my 8 month old baby sitting there? I think someone took the body of a toddler and superimposed his head!

Giggling Aidan

Mom and I went out today. When we got home Mr. A was in rare form. We got this video of him giggling. Enjoy!

Random pics from the past week

I know it has been awhile since I have posted. I have been busy processing paperwork for Clinton, packing, and spending time with my mama. We move in a little over 3 weeks and I am nowhere close to being finished packing. I have made a little progress and at least have purchased some boxes and packed up some books and picutres. I am excited to get into our new house which will be at least 2 and a half times the size of our townhouse. We are quickly running out of room with all of Aidans toys. Since Clinton works from home it will be nice to seperate work space from living space.

Aidan is growing and changing it seems every day. I can't wait for his 9 month appointment to see how long he is and how much he weighs. He has been a total crackup and smiles and laughs all the time. I really think he is going to be into music. He dances all the time ( even when mom was just beating on a box the other day)

Aidan has been going through some hyper growth. He began pulling up about a week ago and started cruising around his play pen the very next day. He is also crawling quite well now and loves to be in the floor. Since he has become much more mobile he is also starting to get some boo boos. It doesn't matter if I am right there with him he always finds a way to hit his head or face. Ugh. Mr. A in his carseat

I bought this jumper for him and he loves it.

Peekaboo I see you

Cruising in his play pen

Silly boy. You can see 2 of the places on his forehead and nose where he fell and bumped his head.

Favorite Photo Friday

I think this is my favorite because I love how Aidan is so into exploring everything around him.

Dancing Machine

My boy loves to dance! Aidan dances anytime any of his toys plays music or when his Nana or Mama sing the theme to "Elmos World" ( You can tell I am a mommy now because I actually know the words to the above mentioned song!). Also, his train is his absolute favorite toy. He breaks out in a big grin anytime you pull it out. It plays lots of cute songs and he loves to play with the engine and all of the cute animals that came with it. I got a few seconds of video of him "dancing" . I need to get more video becuase he usually dances for a longer period of time - but this time he got sidetracked by the giraffe.

Today Mr. A is 8 months old. My how the time flies! We have been having a great time hanging out with Nana who has been here for 1 whole month already! We spent the day having lunch and shopping in Laguna Beach. Aidan is such an awesome little shopper! He doesn't complain at all and charms all the ladies.

Aidan is now 8 months old and is still not sleeping through the night. Last night was kind of rough because he was up 3 times! I have been feeding him oatmeal and fruit before bed so he will sleep longer and not have to get up to eat. Some nights he does great and will sleep until 5 or 6 in the morning and some nights like last night he just gets up. I think he has definitely developed a habit. Tonight when he gets up I am going to give him just water and see what happens. He hates water so it should be interesting. I hate to do it to the little guy but he needs to sleep through the night for his sake and mine.

Big Day for Aidan

Yesterday was a big day for Aidan. He said the word bye, waved bye bye for the first time and decided to crawl. I was in the process of taking a picture of him for Helen when he decided to crawl. Aidan is wearing a special pair of pajamas. Helen bought many pairs several years ago while she was in Singapore. All 7 of Aidans cousins in Australia have owned a pair. She just happened to have one pair left and wasn't sure what to do with them- of course until Mr. A came along! Anyway, I was in the process of taking his picture to send to her when he took off. I got these couple of pictures but was not quick enough to get it on video. Until this point Aidan has been doing the "military crawl". He gets on his stomach and crawls around on his elbows. We were beginning to wonder if this would just be his version of crawling. He crawled again tonight while Clinton and I were at the beach with friends. My mom was babysitting him and she said he crawled across the living room floor. He is fascinated with her shoes and was attempting to get them as she kept backing up.

Aidan now says the words mama ( mum, mum ,mum or mom- depending on what kind of mood he is in), Hi, Ba ( for bottle), and bye. Mama, I am out of here! I am tired of you pointing that thing at me all the time.

catch me if you can!