not feeling so hot.

Aidan has been sick since yesterday. Mom babysat for me yesterday while I went to the movies and had some "me" time. I got a phone call about 3/4 through the movie saying he was running a fever. Mom gave him some tylenol and the fever was gone by the time I got home. He started running another fever during the night and it got up to 104 degrees. He has been complaining for a couple of weeks now about his tushie hurting ( but points to his back). He also has a swollen lymph node in his groin area that has been there for about a month now. He hasnt been his normal happy self for the past couple of weeks so I am going to see if I can get him in tomorrow to see the doctor. I am thinking it may be a urinary tract infection.

He loves to wave!

Summer fun playing in the rain.

I took this cute video of Aidan yesterday while he was playing in the rain.

Note 1- how he waves to the neighbors across the street. This boy loves to wave! Everytime I take him out walking or in his stroller he ALWAYS waves at ANYONE who drives or walks by like he is in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. All I can say is that he puts a smile on my face and on most of the people who are on the receiving end of the wave.

Note 2- how in the middle of the video he calls me Kelwey, Kelwey.. Aidan observes EVERYTHING that goes on around him. I think he has picked this up from listening to my mom call me Kelley. On occasion he will call my mom Pee Dee ( her nickname from my family) or call her "mom"- the name I call her. So funny!

More pics from Aidans birthday party

My uncle Frank emailed me some more pictures from Aidans birthday party and I finally got them loaded on my computer. His camera is way better than mine so I thought I would share them....

Aidan calls this thing a goat. It is actually one of the characters from Narnia. The park has a "Narnia Theme" and there are figures like this and houses, etc... all over the park. You enter the park through the "wardrobe" and there is a path that will take you to different stations. For example the first station is the beavers house. It has a stand there that tells about that part of the story and then you push a button and it will read it to you. It is really cool. The thing I love most about this park is that it was built so that people with various different disabilities can enjoy it too!

Aidans favorite past time - throwing rocks into the stream...

Another one of Aidans favorite things to do is to chase the ducks.

Possibly my favorite pic from the day.

cake face!

Aidan has really gotten into swinging lately. I love these swings.

My mom and her 2 sisters swinging and enjoying the shade.

Potty Time!

Aidan has decided that he is ready to be potty trained. We have been reading potty books for awhile and he has talked about "pee peeing in the potty" for a month now. I really didnt want to potty train him until he turned two and until we got back to San Diego, but Aidan had other thoughts. When we got back from our visit to Huntington my mom had bought Aidan a potty and he was soooo excited!

I have been just letting him do his own thing becuase I didnt want to force the issue. I still had him in a diaper and he used his potty whenever he felt like it. Finally I decided the other day to just bite the bullet and put him in big boy underwear. This lasted until about nap time! Aidan did great using his potty- He went 11 times SUCCESSFULLY in his potty. However, by lunch time we also had 3 accidents. He went all over the floor and my moms couch! YUCK! It seems he knows to go in his potty but doesnt care to be wet either. I now have him in a pull up ( much to my mothers urging) which I think is pretty useless because no matter how much I stress that it is just like big boy underwear he doesnt care and it is just like a diaper to him. I guess we will just take baby steps. I know for 100% sure that he will NOT go to college in a pullup! LOL


getting the potty and inspecting it.
hmm... what does this seat do?

testing it out. It feels pretty comfy!

taking a break from riding his tricycle and inspecting it some more.

sitting on the potty reading Dora.

Taking another break from riding his trike. Safety First! LOL!!!!!! and Success!

oops

Oops! Somehow I published my last post before I finished it. Happy Fourth of July everyone! I still have family visiting and we are having a great time. Yesterday we went to Jonesborough Days. It is a festival in one of my favorite towns. It looks like time stood still there with the quaint little shops and historic buildings. It reminds me of Maybury from Andy Griffith. They had a great play area for kids there and thats where Aidan and I spent most of our time. He had a great time playing in the bubbles, sand, and little playhouse they had there. We also got to ride the "train". Oh my that was a sight. Lets just say that I dont think adults were supposed to ride it but I was not about to let Aidan ride it by himself. I felt like I was squeezed in the seat like a sardine. There was literally no room for Aidan to hardly sit down. He was so cute waving and waving the whole time we were riding and waving to the passengers anytime the train passed by us as we were strolling around the festival.

Today has been actually pretty lowkey. We went out to lunch after Aidan got up from his nap and then took him to the park that is by the lake.

Hope everyone had a great fourth.

Happy Fourth of July!

Aidans 2nd birthday part 1

I had family visiting so I thought I would have an early birthday party for Aidan. My aunt bec and uncle frank and aunt sue were here. I had a firefighter themed party at my favorite park- Warriors Path. We had a great time. Aidan was a little grumpy at first but after a much needed BM he felt much better. We will be celebrating Aidans actual birthday at Dollywood and then Clinton and I will take him to Disneyland when we get back in August.


Cute flag my mom put in her yard. You can change the number each year. Isn't it cute!
Aidans favorite thing to do at the park in throw pebbles in the stream. I think it is a two year old thing becuase there are usually other toddlers there as well!

Sitting with Gigi

opening gifts

Aidans favorite gift by far was the Sodor Scrub and Shine that goes with his Thomas set and James the train.

Close up of Aidans shirt

The balloons became one jumbled mess ( the wind was blowing pretty hard), but Aidan loooves balloons. Afterward we handed them out to kids around the park.

Decorations...

The cake...

Aidan looking at his cake

and eating the cake....

opening more gifts. Aidan is really getting into imaginative play, so I bought him a toy skillet with plastic food. This gift was also a hit!

Playing on the playground. Notice he is holding one of his trains- James the new fav.

Opening gifts at home.

and this is what Annabelle thought of Aidan getting all the attention!

Have a great fourth of July everyone!!!!!