Priceful Memories: Aiden is ONE

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Aiden is ONE

...but he's still my BABY.

(I love his little farmer's tan!)

He is such a happy boy, that is, when he's fed, watered, and diapered. He's always laughing, smiling, and playing. My favorite is when he runs at me full baby sprint with the biggest, most unconditional grin. I love being MOMMY.

Aiden is little compared to what Kelsey was. I still need to take him for his ONE YEAR appointment to get his updated stats.

He loves to jabber, but so far, only says mama, dada, ball, dah (dog), hi, and dan dah (thank you). He loves to put his hand up to his ear when he hears my phone ring. He says, "hi da!" That shows you how much Tally has had to travel so far this year.

Lots of things make him laugh: Kelsey, saying, "yuck", climbing/tackling him or each other, doing "motorboat" with his lips (spitting),

Right now he's trying to JUMP. He watches Kelsey do it and thinks he's big enough to do it too. He'll say, "da, da, da, DA!" (1, 2, 3 JUMP!) and then make a full-hearted effort to get those little legs off the ground. It turns out to only be a slight bend and straighten but he'll get it one of these days. Unfortunately, Kelsey thinks he can do it and they'll stand at the edge of a step together, holding hands, counting, and I have to run over and help him. When I don't make it in time, he usually just takes a step with a 50% chance of a fall. Luckily he's not very tall.

Aiden has a funny little fetish: Kelsey's underwear. He actually loves any small patch of material that he can carry around, throw, smell, bite, etc. Kelsey's underwear just happens to be the most accessible since she's always changing outfits (and underwear). He has a little lovie that he has to have at bedtime. He takes the little end of the bears cap and rubs it against his face to fall asleep. I guess that's better than smothering himself with it like Kelsey did.

His lovie (Kaloo)

Sleeping Beauty undies

Don't take those away from me!

I love these little feet! Notice the scrape on his shin from our stone stairs outside.

I love this little lip

What's up, mom? (he's a little hamster with food in his cheeks)

Slightly out of focus, but this is a face he makes all the time

He loves brushing his teeth...if he gets to do it

As far as birthday celebrations go, Aiden had THREE. The first one was in California with the Langs.

(edited them with a Cali/vintage feel)

Aiden is so excited, and Kelsey is getting in on the action

What is this?

Yum...that's pretty good

Candle is soon out of the picture for better digging access

The cake is almost gone!

One big bite

I guess it was too big

Kelsey picking the cake off of Aiden

The second one was in Utah at Grandma and Grandpa Price's (Oma & Opa).

Who loves baby??

Mama

Oma

Opa

Aunt Camie

And lots of other grown-ups that just couldn't be there!

Good thing he has a big sister to help him open his presents!

Is this an edible sandwich?

Lightning McQueen!

Oma also got one for Spencer so now they have matching cars.

I'm not sure Spence is too happy about that ;)

Playing the Swiss "bee catching" game

CAKE TIME!

Nice one

More Please!?

Just hanging out with the cousins...we had Chandler in town from Oregon which was a treat!

Peace out everyone!

The third was after daddy got home from 3 weeks of traveling for work. By this time, he was a PRO at the whole cake thing.

We have a picture of me and Tal with Kelsey on her first birthday. We tried to do the same and have Kelsey take the picture but after several shots of our legs, head brick, etc...we just set it on the exersaucer (which Aiden hasn't used in months and why is it still kicking around?) until we finally got a decent one.

That cake has my name on it (almost)!

The cupcake is from Sweet Tooth Fairy

I think it turned out cute.

Where to start...this is SO interesting.

What are you looking at? Did you think you were getting a bite of this?

I hear frosting does wonders as a moisturizer

I LOVE Birthdays!

The Clean-up

I hope you've enjoyed all the celebrations surrounding YOU, big boy (that's what Kelsey loves to call you). We're so glad you are apart of our family. Life is so much more fun with you around.

2 comments:

likeschocolate said...: He is super adorable. I love Sweet Tooth Fairy! Yummy! Lucky boy! His curls are super cute and I can't believe how long Kelsey's hair has gotten. She looks like such a big girl now. What a difference 7 months makes.; 8/10/2010 2:06 PM
Kali said...: Oh my goodness!! Your kiddos are so freaking cute! I can't believe how much he looks like Kelsey!! You need to make more babies. You guys do a pretty good job;); 8/10/2010 9:52 PM

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Aiden is ONE

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