First Haircut

Ayden’s hair was getting pretty long and I was trying to hold out cutting it as long as I could before his birthday. So, on Saturday Bob and I took Ayden to a kids hair cut place. He sat in this little yellow sports car and was very good while the lady cut his hair. He reached up a couple of times to get her hands away from his head, but there were no complaints and he did a great job. It took less than 5 minutes to get the job done, but WHAT a DIFFERENCE. He looks so cute. They gave us a certificate for Ayden’s first haircut and also gave us some of his LONG hair to keep for his baby book.

There are a couple new things that Ayden is doing now. Besides walking all over the place, he loves to say hi to everyone. Whenever we go out anywhere, he picks up his hand to wave and says “Hi”. It is so cute. We were in the grocery store yesterday and Ayden just sat in the cart and basically waved his little hand up and down the whole time. As soon as someone came near him, he would say HI, really loud. Big crowd pleaser as he made many new friends. At least it kept him occupied and allowed mommy to shop.

Ayden also started shaking hands. When I came home from work the other day, Bob called him over and said “Ayden, can you shake my hand?” He reached out his hand to Bob’s, shook it up and down, and laughed. I love this kid!

Here are some new words Ayden is saying:
Deer (every time he looks out our window, he points and says deer…most of the time they are there)
Dirty (he will usually say this when he sees the dogs toys)
Stinky (so funny to hear him say this – he will say this to people’s feet and shoes lying around)
Turkey (he has a toy food set with a microwave at Bob’s parents house …if you ask him, he will put the turkey in the microwave to cook and then take it out and eat it. He will then give it to you to eat as well.)

He definitely is getting to the stage where he really tries to say what you are saying. It may not come out the same way, but at least he is trying.

Here are some new pics of Ayden:

Before his Haircut

During the Haircut
Smile for the camera
After his Haircut...isn't he so handsome!

Are you looking at me?

Here is Ayden walking around the yard

In his little play house

Ayden also can tell you No in his own cute way.

Almost A Year Old!!!

I cannot believe Ayden is almost a year old already. Time really does fly. It has been such an amazing year with him in our lives. I don't want him to grow up yet and get into his "toddler years", because I am enjoying every minute of the sweet innocent Ayden.

As we get ready for his birthday, and I now know how to get videos up on my computer, I went a little crazy with the videos this time. I just wanted everyone to see some of the funny things he does. At least, I think they are funny!

About a month ago, Ayden started giving kisses whenever you ask him. I think it is so hilarious to see his wide open mouth smiling whenever he does this.

Here is Ayden with his best bud Koda. He always tries to pull his tail and ride him like a horse. Check it out!

Ayden with the phone again! This kid is loving the fact that he is walking because he is walking everywhere.

I also just wanted to show you a video of Ayden's crawl. He still crawls occasionally and he has such a funny crawl I had to put it on the blog.

Video of Ayden Walking.

I finally figured out how to get videos online. Probably because we bought a new computer and everything is so much easier. I hope you all enjoy. Excuse my squeaky horrible voice in this video and any future one I add.

Ayden's Walking!!

It has been a big couple weeks for Ayden. Just this week, he started walking. He took a few steps around and it went from there. I actually didn't get to see him do it until this weekend. He walked at Bob's parents house and every time I came home from work he was to tired to show off. He is so proud of himself when he does walk though... I love it! He still does his crazy crawl around the house and will stand and walk when he is comfortable enough. Ayden also got to play in the snow from our snow storm. I bundled him up so good, he looked like the kid in Christmas story because he couldn't really move. We played outside for a little bit and then he fell over and got snow all in his face. He didn't seem to care, but we went inside after that.

Since we have been having crazy weather, this weekend it was really nice. So, it was great to get outside and have Ayden play around in the yard after all the snow melted. He really loves to be outside. Bob gave him a ride around the yard on his quad. After they drove around a little bit, Bob stopped to let him off and Ayden started jumping up and down trying to get his Daddy to do it again. Bob started it up again and drove around a little more. He really liked it and he would wave when he saw me...so cute.

Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks.

Father and son on the quad

Ayden playing with an acorn

Here he is in the snow storm

This is right before he fell over into the snow