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

Poor Baby!

Hey everyone! I am trying to get back into the groove and update the blog more often. It has been great to spend more time with Ayden during the weekends and at nights now that I am not working as much. You really begin to realize what you can miss in even just a few days. So, needless to say it has been great to catch up to see all the things he is doing now.

Ayden is just getting over his first real sickness. It was hard to see him that uncomfortable and unhappy. We have been fortunate with him not getting really sick before and it was just hard because you feel so helpless when he doesn’t feel good. He is getting better now and I am just thankful that he is getting back to his fun-loving, smiling personality.

He is really trying to talk and repeat what you say. He is getting pretty good at saying “dog”, “cat” and “ball”. Ayden also loves to look at his pictures around the house and then will say his name. It takes a little coaxing, but he will say “Ay-Den”. So cute because he gets so excited when he sees all of the pictures.

He has 6 teeth now, 4 on top and the two on the bottom. He of course tries to put everything in his mouth. Ayden is also doing really well standing by himself and not holding onto anything. He won’t do it too long, but he is trying. Here are some new pics. Hope you enjoy~

He loves to look out the windows.

Daddy and Ayden

Ayden playing with the car on Koda
He loves his Koda

Crazy January!!!

Hi everyone! I know I have not updated the blog in a while but I have been working late everyday in January. It has been a difficult month for me in that I have not had many opportunities to see Ayden. I am very excited that our busy tax season is tapering off to allow for some more family time.
During the past month, Ayden has been doing some great things. He is really starting to say some words besides his favorite “Dada”. If you say to him, “Ayden, where’s your truck?”…he will go over to his truck, say “Tuck”, drive it around and go ROOMMMM!! It is so cute and I am so proud of him. He tries to say a lot of the words that you say, so it is really cool.
What I love the most about what he is doing now, is he is always looking to see if you are watching when he does things. So, for instance he will have a toy in both of his hands, and he will manage to stand himself up from sitting. He then looks over his shoulder at you to make sure you are watching him. Once you give him praise and clap your hands, “Yeahhhh!! Ayden”, he then get’s so excited and claps his hands with the biggest smile. He is just so happy and we couldn’t be more blessed to have him in our lives.
It is just really exciting seeing him grow and gaining more and more personality. I love to just watch him and laugh at all the things he is doing. I don’t have too many pictures, so I promise I will get more to show everyone now that I will be home more. Enjoy!

Here is Ayden getting ready for to go out in that first snow storm....barely fits in the carseat.
He really loves that camera!

Daddy getting Ayden ready to go out in the snow.

Our HAPPY baby!

DaDa

Ayden seemed to love his first Christmas. I cannot believe he is already 9 months old!!! He had a lot of gifts from Santa to open. On Christmas morning, Bob and I gave him some gifts and just like we thought he tore the wrapping paper and then put the paper in his mouth. He seemed to really love the taste of that paper and was not as interested in what was in the package. He opened about 3 gifts and then went on and did his own thing. So needless to say Bob opened the other gifts for him.

About 2 weeks ago Ayden began to say Dada. He just started blurting out DADADADA. It was so cute and I was so jealous. It became a non-stop thing and that is all he kept saying. I knew it would be his first word though because Bob was so persistent in saying Dada to him ever since he was born. Once he got the Dada down, he began to say ma. Sometimes it comes out a little different, but we know what he is saying. All in all, we love that he is saying dada and mama.

Here are some pics from Christmas morning.

Here is a picture of Ayden propping up his bottle on the ottoman so that he can drink it. It was so funny when Bob and I saw this.

Here is Ayden in his first car...he loves it!

Ayden and his Aunt Leah

Ayden and Pop Pop Brey

Here are a couple pictures from Christmas dinner with the family