Aidan turned eighteen months old today. A full year and a half. Really, can someone please tell me where the time goes? I feel like all I did was blink my eyes once or twice and my tiny, pink, sleepy little newborn has grown into a toddling bundle of joy.
He continues to be my sweet, funny, loving, curious, independent little guy. He loves to help Mommy or Daddy with everything and he's usually pretty good at it. One of his favorite things to help with is the garbage. If we have something that needs to be thrown away, Aidan will take it, open the lid on the garbage, throw the garbage away and close the lid. Then he'll run right back to us, hoping for more garbage to be thrown out. Silly boy. He also enjoys helping me empty the dryer when we do laundry. Of course, most of the time the clothes go anywhere BUT the laundry basket, but it's fun to watch him have fun with it.
Now that the weather is nice and warm, Aidan loves to play in "his" backyard. His favorite thing of all is to swing in his toddler swing. If we let him, I'm sure he'd swing all day and all night. Whenever we ask him if he wants to go outside to swing, we always get a very enthusiastic "YEAH!" and he'll run towards his swing. He also enjoys playing on his "rock wall" and slide. He loves to stand at the top of the slide and "drive" with his steering wheel. He also loves to help Daddy mow the lawn. In fact, Aidan has TWO lawn mowers and they both get equal amounts of play time.
His vocabulary seems to grow each and every day. He is constantly amazing us with new words and phrases. He's beginning to say two word "sentences," such as "Baba, Sit!" or "Hi Mama!" He can correctly identify a number of objects, including body parts, animals, and things found in nature. He can also correctly identify a number of animal sounds. He really enjoys reading his animal books and making the appropriate sounds for each animal. It's adorable.
I think he's excited about becoming a big brother, but he doesn't really understand it yet. He loves babies and is very interested in newborns. He likes to kiss my belly (he always lifts my shirt first to reveal bare skin) and he also says (and waves) "hi" to the babies. Just the other day I asked him what we should name the babies and his answer made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants. He said we should name the babies "Oooh" and "Aaah." (In case you didn't know -- during the Playhouse Disney shows in the morning, there are two monkeys that come on every so often and sing and joke around. Their names are "Oooh" and "Aaah.")
We recently bought Aidan a "big boy" potty and he's interested in it, but not to go potty. He just likes lifting and closing the lid and taking the foam seat out of it. We won't push him and I'm sure when he's ready to start potty training, he'll let us know.
Every day is a learning experience for him and it's fun to see him absorb new ideas all the time. I am sometimes surprised at each new stage of his development and I am so excited to move along with him to the each new part of his life. I (usually) never look back wishing he was younger as each new day is a blessing for me to witness. I love his kisses, hugs, love pats, and giggles. He is a delightful child that has made my life rich and I strive to be a good mom.
Aidan, thanks for your patience and your unconditional love. There is certainly more learning that we'll be facing together and I look forward to every moment of it. Love you always, Mommy
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