TOES! OUCH!

Okay. Another week, another ouchie. Aiden is a little Boy after all.

Aiden had been feeling under the weather over the weekend, and daddy was feeling a little poorly himself, so we did not attend our zoo class this week, not wanting to pass germs on to the other kids in the group. So when we should have been in class, instead we had another accident.

A couple of weeks ago Daddy got a Wii and Wii Fit to try to use it to lose some weight (2 weeks and 4 pounds gone so far, but that is another blog). Daddy decided to get his work out in early and was doing a free step class. About 5 minutes in I thought it might be good to use mommy's little dumbell weights along with the stepping, so I grabbed them. Well here comes Aiden wanting to participate. He grabs one of the 2 pound weights, then promptly drops it on his big toe.

I didn't think it was much of a big deal at first, didn't even realize he had actually hit himself, just thought he was angry because he couldn't hold the weight. Then I saw that his toe was bleeding. Then there is the rush to get the bleeding to stop and see the extent of the injury. He was an unhappy camper all the rest of the day and did not let me clean up the blood all day, so it looked pretty horrible when mommy got home and she wanted to take him to the doctor, thinking it looked swollen.

Well, thanks to Aunt Dawn, who is a doctor, we saved ourselves a trip to the doctor's office. There really wasn't much swelling, he could move his toe around, and had put weight on it, so the cut seems to be the worst of the damage.

No pictures of this particular injury. But we should have some good pictures coming soon.

Boo Boo

Well. We have a Big ol Boo-Boo to display tonight. Last night while playing around in the living room, Aiden managed to trip and bonked his head on the tv. IMMEDIATELY his little forehead swelled up with a big old goose egg. Amazingly, this was the first time he got a bump like that. Our injuries tend more the the scratch and bruise variety. So we were a little concerned at first. But he was acting normal and after having a good cry and playing with the ice cubes, he went back to his normal playing routine. This morning the swelling was almost gone, and unless you knew he had hit his head you might not even notice the injury.

So we have a picture of the goose egg for you, taken about 5 minutes after the fall, once he had settled down and was happily playing with his teething rings while we just tried to get one cold thing on his head for 30 seconds or more.

Yesterday was an eventful day. He took 1 nap of about 15 minutes and that left him pretty grumpy. Grumpy enough to throw a couple of temper tantrums at me. One of which lasted over an hour of non-stop crying with no source of comfort, I held him, rocked him, offered food and drink, and tried to get him to sleep, none of which worked. Ungh...

It certainly didn't help that it rained ALL DAY and he couldn't play outside. He LOVES taking his toys out into the yard and playing outside. But with the rain he was a little confused. He got out onto the deck and took a look at the rain (images below). Eventually he did go out and run around on the deck and get a little wet, he even tried to go down into the yard, which is when I stopped him. I expected a more negative reaction to the rain, but he took it in stride and just enjoyed being outside for a bit.

At the bottom is a short dancing video from a play date Aiden had this morning. Also a picture of Aiden and his cousin playing at his Aunt's baby Shower for the new cousin who is due in about a month!

Enjoy!

Golf Outing

Mommy's work had a spring outing tonight and the venue was a putt-putt golf course. Talk about a perfect setting for our new little Golfer. We got out to the course at about 6:30, Aiden had a golf club and ball in hand by about 6:45, and aside from a mandatory food break of about 20 minutes, he was hitting a golf ball from before 7pm until 9pm this evening. He would probably still be golfing now if we hadn't tricked him into sending his ball down the chute on the 18th hole that made it go "all gone". And boy was he mad when we turned the putters in. He got a kick out of putting the ball in the hole though. We stayed at one hole for quite awhile, he would hit the ball in the hole, pick it up, set it about 3 inches away from the hole and hit it in again. We went through that for probably about 20 minutes or so. After dinner when we decided to play as a family, after about 9 holes Aiden was getting pretty good at putting the ball in the hole, picking it up, grabbing mommy or daddy's hand and walking to the next hole.

How cute is that? Of course then there was the betrayal of turning in the golf club, which we may never be forgiven for. But then we went and looked at the shiny lights on the arcade games and all was well.

Here are some pictures and a short video. We didn't get to do a lot of pictures since we were too busy chasing Aiden around, but here is what we caught "on film".

Golf Pro

A few new pictures to share with you tonight. Aiden is really digging using his new Golf Clubs to hit any ball he can find. We took his clubs and Daddy's wedge out in the back yard so that daddy could play too. Ultimately he just had to have daddy's golf club, and here are the pictures. Later grandpa came over and Aiden taught him how to golf.

We also got him to "wear" his drum and play that tonight. We'll see if the video of that will load up for us.

We had another weekly session of ZooBabes. This week we met a groundhog tortoise and a Scarlett Macaw. While I really thing this class is a good thing for Aiden to experience, it is sort of tough with a little boy of 21 months. The class is very structured, and the children are expected to sit still for the majority of the time. This doesn't work so well for the boys. For the most part the little girls are willing to sit and listen, but most of the boys (Aiden foremost amung them) want to be up and wandering around. I understand the need to have the children in the laps when the animals are out and amung the children, but when the animals aren't right there, letting the kids wander around and enjoy themselves shouldn't be a bad thing. While the instructors don't really say anything about it, you kind of get the sense that they want the kids to just stay right there with mommy or daddy. For us, I either have to let Aiden wander a little bit or he is going to start crying and squirming. So I let him wander a little bit, but close enough that I can grab him. It isn't ideal, but it is the best we can do. After 2 weeks, I am glad Aiden is getting this experience with the Animals, but I am not sure if we will sign up for another session next summer.

Anyhow, here are the photos!

Got a few pictures here for you of the little man going all GQ for Easter.



Alas, Aiden did not participate in the Easter Egg hunt. Mommy took the new golf set with them over to the party, and Aiden was too involved in golfing to go looking for Easter Eggs.



There is a picture there of him up on the table with the dominos. And yes, he got onto the table himself. Climbed up into the chair and from there onto the table. Yikes!



This week we started a ZooBabes program at our local zoo. Every week we get to go down to the zoo for a little fun, crafts, and animal interactions. For the first class we got to meet a millipede, and a bunny rabbit. True to form, our little guy didn't just pet the millipede, but tried to grab him from the instructor. But when the Bunny came around he was suddenly shy and didn't even want to touch the rabbit.

pictures....

Well as I type this I am once again trying to load some video onto blogger, and it once again seems to be giving me a hard time. Ungh.

Anyhow. We'll let it sit for awhile and see if it decides to cooperate if I just let it sit for awhile. In the meantime, here's some pictures, and if we are all lucky a video or two from our trip to Indiana. Also a couple of pictures of Aiden with his new toy that mommy bought him today, a golf set! Yeah Daddy is happy. Aiden has been using his drum sticks to hit balls around the living room, so we figured we would get a real golf set for him to play with, and maybe learn. So daddy has a golfing buddy now!

Weekend with Mimi and Papaw Danny

Well this past weekend we have a nice little trip to see the grand parents, and Great Grandparents.

With my mom living less than 3 hours away it is a nice easy drive to go up and see them. This past weekend mommy was getting ready to start vacation, and we were going up for a visit. We had an opportunity to have a nice night out just mommy and Daddy, so on Thursday afternoon I took Aiden up halfway to my mom, and she and Papaw Danny met me and took Aiden the rest of the way up to their house, while I headed back home. Mommy and I had a nice dinner and stayed at a hotel, and had a nice breakfast before hitting the road up to mimi's house. It was odd not seeing the little guy for 24 hours, but it was nice to kick back and relax a little bit without constantly checking up on a 20 month old.

We had a good visit, Aiden's Great Grand-Parents came down as well, they had planned the trip down to visit for awhile and had no idea that Aiden would be there, so a nice surprise, although maybe a bit more tiring a trip than they had expected with as crazy as Aiden gets.

We had a little Easter Egg hunt in Mimi's living room (there were thunderstorms so we couldn't do it outside) Aiden wasn't really sure what to make of the eggs, but he did like the white part of the hard boiled eggs once we cracked them open.

I'll load a few pictures soon, once the camera makes it upstairs.

We made a list of words he could say while we were up there, and it is over 30 recognizeable words now. Once we figure out where the list wound up we'll post a new updated list. Perhaps the funniest word he has learned so far is "elmo".

More soon!

pictures and videos

Aiden had a har dtime falling alseep tonight. As in he went to bed at 10:45, Finally. But I promised myself I would post some pictures and a video tonight, so here you go. It was supposed to be two videos, but blogger is being tempermental.

Hope you enjoy a few of the more recent captured moments.