The Wilhelmsen Botanical Blog

I will blog about these photos tomorrow, but just in case you didn’t know, if you mouse over (or put the cursor over) the pictures then you will see little captions about the pictures.

Okay so last week.  As you can see Monday was very eventful.  Aiden was practicing for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoats by wearing these pants on his head.  (No, just kidding but it does look very Egyptian like to me in some of the photos.)  His mommy is very silly and likes to encourage these kinds of things by aiding the process along (what 18 month old could put pants on his own head, I tell you little to none).

Lalones is how Aiden says, "pantalones" the spanish word for pants.

After his Joseph practice he then had his first attempt at taking photos.  These are just three of the six that he took.

Later in the evening we went over to the house of a friend of Brandon’s.  Some friends of ours were in from out of town and so a get together was held so that as many people as possible would have a chance to see them.  It was fun but the guests of honor showed up late and so we were out later then we had planned.  It was fun to see everyone though.  I always enjoy visiting with Jeff and Kelly.  I would still like to meet their little one though.  He was sleeping.  At the party Aiden took some time to brush up on his boxing skills with a little help from daddy.

Wednesday was my birthday.  We had pretty much a normal day (yea it stinks getting older, you don’t get a fun themed party, you’re lucky if people remember to call you, you get a few gifts but not the haul you got when you were young, and well you are starting to get “old” how fun can that be?) there were really no out of the ordinary frills except that we went out to eat at Red Robin for dinner.  They have yummy burgers and fries!  We also had cake, my favorite yummy chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting and cherry filling from Glauss (which is hands down the best bakery in Utah) bakery.  Sadly, as I had no party the cake is not being eaten fast enough and some may go to waste.  *sniffle, sniffle, tear*  Such a delicacy should never go to waste.  It is safe to say that the transition into my 27th year went uneventfully and quietly into the night.

On Thursday I pulled out Aiden’s little pool again so that he could play in it outside.  He doesn’t really like the pool itself as much as playing with (and drinking from) the sprinkler.  Never fails though that about the time I want to finish up and put everything away, he plops in the pool to enjoy himself.  I took a moment to flip the brim of his hat up for a photo op.  It is very Elmer Fudd-esque to me.

Friday Aiden found out a marvelous thing, his ability to open my drawers!  In it he found my vast collection of hats and I’ll bet he was excited at the trove of treasures!  He tried several hats on but this one has got to be my favorite by far (and the only one we got a picture of).  I think I want to enlarge the top one and frame it for my wall.  Aiden has been getting into more and more things each day, opening closets, climbing furniture, throwing wipey’s all over his room when we forget to move them out of his reach, and whatever else he can get his hands on.  If he gets into the bathroom because the door is open he will pick up the plunger and plunge the toilet.  I suppose there are worse things he could do in the bathroom.  He also says about a million words and is starting to string them together.  The two sentances he has said are, “I like it.” and “Me hold it.”  Go Aiden go!  Tonight he was saying curtain, and we have taught him to say helicopter (which comes out more like, “helicopper).  He says, “reesin” ALOT too (which is raisin) because he really likes regular raisins and chocolate covered raisins.  I can’t even begin to update on the words he has learned so I won’t.  That is all for this week!  Thanks for reading…

Hello, hello!  I did not take many pictures this week nor do I remember much of what went on.  I also didn’t journal much so I don’t have a record of most of the week.  Here are the few things I did manage to catch in my journal.  Monday I took Aiden over to visit my grandma and to run around outside.  Wednesday my dad’s school was having an open house so we took Aiden down there to see all of the new remodeling.  We went upstairs to the track in the gym and let Aiden run around it three times.  He LOVED it.  Thursday was our anniversary and in the morning Brandon and I took Aiden swimming over at my grandma’s.  Friday we got ready for our trip to the Logan Anniversary in to celebrate 4 years together.  Aiden stayed overnight with my mom so that we could have the evening alone (and of course Anniversary Inn doesn’t allow children).  He and my mom rode trax down town (his first time on trax) and she took him to Discovery Gateway (his first time there as well).  She told us that he ran excitedly from exhibit to exhibit and squealed in delight on trax.  I think he enjoyed himself don’t you?  Saturday morning she took him to the park before we arrived to pick him up.

Below are just a couple of pictures from our room at Anniversary Inn and a picture of Aiden napping Saturday afternoon after we picked him up.  In the top picture you will notice that the toilet paper holder is only a foot and half above the ground.  It was hard to reach.  We ended up staying in Rich’s Drive In instead of Joanie’s Diner because of a mix up but it ended up being ok and we still got all sorts of yummy treats.  We love Anniversary Inn!  A little tip, if you go to the Christmas open house, not only does your child get a picture with santa but you get any room for any night in the next year for only $159 dollars (with a $50.00 deposit).

Anyway so that was our week.  Oh, Aiden also has learned many new words but the most memorable for this week is the word, “loco”.  It is really funny to hear a one and a half year old say loco.  This upcoming week is my 27th birthday.  Crazy huh?  Thanks for reading!

Hey, this past week was pretty fun.  I’ll just give you the brief version again this week.  As you can see on Tuesday Aiden found and tried on daddy’s robe.  Wednesday we went to Murray to play at the water play area in a park near my aunt’s house.  Aiden wasn’t too found of the sprays so later in the afternoon we put up his kiddie pool and the sprinkler at about 2-3 feet high and he played for a good 30 mins. or so.  Saturday we went to the 1st  birthday for my friends little girl.  There were a lot of people, good food, and lots of commotion.  Thanks for having us all over to celebrate Katie!

I don’t feel like blogging this week.  Here is what we did. On Tuesday we went on a picnic lunch with Mike, Lacey, Elise and “Lala”.  Tuesday Brandon also had an interview with Ogden Blue which went well.  Friday we went to Summerfest at Bountiful Park and then let Aiden play on the playground.  Saturday Brandon had another interview, this time it was with Sterling ATM.  That interview went well also.  As for the rest of the week, you all can use your imaginations to fill in the blanks.  Maybe we went to Africa or maybe we went scuba diving, perhaps some family BASE jumping.  It is up to you!  Have a good week.

So, compared to the last few weeks this week has been relatively uneventful.  My friends and I took our kids to the aquarium on Wednesday but it was kind of a whirlwind tour because Aiden was leading the way.  He is always going, going you know.  Thursday we took my dad to the airport for his trip to Canada with his friends and in the evening we went to talk to my grandpa and ask him stories about his life.  While we were there Aiden was running around outside, caught his toe and face planted on the sidewalk.  He cut his lip which bled a good amount and I am sure was a bit of a shock to him.  This was his first official bloody lip.  He seems to be getting more and more daring which leads to more and more bumbs and bruises.  Doh.  Such is the life of a toddler.  Friday evening we went to the free concert in the park and listened to, “On the Air.”  After about a half an hour Aiden started getting antsy and we decided that instead of run around chasing him we would just go home.  Yesterday morning some men form the ward came to help us clean up all of the trees that we had chopped down.  They have been hauled away now…except of course the ones that still need to be cut down.  :p  The rest of the day we just took it easy at home except for a trip to the fabric store in the evening.   That is it for the highlights…thanks for reading…