And He Just Learned How to Bite!
And here we are yet again. The above song lyric comes from a song called 2 year old attitude by Ryan Shupe. If you read the lyrics, some of them are already applying to my not even one year old son. His little attitude and tantrums for the most part crack me up. However I do not appreciate when Aiden comes leaning in, his razor sharp teeth gleaming, for the bite. Generally he favors trying to take a little nibble of our toes. But seriously, he has been biting furniture, blankets, shoulders, the hair on his stuffed animals, the hinges on the doors (you know where the bolt goes), and pretty much anything else he can get his chompers on. When he bites something we generally squeeze his little cheeks and say, “Don’t bite!” When he grinds his teeth we stick our finger in his mouth and say, “Don’t grind your teeth!” As a result Aiden has started to knit his eyebrows together, having seen us do it multiple times when we discipline him. When he does it just makes me laugh. Anyway…
So this week we enjoyed the return of 24!!! The season started out with a bang and I can imagine it will only get better from here. Brandon also started school on Monday and seems to enjoy all of his classes. He certainly didn’t take a light load to finish out his schooling. So far he has mentioned having to write a 14 page paper in one of his classes. I can only imagine the homework load in his game production class and those are only two of his classes. I think he will learn alot though and will be able to add even more design skills to his already impressive resume.
Tuesday was a typical day. Wednesday my friends Katie and Richelle came over. We made flower clips for hair, chatted and watched season 1 of 24 on dvd’s that she had rented from the library. I think that I am glad that I didn’t start watching until season 4 because I didn’t appreciate the show content very much of season 1. Anyway, it was a lot of fun to see them and to hold Katie’s little girl a bit.
Thursday I went over to help my grandma for awhile and we had a good time like always. I also decided to finally watch, “Baby Signing Time.” Which I had gotten from the library. Aside from being a little cheesy for adults I LOVED it. Aiden wasn’t captivated by it for very long but I think that it was made well and has a lot of good repetition to help the kids learn the signs. Hopefully Aiden will start to catch on soon and I will be able to be more diligent in using the signs that we have learned (and that I already knew). I highly recommend Baby Signing Time to EVERYONE! I am going to do a segment with Aiden everyday each week and focus really stongly on reinforcing the signs from that segment throughout the week. This week (until Thursday) we will be focusing on eating and drinking. Then we will work on Mom and Dad. Anyway, go reserve it at the library it is GREAT. They also have Toddler Signing Time (or something similar) for kids a little bit older.
Friday was eventful, in the morning Brandon took our car in to have the rear brakes replaced. Well, they did another diagnostic test and what would have probably been just brake shoes a month ago turned into brake drums and shoes. We also needed the bushings on our sway bar replaced. Well, it ended up needing to stay at the shop until 1:00 so I went to pick up Brandon and brought him home. I also took him to work and as I was driving home they called to tell me the car was finished. Thank goodness we didn’t have to go without it any longer then that.
In the evening Aiden and I went to my cousin-in-law’s baby shower. It was a lot of fun but there were a TON of people and it was crazy. While at the shower Aiden pushed around a doll stroller while standing (the closest thing to walking that he has done yet), climbed up a flight of stairs unsupervised and managed to be “rescued” upon arriving at the top and was looking down the stairs wondering what to do next, he also got his very first haircut!!!! (Thanks again Lacey.) It was cut pretty short, but now it ought to grow in evenly and I will be able to keep it a little longer in the future without worrying about it being longer on one side then the other. It has been bugging me for months! 😉
This week we also thought we would try to start transitioning Aiden into having only one nap a day. He has been taking crazy 45 min. naps and waking up. So Saturday I waited until 1:00 to put Aiden down for his nap and he only slept until 2:00. Let me just tell you, he has trouble going from 5:00 until bedtime at 9:30 and so he needed a second nap. The same thing happened today as well. Yesterday evening I went to help sell tickets at the door for my mom’s showcase at New Song Underground. It was a lot of fun. I saw my cousin on my mom’s side who I haven’t seen for a long while and it was fun to see her. I wish I’d had the opportunity to spend a little time chatting with her. Maybe another day. Anyway, the show was AWESOME! There were a couple of artists that I had never heard before and they blew me away. I left before I got to hear all of the artists but it was a fun evening.
Today, Brandon and I spoke in church and then had brunch with my mom and dad. We all got to talk for awhile and my mom was able to hang around for a bit without rushing off anywhere. She hasn’t been able to do that in a long while. We also got a calling today. We have been called to team teach in primary. We don’t know what age group yet but we will post it when we know. It will be a good learning experience but I really like relief society and it is really hard to get to know the ladies in the ward when you are not in relief society. 🙁 Such is the life I suppose. Well, I think that is all of our news for this week. Thanks for reading…