Little Birds, On My Doorstep, Singing Sweet Songs…
Happy spring everyone! Now I realize that we may get another snow storm or two (hopefully not) but I think spring has officially sprung. Today is day one of Brandon’s joblessness and as of tomorrow he will have one month until he graduates. Tomorrow Aiden will also be 14 months old!
In Aiden news he now has six teeth. He has been signing “all gone” for awhile now and has started to sign “more” on occasion. He also will say, “igh” when pointing at various lights and sometimes it sounds like he is saying hat. Although he hasn’t had enough experience with hats to put the word with the item. He has also started to make a noise in the back of his throat which is in response to when I say, “zoom, zoom.” Sometimes he will say oose in reference to his juice and zus in response to when I point to a picture of Jesus and say, “Jesus.” I have also heard him say mo once when I asked if he wanted more and caw caw when I said cough cough. I personally think that he is taking it all in and making sense of all of it before he decides to add new words to his vocabulary. It is pretty cute though. He is also a pro walker now and is trying to run everywhere. His newest favorite thing at the store is for mee to hold him so that he can push the shopping cart. This works on straight shots but turning a corner is difficult. I have been told that while doing this he has a look on his face that says, “I am very proud of myself.” He also frequently gets a look on his faces that comes across as, “Oh the cleverness of me.” (This reference is a quote from Peter Pan.) My mom also informed me that he is entering the stage of, “I’m a clown.” I can see how this is true. Lately he has also taken to climbing on things. Boxes, suitcases, his car seat, and when he wants up bad enough he will try and get his leg up onto the couch to climb up. I am not in a hurry for him to learn how to climb onto the couch show we haven’t been showing him how. With his determination though I don’t think it will be long now, two months at most.
So last Monday I got to see Penelope. I loved it nearly as much as the book. I think that Christina Ricci did and excellent job playing the character. Tuesday I got my car back and returned the rental. Hallelujah. It looks nice and vacuumed. I do still need to go back for my car seat bracket and the black stickers that go on the door. I like it better without the stickers but they were already paid for so I may as well have them put on.
Wednesday morning Aiden and I went swimming at grandma’s. The pool was a little chilly as usual but it was ok for a short dip. After swimming we ran to the library. The fun thing I did on Wednesday was to pull out all of Aiden’s 18-24 month clothes. They will still be big on him but I figured at least that way I’d have a few options. It was fun to go through all of the clothes and sort them to see what I have. He really does have a lot of cute clothes and was very spoiled.
Thursday I finished blogging pictures about Florida. It really was a fun trip but I wish my sister and her hubby didn’t live so far away. Friday we bought Brandon’s cap and gown at the U of U bookstore and ran to the library. In the evening we went to his mission reunion which was a small amount of people but it just so happened that a sister from our ward served her mission in Chicago Illinois North and so she was there with her daughter. I also bought fabric for a Regency Era dress at Joann Fabrics. It is a pretty blue and I am excited to get started on it.
Saturday was the start of conference weekend. We watched the morning session together and then my mom babysat Aiden so that Brandon and I could go to Pioneer Theatre and make could use of the student discount that we paid a fee for at the beginning of the year. I will miss having student tickets to Pioneer Theatre. 🙁 When the show was over I dropped Brandon off downtown and went to get Aiden and hang out with my mom. The three of us went to Ikea and Wal-mart. I got some $5.00 black pants. SWEET!
Sunday we took inventory of our 72 hour kits during Music and the Spoken Word and then watched conference together. Afternoon session went a little better because Aiden was napping. In the evening we went over to Mike and Lacey’s for cake and ice cream in celebration of Elise’s birthday. It was yummy.
Well, I would write about today and yesterday but I generally write Mon-Sun so I will write about it next weekend. Have a good week and thanks for reading…