The Wilhelmsen Botanical Blog

Monday morning we had a scare, Brandon and I were working on putting the tent away and were shaking water out of it when I noticed that I could not see Aiden and that Brandon had not barricaded the door way when he came back from running to grab something.  Terror filled me from my toes to the top of my head as I ran down the hill and through the open door, searching for Aiden on the lawn and in the road.  I ran all the way to be the bottom of the driveway and when I didn’t see him I of course got more worried.  He could have been snatched off the road that quickly by some creep.  Brandon had followed me out to the front and I was screaming for him to not follow me and to go look in the backyard some more (I didn’t want Aiden to slip out front while we were both out front).  All this time I was screaming Aiden, Aiden and of course he is too young to reply but it will sometimes cause him to come to me.  Anyway I ran from the bottom of the driveway up toward the gate on the opposite side of the house and through it just in case he had wandered to it and I couldn’t see due to him being in a blind spot or something.  He wasn’t so I ran through the open gate hoping he was in the side yard and by the time Brandon and I came into the backyard Aiden was standing by his sand box.  I picked Aiden right up and I was so relieved and all of my pent up terror and worry just gushed out of me and I was sobbing and sobbing.  My little boy is so precious to me.  Needless to say I asked Brandon to work on the tent so that I could keep a very, VERY close eye on my little boy.  I was shaken up most of the day about it.  We still don’t know where he was, we have two possibilities but there is no way to know. Here are some pictures of Aiden playing on my computer box.  Oh yea just in case I didn’t mention it before I got on new computer a little over a week ago.  YAY!

Brandon got me these flowers on Monday too.  He mentioned he was already thinking about getting me some flowers and that it was a good day to because of what had happened with earlier that morning.

Here is Aiden playing in the gym at playgroup.

On Tuesday after playgroup my dad suggested that maybe we start putting the gate where it will block the kitchen and not the stairs so that Aiden can have his choice of the upstairs or downstairs during the day.  He is really good at going up and down now but when we open up the stairs to him all he does is go up and down over and over.  I haven’t dared just sit in the living room yet for fear of him falling, so I just sit at the bottom of the stairs and watch him.  We also got the ads in the paper that day so I made Aiden a little paper hat.

This picture is another messy face picture.  Aiden really is a lot better at eating without making a mess but sometimes he still smears it all over his face.  This was particularly funny because Aiden had “painted” his eyebrows with yogurt on top of smearing it on his face.

Later that day Brandon and my dad were replacing the brake light in my dad’s car.  I decided to take Aiden out to watch and set him in the trunk when he started to get heavy.  As you can see below he got into the tools and started to “help” out.

Friday we went to Mimi’s Cafe for lunch.  We had joined the online e-mail club and got a free breakfast entree coupon (Note to anyone who does the same, they do have like 5 ALL DAY breakfast choices but if you want to have many more breakfast choices then go before 11:00 a.m.)  Anyway, my experience at Mimi’s was 100 times better then the first time I went.  I think I must have just been in a bad mood when I went before and all the food looked to fancy and I couldn’t find something to eat…This time was awesome.  They brought out a little bowl of cheerio’s and some crackers for Aiden as an appetizer.  The ham, egg, and cheese croissant I ate was delectable.  The entree came with juice and a side dish and Aiden’s mini corndogs came with a drink, dessert, and a side dish as well.  I was impressed with our entire experience.  Kudos to Mimi’s Cafe.

Saturday we went over to my cousin Will’s to watch the West Bountiful parade.  Once it started I strapped Aiden in and can you believe that he did not fuss or squirm or want out of his stroller the entire parade?!?!?  I was just as shocked as you are.  He really liked watching all the different things coming down the street and started to boogie any time there was music.  For the first time he was a captive audience!!!  HOORAY!!!  After the parade we stayed for lunch and Aiden explored the backyard and got into things.  It was a fun morning.