Aiden Lately

It was been way too long since I've posted about what Aiden's been up to and the things he's saying.  He is talking so much and has even starting saying little sentences.  Sometimes we wonder where he's learned/heard some of the things he says!  He must just really listen to us and everyone around him.

• A few weeks ago Aiden officially started the whole yelling "MAMA!" or "MOM!" over and over until I say "What?!", even if I'm sitting/standing right next to him..haha.  It kind of cracks me up, but I'm sure it will get old. I was telling Trent that I had the realization, "It's begun - we will hear our kids screaming for us for the next like 30 years".  I mean think about it, even when we were in high school and downstairs and Mom was upstairs we'd yell "Mom."  Do you all see where I'm coming from?  I guess really we still do it, but we aren't so annoying about it.  Going along with that, Aiden used to just wait quietly for me in the morning to come get him out of bed, but in the last week he's started calling for me.

• Similarly, he loves to look through books and point everything out in them, but he repeats whatever he's pointing at over and over until we repeat it back.  For instance, if it's a truck, he'll say "truck" over and over until I say it back.  I think he wants the affirmation that he's right!

• Aiden is really good about saying "tank you", but almost every time he thanks Trent for something he says, "Tank you Mama, eh, Dada."  It totally cracks me up!  He realizes right away that he called him the wrong name and quickly (and quietly - like he's kind of embarrassed) corrects himself.  I don't know if Trent finds it as funny as I do ;)

• If I've left the room for a minute and come back in he'll just casually say "Hi Mama."  I love it!  He also says it when he comes and finds me if I'm back in the bathroom getting ready. And I was noticing this last weekend that he would do it with my Mom too when we were over.  It sounds more like, "Hi Randma" :)

• Some sentences he's started saying include, "I wanna det down" (usually when he's in his crib and doesn't want to nap) - he says it all mumbled together so it almost sounds like it's one word :)  He also came up to me last week while I was eating cereal and said, "I want some."  He has since added words to the end of that like,  "I want some grapes."  He is totally impressing us lately!

• He loves to sing.  His favorites are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, and songs from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally on Netflix.

• Often when we have family prayer in the evening, and I'm praying, Aiden will help me.  He only ever says the last word of a statement I say.  I try to say really easy phrases.  For instance, if I say, "We thank thee for Jesus", Aiden will just say "Jesus."  He is getting better at folding his arms and closing his eyes.  It's pretty funny because he squeezes his eyes closed so tight, but of course, will open them thinking no one sees him.  I can't help but peek at him while we're praying - he's just so cute :)

• Aiden has really gotten his animals down.  I recently posted this video to Facebook, but wanted to have it here for me.  We are anxious to get him back to the zoo since he really knows what everything is now!

I'll try to be better about blogging if I think of something else or as he develops new talents :)

Here are a few random pictures.

Wearing Daddy's baseball cap.  Love that he can't see me, but still smiled because he knew I was a taking a photo ;)

That stain behind him is from when he spilled like half a bottle of olive oil :/

Selfie!

Totally kidding!  He was just trying to get the camera from me ;)

I posted this one on Facebook last week, but Trent made Aiden a fort while I was at the Relief Society Broadcast.  You can see it all over his face - he thinks Dad is the absolute coolest!