March

Already a musical genius

Buses - our current obsession.
When he spots a bus out the window of the car he starts yelling "ba ba ba" - then as we drive away it's "bye bye ba"

As far as favorite things, Kindred runs a close second behind buses. He is generally very soft with her - although occasionally there is a little tug on the tail.

Keeping busy while mom cooks dinner.

I always check on Aiden before I go to bed and this is my favorite position to find him in - with his cute little tush right up in the air :)

18 Months

Wow - I can't believe that Aiden is already 18 months !!!

STATS
Height - 32 3/4 inches
Weight - 22 lbs 15oz

Along with being 18 months Aiden has learned lots of new tricks - here are some of my favs

Before bath time if I tell Aiden to take off his socks - he takes them off AND puts them in the laundry hamper.

When we are going out he will get his own shoes off the shelf and if he finds his shoes laying around he takes them back to the shelf (yup we are training a neat kid).

He LOVES to unload the silverware from the dishwasher and put it in the drawer - unfortunately he doesn't always know the difference between clean and dirty silverware.

Aiden knows lots of body parts and if you ask him where his eyes are he will give you a very flirty wink (very cute).

Of course he does TONS of other cute things (and some not so cute temper tantrums).

Here are a few randoms :)


Solid Muscle !!

I was looking at this pic compared to the first pic of him in his crib - He was so small back them and so big now!!

"Mom, I'm done sweeping - can I go to bed now??"

Grandparents

" Grandma you're funny!!"

Reading with Grandpa

Team Shelle ....

....is pregnant!!!

We were very excited when we found out a few weeks ago that were were going to be having another baby. It is still very new (I'm about 1.5 months and due Sept 28th) but so far so good, just a little afternoon sickness but feeling good otherwise. We see the doctor in a few weeks to hear the heartbeat (yea!!) and have our first exam so we will keep you posted!!

Update

Sorry for the lack of blogging recently - no excuse just busy chasing after the little man. YES he is finally walking!!! He had been walking for several weeks now but it was not until this past week that it became his locomotion of choice. He has become really steady on his feet and is toddling everywhere. I will try to get a good video of it but every time I get the camera out he is so fixed on touching it he won't do anything else. Other then that we are doing well - just counting the days until the spring comes and we can finally go outside again (Aiden & I have become regular mall walkers because we get so stir crazy at home).

"I love playing with my barn that Nana & Papa got me last Christmas. I like to put the animals in the silo and watch them fall out the bottom!!"

"Um Mom, I think you may need to reorganize your recipe box"

Who needs toys when you have an old toilet paper roll??

Raise you hand if you like Mom's new chicken chili recipe

Poindexter

We always joke that Aiden looks like a poindexter when we comb his hair to the side but when papa's glasses were added to the look there was no hiding his inner nerd!!

Christmas

Team Shelle had a fun Christmas season. Unfortunately mom had to work for most of it but we were able to see lots of friends and family. Aiden didn't really understand the concept of unwrapping the presents but had no trouble with the concept of playing with all the toys:)

Our Holiday season started with Aaron's cousin Mary's wedding the weekend before Christmas. Unfortunately by the time we got to the reception Aiden had spiked a high fever and was miserable. So Aiden and I went back to the hotel room, dosed up with Motrin, stripped down to the diaper, and called it a night. Fortunately by morning the fever had broken, and even though Aiden was not his usual self we managed to make it through the Shelle Christmas celebration with only a few meltdowns.

a very sad sick little boy

Brianna, Aiden, and I spent the morning after the wedding together while the dad's recovered from the wedding festivities. Bri is great with Aiden and gave him LOTS of pampering.

Feeling a little better at Shelle Chirstmas

We managed to take almost no pictures of Christmas but here are the few we did get :)

Still not really getting the present opening thing.

Christmas morning - opening his stocking

Fancy church clothes



I tried so hard to get a good picture to use as a Christmas card this year but never found one that was just right (hence the lack of Christmas cards). Here were a few of the top contenders.