Aiden has had a long held fascination with our computer. It's a laptop so we're always using it in different places- on the couch, on the endtable, on the floor... you get the idea. So wherever we have it, Aiden always seems to be desperately trying to get his little fingers on it. For some reason this impulse is irresistable. Whenever he sees that glowing screen his fingers start twitching, and his legs start pumping- and just watch out, cause here he comes.
Anyway, with all this in mind, I decided this morning to give Aiden a few brief and closely supervised moments to check out the computer without the constant sound of, "Aiden, NO!" ringing in his ears. Here it is from a computer's eye view...
I know that posts have slowed to a trickle around here lately. Sorry. It's not that there hasn't been much to write about, things have actually been pretty busy. We've been working on lots of projects around the Abode, some here, and some others here.
In fact, Aiden has recently been working on a project of his own.
Some people may remember these pictures that we took around Christmas time. They are from when we bought Aiden a stuffed monkey as an early Christmas present.
The funny thing about it is that his enthusiasm for this particular toy hasn't diminished much since that initial, giddy meeting. Aiden always seems to be getting bigger so quickly, and there are plenty of toys that have already come and gone. At least for now, this seems to be one that he is going to keep around for awhile.
So, I realized recently that I had a lot of video of Aiden hanging out with his buddy and I thought it'd be fun to share. Here they are:
Aiden realized recentley that the low window in his bedroom is the perfect height for little boys to look out of. It has become a new favorite ritual for him to crawl over to it whenever possible, throw aside the curtains, and gaze out upon the outside world. He looks like a tiny prince watching over his tiny kingdom.
These pictures are from a recent party to jointly celebrate Aiden and Pop-Pop's birthday. Thanks to Adrienne and Scott for letting us all get together at their place. As you'll see in these pictures Aiden had lots of fun playing with his cute cousins Olivia and Anna.
A few days ago we had the first big snowfall since celebrating Aiden's birthday, which meant that it was our first chance to put his cool, new sled into action. And, as promised, here are some pictures documenting Aiden's snowy adventure.
Keep in mind, there is not much of a slope to our yard so high-speed, luge-style sledding this was not. It was more like a backyard Iditarod except that instead of dogs pulling the sled it was us, and the only dog present kept trying to jump in to the sled.
As you'll see in the pictures (and in the action packed video) Aiden was pretty stoic throughout the whole experience. At the end we did manage to squeeze a little smile out of him, but for the most part he just sat there looking like a tiny Vietnam War veteran.
Now that Aiden has turned one it's fun to wind back the clock, and try to remember what life was like at this time last year. On the 12th (Aiden's actual birthday) we spent most of the day just repeating, "I can't believe at this time last year Aiden had just been born..." and other phrases to that affect.
So, because there as not much noteworthy going on here at the moment I dug up a picture of Aiden from February 28th 2008, exactly one year ago today. As I recall, at that point in his life this is what he looked like for most of day... tiny, wrinkly, and very, very sleepy.
