15 Months

My little peanut has become a toddler. I'm not sure when it happened but I suddenly realized that my baby boy is now a screaming, running, hand holding, laughing, talking toddler. He started saying 'thank you' at 13 months and has added more and more words to his vocab. He now says 'dada, doggie, mama, thank you, baby, bye-bye, hi' and in sign language he says 'milk, all done, eat and more'. He makes us laugh all the time with the things that he does. He now PRETENDS to eat and drink, which I just think is the cutest and I don't know where he picked that up. He LOVES to draw now and this will keep him entertained almost always during church. He is teething like crazy and it seems like the teeth are taking FOREVER to come through. He currently is getting the remaining 3 1-yr molars and a new front tooth. His favorite video is 'Baby Signing Time' and he now asks to watch his movie by going to the tv and trying to turn it on and then crying to get my attention. He loves reading books, especially ones about doggies.

Here are his stats from his 15 month check-up:

Weight: 21 lbs 9 ounces (20th%)

Height: 31.5" (50th%)

Head: 47.75 (95th%)

So the funny thing is, I have never paid attention to how big Aiden's head is. I guess all this time (I looked at past visits paperwork) his head has been in the 95th percentile. I guess his head is huge, but the doctor has never said anything about it!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

My intent this morning was to make Ryan some pink heart-shaped pancakes but then I found out he needed to take off early for church so instead I just colored his milk pink. I love you sweetie and you have made the past five (almost) years absolutely amazing!! Thank you for everything my darling!

This last Friday we got snow, snow snow!! We got over 3" of the white stuff which is a huge blizzard for Georgia! :) I didn't realize that I actually missed this stuff (just a little bit) until I saw how beautiful it makes everything.

Happy White Winter!

I am SO out of shape!

Kindly proven by our STONE MOUNTAIN HIKE last week. My sister, Remi, was driving through on her way to officer training for the military and she stopped by for 2 days to visit us. We decided to go to Stone Mountain on her 2nd day here and hike to the top of the rock. We took Aiden with us which meant carrying him to the top. Luckily there were 3 of us and we all took turns carrying him. Maybe that is why this hike was such a killer or maybe it is because I NEVER work out... or both! Aiden was a trooper and did a great job and even hiked some of it himself holding our hands. The hike was beautiful and we had a great time.

On the way down we encountered 2 women one of which was PREGNANT and DUE THE NEXT DAY! She looked ready to have her baby on the mountain but she was determined to hike to the top. I guess she was VERY ready to get that baby out!

At our house we took Aiden for a walk in his new wagon and he loved it. Looks like I'll need to be doing more walks with Aiden as soon as the weather is warmer. (Which is probably good for me anyway so I actually do some form of exercise every now and then!!)

I'll miss having my sister out EAST with me since now she is moving out WEST probably for good. She was my only family within driving distance! I am very sad she has left but I'm glad I had the time with her that I did out here. Miss you Remi!