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After much agony (on the part of Aiden) and many cries during the night (sometimes by both of us), the molars have finally broken their way through the swollen gums. Aiden has two molars now, one on the top right and one on the lower left. Intersting configuration if you ask me! I am hoping that the other two are not far behind so that he can chew without irritating the sensitive gums under or above. All in all, he seems pretty pleasant about the whole thing. He hasn’t been eating much at each meal and I’m sure this is why.
July 8th, 2006
Today is Aiden’s 1st Birthday! When he woke up this morning we sang, “Happy Birthday To You.” When Chris came home from work to have lunch with us (he has 1/2 day Fridays during the summer) and Aiden woke up from his nap, we sang, “Happy Birthday To You.” After his second nap and he was fussier than usual, we tried to distract him by singing, “Happy Birthday To You.” Before we tucked him into bed, we sang, “Happy Birthday To You.” I think he thought we were nuts!
Today on Aiden’s 1st birthday, lots of family and friends called to sing, “Happy Birthday To You,” he opened presents and played with his new toys. His birthday was quiet, peaceful and happy, just the way I hoped. He won’t remember this day, but I will for many years to come.
Tomorrow is the family party. Going to get a good night sleep since I spent the rest of the night cleaning and preparing. Don’t worry it wasn’t all that bad, Chris helped too.
May 19th, 2006
“Good morning! Hello Mommy! Oh, by the way, the reason I was up so much last night was because that eighth tooth you said would be coming in soon has broken through. Can I have some Tylenol now?”
Aiden was invited to Autumn’s house for a play date today. Colin was also present and all the kids had a great time. It’s fun to play with someone else’s toys!
I enjoyed watching the kids motor around. Colin and Autumn are both pros at walking, and while Aiden is still in the learning phase, he was trying. I have had the pleasure of watching all the kids in our mommies group grow up since Aiden was 3 weeks old.
He is the youngest, but I have been able to see each one of them hit the major milestones during the first year. Every single milestone is just so amazing to me. I feel fortunate to be a part of such a great group of mommies. So as a pre-Mother’s Day solute…Thank you for embracing me into your lives and I hope you enjoy being celebrated for all the hard work you do all year long!
May 10th, 2006
Aiden has been consistently waking up at midnight and 5 am every night for several weeks not and my first thought was, “A tooth must be coming.” When it lasted for weeks on end I resigned myself to the fact that maybe it wasn’t a tooth and this was his new schedule. I decided that I would no longer get up and comfort him and let him cry it out. Well I was wrong…
Today I went snooping around Aiden’s mouth hoping that a tooth would have popped up without my knowledge. Now this does take some skill as he doesn’t like anyone sticking anything in his mouth besides himself. So, I braced myself, and him, and went in. I have been noticing that the gums where his eye teeth will arrive have been more bumpy than usual. So I checked his upper teeth…nothing. I looked on the bottom expecting to see nothing and lo and behold I found the sharp pointy top of his next tooth. Hooray!
This means that number eight will either be arriving in a day or two or a week or two. Which means sleep is going to be a luxury around here. Maybe I should squeeze a nap in now to try and prepare?
April 26th, 2006
Happy Earth Day everyone! Today is rainy, the perfect weather for such an occasion.
Nothing exciting to reposrt, except that Aiden had his first experience in the shower and he loved it! He enjoys the tub, but I wasn’t sure how he would react to water falling on him. “Giggling and splashing with excitment” is the best way to describe it. He didn’t want to come out. I guess that means that we should look into getting some type of sprinkler for him to enjoy in the summer, since we don’t have access to a pool and he will probably be walking by then.
We are headed to Washington, DC for Memorial Day weekend and the hotel has an indoor pool. I will be getting him some Swimmies and a bathing suit before then, seeing that he is a water fanatic. That also means I will have to squeeze my not-so-lovely-since-I gave-birth-and-haven’t-lost-all-the pregnancy-weight body into a bathing suit as well. If it’s for my son I suppose I can do it and not whine too much about it. It’s the shopping that scares me. Wish me luck!
April 22nd, 2006
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