Thursday, May 28, 2009

Aiden is 11 Months old!!

Well he is tomorrow but i just couldn't wait until then. There are so many new things going on with this little boy! So as you know from the last post Aiden took his first steps, well that was 6 days ago. He is now almost a pro at walking. I am so surprised at how fast he has learned to walk. He now walks around the room to get from one side to the other but he is quite wobbly! I think it is so cute how he walks(i call it waddling because he does look like a duck when he walks). He still crawls too so he isnt totally walking yet but he sure is getting close! He now has 8 teeth, 4 on top and 4 on bottom. He loves playing with hotwheels cars and he doesn't stick them in his mouth!! Who would have thought the one thing Aiden doesn't stick in his mouth turned out to be a hotwheels car? He hasn't said his first word yet so were still waiting for that milestone to happen. I am almost done with all of the first birthday shenanigans.
About a month ago Aiden was sick and he had a small diaper rash. Well i dropped him off at my mothers house and she called me and told me his whole bottom was red and it was a pretty bad rash. Turns out the diaper cream i was using that seemed to work fine before did the exact opposite when he was sick. The brand i had was the Desitin and there is a specific non active ingredient(cod liver oil) that reacts with the higher ph levels in the urine that cause like a chemical burn. My mom new all of this because the same thing happened with my sister when she was a baby. So thankfully my mom through out that diaper cream and got one that had triple biotic ointment in it and that helped a little bit. The brand i now trust is the aveeno baby soothing relief, it cleared up his rash in 3 days. So a warning to all mother's with babies make sure your aware of whats happening with your baby's bottom!! and watch out for the stuff that has cod liver oil in it.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Aiden Walked for the First time Today!!!

I am so excited about this post! I have waited almost 11 months to finally say this but Aiden took his first steps today!! He walked from me to the entertainment center and took 4 steps without holding anything!! I tried to get him to do it again so i could get a picture but he wouldnt...ofcourse. He has grown so much and i remember when i was in the hospital with him like it was yesterday! It has been so much fun this first year and i cant wait to see more first times with my son!!! Here is the video of me finally getting him to walk to me!!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57781813

Sunday, May 10, 2009

My Lovely Mother's Day =]

So i had a very nice FIRST mother's day. Started off with church ofcourse, then went to my grandmas house for a big mother's day/birthday bash. She had made enough food to feed a small country and boy it was yummy =]. While we were there Aiden was letting go of things and standing on his own!! He also took one step!!! What a great mothers day gift! I know its not an official step but he did try and ofcourse fell on his bottom. But it was so exciting! Cody bought me these gorgeous flowers!! And i am just so thankful for my family and for my amazing husband who i love so much. He and Aiden have been the biggest blessings i have had in my life. I am so blessed to have a loving and happy family.

Friday, May 1, 2009

My Garlic Plant

So we had an extra clove of garlic in our fridge that started to sprout. I figured why not and plant it? well its been a month and it has grown alot as you can see. I read up on growing garlic and it said that i had to cut the flower stalks otherwise i wont get alot of garlic. I should have read up earlier because it also said to plant one clove at a time and i planted the cluster! Oops! oh well whats the worst that can happen? Anyway when i cut the stalks it smelled so good! it wasnt a strong garlic smell but a very light yummy garlic smell. I cant wait to dig up my garlic when they are done!!
Before i cut those cute stalks!!

After the plant got a buzz cut.

Cody thinks that i am so funny because i am so excited about this plant.