Aiden's First Haircut/ Father's Day Present

So Aiden got his very first haircut the other day. He now looks like a little boy...he's not my baby anymore! He is getting so big i cant believe it! Here are some pics and a video. He wasnt freaked out while Cody was buzzing his hair...he actually liked it! We used a size 8, which to me it still looks really short. His hair looks like daddy's now.

Before

After

This year i thought since it was Cody's first real father's day then i should get him something nice and huge! I didnt take the huge part literally until i saw what i wanted for him. I came home and asked him if he wanted his fathers day present early or on fathers day because this thing was pretty big! He ofcourse said early and that spared me the agony of trying to find a place to put this so he couldnt find it. Here is the present.

He loved it by the way.

An Update on the Garlic Plant

So my garlic plant did die but it died too early!! It was at the beginning of this month when i dug it up and found these little treasures!

It was not my fault my little plant died early. The gardeners thought it was a weed and buzz cut it TWICE!!! So i dug up miniature little garlics. They are so cute! I gave them to my mom so she can plant them in her new herb garden she has.

My 20th Birthday

So Cody suprised me this year and rented a hotel room right across the street from the Disneyland main entrance! We got there on monday and it was about 4 and we had to bring Aiden with us for the day and his dad took him home with him. We were mainly there to see Fantasmic and The Electrical Parade(Aiden's favorite song is the electrical parade by the way). The place was packed! It was a ridiculous amount of people but i still had fun! We went on pirates and a few bugs land rides at cal adventure. As soon as the song started for the parade Aiden got super excited and was looking around everywhere! It was a really cute parade. We had a front row spot and Aiden got tickled by the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and Grumpy from Snow White stood infront of Aiden and glared at him.

Aiden in one of those Brtish Phone Booths

I love this picture. He looks thrilled to be at Disneland lol

The Electrical Parade

He loved the parade and after that we went back over to Disneyland to watch Fantasmic. It was so crowded that we didnt even get a good spot for Fantasmic. We were behind this huge tree and had to look around it and like i said there was a ridiculous amount of people there. To top it all off the brand new dragon that they had just got was broken down. So there was no cool dragon at the end but it was ok. Then the next day we had breakfast and waited in line to get my brithday pin and giftcard. If you are an annual pass holder you can choose from 3 things. You can get a 69$ gift card, a fast pass for youre group and choose 6 rides that it will work on, or a return ticket for when your pass expires. I chose the giftcard and got Aiden some toys and the pirates trilogy on bluray=]. Travis and Johnny met up with us there and we went on a couple rides and all in all it was a very fun day minus the people and long 80 minute lines.

Harold had to go to work the day he had Aiden and so he spent the day with one of my mom's co-workers. She also has an AJ the same age and here is a pic of them playing.

Now while all of us were gone Chloe was home. Yes home alone! I deleted the picture on accident but somehow she always manages to get herself locked in our bathroom. And she did tear it up a little bit:the shower curtain was on the floor along with our towels and a couple of things were off the sink but it was better than tearing up carpet or anything!

Aiden's First Trip to the ER

Yesterday was Aiden's "lets see how many time i can hit my head" day! I swear he must have hit himself 20 times! But the biggest one happened at the end of the day. I had gone over the Crystina's to visit and while we were talking Aiden is next to her rocking chair and he falls and hits his head. I think nothing of it because all day he had been bumping it here and there. Well as soon as i look where he hit it there was a huge knot! It had swelled almost instantly when he hit it. Crystina gave me a bag of frozen veggies and he doesn't let me put them on it and starts screaming louder. I had called Cody to call his doctor and see if we can bring him in. Well as soon as i get home Cody tells me that the doctor is gone for the day and they said if we were really freaked out about it then we should take him to the er. I showed Cody Aiden's head and he said yup lets go! We get there and Aiden is passed out and I'm worried because i know that if you have a concussion you cant fall asleep but then i don't know if Aiden has a concussion. The doctor took a look at him and gave us options. By this time the swelling had gone down. She said we could get a CT scan to make sure he has no internal bleeding in his brain, but that came with a rick of getting a brain tumor from the radiation...so that one we ruled no! We could also get a regular xray to make sure that he didn't fracture his skull. Or we could just watch him closely for 24 hours and make sure he doesn't throw up and we would have to wake him up every 4 hours to make sure he was responsive. So we decided that we would watch him and i would set my alarm for every 4 hours.

Today he has been doing good. minus the huge bruise on the side of his forehead. He is walking fine and making his usual noises. The swelling has gone down alot and now there is only a small lump on his head. I was thinking this morning about making a helmet that babies can wear as soon as they start walking. Just to protect their precious brain because Aiden seems to hit his head alot no matter what he is doing!

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.

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!!

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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.