Ball pits and baseball

On Sunday Daddy introduced Aidan to a completely new bathing experience: the shower! Aidan is now hooked. He now waits impatiently through what used to be his favorite part of the day (the bath), and keeps looking at the shower and saying "da... da... da!" until we turn on the amazing, focused, heated rain. Aidan loves holding onto Mommy or Daddy's fingers and walking through the shower, first forward, and then backward, over and over and over again. Daddy's efforts to regularly dump water over his head must have worked, because the water in his eyes doesn't bother him at all! Aidan loves the shower.

In other news: this week Aidan ate a smorgasbord of foods this week: for the first time he tried chicken taquitos, hummus, smoked mozzarella, couscous, apple pancakes and popcorn! So far, he likes fresh mozzarella but doesn't like string cheese. (!) On the toy front: Daddy bought Aidan his own set of keys (a lifesaver, since he otherwise is crazy for ours!) and a helicopter toy that identifies multi-colored balls. Mommy bought a baby pool and set of balls, and is probably more excited about Aidan's new ball pit than Aidan is!

On Sunday we went to Yankee Stadium and Aidan saw his first baseball game (versus the Mariners)! Aidan was a great sport about the newness, brightness and noise, and Daddy and Mommy loved the chance to see some live baseball at Yankee Stadium before it closes at the end of this year. A lady in the bathroom commented on how cute Aidan was and said that he would always be a Yankees fan - little did she know that he is a predestined member of Red Sox Nation!