This week was not a normal week. Mommy had a conference in Boston at the end of the week, so instead of switching off half-days with Aidan, Mommy and Daddy switched off full days: Daddy worked overtime on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday while Mommy took care of Aidan; then, after driving to Boston on Wednesday night, Mommy attended her conference all day Thursday and Friday while Daddy took care of Aidan. It worked out well: Mommy had a good time at the conference meeting with friends and colleagues and going to panels, and Daddy had fun showing Aidan all of the parks where he went when he was a kid! On both Thursday and Friday, Daddy and Aidan visited Mommy in the afternoon so Mommy and Aidan could have a nursing break, and afterward we played in some wonderful fountains outside the Prudential Center.
On Saturday morning, we all drove to Connecticut for a family barbeque with Mommy's Aunt Helen, Uncle Bill, and cousins Heather and Clarke
. Grandma and Grandpa Ruane drove down too, 
and Aidan was the center of attention for a lot of people. He ate lots of watermellon and strawberries, and ran around the house either following or being followed by Heather's dog Kea, who was just his size and who kept trying to lick his ears and nuzzle his fingers!
We drove home Saturday afternoon, and were happy to be done with long drives for at least a little while.
On Sunday, Daddy let Mommy sleep in (which was wonderful!) and then we all walked up to the big lawn by the Cloisters to celebrate Aidan's friend Grace's first birthday party! Grace is one of the last of Aidan's cohort to turn one, and it is amazing that the babies are all turning so quickly into little kids! Aidan played "catch" with a football with Daddy, climbed the lawn chairs with his friends (Grace, Jack, Johnny & Gus), ate strawberries, chicken skewers and cupcakes, and had fun being outside in the beautiful clear 78 degree weather.
On Saturday morning, we all drove to Connecticut for a family barbeque with Mommy's Aunt Helen, Uncle Bill, and cousins Heather and Clarke
. Grandma and Grandpa Ruane drove down too, 
and Aidan was the center of attention for a lot of people. He ate lots of watermellon and strawberries, and ran around the house either following or being followed by Heather's dog Kea, who was just his size and who kept trying to lick his ears and nuzzle his fingers!We drove home Saturday afternoon, and were happy to be done with long drives for at least a little while.
On Sunday, Daddy let Mommy sleep in (which was wonderful!) and then we all walked up to the big lawn by the Cloisters to celebrate Aidan's friend Grace's first birthday party! Grace is one of the last of Aidan's cohort to turn one, and it is amazing that the babies are all turning so quickly into little kids! Aidan played "catch" with a football with Daddy, climbed the lawn chairs with his friends (Grace, Jack, Johnny & Gus), ate strawberries, chicken skewers and cupcakes, and had fun being outside in the beautiful clear 78 degree weather.
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Monday, Mommy let Daddy sleep in (we have to make this exchange a tradition!), and Aidan was generally a fuss. After a nice long nap with Mommy, we all went out to enjoy another beautiful day, and Aidan perked up. We ate white chocolate raspberry Haagen Dazs ice cream in Bennett Park, ran around the play structures, and enjoyed being outside. After we got home, Daddy discovered the source of some of Aidan's fussiness: not only is his 9th tooth cutting in in the front (second bottom right), but a top-left molar is starting to cut through as well! Poor baby. No wonder he is feeling out of sorts!
Here are some of the things that Aidan has been doing recently:
Monday, Mommy let Daddy sleep in (we have to make this exchange a tradition!), and Aidan was generally a fuss. After a nice long nap with Mommy, we all went out to enjoy another beautiful day, and Aidan perked up. We ate white chocolate raspberry Haagen Dazs ice cream in Bennett Park, ran around the play structures, and enjoyed being outside. After we got home, Daddy discovered the source of some of Aidan's fussiness: not only is his 9th tooth cutting in in the front (second bottom right), but a top-left molar is starting to cut through as well! Poor baby. No wonder he is feeling out of sorts!
Here are some of the things that Aidan has been doing recently:
1) Last week Aidan said "trash" (he had a very abbreviated "a" in the word, so it sounded almost like "Trsh", but the "T", "Rrr" and "Sh" were all very clearly annunciated!).
2) Aidan now knows and refers to his friend Jack: he calls him "Ack" or "Dack", gets very excited to see him and his mom Jeanie, and has stopped what he is doing to walk toward him if he is asked if he wants to visit him.
3) This week Aidan has developed a maniacal laugh; it sounds like he is saying "ha ha ha! I am king of the world, and you cannot stop me - look at what I can do!" - he did this a lot while we played at the fountains in Boston and he was stepping on the water vent, and again when he was dropping a coke bottle down a slide near our New York apartment.
4) Aidan has started to imitate chipmunks: when eating, he now frequently stuffs as much food as he can into his mouth (rather than chewing and swallowing each bite), which often results in rivers of watermellon juice or schools of goldfish crackers escaping his fully pursed little lips! (We try to stop him, but he is really fast and can grab and run in an amazingly short period of time!)
5) Right now, Aidan LOVES walking up and down and up and down and up and down steps.
6) He LOVES doing "chin-ups" on the monkeybars with Daddy.
7) He also has been loving opening and shutting heavy gates - Mommy spent at least half an hour by Cabrini high school early in the week, saying "open! closed! open! closed!" as Aidan pushed and pulled a 10-ft tall heavy iron gate open about a foot (an arm-length) and closed over and over again; today, Aidan appointed himself gate-keeper to the swings, and Mommy and Daddy had to move Aidan out of the way so that they could get past him!
8) Today, Aidan started playing real melodies on his piano toy, and repeated them multiple times to applause from Mommy and Daddy.
2) Aidan now knows and refers to his friend Jack: he calls him "Ack" or "Dack", gets very excited to see him and his mom Jeanie, and has stopped what he is doing to walk toward him if he is asked if he wants to visit him.
3) This week Aidan has developed a maniacal laugh; it sounds like he is saying "ha ha ha! I am king of the world, and you cannot stop me - look at what I can do!" - he did this a lot while we played at the fountains in Boston and he was stepping on the water vent, and again when he was dropping a coke bottle down a slide near our New York apartment.
4) Aidan has started to imitate chipmunks: when eating, he now frequently stuffs as much food as he can into his mouth (rather than chewing and swallowing each bite), which often results in rivers of watermellon juice or schools of goldfish crackers escaping his fully pursed little lips! (We try to stop him, but he is really fast and can grab and run in an amazingly short period of time!)
5) Right now, Aidan LOVES walking up and down and up and down and up and down steps.
6) He LOVES doing "chin-ups" on the monkeybars with Daddy.
7) He also has been loving opening and shutting heavy gates - Mommy spent at least half an hour by Cabrini high school early in the week, saying "open! closed! open! closed!" as Aidan pushed and pulled a 10-ft tall heavy iron gate open about a foot (an arm-length) and closed over and over again; today, Aidan appointed himself gate-keeper to the swings, and Mommy and Daddy had to move Aidan out of the way so that they could get past him!
8) Today, Aidan started playing real melodies on his piano toy, and repeated them multiple times to applause from Mommy and Daddy.
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