Cuddlebug

We spent this week recovering from jetlag from our Hawaii trip, and are finally getting back into a workable routine, with Aidan sleeping from 9 or 10PM until about 7:30AM. Hopefully we'll pull that one more hour back, but for now, it works!


On Thursday, Aidan and Mama were taking turns walking down the street towards home from the park (Aidan wanted to be carried, and Mama would carry him for a while, and then he would take a turn walking, and then Mama would pick him up again). While Mama was carrying Aidan and kissing his cute cheeks, he said:
"Cuddo-bug, Mama."
"Did you just call me a cuddle-bug?" I asked him.
"Yeah," he said, with a shy grin.
I felt on top of the world! Aidan got an extra long "Uppy" time after that: because, of course, after that, I had to keep kissing and cuddling him the whole rest of the block!


Another cute thing that Aidan is doing right now is that he seems like he is trying to impersonate the Italian mafia. He walks around, and when he notices things (his trains, trucks, buses, balls, or whatever), he says "Eh! Bus [/etc.], Mama!", or "Eh! Was dat, Mama?" - It's pretty funny!


Aidan is also clearly demonstrating that he is Daddy's, as well as Mama's, son. He has now, a couple of times, woken up Daddy in the morning by running into the room and saying: "Wake up, Dada! Sunny out!" This is pretty irresistable to Daddy, who, when he was little, would wake up his parents by saying "It's a sunny day!" :) It makes Mama happy to know that our whole family is so in love with sunshine!

Finally, I've been wanting to put down a note about this for a while, but I keep forgetting, so here it is now: when Aidan was littler, and Mama wanted to tell him that she loved him SO MUCH but was trying to put it into words that he could understand, we started a tradition, which we still continue: when we first started out, Mama would say, "Mama loves you SO MUCH, Aidan! Mama loves you big bits" [reaching as far up with her arms as she could] "AND little bits" [making a "little" sign with her thumb and pointer finger]. And then she would repeat it again over and over again, while giving him kisses and cuddles. Now, the routine has evolved a bit. Mama says,
"Aidan, how much does Mama love you?"
And he looks back, with a sparkle in his eye: "Big bits, Mama!"
"That's right!"
"Iddo bits, too!"
"That's right! I love you big bits AND little bits! I love you SO much!"
I love this game! :)