Aiden James: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIDEN!!

Wow! I can't believe it's already been a year. It has gone by so fast! It breaks my heart. Aiden will always be my baby, but he's not my baby baby anymore. It didn't feel like he got to be my baby for very long. Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited for the time to come with Aiden. We are going to have so much fun. He's starting to learn so much, and I love watching the wheels turning in his head when he is figuring things out on his own. It's such a great feeling that he is "mine". He came from me and he is by far my greatest accomplishment. I love him so much and I look forward to the years to come with him.

This morning I made Aiden some chocolate chip pancakes, which he loved. He also had bananas and milk. No bottle! The whole milk thing is going surprisingly well. I thought it might be an issue since it is different and it's also cold, but he doesn't mind. I'm really going to try to only give him a bottle at night time.

The rest of our day is going to consist of lots of playing! I think we might see if Jayla wants to go to the park with us later. Aiden gets so excited to see Jayla. It's adorable. He gives her kisses.

At one year old, some of Aiden's favorites are: chocolate, his blankie, playing with anything of dad's (tool bag/tools, tape measure, water jug, wallet), tearing up magazines, going on rides in his toy car, and Tigs our cat. He walks well now, practically runs, eats a lot of the foods we eat, tries to put his pants on, brushes his hair, dumps out his blocks, picks them up and does it all over again, says dada......he still will not say mama :(. He has a lot to say, but I can't make out any of his words yet.

I'll put a post up with his 12 month stats after he goes to Dr. Austman on Monday. I think he has grown a lot!
I'm happy to say that everything that I had to go through a year ago today was 100% worth it. Which was a lot because Mr. Aiden was happy right where he was and did not want to come into this world quite yet. He was being very stubborn. After being in labor all day, Aiden came into this world via c-section at 6:08 pm. It was a long day for mommy!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY AIDEN JAMES! YOUR MOMMY LOVES YOU VERY MUCH!