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!

This is Aiden this morning getting into Daddy's wallet

More pictures of our day to come later.

Chocolate Goldfish Mmmm!

We've been introducing Aiden to a lot of new foods lately. Today he had some chocolate goldfish and loved them (as you can tell).

Photo Gallery Is Ready!!!! :)

If you would like to check out our photo gallery of the family/Aiden's one year go to www.laurakrugerphotography.com enter site, click on proofing. The password is twatson I love them! It's going to be hard to pick the ones that I want.

Family/Aiden's 1 Year Pictures

Yay!!! We got Aiden's one year pictures taken last night by Laura Kruger. I'm so excited! I think she got lots of good ones. She's a great photographer and I highly recommend her. She also took Aiden's 9 month pictures/Tipton grandkids pictures that were posted on here a few months ago. If you go to my blog list on the right hand side of my page, click on Laura Kruger Photography, you can check our a couple that she has already posted. I can't wait to see the rest! :)

i miss my baby

on wednesday i started school. i'm teaching preschool, but i didn't have kids until yesterday. i've missed aiden so much! i hate it. i only got to see him for a half an hour yesterday. i know that everything will adjust and this is the way it has to be, but i wish he could spend the majority of his time with me. sorry for my whining.

WARNING: Sad Video

I saw this video on a friends Facebook. It is so touching, so I wanted to share it. My favorite part is with the little girl sitting on santa's lap. Aww! It will choke you up.

Aiden is 11 months

Today Aiden is 11 months old. There is only one more month and Aiden will be one! It's so weird, because it seems like the year had gone by so fast, but it seems like Aiden has always been with us. He weighs exactly 22 pounds. We are still trying to introduce table food to Aiden, but it is hard since he doesn't have many teeth. He has two on the bottom and I can see another one getting ready to poke through. He has two on the top now too. So, he's starting to get a mouthful. He likes to play with cars, balls, and books. He surprisingly doesn't use a paci or suck his thumb. He has a blankie and puppy that he likes to sleep with. He also likes to have his little musical aquarium on in his crib when he goes to bed. He's been walking for about a month now and is getting pretty good at it. His vocabulary hasn't developed much. He babbles and says Dada. I'm still patiently waiting to hear the words Mama come out of his sweet little mouth. He loves to be tickled and is ticklish everywhere. His precious laugh is my favorite. This month I will have fun planning his first birthday. Here is a picture of Aiden from today at 11 months (and yes he has a birthday boy shirt on, I was trying to get a picture for his invitations.)