NO!

this has got to be aiden's favorite word right now... and it's actually kinda funny when he decides to say it....

i start to sing - he yells NO

i start to dance - he yells NO

i start to bounce him on my knee - he yells NO

any time i try to do anything fun with him he tells me no.... ugh - what to do :-P

don't know how to do it

i don't know how single mothers do it... adam has only been gone a little under 3 months and it has been a really LONG 3 months....

blog #2

well i've started a second blog and just thought i would share in case anyone cared.... it's for my weight loss journey!  so check it out and follow if you want

http://fat2healthymom.blogspot.com/

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thought i should update with some things that aiden is doing now...

he is 19 months old and his personality is really starting to come out!  he is very head strong and wants to do EVERYTHING himself!  if his food is in a wrapper - he wants to open it - he wants to put the top on his sippy cup (he wants to put the top on everything! if it has a top - he has to put it on!)  he doesn't like me to do anything for him.

he is definitely talking and saying more - and he understands a lot! he now says mommy and daddy instead of momma and dada - banana used to be nanas but now he has started to say nanny. he has also started to try to say aiden - here is a list of other words he is saying:

• bye bye
• hey
• dog
• ball
• milk 
• more
• bath
• shoe

that's all i can think of right now.... he does tend to leave the ending consenent off of his words right now though.

he is learning his body parts!  he knows:

• nose
• eye
• ears
• tongue
• belly
• feet
• hair

he knows that his socks and shoes go on his feet and if he takes either of them off he tries to put them back on by himself.

he knows the song "If you're happy and you know it" and participates! it's so cute.... oh yeah - there is another word he knows - when i say "if you're happy and you know it shout hooray!" and he jumps up with is hand in the air and says "ray!"  it is so cute! i'm trying to get a video of him to show - but it just hasn't happened yet!

he's sleeping pretty good and eating good at day care (at home - not so much!)

he's becoming a little man!  we still haven't had his 18 month appt - we switched doctors and really had a time trying to get that all resolved - so we don't have his appt. until november! i'm excited to see what percentile his is in now!

okay i think it's time for me to get to bed! 

the zoo

gosh i have been doing a horrible job at updating this thing! i just don't know how to do it all and i really am starting to question WHY i'm working right now.... i just can't get it all done on my own... i really don't know how single mom's do it! 

a couple weeks ago aiden and i went to the atlanta zoo and had a GREAT time - here are some of my favorite pictures!

Looking at the pigs!

Watching the giraffes!

"What is that goat doing under there?"

Riding the carousal like a big boy!

We are keeping busy during the week with school/work and then going to the gym - and then it always seems like our weekends book up fast!  I guess we do that so we don't miss adam too much....

sick baby

i get the call from day care around 3:30pm - aiden is sick... he has a slight fever and a rash around his mouth (BTW - they had a child with hand, foot and mouth disease in his classroom) so i go pick him up and take him right to immediate care...

he had a fever of 103 and yes he definitely has hand, foot and mouth disease and it's the worse case that nurse has ever seen (or so she says) and they also do a strep test and a flu test... no flu - but aiden has strep! he was given and antibiotic for the strep - but there isn't anything to give for the HFMD - i've been doing some over the counter stuff for that... it seems to be helping a little.

he was pretty miserable - he ate a little and drank a little and then went to sleep

he has a rash around his mouth and on his genitals and both look pretty bad... he also has spots on his hands and feet - but also on his arms and legs... it's pretty bad. but it looks like the rash is starting to heal... i just pray that it doesn't scar him.

we did get to see grammy and poppy a little bit - they came up to do some work on their house.

i miss my mom and dad - i really could use them about now!

pictures from water babies

i got one of the grandma's sitting on the sidelines to take some pictures for me! here we are singing and splashing

and here we are practicing kicking.... aiden doesn't really like this part
climbing out of the pool for his toy
jumping into the pool!
throwing his toy into the pool....
ready to jump in after it!