road trip

we took a little road trip to SC this weekend.... aiden did GREAT! he's doing so much better in the car.  he got a little bit fussy the last 30 minutes to an hour.  we talked, sang songs, ate, and played on his LeapPad.  he was very happy to be visiting his grammy and poppy.

adam and i were able to have some nice "Us Time" while aiden hung out with his grandparents.

nothing much else going on here - at least worthy to write about... i need to start getting things ready for aiden's 3rd birthday! (i can't believe he's going to be 3!!!) we are having a pirate party - argh matey!

Randoms

When it comes to mornings - Aiden is definitely MY CHILD.  He detests the mornings and it is so hard to get him dressed and moving. Sometimes we can find something to help things along - the other day Adam asked Aiden if he wanted to take a shower and he literally JUMPED out of bed! He loves showering with daddy.   This is the reason I can't ever get to work before 8am - I'm lucky I have such a flexible schedule.

We've been taking family walks..... well Adam and I walk, and Aiden drives his truck... He's a pretty good driver for a 2 year old! He has learned to stop at the stop signs and looks both ways and he pulls over when other REAL cars come down the road.

This past weekend we took Aiden to a Hibachi restaurant - we thought he would love it - we were wrong.  He was scared of the fire... (I guess I can't blame him... he got a little too close the the small flame in the pumpkin this past year - and it stuck). Here he is sitting in Daddy's lap and covering his eyes waiting for the onion volcano to be done - he kept peeking... it was pretty cute. 

 He LOVED the clear soup - which really surprised both me and Adam - I have never seen Aiden eat soup. He ate some of the rice and some chicken... all-in-all - not the BEST restaurant experience for Aiden. oh well.  

ugh - sorry

I know - I have been horrible updating this thing... I've had SO MUCH that I want to write about - and then it all just keeps piling up and I keep putting it off and it piles up some more... so I guess I just need to forget about the past and start again - anew!

Work just has me so busy and stressed that I come home from work and I spend my time with Aiden and once he's in bed all I want to do is sit on the couch with my hubby and veg....

My goal for 2013 is to be better at keeping this up to date!

fun in the sun

so aiden and i spent the day up the mountain with the in-laws. they are finishing up packing up... there is a contract on the house! i can't believe that there is a good chance that the pool/hot tub are going to be gone soon!

the sun really did a number on all of us! aiden took a great nap and then when we got home - we got ready for bed and read a few books and then he got right into bed.. he didn't want to be rocked at all! my little man was tired!  i'm exhausted too - i really need to get into bed myself! (instead - i'm watching the harry potter marathon on ABC Family)

Aiden's 1st movie with Mommy!

i took aiden to his first movie with me today (he's already gone to the movies with his grammy)

we went to see Brave - so cute! and he did really good! he was standing and looking around until the movie started and then he sat on my lap - and there he stayed for most of the movie. he did eventually stand up and watched between 2 chairs.  he really didn't take his eyes off the screen.  he drank his fruit punch and ate some M&M's - wanted nothing to do with the popcorn - so i ate that :)

it was a nice outing with my little man! i just wish adam was home to enjoy it with us.... soon!!

Hate when I don't know what to do

Aiden is in bed crying.

I try to help calm and sooth him when I can - and he was calm when I put him to bed (a few quiet whimpers). He keeps crying and saying mommy - but I haven't gone in because it's calming down and more time is passing between the crying.

Why is he upset?
He wants M&M's and doesn't want to go to bed.

I give him M&M's when he uses the potty. He used the potty and I went to get his 4 M&M's and he got upset because he wanted to get them. (Mr. Independent!) I tried to give them to him and he wouldn't take them. I told him to take them or I was eating them. He didn't take them. I said lets get ready for bed and he refused to come out of the bathroom. I ate his M&M's - picked him up and carried him into the bedroom to get ready for bed. He cried - I got him dressed - he cried - I read him 2 stories - he started to calm down so I read him another story of his choosing. He said he wanted M&M and we talked about why he gets M&M's (for going potty - not for crying). We go to get his M&M's and he again refuses to take them from my hand. I put them away - take him back into the bedroom and calm him down and rock him and then put him to bed.

fears

i'm not exactly sure what is going on with aiden, but it seems that he is now scared of night time.  all i have to do is mention "night night" and he's all like "no night night" over and over.  and then we get to his room and he fights me putting on his pj's (where he used to help me) and we rock through his one song where he used to get down and climb into bed before the song was over - he now spends the time glancing up at the video monitor and looking worried.  when i tell him it's time to get in bed he shakes his  head no and refuses to get out of my arms. so we rock a little more.

tonight went a little smoother - i showed him what the video monitor was for and what it did.  he still glanced up at it a few times as we rocked, but i just kept explaining that it was for mommy to check on him when he was sleeping and he stayed calm.  and he went into bed much better - no crying!

so, i hope we have worked through this