Happy 1st Birthday, Aiden!

Hard to believe a year has gone by!  I can still remember this....

And now we're here!

Happy Birthday, my Little Minn!  We love you!

Staring Contests and Fun with Grass

Hi all!  We're back, and with a very boring set of pictures... Aiden is not much for being photogenic.  He'd rather sit and stare at the camera, and for those of you who know him well, that's pretty much all he does... stare... So here are some pics of Aiden's staring contest with the camera (the camera eventually won), a little temper tantrum, and evidence of his distaste for grass, which I'm sure will change as he gets older. 

On the Move!

I know, I know... I have not done a good job at keeping my promise to write in this blog more often.  I have a great excuse though.  We're excited to break the news that we'll be leaving good ole MacCheever Court, my home for over 6 years, and heading to a new (not literally new) place next weekend!  So, to further make excuses for my absence from the blog, I definitely will not be living up to my promise of posting more until we get settled.  However, be on the lookout for the Minns in our new home!  Until then, I'll leave you with some recent pics of our favorite Minn...

First Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Yay to posting more than one post this month!!!  

We have made it through Aiden's first Christmas, and as everyone told us, we have discovered Aiden doesn't care much for any of his presents.  Wrapping paper is another story.  As the days go on and the wrapping paper disappears, he is starting to find out that there are some new toys in the house.  We definitely feel the loss of space in the house once we brought home all his toys (and that's with some being left at the grandparent's house).   

So, what goodies did he receive for his first Christmas?  Well, he received a big, stuffed dog (much more low maintenance than Zoe and Daphne), a playhouse that makes lots of noises, an activity table to encourage him to stand and become more mobile, a cell phone (Fisher Price... $8... take that, iPhone 4s), a wooden frog pull toy (he can't walk, he just eats the string), and a toy piano that plays synthesized Mozart and lights up with each beat.  So, I don't think we had this when I was little since I started learning spanish well after my Fisher Price, Leapfrog years, but most of his toys are bilingual (the piano is trilingual... of course, it's a piano... french is a must!).  Keeping our fingers crossed for a polylingual child, though I don't think just knowing how to count to 5 in french will get him through even an hour in Paris.

I love Christmas... the family time, relaxing on the couch, good food... I have to thank my mom and dad for allowing us to have that relaxing time because there is no day off when you have a kid.  They were a great help!  Kevin came home for a few days and got a break from the chilly Chicago temperatures.  Albert was able to visit with friends, who promptly reminded me of my promise to post on the blog more often.  So guys, here you go!  Can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!

  

8 Months and Happy Holidays!

Things are not so happy here at the moment.  The poor babe has come down with RSV, a respiratory virus that presents similarly to the flu, and a whopper of an ear infection.  Of course, I bring him to the doctor's office this morning and he has an astronomical temperature (103.5).  Not only that, but he was tired and it was creeping up on nap time, so his eyes started getting glazed, possible even a little cross-eyed at times like he would keel over with a febrile seizure at any moment.  Pretty sure I had the "I promise I'm not a bad mom" look on my face... hey, Tylenol doesn't stay in the body forever...

We're camped out at home right now, so I figured I'd update the blog since I did promise myself I would be more diligent about keeping up with this.  Before the fever and rolling eyes, we were able to get one 8 month picture that looked fairly decent... I will share.  I will also share some of the other ones that did not turn out so decent.  This is what happens when they become mobile!  We have also started standing up on our own.  Now, Aiden is not picky about where he stands up, but I think he has a preference for dangerous places, such as the fireplace and the crib.  The first time I discovered he could stand, I saw his little toosh in the side of our video monitor.  "Where's the rest of Aiden?" I thought to myself.  Well, the rest of him was hanging off the side of the crib.  Lovely.... I have an adventure seeker as a son.  My life as a mom is going to be thrilling!

FINALLY!!!!

Holiday photos... gotta love them.  I'm sure there's more to come.

Thanksgiving 2011

As always, I'm once again delinquent posting things to the blog.  Maybe my New Year's resolution should be to actually post things when things occur instead of waiting weeks later.  But until then... here are some pics from Thanksgiving at the Le household.  Thanks to Ms. Dani and her shop Sew Sweet Boutique for Aiden's handsome turkey shirt!  

Fall Goodies

Well, Aiden is changing about as fast as the leaves on the trees!  We've gone from just laying around staring at things to army crawling, sitting on our own, sitting in a high chair for meals (thank goodness), and eating all sorts of yummy foods (still mashed up and messy, we're working on puffs and a sippy cup now).  Here are some stats of our growing boy...

Height: 27.5 in.

Weight: 16 lbs. 4.5 oz.

Sleeping: 1-2 hour morning nap, 1 hour afternoon nap, bedtime 7-7:30 PM - 7 AM, about every 5-7 days waking up around 3 just to see if mommy and daddy will play

Favorite things: dogs, funny noises, daddy, jump-a-roo, walks in the stroller, looking at the leaves, eating

Favorite foods: pears, apples, bananas, squash, sweet peas

Still hating the car seat...

I have also recently decreased my hours at work and will be working 2 1/2 days/week.  The distance from Smithfield to Raleigh cut into quality time, so this is definitely going to be great for me and Aiden.  Hey, Albert may even get a decent meal out of this!